3/8" x 16 brass inserts.
https://www.grainger.com/product/GR...m/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/4ZU54_AS01?$smthumb$
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3/8" x 16 brass inserts.
https://www.grainger.com/product/GR...m/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/4ZU54_AS01?$smthumb$
I finished up this blank for @Sprung, he's trading me some apple for it. Mesquite, Maple, Walnut and White Oak. 1-1/2" square. A PITA to be sure, but I think it's going to look cool turned! Also making one for @Bean_counter if he actually shows to SWAT this year! Tony
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Brother, that is awesome! Looking forward to giving it a spin!
Found an ugly little piece of Spectraply in a box of blanks I picked up from another call turner awhile back and decided to turn a little matched set of predator calls out of it.
Call bodies are 1 1/2" tall, overall 3 3/4" and 4"... Learned I still don't like turning clear acrylic!
And, learned when your joints are within .01" and you apply CA to permanently affix a reed to a call body, you better put it together quick and it better be lined up straight when you do! Typically I don't turn them quite that tight, but I did these. Usually apply glue, insert reed, and turn to spread glue evenly and align. Oh NO! Put it together, and it was stuck tight! Right now! Closed reed did not go all the way together and it stuck hard and fast. Had to throw it in the vice quick to press the mouthpiece all the way into the call body!
Oh well!! Lessons learned the hard way!
Call bodies are 1 1/2" tall, overall 3 3/4" and 4"... Learned I still don't like turning clear acrylic!
And, learned when your joints are within .01" and you apply CA to permanently affix a reed to a call body, you better put it together quick and it better be lined up straight when you do! Typically I don't turn them quite that tight, but I did these. Usually apply glue, insert reed, and turn to spread glue evenly and align. Oh NO! Put it together, and it was stuck tight! Right now! Closed reed did not go all the way together and it stuck hard and fast. Had to throw it in the vice quick to press the mouthpiece all the way into the call body!
Oh well!! Lessons learned the hard way!
Oooh...shiny!!
Yeah, I had a terrible time trying to get enough light off of them to take pictures!
Today I assembled 30 roach clips, 50 streamline pens, a dozen Mesa pens, two dozen letter openers. Unmolded two dozen stamp pens and got those turned. Started assembly on the stamp pens and came up with a neat idea for boxes. Laser engraved the stamp info, affixed one of the stamps to the lid and sealed it down with a brush on coating. Didn't take much for photos today but here are the boxes. Matching pen is inside them.
Colin, you are a machine braddah
Cool idea on the presentation boxes! That looks sharp!!
During show season I turn from Sunday through Tuesday and assemble on Wednesday. Started turning the stamp pens about 2 pm , got them turned and the boxes by 9 and headed out for a beer and now home.
Those are awesome, and a great idea. I had thoughts of having you make a pen from stamps from my childhood collection I still have, when I saw your stamp pens. but after looking, a lot of the stamps are not in great shape, and I only have one or 2 of each one...
Might be the best way to keep them from deteriorating further. It is obviously something you want to keep and I can tell you first hand he does a great job. Incase them on a pan and you will have them forever and will be something you can show with pride. Sorry, that was just my $0.62
This is how my day, and every day for a while has been spent. Building a deck. Since I have little experience in decks, I have been having to study up and learn as I go. Getting ready to order up the redwood for decking, and for the sticker shock, about 350 square feet worth. Maybe a couple of weeks to go, I'm pacing myself lol. Built it up to this point using a circular saw. I could do the decking that way too, if the boards were straight runs, but since the deck is going to have some border work detail I bit the bullet and spent a whopping $87 at Harbor Frieght for a compound sliding miter saw, works great so far....
Another option, let me know what ones you'd want to use, I have a few hundred assorted ones from about 1947-65 that came form a local estate and I might be able to match up with ones you have.
I sanded some knife scales from old maple burl that was stabilized yesterday:
the grains aren't straight in those, I think you need to send them to a moderator here for proper disposal.
Hmmmmm, know anyone who can straighten out those pesky swirls? 
Hmmmmm, know anyone who can straighten out those pesky swirls?
I'll give you my address and try my darndest.
Hi...I'm a mod. I am here to help....lemme see what i can do...Hmmmmm, know anyone who can straighten out those pesky swirls?
Rats...