All Things Woodworking

[Born2vette]

Anything using drying oils, but Linseed is the leading.
I always lay any rags out flat to dry, or I have a metal rack outside that I drape them across.

6 gallon Galvanized metal can with tight fitting lid that I store outside away from the house. Once a year contents go to hazardous waste disposal

 

[Lpherr]

Decided on 2K.
A neighbor noticed I was in the shop and stopped by to see what I was working on.
He said he was spraying some motorcycle tins today, and could spray these for me.
He was spraying gloss, but said after I knock off the fuzzies, he would squirt them with some matte.
The color really came out.

 

[MRockwell]

I suggest you be really cautious mixing talc and CA to flatten it and try it on a piece of scrap first. My experience is that high surface area materials, e.g. sawdust cause the CA to setup very quickly. I also know that baking soda & CA sets up quickly to form a white plastic/ivory like material. Would hate to see you mix up a thick mix and it turn into a bird poop "feature" on your nice grips (or other project)!!!

That's an interesting trick/technique with the CA and baking soda. Thanks for sharing.

I don't use CA a lot in the shop, maybe on occasion when I need to mix up some wood filler. It's almost like using bondo, in that when it kicks and hardens...it's Right Now! That has happened to me more than I would like to admit.

 

[Nazgul]

One issue I’ve seen is if it’s exposed to moisture it will turn cloudy.

Never had this happen. Made a short starter for a muzzle loader and finished it with super glue. Have used it several years and last spring shot in a humid/rain storm at Friendship with it no problem.
On reflection maybe it is because it is fully sealed with glue. No moisture can get underneath the finish.

Don

 

[Frosty]

Never had this happen. Made a short starter for a muzzle loader and finished it with super glue. Have used it several years and last spring shot in a humid/rain storm at Friendship with it no problem.
On reflection maybe it is because it is fully sealed with glue. No moisture can get underneath the finish.

Don

I’ve got a pen I turned that got water spilled on it, it’s really cloudy. Maybe the fully sealed thing is the key?

 

[Lpherr]

Another design...
or two.

I'll get a pic posted when finished.

 

[Born2vette]

Got tired of my old, cobbled together workbench and decided to make a proper bench for my needs. Has been sitting upside down on saw horses for a week until my godson could swing by and help me right it but now it is almost done! Just needs a bottom shelf and time to rock and roll (or plane and sand),

 

[MindfulMan]

Got tired of my old, cobbled together workbench and decided to make a proper bench for my needs. Has been sitting upside down on saw horses for a week until my godson could swing by and help me right it but now it is almost done! Just needs a bottom shelf and time to rock and roll (or plane and sand),

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Oh wow .... that's a beautiful beast, Norm !
Smart to put wheels on it. That surface will definitely give you a super-flat surface for glue ups !

 

[Lpherr]

Got tired of my old, cobbled together workbench and decided to make a proper bench for my needs. Has been sitting upside down on saw horses for a week until my godson could swing by and help me right it but now it is almost done! Just needs a bottom shelf and time to rock and roll (or plane and sand),

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That's a sturdy bench. But, that shop is entirely too clean.

 

[Frosty]

Got tired of my old, cobbled together workbench and decided to make a proper bench for my needs. Has been sitting upside down on saw horses for a week until my godson could swing by and help me right it but now it is almost done! Just needs a bottom shelf and time to rock and roll (or plane and sand),

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Awesome! I built one very similar to yours a couple years ago, it’s amazing how much a proper bench will help you!

 

[Bugzilla]

Got tired of my old, cobbled together workbench and decided to make a proper bench for my needs. Has been sitting upside down on saw horses for a week until my godson could swing by and help me right it but now it is almost done! Just needs a bottom shelf and time to rock and roll (or plane and sand),

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Oh the agony when you accidentally put the first gouge in it!

 

[Lpherr]

I took a set of grips to work, to show a couple of hunters, and word got around.
I had a woman approach me, and asked if I was the one with the grips. Being a bit apprehensive,
and not sure of her position within the company, I told her yes, but they were only to show.

She asked to see them, and proceeded to inform me that it was her fathers birthday this coming weekend,
and even though he would love a set of these, she had an idea. As she began to explain her idea,
I told her that I had the exact idea come to me in a dream. Coincidence?

I rendered this, and waiting on her response to cut.
It's simply the grip, enlarged to 16" in length, and will be hung on the wall in her fathers office.

 

[Lpherr]

In response to @Bigtanker, in Allen's post.

Cheeseburger 1911 grips...

 

[Bigtanker]

In response to @Bigtanker, in Allen's post.

Cheeseburger 1911 grips...






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This is just awesome!!!!

 

[Lpherr]

This is just awesome!!!!

I had actually modeled these a couple weeks ago, when I read a post about the Mouse and his love for cheeseburgers and 1911's.
I didn't post any pics, because I imagined the responses.

 

[Bigtanker]

I wouldn't be surprised if you received a few PMs for orders.

 

[schmart]

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In response to @Bigtanker, in Allen's post.

Cheeseburger 1911 grips...






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What software are you using to model/render these grips? I've thought about making some on my CNC, but haven't figured out how to do the Z axis curves in my software. Nowhere as creative as your designs have been, but could be fun.
--Rick

 

[Lpherr]

New one for today.

 

[Frosty]

New one for today.


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If you added something like this

That would be pretty badass!

 

[Lpherr]

If you added something like this
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That would be pretty badass!

That's too much detail for the real-estate available.