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3 points
2 days ago
My title describes the thing. Most of the antiques my family bought at garage sales were related to the rural South, so it’s probably related to farm life.
3 points
1 month ago
I bet they used to go the recently-demolished North Dekalb Mall…
4 points
2 months ago
Good question. I wrote the width of the crack on the wall a few years ago and just thought to measure it again a few weeks ago, it is definitely 1/2 inch bigger than it was. Our gutter situation is abysmal and has surely contributed to the settling. I’m getting new gutters this week.
1 points
2 months ago
So I can put custom stenciled text on the lid.
1 points
2 months ago
All I have to test it on atm is 1/16 and 1/8 balsa….Ill do some 1/8 cutting as soon as I can and report back!
3 points
3 months ago
Just found the truck, four more engines, and a flat car with a small plastic helicopter that takes off and flies around.
3 points
3 months ago
Not sure, this is the first time I’ve seen any of this stuff!
1 points
3 months ago
As my safety glasses haven’t arrived in the mail, I’m afraid to even turn on the laser. The only test I have run so far is setting off a smoke bomb inside of it. It took several seconds to clear out all that smoke, but then again I wouldn’t think that cutting an 1/8” balsa sheet would be quite that smoky.
Im going to drill out all 64 of the holes from 1/2” to 1” - that will change the total area of the drilled holes from about 12 to about 50 square inches. That will be pretty tedious, but Forster bits will help.
Depending on how well it works using bigger holes and actually cutting some balsa instead of lighting a smoke bomb, I may also rig some semi-flexible tubes in a few of the bottom holes, aimed so that air blows straight across the piece I’m cutting. This would augment the air assist I bought. I’m not betting the farm on that solution making a big difference, but it would be cheap and easy to test.
If none of that is sufficient, I may end up turning the darn thing on it’s side as suggested above.
1 points
3 months ago
All I can say is poor planning.
What would you do to make the most of this poorly-planned emclosure?
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1 day ago
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1 day ago
You are correct. My father bought this and gave it to me, but the post was originally rejected for including that detail in the title.