What did you work on today? PIC THREAD (Page 6 of 30)
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Originally Posted By jacobsk:
@lee0452 beautiful work, the attention to detail on those stars is incredible. You really have to like what you do to have patience enough to clean those all up where they look proper with a clear finish like that. Well done. I'm so close with this window I can taste it. Final sand on the visible portions of the 140+ year old frame caused me to leave the last few pieces of trim for around the window off. Hopefully tomorrow. Each window will receive 18 pieces of wooden trimwork, a cast sill, and a thermoformed arched insert when all is said and done. Now that I have confidence in the design I'll set up for efficiency with the remaining 30+ windows. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/IMG_2257_JPG-356441.jpg |
| Great job on the game boards, those look great. I love "butchers block" stuff and I keep saying I'm going to do something like that but I lose the patience before I even get started. |
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Originally Posted By zegermanznew:
Great job on the game boards, those look great. I love "butchers block" stuff and I keep saying I'm going to do something like that but I lose the patience before I even get started. Originally Posted By zegermanznew:
Great job on the game boards, those look great. I love "butchers block" stuff and I keep saying I'm going to do something like that but I lose the patience before I even get started. Trim one edge, find close to center, set stop, cut in half, trim second half to exact length, plane to thickness so it's 13" once glued so I can plane it again, glue squared up. Next day plane, square and cut to 1 3/8" thick strips, end grain up and glue up squared up again. Next day flatten with router, smooth any rough grain tear out with 120 grit belt sander, go back to 60 grit with the 5" random orbit sander and work up to 220 grit, throw on a 45* chamfer, hand sand the chamfer and done. Until finishing. |
"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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Getting ready to cut blanks down to size for my pen kits.
Attached File Blanks sized! Attached File |
In Memory of Mishi. 08/13/10
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Originally Posted By phatmax:
Getting ready to cut blanks down to size for my pen kits. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/38726/20171110_094350-358531.JPG Blanks sized! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/38726/20171110_114944-358622.JPG |
"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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Originally Posted By phatmax:
I am going to. But I am building stock first. Also some Xmas gifts. What are you looking at selling them for? |
"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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Originally Posted By BillyDoubleU:
Do you have a market? If your gonna sell on etsy then just start your store. Odds are you will not sell out over night. You will be competing with established sellers. What are you looking at selling them for? 
But the price will vary. The cheaper kits with basic design and cheaper wood, likey in the 20-30 range. I am going to try my hand as closed end pens and I have some briar and black buffalo horn for them. Those might be a lot more. ETA, I have to sign up and setup for Etsy, but I need to get my photography for them down before I start selling. I want to do this full ass not half ass. |
In Memory of Mishi. 08/13/10
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Originally Posted By phatmax:
Money mostly, though sexual favors aren't out of the question for the hot female customers....
But the price will vary. The cheaper kits with basic design and cheaper wood, likey in the 20-30 range. I am going to try my hand as closed end pens and I have some briar and black buffalo horn for them. Those might be a lot more. ETA, I have to sign up and setup for Etsy, but I need to get my photography for them down before I start selling. I want to do this full ass not half ass. Attached File Get Instagram layout and you got everything on your phone. Attached File Attached File Attached File Reason I say just start your shop is to secure your shop name. All this was done from my phone. ETA: You will want to look at Instagram and a Facebook business page. It's all about building a base and marketing. |
"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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Originally Posted By BillyDoubleU:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/223716/IMG_6531-358994.JPG Clamp storage 
Clamps are a pain in the ass to store. |
In Memory of Mishi. 08/13/10
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Originally Posted By phatmax:
That's pretty tight..
Clamps are a pain in the ass to store. I'm not sure how I like it. I'm gonna do another above it. Ended up throwing some glue on it. Took an old 2x2, planned it smooth, drilled out 3/4" with a Forstner bit at a slight angle and that was that. |
"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
Some circuits finished up on the 1st floor today. I'm not used to having light switches yet.
Some exterior lighting too. 
Got my set of base knives as well as a knife for cutting stair railing today too. 
Craigslist addiction struck again and I picked up this 25" drum sander for $100 
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EBC brake pads and RK rotors on the truck. Then took it for a break in drive around the countryside.
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In Memory of Mishi. 08/13/10
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i had an interesting problem today which ended in a very serendipitous manner..
i have a 10 year old Stihl BG86 blower which has not given me a single complaint since the day i bought it -- and it spends the winter an unheated workshop, with february lows around -5'F. yesterday as i started some fall leaf blowing i noticed a new noise. only by happenstance did i not have my earpro on, because they were hanging on my larger walk-behind blower. the noise was metallic, but on the other hand the blower was not down on power, did not seem to be overheating, and otherwise operated normally. i stopped using it because if ever there was a "ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure" situation, it's with small engines. my fear was that one of the main bearings was bad, and either the retainer had broken or (worse) one of the balls had cracked. either way, having bits and pieces of the retainer or RC60-hardness ball bearings going around with the rest of the moving parts seemed like a really bad idea. with the starter side cover off, i noticed that the engine would rotate "mostly" easily but there was a definite metal to metal problem at some places in the rotation. i had initially thought that the pull start spring-loaded pinions may be dragging or caught up (easy fix) but no such luck. i did notice that the metallic grating/scraping noise was more pronounced when the blower was held at certain angles. this *really* led me to believe the retainer or balls were broken on one of the bearings. i put off the teardown until today as i had some other stuff to do yesterday. in the back of my mind i was resigned to taking it all the way apart and getting the main bearings out, so i could either order them from the stihl dealer or find a decent generic match. putting this off any longer and continuing to use the blower was just going to result in the bearing seizing, and then the connecting rod would either bend or break, scoring the cylinder, and i'd have a big mess which would probably not even be worth repairing. i took all the covers off, pulled the blower fan from one side, and while i was in the process of taking the flywheel off i noticed something... the flywheel was dragging on a torx-head screw used to mount a die-cast "backing plate" to the engine block. (this plate is used to direct the airflow from the flywheel over the head) using a small screwdriver, i could push around the screw in it's recessed boss, and it was definitely loose. i felt a small tinge of "holy shit, i won't have to take the engine all the way down to the guts today!" i pulled the flywheel off and sure enough that one screw was loose and proud of the die cast housing. it was dragging on the back of the flywheel (which i forgot to take a picture of but the damage was really minimal). i hesitated to use loctite RED but settled on some BLUE since one day i'll probably have this thing apart again. i reseated all three of the screws with a drop of loctite, buttoned everything up again, and was back in business. i've having a "well that de-escalated quickly" beer right now... ar-jedi 
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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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A few days ago, my stepdad gave me an old Sears vise (made in U.S.A.) and I decided to let it be my first refinish/resto project.
I'd been watching several videos of what kind of stripping agent to use, and how many wire wheels I should have and what sizes, and what areas to mask off and where to apply lubrication. I'm still not settled on whether I should paint the beam or just keep it oiled. This will be a cool addition to my next gun-bench. 
I still need to get a small brush and detail the lettering and numbers in black. |
Callsign: Behemoth.
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Finished my floors. Somewhere around 1500 sqft laid. Attached File Last room done. |
"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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Been busy around here. Plenty of vacation to use up. For those of you with a fear of old rusty tools, here's my #2 planer before cleanup: 
For machined cast iron surfaces my preference is to use oil and a razor to scrape the rust off: 
A nice coat of paste wax and it's slick as can be: 
Belsaw #2 after electrical upgrade, new wiring and a properly located safety switch: 
Molding knife set in place: 
Running some block 2-1/2" crown for casings: 
About 250' 
Now that the crown is outta the way I'm setting up the ripping attachment for the first time as I plan to mill a crap load of base. If there was ever a tool that looked like it would take my arm off this is it. 
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Made a birthday present for the wife. She's always drinking her tea out of a large glass Ball jar, so we made a handle so it can be a bit more formal.
Used some brass stock to make clasps for the handle, filed a square hole in this one for a carriage bolt. 
Made a copper ring out of some 4(?) gauge ground wire. Took three tries to get the size right. 
Didn't capture any steps during the making of the handle, but took some 1/2" type L copper water pipe and bent it in the conduit bender then crushed the ends in a vice. 
Good solder joints between brass clasps and copper ring: 
Some cork gasket material to hold the ring snug to the glass jar, a little assembly with some stainless hardware, and we're ready for a lid. 
The kids wanted to help so they got to punch and drill out the holes. We filed the sipping hole smooth after drilling three holes next to each other. My hands were busy keeping little fingers from getting cut so I didn't snag any pictures until we were done. 
The ring wraps around the handle and the clasps overlap each other. The handle slides between and a short carriage bolt with wing nut holds it all together. I cut the lower brass clasp to fit the geometry inside the formed handle so it doesnt rotate. 
Viola, much improved. 
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"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
I decided I needed a new project a couple months ago and it arrived tonight. So, earlier today I build a table big enough (6'X16') for the parts and pieces to be fabricated and put together.
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I am not to be confused with -JC- who changed his nick from whatever it was to be like mine - for whatever reason.
Life - What a waste of time. (Me)
Life - What a waste of time. (Me)
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Originally Posted By JC_:
I decided I needed a new project a couple months ago and it arrived tonight. So, earlier today I build a table big enough (6'X16') for the parts and pieces to be fabricated and put together. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1653/thumbnails/IMG_3057-379611-thumb.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1653/thumbnails/IMG_3054-379610-thumb.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1653/thumbnails/IMG_3058-379609-thumb.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1653/thumbnails/IMG_3062-379608-thumb.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1653/thumbnails/IMG_3069-1-379607-thumb.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1653/thumbnails/53394000712__DFB05248-CE07-4C0E-B019-7A7FB9B1DBFB-379606-thumb.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1653/thumbnails/IMG_3074-379617-thumb.JPG Edit - Sorry, If I knew how to make them larger, I would. |
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Jacobsk
Man are tired of all that yet!?! I love that work but it wears on me. I finally finished most my house and I’m done mentally. I just have other shit I need to do. It all looks amazing by the way! |
"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
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I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
Instagram: RWSWoodWorks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/RWSWW/
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Originally Posted By BillyDoubleU:
Jacobsk Man are tired of all that yet!?! I love that work but it wears on me. I finally finished most my house and I’m done mentally. I just have other shit I need to do. It all looks amazing by the way! Right now I'm sick of casting window sills, no instant gratification as I have to wait 48-72 hours before they're cured enough to move. I have 6 more to make for the second floor main house and another 14 to make for the 1st floor. The master bathroom tile is another one which I got sick of. Both those efforts are sitting idle while I have some fun with mouldings and trim. The other night I moved the new vent hood into the unfinished kitchen and thought about getting that installed. Sometimes I only have about 70-80% confidence in what I'm doing so having a few options allows me to noodle on what my next steps are.I can assure you I very much look forward to having this house complete. We're at 29 months with the project and at this point I'm still very happy to be doing it 
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Originally Posted By jacobsk: Wow, that looks like quite the project. 6x16 is a huge table! |
I am not to be confused with -JC- who changed his nick from whatever it was to be like mine - for whatever reason.
Life - What a waste of time. (Me)
Life - What a waste of time. (Me)
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Jacobski and company, looking great! I love the moulding work.
That mason jar thing, well, I just can't let my wife see it. She's mason jar obsessed. I took a new job and I spend most of my free time in late fall until the snow flies harvesting/splitting/stacking/moving cordwood. I don't actually have any projects going on around the house which feels both weird, boring, and awesome. I try to keep the house intact for the Holiday Season, too, so after Christmas Ill get back to it. We're gearing up for some big projects around here, though. We are stockpiling supplies for the Kitchen and the wife unit and I decided we'd order the kitchen cabinets instead of doing Christmas big with each other. We already have all the new appliances in the basement. And my exciting development: today I sent in the interconnection application to our electrical utility to get the ok to install solar (PV) on our home. I install solar for a living, for the last 11 years, so I think it's about time. We're planning on a 3.5kw system and I'll be sure to start a thread or update this one when the time comes. |
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Originally Posted By zegermanznew:
Jacobski and company, looking great! I love the moulding work. That mason jar thing, well, I just can't let my wife see it. She's mason jar obsessed. I took a new job and I spend most of my free time in late fall until the snow flies harvesting/splitting/stacking/moving cordwood. I don't actually have any projects going on around the house which feels both weird, boring, and awesome. I try to keep the house intact for the Holiday Season, too, so after Christmas Ill get back to it. We're gearing up for some big projects around here, though. We are stockpiling supplies for the Kitchen and the wife unit and I decided we'd order the kitchen cabinets instead of doing Christmas big with each other. We already have all the new appliances in the basement. And my exciting development: today I sent in the interconnection application to our electrical utility to get the ok to install solar (PV) on our home. I install solar for a living, for the last 11 years, so I think it's about time. We're planning on a 3.5kw system and I'll be sure to start a thread or update this one when the time comes. More moldings, but now with the rip saw running on the belsaw. Saves some serious time as I no longer have to straight line rip or edge the stock whatsoever. I only plane to 1/16 over thickness and in one pass I have finished moldings. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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My bride thought we needed some more Christmas decorations so I made a couple of these for her
Attached File Then I played around with some scrap red oak and plywood to make this Attached File |
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These
Attached File And some cutting boards that the file size is too big. It’s all on my Instagram or Facebook. |
"But I’ve bought a big bat.
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
Instagram: RWSWoodWorks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/RWSWW/
I’m all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
Instagram: RWSWoodWorks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/RWSWW/
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More gift pens.
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In Memory of Mishi. 08/13/10
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Originally Posted By jacobsk:
Some of our homemade base moulding. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/IMG_2862-398407.JPG Lol kidding |
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Originally Posted By zegermanznew: Have you taken off those three pieces and replaced them with one yet? Lol kidding c'mon! cut me some slack! I have higher standards than that
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Originally Posted By jacobsk: The lines below the vent? c'mon! cut me some slack! I have higher standards than that
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/IMG_2867-398733.JPG I was looking at that picture and kept thinking to myself, all this beautiful work, there's no way he did that. I should have known better!. |
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Set off to patch the remaining 3 square feet of hardwood in our kitchen today. Floor wasn't level, and upon inspecting from below I realized a few joists were hanging and unsupported. The original HVAC install 30 years ago removed part of a stone wall in the basement. Never thought anything of it When we used the same space for our new ductwork. Turns out there was a reason for the floor being so bouncy. (You can see the missing stone in the upper left hand corner of the first picture) Decided to tear up the remaining subfloor and sheet the area with OSB. The hatch used to provide access to an old cistern which was active from the 1870's to around the1920's. Attached File Below I jacked everything up level with a boxed beam and two steel posts. I'll eventually take the beam out someday when I rebuild the wall with stone. You can see the blue beam behind the wires above the posts (crappily lit potato pic) Attached File Funny how my morning project turned into a weekend project
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New deck installed.
Attached File Impromptu new floor plan. Stairs were removed (they sucked anyhow) to make room for a future door going out to a back patio someday. Attached File This involved a bunch of patience. Attached File |