Recent content by DaveMc

It better be welcome from victoria

Funny what some things can do to your inclinations. I did some work many years ago milling and turning aluminum for a small company in scientific research. A real machinist gave me some basics that were way over my head but I did get just enough to whet my appetite. Much later, when I got my own...

Thanks Lee I have fond memories of a small town not that far from Regina. Glen Ewen lost its elevators and its soul a number of years ago. There were summers in a cottage on Carlyle Lake I will never forget. Army cadet camp at Dundurn, many visits to Saskatoon. Relatives with farms in Swift...

You are my inspiration here so far Dusty. Apparently you still have all your marbles and all I want to do is hang onto mine the way you are doing it. I have another lifetime of projects to finish.

So sorry to hear this, my wife and I are working around people who have had covid, our neighbors have it too. Lucky so far, but the fact, as stated, is inescapable. We will all get it

Hi Don Now that I see who you are, I cannot thank you enough for your comments on my artwork. Very high praise indeed from someone with your skills

Blows me away! Man that is some nice work! Hats off to you my friend.

Hey thanks DPittman! What's your first name?

Thank you Don, I am delighted to hear that, especially on this forum. I feel a little out of my depth here as I am not much of a machinist. Hi Mike West Bay Marina was home for thirty years. Sold Pangea to a sailor in Sydney who plans to do what we never quite managed, take her offshore where...

My first shop was the galley table of our 28 foot sailboat. I figured out how to laminate brass shim stock to art paper, linen and mat board for a model of the Harbour Ferries I was driving. Later on I had access to a real shop and made some aluminum forms and cutters. The laminate was easy to...

Many thanks Mike, for the compliment and the suggestion. I am still finding my way around in here I do need a good corner to shove some of my stuff into. Active Projects sounds about right.

Good with his hands? You bet. Holds the phone in one and texts with the other.

Thank you. I was hoping to interest my grandson in something not 3d printed or computer generated. No such luck.

Hi Peter Thanks for the kind words. This is an experimental Colt .38 Army Navy from 1888, scaled down to about 43% . I liked the classic style and the top break. I just copied the profile and kept it simple, making it up as I went along. The action works but does not rotate the cylinder...