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Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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Jan 23, 2012 - 05:46pm PT
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Hey Cragman those driftwood horses are amazing!
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Urizen
Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 06:08pm PT
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Brandon,
I hope nobody--including you--will think that I'm trying to pose as an expert here; I'm just passing on some things that I've seen and wondered about. As a consequence, I can't really even attempt to account for your experience or that of your friend without seeing or knowing a lot more about both. You can get different results according to whether you're sawing a groove with the grain or across the grain. Hardwood or softwood; how much clamping force you try to apply when gluing up. Where in which layer of the plywood your dado bottoms out at. The condition, number and shape of the teeth on the dado blades (the $450, 60-tooth set that I always kept locked in my office always worked pretty smooth, for me).
The router alternative, although it's a pain to set up, is also more accurate in the sense that, since the router base is so much smaller than a saw table, your cut will be more uniform in depth along its length if the material is warped. However, warpage is usually a much less serious consideration with MDF than with plywood. I can't say that I've noted that chipping the MDF with a router is a regular concern. However, make sure that your bit is sharp and clean, and don't hog in so deep so fast that it loads up with resin. That's about all of the amateur advice I can think of today.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 23, 2012 - 06:13pm PT
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Brandon,
Whattya worried about chipping with MDF for? Never hardly seen no chipping
in MDF no how even with cheap blades.It is obviously a paint-grade gig so
whattya think God invented Bondo for? :-)
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jan 23, 2012 - 07:22pm PT
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I've never seen MDF chip either, just covering my bases.
Edit; I overthink things too, it's a blessing and a curse.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jan 23, 2012 - 08:44pm PT
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Anacortes Washington
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justin01
Trad climber
sacramento
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Jan 23, 2012 - 09:30pm PT
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That is fantastic! I think I am going to have to make that in the future!
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Euroford
Trad climber
Louisville, CO
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Jan 27, 2012 - 11:57am PT
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^^ hahaha! those are awesome!
when the jeep is back on the ground (maybe another month?) i have a variety of fun little metal fab tasks for around the house. we'll see.
at least for now concerns are much more structural/functional and not as much aesthetic.
finished the front spring hangers yesterday.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jan 27, 2012 - 01:13pm PT
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Transitioning from remodels to interior finish work has kept me thinking, and stoked, on this project.
My shop is a work in progress.
The cabinets will be installed tomorrow, tons of scribe work coming up to trim it in. Thanks Reilly, the 'grew there' thought struck a chord with me.
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Rocrates
Trad climber
Berkeley , ca.
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Jan 27, 2012 - 03:39pm PT
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Began this last February.
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Rocrates
Trad climber
Berkeley , ca.
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Jan 27, 2012 - 03:42pm PT
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Rocrates
Trad climber
Berkeley , ca.
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Jan 27, 2012 - 03:44pm PT
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Rocrates
Trad climber
Berkeley , ca.
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Jan 27, 2012 - 03:46pm PT
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Jan 28, 2012 - 07:07pm PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jan 28, 2012 - 08:47pm PT
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What scale is that?
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Jan 28, 2012 - 09:51pm PT
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Definitely not HO!
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Jan 28, 2012 - 11:05pm PT
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Full Scale.
Been working on it with about 20 guys for the last couple of months.
It will be the size of the train on the left.
We're making 4.
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 28, 2012 - 11:40pm PT
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Ahhhh tools!!!
Workshops !!!!
Building sh!t !!!!
I'm pissed, you guys are having all the fun.
Climbing is stupid,
building sh!t is where it's at !!!!!
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jan 29, 2012 - 12:04am PT
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Hey Guido! Those rain down-spouts are near the park named after my mom - Dorothy Bird Waterfront Park. There is a sequoia tree and a picnic table at the bottom of "O" Ave.
Here's my latest project - a kitchen pass-through:
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Jan 29, 2012 - 12:13am PT
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I've been using a Blast resin detail set to upgrade and convert a French Char 1B bis tank into a German Char 1B flame-thrower tank:
Just starting to get it weathered and aged a bit. MIG pigments will finish the job after some pin washes with artist's oil paint.
Hand painted the yellow rune of the Prinz Eugen SS Brigade that was active in Yugoslavia 1943-45. They specialized in punitive raids against Serbian partisans, but had a nasty habit of killing any civilians who got in their way, often burning them alive after herding them into local Churches.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Jan 29, 2012 - 12:46am PT
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Ahhhh tools!!!
Workshops !!!!
Building sh!t !!!!
I'm pissed, you guys are having all the fun.
Climbing is stupid,
building sh!t is where it's at !!!!!
Whats funny Werner is I got to build sh!t so I can go climbing
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