Probably will use a paint/ clear coat combo. Fortunately these knobs are decoration only. The real pull is a full handle that fortunately was still in place.
What did you do in your shop today?
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Cutt’n out little people! This is a project just up Lil Mikey’s alley! It gives him a sense of power and a perverse pleasure knowing he can cut off things he don’t like and add to this he does - as he sees fit!
BTW @Kenbo this is why I asked about scroll saws! I’m using the Dewalt.
BTW @Kenbo this is why I asked about scroll saws! I’m using the Dewalt.
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I think Kenbo started with a dewalt, he now has...? I can't remember the name of it, king or something. I have a dewalt. Love it! Far better than my old delta p.o.s.
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Stop motion animation project???
I swear I can see the cats eyes move from picture to picture......
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Is that 13 pics that are all the same?
Nope, just something my wife asked me to do. Keep some - sell some. All copies of old photos we have collected - we gots 1000's
Those are 13 different. I think I did about 50 for my wife for Christmas - then she sold 3 yesterday. We have 1000's old old photos we've collected to pick from. She bought a couple of old cutouts, but cannot find more - Victorian probably.
I confess, I have great admiration for scrollers now!
What did I do in my shop today, you ask. Made a long clicker pen and a multi (screw driver) tool. About to start on a couple of EMT/Ambulance Sierra Click pens for one of my Grandsons and his girl friend.
Nothing much inside the shop, trying to get things cleaned up, buttoned up, and sealed up as much as possible prior to tomorrow's predicted 8-11" of snow (along with high winds). With those winds, everything in the shed will be coated with an inch or two, so tarps over all equipment, moving all my agri-chemicals inside, getting everything that will be buried by snow out of the way.
High winds mean that drive will be 4 ft plus deep the whole 120 yards of it and will probably be Tuesday before we are able to get out again.
High winds mean that drive will be 4 ft plus deep the whole 120 yards of it and will probably be Tuesday before we are able to get out again.
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I started scrolling almost 30 years ago Greg. The DeWalt unit didn't exist at that point. The old saw I started on was a solid body aluminum saw that ran with a furnace motor and a V-belt. It has an oil reservoir that you had to continually add 10w30 to or the moving parts would seize up. It was a cool unit but very noisy and it vibrated like a cheap hotel coin operated bed. Then I went to a Ryobi 16" and years later moved up to a DeWalt and then finally to the Excalibur EX-30 that I have now. It's been a long journey. I wish I still had that old aluminum solid body. It was neat.
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@Kenbo only known you since the dewalt, lol. Excalibur, that was it. I got cars real bad. I've an old vintage cast iron delta Rockwell that has that oil reservoir, neat old saw, dont use it but it's in the vintage collectible category. Someday I'll get around to restoring it.
Ok, did not know what you meant until just now! Did the post with my old decrepit iphone and have no idea why there were so many pics (same) inserted. But fixed it I hope.
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Made a three pack of cabinet doors. 4 years is about long enough...
Well, not really in the shop...put a new battery in the Harley. Ran it about 10 minutes and found a fuel leak. Could not comfortably take the air filter housing off to check fuel lines. Think steel and aluminum interaction might be an issue so I'll take it to a garage with better tooling. Had a rolly office chair that sat behind the bike since May and was constantly being moved. It was in a great shape, but no one wanted it. So I took it in the shop and dismantled it, plastic recycling, steel recycling and stove recycling.
While getting the bike out, several tools found their way onto me or the bike. So before putting it back, I rearranged yard tools. Noticed I had 3 sets of post hole diggers. Not needed, so the red handled I pulled to set in a yard sale pile and decided to keep the yellow handled pairs. The red ones were not quality, ACE brand, with lots of play. The handled were crushed in and loose where the implement head was attached. I thought, can't sell these like this. So I took the handles off, used electrical tape to pull the outer cracked red shell back together in some sort of round, cut 10" long solid fiberglass rod and inserted inside the the inner yellow core, drilled the bolt holes and reassembled for both sides. I also added a bronze inner sleeve over the pivot bolt to firm up the action.
Didn't have any resin around so it was all dry fit. Took an hour or so, be lucky to get $10 at a yard sale for them.
Also replaced 60' of rotted culvert with 15" double-wall smooth bore plastic, $950 for the pipe, was $500 last year, but failed to have time to do the job. Cost $600 to rent a machine, $250 was drop-off and pick-up. Seems like none of them allow you to use your equipment to haul excavators (liabilities). Took 6 or so hours to lay-up a head-wall. It is about 42" high, 4' wide and 5' deep up top. Stones were wet so a lot heavier than they used to be.
While getting the bike out, several tools found their way onto me or the bike. So before putting it back, I rearranged yard tools. Noticed I had 3 sets of post hole diggers. Not needed, so the red handled I pulled to set in a yard sale pile and decided to keep the yellow handled pairs. The red ones were not quality, ACE brand, with lots of play. The handled were crushed in and loose where the implement head was attached. I thought, can't sell these like this. So I took the handles off, used electrical tape to pull the outer cracked red shell back together in some sort of round, cut 10" long solid fiberglass rod and inserted inside the the inner yellow core, drilled the bolt holes and reassembled for both sides. I also added a bronze inner sleeve over the pivot bolt to firm up the action.
Didn't have any resin around so it was all dry fit. Took an hour or so, be lucky to get $10 at a yard sale for them.
Also replaced 60' of rotted culvert with 15" double-wall smooth bore plastic, $950 for the pipe, was $500 last year, but failed to have time to do the job. Cost $600 to rent a machine, $250 was drop-off and pick-up. Seems like none of them allow you to use your equipment to haul excavators (liabilities). Took 6 or so hours to lay-up a head-wall. It is about 42" high, 4' wide and 5' deep up top. Stones were wet so a lot heavier than they used to be.
Sounds a lot like a holiday to me! Way to vacation .
Got started on my moms urn yesterday. Black walnut,the lid is cherry,just getting it started.
Great looking urn Troy. I know how tough it is to work on a project like this, I had to do the same a few years ago for my Dad.
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Even though it's nice I just couldn't click like or way cool. This will be the most special piece you have ever made, your mom will be proud.