What did you make today?

[glatt]

Pretty much everything in this picture used to be my grandfather's. Pretty cool.

[glatt]

So it works a lot smoother now.

[glatt]

I was having major problems with tapatalk last night. I'd post something and then the new post window would already be populated with the text I just wrote and no indication whether it got posted with a picture or not. I even shut the phone down and restarted and went back in to tapatalk to try to clear things up.

Anyway, I could clean this up, but then all my venting about tapatalk wouldn't make any sense, and the damage to the thread is already done.

[glatt]

Mostly I was just excited because I had an excuse to dig out the old tap and die set that I think I may have used once a decade ago. And never since. You just look at this thing, and think of all the possibilities. But really, it isn't that often I need to cut threads into something.

Isn't this cool? I love using old tools that still work well, and probably better than modern stuff.

[footfootfoot]

cutting your own threads is very satisfying. I usually think to myself (directed at the floggers of cheap hardware) "HaHA! take taht bitches!"

I spell it that way too.

[glatt]

I was just thinking. The last time I cut my own threads was when I was trying to remove a lug nut. It was the exact opposite of satisfying that time, because I would have preferred using the threads that came with the wheel stud rather than cut new ones with the messed up lug nut, eventually breaking the wheel stud.

[BigV]

ideas about your drum sander

1 -- I share your love of old tools. I have several tools from my Dad that I treasure.

2 -- The last time I cut threads (on purpose, with a tap and die set, not with a crossthreaded nut, not specifying which is the nut) was in shop class in seventh grade. I'd made a little hammer out of 1/2" square bar stock and some steel rod. I ... I wonder where that tool is.. It might be around here somewhere, now it's in my mind (like I need something else to rattle around in there, distracting me).

3 -- an idea to correct the imperfect grip your chuck had on the threaded rod: thread some nuts (at least two) onto the rod and lock them together, then use those flat sides to give the jaws of the chuck something solid to grip onto.

4 -- for the nail as the sandpaper wedge/imbalance issue: Why not add a second hole 180 deg opposite and add a counterbalancing nail?

5 -- I love your work glatt.

[limey]

Not today, but over the weekend I made music. Six trumpets, five trombones, four French horns (cue Christmas carol jokes!), three percussionists and two tubas all met to create music and share good times.
This video is not us, but one of the pieces we played.

These two Spotify links take you to two other pieces we played (again, not us in the links):
Festmusik der stadt Wien
Feierlicher Einzug
The above pieces are all by (or based on music by) Richard Strauss - he was the main focus of our weekend. However, for a little light relief we also played an arrangement of the slow movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony for brass, and a very funky Stevie Wonder medley.
Food and company were most excellent. You could say, I suppose, that we all had a real blast
(I should add that I was playing French horn this weekend - it is my true musical love. The tuba and sousie are my brass bits on the side!!)

[glatt]

Awesome!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Griff

The first nuc was really active with a lot of bees and excess comb all over it.

The bees wait for no man... nice recovery though.

Originally Posted by glatt

I love using old tools that still work well, and probably better than modern stuff.

They were built to do a job, with the heft and accuracy that inspires confidence, until you wear them out. With enough oil they'll will outlast generations of we amateurs. On the down side, if you screw the job up you can't blame the tools.

Originally Posted by limey

I should add that I was playing French horn this weekend - it is my true musical love. The tuba and sousie are my brass bits on the side!!

A woman of many talents. I nominate you to run Scotland after the split.

[Undertoad]

French horn is the most plainly sophisticated of the brass. No blasting or farting, just a pleasant and very musical tone.

You can tell Mr. Limey I said that...! He's a trumpeter, right?

[Gravdigr]

I made this. <--Cellar link

[glatt]

These were the shelves I wanted that sander for. I'm pleased with the way they blend right in with the cabinets.

[Gravdigr]

Good job, man.

[Clodfobble]

Very nice looking!