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| flyingtractors1:
Thanks Mick and shipto. I had thought that I'd love to have a tool of a special sort, and typically I do, but the usual let down and feelings of "and now what" presist until I start a new project. So I've realized that it is the trip that is especially pleasureable. Every build presents a new set of challenges, and that's what tickles me. When I know what to do or how to do it -- I'm doing it __ right past dinner, bedtime and reason. I often eat while I work, and sometimes I have to rest but can't wait to get up and continue. It is nice to be "self employed" and insanely obsessed with a passion. Ralph |
| flyingtractors1:
ditto -- vsteam. Ralph |
| flyingtractors1:
Well, it happens -- sometimes it just doesn't look right, and I'm forced to build a part over again. The knurled nuts to adjust the frog just seemed out of scale and were not pleasing to the eye, so I had to make new ones. Ralph At the lathe with a jewelers fine knurling tool The initial knurl nuts looked more like monster truck knobby tires compared to the new ones which more closely fit the proper scale. |
| micktoon:
Hi Ralph, its good that making things can still get a hold of you like that :thumbup: and long may it continue , it seems strange to think that some people can go through life content with doing nothing more than watching tv :coffee: . I think you have done the right thing remaking the knurls with finer pattern Ralph they look much better ............... keep up the good work but try to remember to eat and sleep too :) Cheers Mick. |
| dsquire:
Hi Ralph It is a real pleasure to follow along while you build and show your minature tools. Each and every one of them is definitly a piece of art. The fact that you decided to make the knurled nuts over again just goes to show how critical you judge your own work. It is something that you can be proud of Ralph. I look forward to seeing more of it (after you have taken time to eat). :D :D Cheers :beer: Don |
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