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dsquire:

--- Quote from: Bernd on July 17, 2009, 10:45:56 AM ---
Well here's my "bent nail in a piece of wood", what did I do wrong?  :lol:



I'll be back on Sunday night to find out the answer. Need to go get the wife from the vacation camp.

Bernd

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Bernd

I think you have 2 choices on this one. :doh:

1. Pre drill before driving nail.

2. Use a better grade of nail, possibly concrete nail.

hope this helps

Cheers  :beer:

Don

usn ret:
Hello boys and [girls?].  Have been on the road for most of the summer as we have grandkids and birthdays scattered all over California and family in Arizona. On the road again!!!! The shop/garage tend to be a little warm in the summer here in the Calif desert, daytime temps tend to be in the 90-110F outside and of course minimal air circulation adds to feeling of too hot for now.  Can't have sweat dripping on that fresh shiny new bit, can we?  The little shop time I get is spent working on the Triumph TR7 engine swap, all the bracketery is done and now trying to sort out the wiring harness for the engine/fuel injection. I would rather be making something other than chasing a wire only to find out "YOU CUT THE WRONG WIRE"!!!!!!! :zap: Chasing wires is about as much fun as getting a 'root canal'.  When the temps drop I will go back to making chips.  While on the road computer time is limited therefore I pop in for a quick look and go on.  
The main reason I signed on to this forum was that I noticed that the rooky/newby was not talked down to and suppportive comments were offered to encurage and compliment his/her efforts.  SO, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
CLIFF :coffee:

Brass_Machine:

--- Quote from: usn ret on July 17, 2009, 01:14:33 PM ---... The little shop time I get is spent working on the Triumph TR7 engine swap, all the bracketery is done and now trying to sort out the wiring harness for the engine/fuel injection. ...

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How about some pictures/build thread on the TR7? Those are neat little cars...

Eric

bogstandard:
Bernd,

What do you mean? I can't see you have done anything wrong.

What a great project, frugalistic house furniture.

I await your finishing the project, just two more holes to drill, and it will be ready for mounting on the wall.

I also like the dual purpose use as well, with the perfect selection of nail length and bending angle, so that it can be used as either a hat OR coat hanger.

I've got to make me a few of those. :thumbup:


Bogs

foozer:

--- Quote from: Divided he ad on July 17, 2009, 03:11:36 AM ---Ok.... So this reply will be a little on topic a little off topic and a little fuzzy inbetween..... Why?

Robert..... That middle picture looks like a brilliant idea.... :clap:  Try again and post the way you do it please.  You really should post this stuff..... Failure or not, it's damn good looking  :thumbup:



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It was a little too ambitious for my skill level and the accuracy of my lathe. Shot shows the jig used, piece mounted on a faceplate at an angle. Has a little pointy that engages the outer rim index holes which as I rotated the part to the next position. They got to be "Spot On"  and well it got ugly. The offset angle has to be accounted for as it altered the center line. Little more than I could do with a stone axe and flint knife. Was fun tho to give it a shot. learned a lot of "not to do's" first being weigh big idea against reality :), ensure piece has more back support so it don't rock as it gets clamped down, make sure when you do the opposite side, your on the same set of index marks,  surprise surprise, but, naw, what fun is that.

Ill give it another shot as I improve my own ability. Think tho I'll use AL, less tears over the scrap.

Robert

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