Daswulf

Purple Bullet, lately I can tend to go that stint from just being worn out and tired from work and kids. My shop is a mess, all I even want to do it clean it out and restructure it. Best I can do lately is move a little here and there. Always look at the bright side of things. You'll get there. In the meantime sketch and plan.

That is a neat old spring clamp. Good score.

On the top of the bell, those are pieces of a motors rotor. The stacked metal plates that hold the windings. A friend was scrapping and for a while he was really breaking stuff down and gave me a bunch of them. I find all kinds of uses for them. Now that is a species I would love to never encounter.

Thanks Frosty, Lary. They are fun to make.

Made another jellyfish. Got the brace bits at the fleamarket recently and just had to make another one. I believe the first two I made I just posted in the "what did you do in the shop today" thread. I feel like the second one I made had the most "life" to it, but since it sold recently I needed a new one for the table. Little smaller than the last two. Saw blade dished out for the bell, old auger bits for the oral arms and heated and stretched springs for the tentacles.

I've seen a bunch of videos and reports on the dangers. One that survived a slight second of not paying attention lost at least a bunch of his fingers or his hand. (Been a while since I watched on it). It was all enough to make me never want to try it. Similar enough could be done with some dremmel work, a torch, and sandpaper.

Nice work. Is there reinforcement in it? Like at the neck mount ?

The guy was generous with his offer. Least an extra buck was in order lol. Said he was sick of loading up the stuff. Thats my kinda deal. Give me your rusty, give me your burden, I will lift it so you dont have to again. The drill augers screamed jellyfish tentacles so i was more than happy.

Took the girls to the fleamarket sunday. While they got to mostly ridein the wagon most of the time, I had to pull it. Here are my finds. The girls got some toys tho they took an interest in some of the rusty junk that dad likes. $18 spent on the toys and pictured cost $8. And for most of the rusty old tools I gave the guy an extra dollar just because. He only asked $2. The skillet which is a lodge was $3. And the two little solid metal cans were $1. each.

May his passing to Gods love and light be full of great experiences to reflect on. And let his family and friends reflect on him fondly.

How can others avoid that odd placement of an injury?

BMTU, great idea going to the locals. Hopefully you can learn something and make connections. Larry, have you started yet? Sounds like you have been collecting and waiting for the "right" setup. That delayed me for years. If it is just a camp fire with some sort of forced air, a sledgehammer as an anvil and a claw hammer, knowing what I know now I'd have started way sooner.

Others reading thinking to use the idea might have fixed speed tools. Only wanted to add the ppe warning. By the way, you could add a disc facing up And down to use it either way. Used to do that on the old 5"/6" abrasive disc air grinder in auto body to get the back side of pinchwelds but also the outer panel. Just watch your finger placement on the tool.

Good use of materials to get the job done. But be safe. Just to slap a little safety note on this: cutting and punching your own grit discs for a different purpose could result in an imbalanced wheel on a tool with high rpm. This could result in shattering or tearing which could cause the disc or pieces to go flying off at possible high rpm. Store bought discs for the intended purpose are designed for the tool and rated for certain rpm use. They carry their own risk These are home made and as such should be considered higher risk. So Please wear proper PPE like atleast safety glasses, face shield and gloves. Other than the face,these wheels spinning at higher rpm will slice up your fingers like you wouldn't believe. I know lol. Not fun continuing working with cuts and friction burns. For me that is usually with roloc disks when I get in a hurry and don't throw on my gloves. Not knocking the idea at all, it works, just be safe and cautious.

One I really like other than TechnicusJoe 's video on making them from rr spikes (if it is still up) is this one. Second and third style would be preferred.

Excellent start! In general most uses of s hooks are better with the finial loop out. But hey, it is a safety hook so things don't blow off in a breeze. My first s hooks were much worse looking with no finial to adorn them. Lol Save some of your starting work so you can later look back at where you started. Keep up the good work.

Still have my commodore 64. Didn't get it with its monitor tho. My parents got me a small color tv to use. At most I used it for some games. I was younger. Kind of afraid it might fry if I plug it in tho. It did spend some many years in my parents garage attic. Doubt I'd even remember how to boot it up lol. Nice robot Scott. Reminds me a little of the one from return to OZ. Tho it is a bit different.

I've really wanted to combine metal and skuls and bone to make sort of unorthodox taxadermy kind of like dr seuss but different. I know it has been done but I still would like to give it a try. Those false chompers would be neat in a sculpture.

Imagine how the person that found them felt. I have a little collection of oil cans John. Nice find. Nice looking blower Shainarue.

Funny enough a battery powered Milwaukee 1/4" riveter I bought has a locator and an app to find it. Not like it ever leaves work. Tape measurers do frequently hide or transcend time and space to different places. Cant say how many little screws and custom made parts I've zinged into a different dimension while trying to clean them up on the wire wheel. My tools at work are very disciplined. At most I might misplace one rarely here and there but I just have to retrace my steps to find them. Things at my home shop tend to disappear more often. Some tools it pays to paint bright colors so they stand out against the grey and brown.

My area of southwestern PA had plenty of smaller coal mines. Supposedly my past relations worked in some locally and there are still some picks and shovels from them in the shop attic. I remember going out to a strip mine not far from my house and finding fossils in the shale.

My google foo is weak today but I found some images on worthpoint. Also called a blast needle? Basically a long tapering copper rod with typically an oval shaped handle on the end. Copper being used as to prevent any sparks which would be bad thing around blasting powder. Here is an explanation of its use. "The mining needle was used when a miner had to blast a coal vein to break the coal from the vein. A hole is drilled into the vein of coal. Blasting powder is rolled in a piece of newspaper sort of like a roll of coins that you take to the bank. This roll of powder is pushed into the hole in the coal using the wooden tamping tool. Then the metal needle is pushed into the hole and penerates the blasting powder roll. The miner mixes some dirt and water together to make a hand full of mud. The hole in the coal is filled with the mud using the wooden tamping tool to push the mud in to the hole until the hole is filled. The metal needle is now pulled from the hole leaving a small hole all the way to the blasting powder. A "squib" is placed in the hole and lit. The miner now has about 5 minutes to get to safety before the blast occurs"

Yeah they might. I was kind of put off at the price while I was there but thinking as to what copper costs lately, I might go snag them and a pry bar they had if they are still there.

Went to a thrift sort of store (owner goes to auctions and they sell the stuff in a store). Hadn't been there in a while. They ended up having these rock drill rods. Longer two were $5. Each and shorter one was $3. They are 1" hex and the longest is 52". Looked like good stock to me. Perfect for hardy and other tools. They had two of the copper rod mining dynamite poking sticks at $10 ea. Listed as fire pokers. I left them for now but did inform them on what they really are. I have one and the tamper but haven't found a use or desire to mess with them other than wall hanging antiques.

Where are you located Cheeto? Location is a big factor in anvil prices. Also what does the face look like and how is the ring and rebound?