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Made these on the manual lathe at school.
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1st experience of building full custom case for pc with wcs:
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Kind of a late reply, but those look great! You've got two of the staples there; God and guns!
I'm not he handiest of men, but I can write one hell of a cautionary note. In hindsight, I wish I remembered to take a picture of the collection mentioned.
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Another recent example, this one out of red oak. Nice solid wood, also made a little SAMCRO engraving in it for the sake of variety.
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My homemade spicy strawberry chicken wings. The sauce is my own recipe and I've won two local contests with them so far.
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Yet another, bocote + poplar.
Bocote is a highly exotic wood tough to find, poplar you can get at home depots any day of the week - Can be a challenge finding the right grain pattern, I looked at 4 stores before I found this one. Gives almost a granite like look when machined. View attachment 574650
Bocote is a highly exotic wood tough to find, poplar you can get at home depots any day of the week - Can be a challenge finding the right grain pattern, I looked at 4 stores before I found this one. Gives almost a granite like look when machined. View attachment 574650
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DIY trailer hitch bench vise mount (2" receiver). Made this to keep a field expedient bench vise in my truck.
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Dang it...
I don't know how to embed the actual song. Sorry. This is something I made today. Not finished, but it's supposed to be an action sequence score.
https://soundcloud.com/jcolumbus/action-sequence
I don't know how to embed the actual song. Sorry. This is something I made today. Not finished, but it's supposed to be an action sequence score.
https://soundcloud.com/jcolumbus/action-sequence
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Something a bit different, this is a floating sifter I designed to help me recover targets for my metal detecting hobby. Find a signal, take a scoop, dump it in the sifter which starts to self sift with water action, speeds things up quite nicely.
Is about 22x12" and is made from 1" PVC and .25" lexan. I drilled alot of the holes via CNC but wasn't happy with the amount so drilled a bunch more by hand - Can still see spots that needs holes, but I can't go too far without risking ruining the whole thing. The rope/lanyard is too hook on to my trunks so it follows me along as I go.
Helped me find this gold & silver just the other day
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Is about 22x12" and is made from 1" PVC and .25" lexan. I drilled alot of the holes via CNC but wasn't happy with the amount so drilled a bunch more by hand - Can still see spots that needs holes, but I can't go too far without risking ruining the whole thing. The rope/lanyard is too hook on to my trunks so it follows me along as I go.
Helped me find this gold & silver just the other day
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Necessity truly is the mother of invention !
Of course I can't claim an actual invention with this, I got the idea on a medal detecting forum. What sets mine apart is no metal, most guys make them with wire mesh screens ,,, I thought non metallic would be nice in case I ever have a pile of gunk on it and I want to pass my coil over it to find the prize, would not be possible with a metal screen. Plus no worries about rust.
I made this as a prototype but I'm hard pressed to think of ways to improve it, works great. Someone suggested I use a surf board ankle strap instead of the cheesy nylon rope, sounded good until I checked the prices [about $30], so I'll stick with the rope unless something better comes along.
Of course I can't claim an actual invention with this, I got the idea on a medal detecting forum. What sets mine apart is no metal, most guys make them with wire mesh screens ,,, I thought non metallic would be nice in case I ever have a pile of gunk on it and I want to pass my coil over it to find the prize, would not be possible with a metal screen. Plus no worries about rust.
I made this as a prototype but I'm hard pressed to think of ways to improve it, works great. Someone suggested I use a surf board ankle strap instead of the cheesy nylon rope, sounded good until I checked the prices [about $30], so I'll stick with the rope unless something better comes along.
That's niiice. Now let us know how the wife reacts the pulled up wood flooring behind you.
a few of the hitting I make. I am making another a board with a matching hanging sign right now. lots of wacky things for the movie industry.
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