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That honeycomb resin on the yo-yo is exceptional! Well as well as the workmanship - that could go without saying!

There is one place I found that did the honeycomb in patterns that mimiced trout skin. However, they have not had it for quite some time now. Guess I will have to make myself. Does anyone know of honeycomb that has smaller cells than normal?
 
Mike, that honeycomb looks a lot like expanded metal used in plaster/stucco work. It just has smaller openings. Find the supplier for that metal, and you might get lucky and get what you're looking for. .......... Jerry (in Tucson)
 
The plaster metal is usually stainless steel or hot-dipped galvanized and usually expanded metal and not hex shaped cells. But went to a website to see what they have, and they do have aluminum expanded metal in smaller sizes, but they also have hex honeycomb, but smallest cell being 1/4". However, a little more looking on-line revealed someone having 1/8" cells. Checking thickness of sheet now with the supplier.

It's times like this, I wish Mom still worked at Hexcel - It's what they made and she could get me anything I wanted.
 
Mike Hill said:
That honeycomb resin on the yo-yo is exceptional! Well as well as the workmanship - that could go without saying!

There is one place I found that did the honeycomb in patterns that mimiced trout skin. However, they have not had it for quite some time now. Guess I will have to make myself. Does anyone know of honeycomb that has smaller cells than normal?
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Thanks...here are more examples of the Asian made knock-offs, all with 1/8" cells:
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Post #7924, the 2nd and 3rd one has beautiful coloration. Pardon my ignorance- don’t know how the middle detail process works, but it is not the same thing with the color pencils I have seen with poured resin?
 
Arn213 said:
Post #7924, the 2nd and 3rd one has beautiful coloration. Pardon my ignorance- don’t know how the middle detail process works, but it is not the same thing with the color pencils I have seen with poured resin?
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As I understand it Arn, it looks like the colored pencil but this stuff comes already resin cast and colored, Ed just incorporates it into the wood blank before he turns them.
 
Tony said:
As I understand it Arn, it looks like the colored pencil but this stuff comes already resin cast and colored, Ed just incorporates it into the wood blank before he turns them.
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That's right. The cast sheets come in different sizes and thickness. I usually buy the 6" x 6" or 6" x 12" sheets in 3/16" or 1/4" thickness. There are dozens of colors available, some opaque and others transparent.
 
A little box and finial to stay with a current theme...... sort of. Had this idea because it seems like so many times at the property when I am doing chores like cutting wood I always end up needing to use the bucket. So, to haul chainsaw and such I thought about a box for the 3 point hitch. So, all scrap 2 x 6 and 2 x 4 and a few other pieces and I will try it out tomorrow.

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I don't know how many times I've dumped everything out of the bucket or had to backtrack looking for a chain or or tools because I forgot about them in the the bucket. Something like this would solve the problem and it looks light enough to just stick it on by hand. Thanks for a great idea.

Alan
 
Alan R McDaniel Jr said:
I don't know how many times I've dumped everything out of the bucket or had to backtrack looking for a chain or or tools because I forgot about them in the the bucket. Something like this would solve the problem and it looks light enough to just stick it on by hand. Thanks for a great idea.

Alan
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That is exactly why I wanted it and I have only had this tractor for about 5 months.
 
Cool Gary, might make the sides a little taller though so stuff doesn't bounce out.
 
woodtickgreg said:
Cool Gary, might make the sides a little taller though so stuff doesn't bounce out.
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I intended to initially, then I changed the design about 5 times as I was building. Given my scraps and such it ended up being low. Just couldn’t quite figure out how to build the frame and keep the strength I thought I needed.
 
Wow, now I feel like such a slacker.:blush-33::shok:
 
Yikes, storage space alone would make that prohibitive for me. I have maybe 5 or 6 things laying around.

When they are done, then what?
 
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