M.J.Lampert

looks nice will try to share a pic of one my great-grandpa made he silver-soldered carbides on the tips

M.J.Lampert

nope not just you  also the welder or grinder boy

M.J.Lampert

On 8/9/2021 at 11:16 PM, DHarris said:

Finally got up the courage to cut the antlers a neighbor gave me several months ago. I left them about a half inch longer than I expected they would need to be in order to have some extra to play with when getting the angle right. I am not quite sure how far down in the antler the tang needs to be in order to be stable. 
 

I probably should have tried making a blade from just steel alone first instead of trying to go straight to san mai first. 

D i would recommend wearing a respirator when working with antler as the dust is hazardous

also i would agree on the san mai

M.J.Lampert

On 7/19/2021 at 11:15 PM, Frosty said:

What's keeping the upper die plate from cocking?

sorry it took so long to reply there is a piece of pipe on the plate that the rod sits in (sorry both of those parts ended up the same colour) and a set of springs to pull every thing up (i cant draw retracting springs in the program(or at least i don't know how to and neither did my teacher for the program)

another change the frame will be I-beam so that will be updated and shared once its done

picture of the piece after a colour change 

M.J.Lampert

looks beautiful

hopefully one day i can travel the world some more and i think Russia will be a stop on my list

M.J.Lampert 

sorry i was thinking latrine when i said lateen

the lateen is a sail type

M.J.Lampert

dennis looks a lot nicer than i would do great job

On 7/23/2021 at 9:47 PM, Haywood71 said:

Finally got my hydraulic press finished tonight. Can't wait to use it.

looks good mine will be done in a few months hopefully

M.J.Lampert

well the pro-teen is a good one (like me) 

and the la-teen stinks (aka the head aka water-closet without water

M.J.Lampert

yes indeed rained all through the night where very happy and i think the farmers as well as this improves there chance at a 2nd hay crop

M.J.Lampert

looks good frazer

M.J.Lampert

13 hours ago, Frosty said:

 I even went so far as to listen to how it's pronounced and I just don't think I want any PUTIN on my plate.

Do you actually pronounce poutine, POOTN?

no thats the french pronunciation we call it poo-teen

M.J.Lampert

11 hours ago, JHCC said:

Judging by both my grandfathers and my father, I should have been quite bald several years ago. Yet here we are. 

haha I'm currently 15 if i end up like my father and his dad I have but 15-20ish more years with a full head of hair, bout the same for my mothers side so thing don't look good for me and my hair either way

M.J.Lampert

good news  RAIN 

we have had rain on and off for the last few days and a few of the local evacuation alerts have been lifted!!! on the other hand a few of the orders have been extended

the fires are now 50 and 55 klicks from us but with the rain and forestry activities (between the 2 fires there are 76 firefighters, 6 helicopters, 39 heavy equipment, Also deployed are three (9) structure protection units.)

M.J.Lampert

ok and now we have  a finished drawing with general dimensions if you want more detailed drawings  please PM me

On 7/17/2021 at 11:53 PM, Frosty said:

that's WAY more than I needed to know about poutine! 

always happy to be a help

On 7/16/2021 at 1:37 PM, Goods said:

Ok, is that a cylinder with different mounting options than the original CAD model? (Just a bit confused…) That setup should hold up very well.

Again, I would recommend some stout 90 brackets on the end of you upper tooling plate to help keep in keeping it parallel.

David

to your first Q  yes it looks different for the rod through it didnt matter if it was accurate inside so i didnt bother but for the new design it is needed so i took the time to put the gap in it 

i will remember to put the side supports on later

M.J.Lampert

On 7/16/2021 at 12:41 PM, BIGGUNDOCTOR said:

I'll see if I can get some pictures of the area around me. We got hit hard recently with 2" of rain in 45 minutes that produced some flash floods. Those coupled with the high winds with gusts hitting 60+ miles per hour did some damage. 

can i have the rain we had just enough to keep the dust down for 30ish minutes

On 7/16/2021 at 1:50 PM, Frosty said:

I've had poutine and it has cheese or cheese curds in most cases I ran across. I suppose fries with gravy is maybe a type. I saw both on on the same menus though. 

Frosty The Lucky.

this is poutine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine or you can get fry's with gravy and some call it poutine but technically that's not a real poutine

On 7/16/2021 at 2:33 PM, ThomasPowers said:

I've had fries with mayonnaise in Belgium.

in Germany they do that with mayo and ketchup they call it rot-Weiß or red white (wow so creative)

M.J.Lampert

simple yet beautiful good job ted

M.J.Lampert

3 hours ago, Frosty said:

You're thinking internationally, well said! 

But locally wouldn't you REALLY say, "go 25 clicks and turn left. EH?"

Eh what do you mean

i find that round here that is not used too much mainly when we mess with foreigners or do not understand the other person

("mumble mumble"

"eh what did ya say")

M.J.Lampert

ok so here it is  1/2 inch plates on the underside of a 2x4 steel bar should i do 1 or 2 plates in the middle?and how it looks now 

M.J.Lampert

On 7/13/2021 at 5:43 PM, DHarris said:

Is it only US soldiers who refer to kilometers as ‘klicks’?

no 

there is a large logging industry in the area and when we talk of distance we'll say go 25 clicks and turn left, etc... i used the proper term as i was unsure of the international commonness of the expression

M.J.Lampert

On 7/13/2021 at 7:29 PM, Frosty said:

Directly if possible. Vrrrm SWAT!

thanks frosty i needed the laugh 

tornado shelter in BC??? no but we have 3ish acres of clear pasture pic is just  a few min ago and still getting worse

cement floor with lines in it for a future n floor heat system not sure when that happens though(shop was built 14ish years ago) maybe right out the door or in the same hole as the gun safe...

M.J.Lampert

hey not a bad idea we do have an ecevator now where to put the hole?????

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