a friend is building a model of the Enterprise, with 100s of little LEDs inside.  he needs a base to mount this on, via a hollow rod from the bottom of the ship.  sure, i can make something for you.  he sends me a picture with dimensions.....yup, i can do that.

 

ta da:

 

he'll paint it to suit his tastes, just some poplar.

 

hole is 3/8", stepping down to 1/4", so the support rod has a shelf to rest on.  about 15" tall.  slot is for the wiring to exit the base.

I like it! 

Nice!

Logical

Nice... cool to fill in the emblem with colored epoxy....

6 minutes ago, BillyJack said:

Nice... cool to fill in the emblem with colored epoxy....

that's the plan.  black.

 

just wondering, why so many threads on page 1 that are over a year old?  nothing new going on?

1 minute ago, DAB said:

just wondering, why so many threads on page 1 that are over a year old?  nothing new going on?

DAB, Somebody is going through the older threads and adding posts to them.

7 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

DAB, Somebody is going through the older threads and adding posts to them.

@Kevin Beitz is having a blast with them, I like seeing older ones brought up, there is some excellent content back there.

Yep... That's me... I'm reading every post....

43 minutes ago, Kevin Beitz said:

Yep... That's me... I'm reading every post....

save you some time:

 

once upon a time, there was a tree, it grew tall and strong.  then one day, Paul Bunyan chopped it down and brought it to market, and Gepetto carved it into a little boy who couldn't tell the truth.  he later became a leg on a highboy.  the end.  

You got some post hidden away... One's I can't find to read?

 

I got a lot of new stuff to post but I did not want to start something

until I got finished reading all that's here...

nah.  my long ago thread on how to build an end grain cutting board is buried deep.

 

just jump in, ask a question, or show off what you've done.  or both "look what i did, what do you think?"

 

as for me, when i get an idea of something to build, i normally just dive in and start on it (after a little planning).  i only show things that turned out ok.

Believe me I got a lot to post...

I enjoy building my working machines. 

Some of the things I made.

A turning wood lathe that fits on my mill and makes twisted octagons.

A very large wood bowl lathe.

Sanders of all types.

Chainsaw slab chop saw...

A saw mill router plane.

Wood burning tools.

I'm now building a 12 ft X 8 ft router plane. 

The list goes on...

 

 

3 hours ago, Kevin Beitz said:

Believe me I got a lot to post...

I enjoy building my working machines. 

Some of the things I made.

A turning wood lathe that fits on my mill and makes twisted octagons.

A very large wood bowl lathe.

Sanders of all types.

Chainsaw slab chop saw...

A saw mill router plane.

Wood burning tools.

I'm now building a 12 ft X 8 ft router plane. 

The list goes on...

So we will have plenty of reading and comments to make.  I look forward to this.