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So what are you making her for Mother’s Day?
- Thread starter Janger
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historicalarms
Ultra Member
Not right this day but recent enough to be considered appropriate...does six weeks ago count....the rubber plug for the bathroom sink cracked so I cut a new plug out of alum. and cut a groove for an O-ring...works!!!
Also, just to "double build" some brownies, last week the spring loaded latch for our screen door broke in half...would have been a 1/2 hr trip to town to buy a new one but that wasn't happening....instead, I milled a new latch from a scrap of alum, took me a full day to do it manually...just added to the "mothers day" account beautifully, she's blissfully smiling happily and so am I.
Also, just to "double build" some brownies, last week the spring loaded latch for our screen door broke in half...would have been a 1/2 hr trip to town to buy a new one but that wasn't happening....instead, I milled a new latch from a scrap of alum, took me a full day to do it manually...just added to the "mothers day" account beautifully, she's blissfully smiling happily and so am I.
Well, I started this a couple months ago as part of Rustinox's #coathanger2020 challenge but because it took until a few days ago due to life stuff it became her Mother's Day gift, lol. It's a coat rack with a lamp made mostly from used heavy truck parts and some scrap I had. She was part of the design process from the start so she was quite tickled for it.
As the steer axle drum is about 97 lb, the whole assembly would be about 115 lb I would guess. At least with a heavy base our 3-year-old son is unlikely to dump it on himself. Not to say he isn't creative . . .
As the steer axle drum is about 97 lb, the whole assembly would be about 115 lb I would guess. At least with a heavy base our 3-year-old son is unlikely to dump it on himself. Not to say he isn't creative . . .
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That turned out great!
Johnwa
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I’m working on a little box to hold her salt and pepper mills. First thing I had to do was learn how to do box joints. I honestly didn’t know wood guys would work in 0.001” but it does make a difference.
Heres a pic of the prototype. The joints are too tight so had to adjust the jig by 0.002”.
Heres a pic of the prototype. The joints are too tight so had to adjust the jig by 0.002”.
