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New Lawnmower/Security Guard
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But that's his job. lol. We're out in the rural side of town so I kinda feel like we're living in his backyard. I make lots of noise and look both ways when stepping outside.
And it's this week will be the third mowing already.
Here are a few shots of my current projects. My wife and I lived aboard a small sailboat for decades before moving to the fifth wheel.
Large projects seemed unlikely until I got started on the tower cranes. Perforated aluminum J channel flattened and cut into meccano
pieces, about a thousand 4-40 machine screws and a couple of hundred hours each. The little monkey wrench turned out OK so I thought
I would try a half scale revolver. I am pretty good with hacksaw files and sandpaper but the machining is a very steep learning curve. I am
also pretty good at hiding my mistakes. There are a lot of them.
Large projects seemed unlikely until I got started on the tower cranes. Perforated aluminum J channel flattened and cut into meccano
pieces, about a thousand 4-40 machine screws and a couple of hundred hours each. The little monkey wrench turned out OK so I thought
I would try a half scale revolver. I am pretty good with hacksaw files and sandpaper but the machining is a very steep learning curve. I am
also pretty good at hiding my mistakes. There are a lot of them.
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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. Plugged barrel, dummy rounds and too small to draw fire, it looks real enough to be cool but not dangerous.
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Thank you. I was hoping to interest my grandson in something not 3d printed or computer generated. No such luck.
140mower
Don
Lol. I feel your pain. It's hard dragging them away from the computers isn't it? I bought a little Atlas lathe thinking that I might be able to interest the oldest grandson, but so far, no interest in the shop. He's young yet, but still hoping.
Good with his hands? You bet. Holds the phone in one and texts with the other.
DPittman
Ultra Member
Yes my almost 11 year old son is much the same. I drag him out to the shop to show him stuff and he politely comments on stuff but not much interest yet. He does do amazing stuff with Lego but he would spend all his time on a screen if I'd let him. I'll keep hoping.
@DaveMc - very cool projects, the pistol is a real accomplishment. Can I suggest you start a new post (maybe in Active Projects) so your stuff doesn't get lost in this thread.
And no this isn't a hijack rant, quite often we'll go off on a tangent from the original thread and interesting pieces like this get lost forever. Unless you're @YYCHM who seems to be able to find just about everything, LOL
And no this isn't a hijack rant, quite often we'll go off on a tangent from the original thread and interesting pieces like this get lost forever. Unless you're @YYCHM who seems to be able to find just about everything, LOL
Unless you're @YYCHM who seems to be able to find just about everything, LOL
He is damn good isn't he! Anyone know how he does that?
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Forum Pony Express Driver
Huge rolodex, cross filed by member and post topic, sub-sorted by machine owned by said member, then a 5 stat ranking system on whether the post contained useful info
Did I mention it’s huge?