Past wax seems a good idea. With a bit of dawn dishwashing liquid maybe the plaster will stick. I will try it.
It actually came with one. I just haven't used it yet.....Except to trim the edge of the vice jaw.
Great suggestion....this was originally a Facistbook post so I just copied it over. I am usually more focused on making things readable but on...
I recently purchased a Makita chop saw at a garage sale for next to nothing and it had a problem with the switch and was missing most of the vice....
Anyone got any ideas on a material for filling voids and making fillets in foam patterns. I once had some cheap caulk that worked well burning up...
I am looking to increase the strength of my green sand. I had some success adding Bentonite but I heard "Sea Coal" will help. I got a bag of coal...
Well I finally got my swivel shooting bench finished. Now I have to make a center section seat bearing and seat support for the second one so the...
If you look at the photos in the craiglist listing you can see more pictures of it. It is all lost foam castings.
It is a can crushing machine that I made several years ago. You chuck the shaft in to the lathe chuck and the lathe powers it. Since it is made...
I got a new [But with experience] metal lathe at an auction recently. so I cleaned up and repainted my old one to maske room for the "New...
I just jiggle the heck out of them on the concrete.
I decided to go Whole Hog on AL 203's ideas and I only gave the pattern one coat of plaster. I thined my plaster down so that I could dip the...
The center section, while a usable casting was a little on the Rough Side. It worked because I gave myself a lot of thickness to the casting walls...
Got a ton of work done but haven't had time to post anything. Got the center casting of my bench made. It came out nice....not as nice as I would...
You gotta think ahead. Sometimes you just happen on an idea and wonder why the heck you never thought of it before! I been saving scraps of cut...
Some of you may remember that the wife and I went out to Wyoming on a prairie dog hunt. We had a great time. on the second day it was very very...
DaviD...my furnace does sense a movement in the force occasionally. that is probably it.
Well, you are correct....It was working last month....too bad!
You are welcome.....Alloy avenue is actually working again. Although it doesn't seem to have much traffic.
Very nice and beautifully made. I have had the same problem but my solution is a little simpler....but no so elegant. I have a 6 foot length of...
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