Your wall thickness is totally irrelevant because: A) Your loop isn't really under that much pressure and B) If it's going to leak, it'll be at...
Be aware that padauk will gradually darken- a process that's accelerated by sunlight. The contrast between the padauk stripe and walnut body will...
It's just gorgeous, the front fascia in particular. I sure hope that in the near future you get the opportunity to work with a less "grainy"...
No it's called "registering" (or "timing") and high end gunsmiths- as well as competition clockmakers- do it as a matter of course. I once read an...
Not "blunt", just different. Standard wood/metal bits are ground so as to pull themselves down and through the material. This can cause chipping...
The whole package is wonderful, I'm very impressed. I don't know how you did it but as strictly as you followed the original radio's design, the...
V., your skill in design and execution continues to evolve and impress but I do have one comment that I hope you won't find offensive. I...
Does The Amos and Andy Show come in clearly?
Summertime is for working on cars, or in your case, the woodshop.
It's loverly, V.
Have you a pic of the original dial needle(s?) and what size they are?
You could grow bamboo- trained "bonsai" style, naturally (see what I did there?)- to make the formed tubing. As for the radiators...you got me.
Oh boy, another one. Can't wait to see how you build the wooden radiators and tubing.
You'll have no trouble removing the heatpipes. Even if you accept the efficacy of the pipes themselves, once you see how loosely they are...
That's not really a metal brake...more of a clamp than anything. If you need to make a clean bend in anything beyond fairly light gauge...
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