We ended up with this super worn turret lathe a few years back for $500 and used it for a few small bushing jobs that more than paid for the machine. I decided that justified fixing it up so i pulled it all apart and brushed/picked about 70 years worth of grease and chips out of every crevasse. Redid some electrical, put on some new belts, adjusted all the gibs, re greased everything and now painting it and getting it all back together. Always fun to bring something new life. #makestr #fabricator #rebuild #trashtotreasure #machine

Thank you! It was a pain to get that mortise in. Really made me want to buy a mortiser. Marples and a chisel was a lot of work.

Tried a new joint. I can improve fitment but core concept looks good. #woodworking #craftsman #makestr #joinery

I think I found my table top in the boards. Now to plane it all to thickness and join it. I'm thinking biscuits and pva for the center and slot mortise with dowels for the endcaps to allow the opposing thermal expansion some slack. Hopefully that makes for a long lasting top. I'll use black epoxy to fill the voids. Finish size will be 72x38.

#Woodworking #craftsman #joinery #makestr #art

There is a #Table in here some where. I'll find it. #woodworking #woodcraft #craftsman #joinery #makestr

If you ever have questions feel free to hit me up. I've worked as a plastic fabricator for the past 20 years.

Neither actually. Its a solvent welding process. Chemicals rip the molecules apart and when it dries the parts are fused together.

That's a big museum box. Tried some new stuff and ended up with crystal clear welds. Very happy with how this one turned out. Nearly 4'x8'x2' out of 3/8 cast acrylic.

#petershiff sent me this. He seemed very excited.

GM!

As long as the currency is divisible and the value of the currency is allowed to grow to meet the amount of trade done then we could operate the whole economy on just a few bitcoin. This could look like a market cap in the quadrillions or more (depending how few bitcoin were in circulation) but if that occurred it would incentivise people and nation states to use some of their bitcoin which would add more float into the market. (decreasing the purchasing power of the bitcoin in circulation) this would theoretically occur until an imbalance came about where the perceived value of holding was higher than the percieved value of spending and the cycle would repeat. hope that helps elucidate my thought process.

Long story short? Nothing. The economy can be ran off any quantity of currency as long as the market value of the currency is allowed to float to meet the market demand.

Speaker grills for some really fast boats.

A300 ultima patrol shotgun.

I really gotta talk the boss man into buying a CNC lathe. Doing this on a manual was tedious. HDPE bushings. All tolerances within .005" (at least until it goes somewhere warmer or cooler) #maker #mechanicals #tradesman

Minwax true black stain, sanded everything to 80 grit then did 1 coat. It really highlighted the grain nicely.

Built a #wedding arch out of Douglas Fir. No fasteners. All #joinery. T- bridle on top, mortise and tenon for upright to base, slot mortise for 45° supports and lap joint for the base. Fun #project and now I want to try building a timber frame barn lol. Also.... I really want a mortiser. Doing that with a chisel was super time consuming. #makestr #woodworking #craftsman

I had a very intetesting project come in that required some creativity in producing. The customer required an 8' panel with a 3" radius bend to fit in a dado. I built a form to control the radius then took some cal rod heaters to heat the material. The radius was so wide that it couldn't evenly heat the material, leaving 3 individual bend lines and a very unsatisfactory result. Solution? Ceramic flooring tiles spread down the length. Worked a charm to get the job done. Part turned out beautifully. Only issue.... almost burned down the table. I'll have to solve that problem if I ever stumble my way into another similar project.

Getting things together to build an arch for my cousins #wedding. Wood only. Gonna practice my #joinery. #woodworking #craftsman #makestr

Making a #chessboard a different way than normal. Turning out kinda cool. Filled the pockets with sand and rocks then flooded with a lightly green tinted #epoxy.