But then I got this.
What's in the mail?
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Bills.
I hates the ends of the month
I hates the ends of the month
NOW THAT'S FUNNY RIGHT THERE! I got an email from Lee Valley today about their "seconds" sale and looking at some of their goodies I put that exact square in my cart. Haven't bought it yet but thinking about it
That's good stuff! Holds like the dickens!
Ha! I was driving north on I95 from Savannah home to northern VA and actually pulled over at a rest stop to see if there was anything I couldn’t live without on their seconds sale. Stretched and moved on without buying.
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I have a bunch of these dyes for resins. I like them a lot but I wish the were a little less opaque. Very nice.
Mike, where did you order your assortment from?? I got some cheaper stuff but see most folks use this brand.
I don't know where Mike got his, but I know Amazon has several different variety packs available.
it was Amazon.
Mine arrived today.
I have many rules with both inches and mm scales. Here are just two. The boxwood folding rule came from a dealer friend of mine in Berlin. When the dollar was really strong versus the euro many years ago, I imported many EC Emmerich planes from him for resale here. He gave me a couple of these rules as a gift. The bottom one came from Home Depot. So it is painless to switch back and forth if you want to.
Well, the house just isn’t getting built, delivered, or even designed. So, we found a plan we like so I am going to redraw it in case we have to go to an architect. Did a little drafting.......in college, almost 40 years ago....so, I bought stuff to do some plans. I have stuff somewhere, but mostly packed away. I do have a nice table downstairs to work on, so figured I might as well get used to it.
Brings back good memories from when I had drafting class in high school, also about 40 years ago.....
I've still got and occasionally use my architect scale rule.
I've still got and occasionally use my architect scale rule.
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Well, it's been over 50 years since I had drafting as part of my engineering program at UT (Knoxville not Texas!) But I still have many of those same drafting tools. I use them occasionally.
Danged Larry you are old! I's only been 42 years since I used similar tools (my t-square was wood) in my program at Texas A&M - the one in College Station - in Texas! LOL
Funny thing in my Junior Year (I think) they opened a new building for the College of Architecture. In the building was a brand spanking new - state-of-the-art, dream shop - wood and metal. I was among the first students to use the shop - even had to set up and clean protective gunk from some machines before I could use them. Made cutting boards, trophy cases, headache racks, boot-scrapers, BBQ forks and spatulas, brush guards among other things (never did use the lathes). Fun time. Now 43 years later, my nephew is a Junior working at the shop and sends me some things occasionally. I guess they have different classes of machines now - some of them new-fangled CNC machines to do stuff like this.....
Funny thing in my Junior Year (I think) they opened a new building for the College of Architecture. In the building was a brand spanking new - state-of-the-art, dream shop - wood and metal. I was among the first students to use the shop - even had to set up and clean protective gunk from some machines before I could use them. Made cutting boards, trophy cases, headache racks, boot-scrapers, BBQ forks and spatulas, brush guards among other things (never did use the lathes). Fun time. Now 43 years later, my nephew is a Junior working at the shop and sends me some things occasionally. I guess they have different classes of machines now - some of them new-fangled CNC machines to do stuff like this.....
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I need one of those Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, so cool! I am wondering; so I am class of 83 and a couple of my friends may have been in that lab. the School started an "Engineering Technology" program; had CNC machines, etc. also. I bet that is the same. Cool memories.
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In 77, Langford Building A was opened. If I'm not wrong the new Lab/Shop was in it's basement. First time I had ever heard of, much less laid eyes on a Mig welder. The shopmmaster couldn't wait until he showed me the MIG - he was so excited about it - said I would love it. He weren't wrong - fell in love immediately! The TIG was not far behind. Oh, and the sandblaster and the metal bandsaw! It was also the first time I used a table saw with a table that could handle full sheets of plywood.
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My granddaughter is graduating from A&M this December. WOW she is getting grown up
Be sure to watch @Kenbo 's YT video on it for some great installation tips. I didn't use the leveling bolt the first go round and got it skewed. When using the bolt and the adhesion tape it worked like a charm. Also disconnecting the spring and moving that slide and the readout out of the way during drilling made it a snap. I love it! Was shaving 1/2 mm off some panels today!!
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Be sure to watch @Kenbo 's YT video on it for some great installation tips. I didn't use the leveling bolt the first go round and got it skewed. When using the bolt and the adhesion tape it worked like a charm. Also disconnecting the spring and moving that slide and the readout out of the way during drilling made it a snap. I love it! Was shaving 1/2 mm off some panels today!!
Thanks. I watched the video once but will do it again before tackling the job today. Sees straightforward as long as you do it in order and don't get in a hurry. Will report back later.