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Scott NC

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  1. Scott NC
    VoldemarDemid, I wish you would post what is going on in each picture on that video because I can't tell from my small cell phone screen. Looks very interesting...
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    Did your leverage pipe ever work out? Are you thinking of a hydraulic attachment yet? Probably need some dies to figure all that out first. Nice manual.
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    Rainy day projects. Castings I made for gifts. I planed and beveled them off on the shaper and then hand polished them.
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    Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
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    Have you looked up chromite sand? It's evidently used in the foundry industry these days. I don't know about it contributing to permanancey of your molds though. I might have to get a copy of that book you have, just for fun. Chromite is a bit of a rabbit hole. It led me to chromium, then hexavalent chromium and all over the place. I would do a lot of research on these things, just for safety and piece of mind.
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    I think all sizes could be made out of pipe and the plate doesn't have to be thick. Actually, no real need for facing them either, I just had it set up, soooo.... I'm not very good at describing things sometimes.
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    Unfortunately no, and most all of my things are boxed and crated up, being stored or I'd take a few. Basically, the smaller dies up to 4" are solid round barstock with a center hole and the larger sizes are slices of heavey wall pipe (with the ends beveled before welding) with a plate welded on each end, cut and ground flush with the pipe and then the hole drilled and pipe faced on the lathe. A picture is worth a thousand words, eh?
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    I wanted those two books so I had to buy the whole box! The rest go to The Friends of the Library for their book sale....
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    Glad to contribute..... . I'm amazed at how underutilized mine has been with just round homemade dies. First thing I am going to make is the eye bolt bending dog and pin.
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    I got a bandsaw with a fried motor at the flee market last Friday. It's the same model as one I already have but was so cheap I could not pass it up. Also a couple of books.
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    This old thread has a mention of using one for glass. I have always been interested in adding slumping glass to some of my sculptures but don't think I will ever go that route. There are some comments on safety as well. Mod note: I merged the threads since they are a continuation of the same thing
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    Yeah, I think you suggested I name it "Bill"..... Probably was the alligator.
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    I had the same kind on my old shop, Lol.... One day it broke and I had to use Hi-Lift jacks and 2x4's to lift it up. One big, long door.
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    I used rebar for bird talons and just forged a point on them. Touch up with a grinder. Less work than fangs though. I remember some claws you forged but wonder what you ever used them for.
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    Mayby double tree's? Triple? Quadruple? Etc....
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    I will follow along. I have a homemade rig I built based on one my grandfather made, but without a lot of the accessories. I already learned a lot from your links. Thank you.
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    Is that what goes on here?
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    I bet people make up their own Razors to suit their purposes and beliefs. What defines a legitimate Razor? Is there a Razor for shaving off phony Razors so no time is wasted on contemplating them? Each Razor I have read can be twisted all kinds of ways to mean what one wants to believe. Well, maybe not the duck one.
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    Frosty

    Scott NC replied to George N. M.'s topic in Prayer List

    You and Deb are in my prayers, Jerry. Get well soon.
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    I have heard of Occam's Razor but never bothered to look up it, or "razors" meaning. Razors are an interesting subject as Hefty says. Heres one I found. Tarzwell’s Razor. “Where there is passion, the truth cannot be trusted.” With great emotion comes great bias.
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    Lol, for some reason this reminded me of when I was trying to learn airbrushing in my 20's and did a lot of dragons so I dug out my old artwork and had a look-see. Not much survived the years and life thus far.... a lot lost and ruined along the way. I'll have to compare asian and european dragons. Humanoid body would be good. Lots of sharp teeth?
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    It looks like a dragon from here. I can imagine quite a few possible things it could morph into though, as you say, it can lead itself into what it ends up as. You never know....
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    Thank you so much. I agree, being able to pick out specific objects and bits helps people to connect to the overall sculpture. I must admit, I am sometimes guilty of slipping in a "mystery object" or two just to keep them guessing..... . I think tales from the past works both ways. Looking back at some of my sculptures, I remember where a certain part came from. A job, a friend, a junk scrounging jaunt..... . It's all great fun!
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    Very nice! Your work always inspires me to improve my own. Such detail. I love them all but my favorite is the work horse with the snake a close second.
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    Tmate, I love those motorbikes. Nice set-up you have there, I can imagine a lot of possibilities.... One can never have too many skills or tools at their disposal!
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