I seem to spend more time making jigs than projects these days.....
Took me nearly 12 months to make our daughter a lazy susan....LOL
Took me nearly 12 months to make our daughter a lazy susan....LOL
only ONE WEEK until Christmas (edited) - what do you have in the works for Shop-Made gifts ??
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Will do. I am working on the arbor press, making a few mods. I have a breakover bar, I plan to cut down a little to give more leverage. I 3d printed a couple of jaws for my vise so I can clamp the ram in and drill a vertical 3/8 in hole about 1 1/4 inches deep. That will allow the die for setting the eyelets to fit in. Slowly but surely. The old workbench is still providing all the clamping options I need for anything I am working on. Still very proud that I built it years ago.
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I haven't made a run to the big box store for some plywood so haven't started my chess board.
Also been recovering from my first time at Covid. Only had fever for 4 days but its been about three weeks and I feel tired all the time and out of wind as soon as I do anything but finally starting to have a little energy.
Got all the lumber ready to make 4 mallets. Did a quick one to see if I remember how to make them. Let's just say a particular old guy can't remember squat. So not perfect but it did let me know where I need to pay more attention for the rest of the mallets. Purple heart and oak handle with lacquer and wax finish. Looks way prettier IRL. (I can use young people lingo every once in a while)
If I remember, someone had asked what purple heart looks like after a while. This is about a year of oxidation in the open. I did not resurface the lumber and only did a light sanding. Also some boards are more purple than others.
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Also been recovering from my first time at Covid. Only had fever for 4 days but its been about three weeks and I feel tired all the time and out of wind as soon as I do anything but finally starting to have a little energy.
Got all the lumber ready to make 4 mallets. Did a quick one to see if I remember how to make them. Let's just say a particular old guy can't remember squat. So not perfect but it did let me know where I need to pay more attention for the rest of the mallets. Purple heart and oak handle with lacquer and wax finish. Looks way prettier IRL. (I can use young people lingo every once in a while)
If I remember, someone had asked what purple heart looks like after a while. This is about a year of oxidation in the open. I did not resurface the lumber and only did a light sanding. Also some boards are more purple than others.
John, that is cool. I may or may not have known about that a while ago but if so have long since forgotten that nugget of info.
So of course had to try it. 250F for 15 minutes. A lot more purpliey. It does work.
Mallet #2 finnished. Still playing with the design and build processes. Love that these are only a couple of hours to build.
Purple heart and oak with an oil based poly. I think I need to build some jigs for speed and standardization. Batching them out would be easier as well. Currently a lot of hand work and sanding to finish that I do not enjoy.
But this design got a 100% positive from the household so may stick to this for this year's go round.
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Purple heart and oak with an oil based poly. I think I need to build some jigs for speed and standardization. Batching them out would be easier as well. Currently a lot of hand work and sanding to finish that I do not enjoy.
But this design got a 100% positive from the household so may stick to this for this year's go round.
I am still looking for that one thing I can make a thousand of, that will sell like hotcakes at a Christmas Craft Show. If I can make ... SOMETHING ... that everyone will line up to buy, and I can make $10 or $12 profit on each one, I'd be grinning from ear to ear!
The yard wind spinners sell well, but that is a lot of welding, cutting, etc. Garden gnomes are now popular. If you can draw unique characters that amuse people, they will buy them. If only I could convince EVERYONE that they absolutely MUST OWN one of my (insert amazing gimmicky thing here).
Do you remember the last time someone actually found that magic formula? It was the PET ROCK! The guy was a GENIUS! It wasn't the rock that people were buying. It was the novelty of having a "pet" that required absolutely no care, no feeding, no walking, no vet bills, no licensing, and no attention whatsoever. The little booklet that came with every rock was great. It had two photos .. "A healthy rock" and "A sick rock." Of course they were the same photo, but people went for the Pet Rock in a BIG way!
Joe
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The yard wind spinners sell well, but that is a lot of welding, cutting, etc. Garden gnomes are now popular. If you can draw unique characters that amuse people, they will buy them. If only I could convince EVERYONE that they absolutely MUST OWN one of my (insert amazing gimmicky thing here).
Do you remember the last time someone actually found that magic formula? It was the PET ROCK! The guy was a GENIUS! It wasn't the rock that people were buying. It was the novelty of having a "pet" that required absolutely no care, no feeding, no walking, no vet bills, no licensing, and no attention whatsoever. The little booklet that came with every rock was great. It had two photos .. "A healthy rock" and "A sick rock." Of course they were the same photo, but people went for the Pet Rock in a BIG way!
Joe
Remember The Pet Rock? A History Of The Fad And Its Inventor
What was the Pet Rock? This small gag gift, literally a smooth stone in a cardboard box, is remembered as history's ultimate fad. But there's more to the true story of this 1970s oddity, and entrepreneur Gary Dahl, the man who invented the Pet Rock and became a millionaire overnight.
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My Pet Rock died. I was crushed.I am still looking for that one thing I can make a thousand of, that will sell like hotcakes at a Christmas Craft Show. If I can make ... SOMETHING ... that everyone will line up to buy, and I can make $10 or $12 profit on each one, I'd be grinning from ear to ear!
The yard wind spinners sell well, but that is a lot of welding, cutting, etc. Garden gnomes are now popular. If you can draw unique characters that amuse people, they will buy them. If only I could convince EVERYONE that they absolutely MUST OWN one of my (insert amazing gimmicky thing here).
Do you remember the last time someone actually found that magic formula? It was the PET ROCK! The guy was a GENIUS! It wasn't the rock that people were buying. It was the novelty of having a "pet" that required absolutely no care, no feeding, no walking, no vet bills, no licensing, and no attention whatsoever. The little booklet that came with every rock was great. It had two photos .. "A healthy rock" and "A sick rock." Of course they were the same photo, but people went for the Pet Rock in a BIG way!
Joe
Remember The Pet Rock? A History Of The Fad And Its Inventor
What was the Pet Rock? This small gag gift, literally a smooth stone in a cardboard box, is remembered as history's ultimate fad. But there's more to the true story of this 1970s oddity, and entrepreneur Gary Dahl, the man who invented the Pet Rock and became a millionaire overnight.
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What is nice about a dead pet rock is that yuo can have it engraved, and it will become its own headstone in your yard.My Pet Rock died. I was crushed.
"Here lies my pet rock. Literally."
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