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They are so nice Greg.
Beautiful work

DaveH

I can only dream about having cabinets of that level of craftsmanship, sturdiness and beauty. Well done!

seeing as how my blower for the furnace burned up and I'm being lazy about getting something to replace it with, I started back into playing with pocket watches again.

I won this 8 day clock off of evil bay a couple weeks ago,
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it was missing the back of the case and for all the web surfing that I've done I can't find another one that has a front like this one, but that wasn't the problem.

I found a case but wasn't sure about if it was what this clock needed so I made one. It took couple try's to get the thread right, its a 2.562 X 0.75 TPI metric. once I cut the ring which is a little thick (plan on making one out of solid brass also)

I hit on the idea of why not put in a picture window I had some 3/32 thich lexan. it took a few trys but I finally got one that was just big enough to put in the press and bow it so it would snap in hopefully stay there,

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brill

Having no stock to start the remake of Darren's part, I cleaned out the chip pan on my lathe.

It's harder to do than you might think because the cleanout should be done from the rear of the machine, and I had to put it close to the wall because I'm low on space to leave empty.

There was perhaps 1/4" to 3/8" (6-10mm) of fines from filing and polishing at the bottom of the chip pan (integral part of the machine base), and that was soaking up coolant every time I turned it on. The machine hadn't had the coolant run for a couple of weeks, so the sludge was dry as a bone and came out like dry pancakes. That had to be at least 4 years of making parts on the lathe, and the dried up crusty stuff probably had some concrete and wood ships in there too because my dad used it for cutting off concrete-filled "lally columns" and did some woodwork on it.

Flowing as it should now!

(06-02-2014, 12:15 AM)Mayhem Wrote: [ -> ]Nice work Tactik.

Thank You Mayhem

I have been busy, forgive me for not answering you sooner. I hate when I do that.
Stupid computer had to be recovered too.

I'm getting old and long in the tooth, I cat remember like I used too. I have to go through all the kids names sometimes to get the right one.....

(06-23-2014, 06:15 PM)PixMan Wrote: [ -> ]...my dad used it for cutting off concrete-filled "lally columns"...

What grade concrete inserts was he using?

(06-26-2014, 12:33 AM)tackit Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-02-2014, 12:15 AM)Mayhem Wrote: [ -> ]Nice work Tactik.

Thank You Mayhem

I have been busy, forgive me for not answering you sooner. I hate when I do that...

No need to apologise - I understand people get busy and I post such comments because I like what I see, not to get acknowledgement. You'll find that we are all like that here (unlike some forums). So stop apologising and post your latest project/work

The cabinets continue even though its horrible hot up in the cabinet shop.
The island section will have a laminated maple butcher block top. Had 2 inch maple that was flat sawn, in order to expose the edge grain it needed to be resawn to inch then strips cut from those. The boards had a slight twist, the easiest way to straighten them was the saw mill.

I laminated the strips in roughly 1 foot sections, planed those then join the sections, more than a foot would be tough to put together and clamp before the glue starts to skin.

Some of the sections joined, going to be a heavy chunk to move when its all assembled. The cutout is for a slide in range

A close up of the laminations and joint between the sections.

Ya know some of us were meant to work with wood and some of us were meant to admire the work!!
Nice work!!!

Jerry

I swing both ways Jerry. Haven't decided what I want to do when I grow up, continue building sawmills and the like or work with wood.