◙ Li’l PINCH (←thang) ◙ pdib (←maker) ◙ not sayin’ (←just sayin’) ◙ shuh-ZAM! (←hyperbole)

[beckdg]

And, yes, beckdg, those .9mm hex drivers are great. Amazing how much better they engage the screws, and consequently don't strip them out.

Indeed.

I like how they engage the hand, myself.

For quick tightening, I'll pinch the shaft and spin it with the fingers.

Then to snug down, just a quarter to half turn or so while gripping the handle.

Makes going from hanging on by a fraction of a thread to full lock down a cinch.

Tapatyped

 

[rudedog]

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wow i love the lil punch face!! and the dual nut/punch?is just AWESOME!they all are just great!

 

[rudedog]

oops, almost missed this (on account of Ken-spaztic whipping out his big ol' sense of humor) .. .

Yes, the hole shape needs to be different because the tooling required to make a hole in a triangle is very different from what all I can do to make a hole in a 1" thick rectangle. I'm sure there's some room for variation, and we can discover that along the way. This mod "holds" a lot of different ways (or so it seems to me from when I'm handling Gig's wood . . ..). It's actually real comfortable in both hands and with atty away or atty nearest . . . so there's something to be said for a hole that can be (wait for it . . . .. ) . .. . poked, from many positions and angles of attack.











shop talk. what can I say?

angles of attack!!!good one...lol.made me smile...hah

 

[rudedog]

Oh look, two years smoke free!

congrats Clark,i hit my 2 yrs a while back too.its a big deal for sure!

 

[pdib]

KAY-kay . . . so all that's done ( final sizing/polishing of the silver contacts and switch assembly fitting and buttonhat matrimony). Cutting some juice tube now and will begin completing individual mods tomorrow (as in, pics, approvals and packaging).

 

[Clark F]

Excellent, Saturday night snippets!!!

 

[Tamer El-Meehy]

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Yes. Beautiful! What kind of wood is that?

 

[beckdg]

Yes. Beautiful! What kind of wood is that?

Ironwood, I believe.

My twins.

Born from a single block...

All photos courtesy of dibs.

Thanks, P.

Tapatyped

 

[Tamer El-Meehy]

Ironwood, I believe.

My twins.

Born from a single block...

All photos courtesy of dibs.

Thanks, P.

Tapatyped

Gorgeous twins you've got yourself my friend.

 

[beckdg]

Gorgeous twins you've got yourself my friend.

Thank you, sir.

Tapatyped

 

[TamiPac]

Our 2 year old grandson found out it was his Pop Pop's birthday and drove our daughter crazy all day with this...........Pop Pop is what he calls my hubby.

 

[supertrunker]

A private video.

T

 

[TamiPac]

A private video.

T

Oops, sorry I'll change it. Should work now.

 

[Doffy]

Can someone explain the green parrot avatar? It is spreading. I think it is an amazon parrot. Mundy has it, as does pwheeler.

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[beckdg]

Can someone explain the green parrot avatar? It is spreading. I think it is an amazon parrot. Mundy has it, as does pwheeler.

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Roxynoodle...

Helped design a RTA...

Out of the goodness of her heart...

With no monetary investment or gain on her part...

Word got out...

ECF treated her as they would a vendor making money on the site without paying their dues...

Her account was closed...

She moved on...

Her account was reinstated...

She remains moved on.

Many here rightfully believe she was treated unfairly...

And show their support with their avatars.

The parrot was Roxys avatar.

Rossums avatar is also a reference to that.

Tapatyped

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Can someone explain the green parrot avatar? It is spreading. I think it is an amazon parrot. Mundy has it, as does pwheeler.

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Edit: Ninja'ed. I'll just leave this here

Disgusting Treatment of Member!!!

 

[MFarley]

If a piece is stabilized correctly it should end up with no pores but the problem is that few do the process correctly mainly to save time/money.

The piece being stabilized is submerged in stabilizing liquid resin in a vacuum chamber and with a vacuum pump the air is pumped out. On average (depending on the species of wood) a piece of about the size used for a Pinch would take 3-5 hours in the vacuum chamber to have all the air pulled out. At this stage (when the air is removed) it's where some people take a shortcut and end up with an inferior stabilized piece by removing the piece from the liquid and baking it in an oven too early.
To do it correctly once the air is all removed and the piece no longer releases bubbles it should be left in the liquid in full vacuum for at least another 2-3 hours. What this important step does is that it allows time for the wood to displace all the air which was removed with liquid. Once the bubbles stop if the pump is shut down and full vacuum is maintained the wood will within a couple hours suck up a huge amount of liquid resin.
Since the liquid resin is heat activated the piece is then placed in tin foil in and put in an oven for another 3-4 hours at about 250-280 degrees for the resin to set.

The main reason some pieces aren't stabilized correctly is that they weren't given the chance, enough time to suck up enough liquid resin. Hence on the outside they look fine but once you cut in deep in the wood it's still porous. Stabilizing liquid is reusable so to save money many of those guys stabilizing don't let the wood suck up all the liquid it needs to save liquid.

Sadly the only way for you to know if the piece is stabilized correctly is to cut into it.

This is the process that the do it yourselfers and small, new stabilizing companies use. And the chemicals they use are different also. Cactus juice and a few others are actually pre-mixed Resinol 90c from Henkel (Locktite). This process and chemicals are limited to easier to stabilize woods.
(Sorry if I am going off on a rant. I will stop here)

 

[Alexander Mundy]

I think most everyone here likes to learn more about the process Mr Frog

 

[CaptSteve]

This is the process that the do it yourselfers and small, new stabilizing companies use. And the chemicals they use are different also. Cactus juice and a few others are actually pre-mixed Resinol 90c from Henkel (Locktite). This process and chemicals are limited to easier to stabilize woods.
(Sorry if I am going off on a rant. I will stop here)

Thanks Mark, I was talking about the "home" process which sadly many of the online eBay vendors use

….and in fact do a piss poor job of it too

 

[Train2]

___The mighty Tower of Nuppin___