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By setting up a jig to trap the work and run it at some rakish angle to the blade to obtain a large cove? I've seen it and experimented with it. Never produced the actual useable molding. To my mind the sanding would be a bot of a problem taking out the saw blade marks. Have you done it? What was you experience like? How about when mitering the corners together - - did the sanding make it difficult because of differential stock removal from sanding?
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Back in the April 11 Wednesday Wisdom, there was a link, which @lew credited @Gene Howe with providing, which detailed a procedure to make a set of pen turning jaws. That looked like a fun project, so I gave it a try. I found out that it was evidently designed for a bigger chuck than I have, as it would only capture a 1/2" square blank, instead of the traditional 3/4" blank. I took some time to enlarge the notches, doing my best to keep them centered, and I think it came out OK. The blank is the 1/2" blank I drilled to check the centering. A little off, but not bad. Here is my effort: I decided to try making a pen, only my second one, using the home made jaws, and I am satisfied. I have since bought a commercial jaws from PSI. Here is the pen. Thanks for looking.
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Needed a trailer badly while building a go-cart track in 1980. I buy nothing new it seems. I found a guy who had bought out a horse trailer manuf. This might be better I thought for all the axles were of the dropped axle design so they would be lower to the ground for easier access and exit. Only thing was, they were too narrow. Never fear I thought. I bought three axles cut them in two and added some heavy duty pipe in the middle enough so the width of the beds would be 76 inches wide. Not remembering how I come up with that number. And the long one 18' long? And most lumber yards stock 16 and 20 foot 2x12's. Lots of things I am wondering about from that time The wood floors in both trailers have finally went to the happy hauling ground. I used at least 1/4 thick metal under the floors and some 3/8" thick. This time I could buy 2x6 way cheaper than 2x12's but hey there are exactly 120 holes already there that match up to 2x12's I used a drill press back then. Now I would have to use a hand drill. Too bad I don't have a magnetic drill. I sold them way back yonder but never dreamed I could use one in retirement. This is why I am typing this today. Labor is not the same on a person if the same job is done more than 45 years apart. I used a 2 quart paint cup both times with the gun about 45 inches on hoses from the cup. This time I would say this set up weights at least 100 lbs more than the last time I painted this trailer... I also deducted back then I completely built 2 trailers and painted both trailers in the same time it took to grind off the paint off this tandem axle trailer and repaint it. I think this time one good coat of primer will out last me so......No I didn't do that to the cat, He was already that color!!!! That 2 quart cup was a time saver back when I had the repair refinish shop. I could put one coat on a bedroom suit without refilling. Unscrewing the dam thing was a bitch though!!!!!!! The rubber gasket cup seal use to not last long then they switched to a leather gasket and that solved the problem... The stars was on my side all yesterday for the wind started lightly blowing from the north and continued all day long so I left the motor home sit just outside the door and didn't have to move it because of the painting.
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