June 11, 20215 yr Author comment_857183 On 6/3/2021 at 3:56 PM, naamanf said: A tonearm board. It fits! Well at least the arm does it slides nicely in the slot. The trick is the table is made for a 10.5” arm and putting a 9” arm on it. That made for some tricky math. I do need to make a change to the right angle DIN connector to make it a more favorable mating angle.. then hope it clears the bottom of the plinth. 🤞 is there some software that you can scan a diagram and and make very precise measurements? I transcribed this with a pair of calipers and a angle finder thing. It would be nicer to do that in the future with a few point and click operations Edited June 11, 20215 yr by luvdunhill Report
June 11, 20215 yr comment_857185 8 minutes ago, luvdunhill said: It fits! Well at least the arm does it slides nicely in the slot. The trick is the table is made for a 10.5” arm and putting a 9” arm on it. That made for some tricky math. I do need to make a change to the right angle DIN connector to make it a more favorable mating angle.. then hope it clears the bottom of the plinth. 🤞 is there some software that you can scan a diagram and and make very precise measurements? I transcribed this with a pair of calipers and a angle finder thing. It would be nicer to do that in the future with a few point and click operations You can scan and convert to vectors. If you know the exact measurement you can then scale to fit. Report
June 11, 20215 yr comment_857227 Made another one today for one of our Doctors who was SF. Going to have a holder for his green beret. Report
June 12, 20215 yr comment_857236 Today I explained to my octogenarian mother the concepts of: Steampunk, Lil John, Crunk, Steamcrunk. Report
June 12, 20215 yr comment_857242 1 hour ago, Knuckledragger said: Today I explained to my octogenarian mother the concepts of: Steampunk, Lil John, Crunk, Steamcrunk. Can you explain them to me, too? Report
June 12, 20215 yr comment_857245 Probably not. I can explain that in spite of my comparatively young age by HC standards, I'm one of the more senile members of this site and I could have sworn I posted this in What Did You Do TODAY? Singed, Captain Would Probably Start A Housefire Building A CMoy, Esquire. Report
June 12, 20215 yr comment_857267 You might start a line of headphone hangers on such design: things like "to Dr Molinaro who gave my wife those wonderful appendages" and things like that. There's some business there if someone doesn't sue you for using wood Very nice holder, Naaman. Report
June 12, 20215 yr Author comment_857284 No time to finish the armboard, because it was the time for truth! Will it fit and can I get the arm aligned. Well I think so! The SME setup process is pretty complicated - lots of tiny judgments and adjustments needed but the engineering behind the arm is just wonderful! I am almost at the top of the height adjustment - so probably needed a little more height on the board. I would say it has about 1/8” left of adjustment room - I guess useful for those future 300g releases? Report
June 12, 20215 yr comment_857286 4 minutes ago, luvdunhill said: No time to finish the armboard, because it was the time for truth! Will it fit and can I get the arm aligned. Well I think so! The SME setup process is pretty complicated - lots of tiny judgments and adjustments needed but the engineering behind the arm is just wonderful! I am almost at the top of the height adjustment - so probably needed a little more height on the board. I would say it has about 1/8” left of adjustment room - I guess useful for those future 300g releases? Looks great! Know that we know the measurements we can always make a shim to go under the board to raise it up a bit. Report
June 13, 20215 yr comment_857294 The new shop is mostly wired and the big tools all have dedicated 240V circuits. I cleaned up and tried moving some things around to see how the space will work. It feels spacious compared to where we have been working in a chopped up basement space. This is approximately where the table saw, bandsaw and jointer/planer will reside, although the bandsaw will come away from the wall and may change orientation when in use. The blades for the Hammer bandsaw are still being made so it is going to sit in a corner for now, and the garbage rugs used by the tenant for years are now in place for some comfort and grease spot coverage. It's taking a while to get set up but I'm trying to be patient and get things done right. I'm going to enjoy working in this space and it will be much easier when Milo and Otis are in the shop together. Report
June 13, 20215 yr Author comment_857295 Nice work Al! You almost could fit a ping-pong table in all that empty space! Report
June 13, 20215 yr comment_857300 I've got a few more tools to get in there before I wedge in gaming tables. 😄 Report
June 13, 20215 yr comment_857302 Looking great Al. Plenty of spots for the Robotron 2084 machine. Report
June 13, 20215 yr comment_857305 I think he meant the other type of ping pong table. Looking good! Report
June 13, 20215 yr comment_857306 Funny that I didn't think of it because I can't imagine operating one of those! Report
June 13, 20215 yr comment_857347 Looking like it’s coming together nicely, Al. M&O will be making wood chips before you know it. I’m still ping ponging away. Report
June 13, 20215 yr comment_857362 17 minutes ago, Grahame said: Have M & O asked for a ping pong'ed plaque? They have not 🤔 Report
June 14, 20215 yr comment_857365 2 hours ago, naamanf said: That is awesome! Where did you find the pistol? Report
June 14, 20215 yr comment_857366 8 minutes ago, Augsburger said: That is awesome! Where did you find the pistol? Cheap replica from Amazon. Report
June 15, 20215 yr comment_857446 On 6/13/2021 at 3:16 AM, Voltron said: The new shop is mostly wired and the big tools all have dedicated 240V circuits. I cleaned up and tried moving some things around to see how the space will work. It feels spacious compared to where we have been working in a chopped up basement space. This is approximately where the table saw, bandsaw and jointer/planer will reside, although the bandsaw will come away from the wall and may change orientation when in use. The blades for the Hammer bandsaw are still being made so it is going to sit in a corner for now, and the garbage rugs used by the tenant for years are now in place for some comfort and grease spot coverage. It's taking a while to get set up but I'm trying to be patient and get things done right. I'm going to enjoy working in this space and it will be much easier when Milo and Otis are in the shop together. Oh for that much space! super-jealous! My bench, bandsaw, jointer/planer, router table and radial arm saw are squeezed into a single width garage. It needs real discipline to use every machine safely. Report
June 25, 20215 yr Author comment_858164 Got the first coat of Osmo on these stairs - before, during and after… Report
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