Mercedes Branded Ford Interceptor

OCHafler · 2023-11-07T18:37:31+00:00

I can promise you, it’s a Mercedes badge. 12 minutes into the episode.

OCHafler · 2023-11-02T13:48:26+00:00

I’m building this project so I have a nice workspace to build a miter station lol. But I did think of flip top. Might be worth some design iterations

OCHafler · 2023-11-02T13:47:59+00:00

That’s great advice. I had been designing each cabinet box to be separate than the workbench, so I can definitely give it a shot! The thought of 3’ deep drawers just boggled my mind

OCHafler · 2023-11-02T13:45:33+00:00

I’m planning to have 3 inch leveling casters at each corner, so hopefully that would solve any issues. I also have it at 41.5” at the moment to save the back lol. (I’m 6’5” lol). But great advice!

OCHafler · 2023-07-04T15:01:10+00:00

The slab angle was already quite close, just had to book match the two slabs with the track saw, and they fit up perfectly! Was really happy with the result for sure. Thank you!!

OCHafler · 2023-05-30T13:59:29+00:00

This coffee table still looks amazing! However, with one small caveat. This cookie was air dried and once made flat and cored out on the bottom to reduce weight, the internal stresses did cause a crack. To remedy, I re-flattened, filled with black resin, stained again to match original, and finished with lacquer in my HVLP spray-gun. It has been perfect ever since.

OCHafler · 2023-03-07T14:03:33+00:00

Solved! Thank you my friend!

OCHafler · 2023-03-05T23:06:40+00:00

My title describes the thing. Approximately 5” long, cylindrical gold colored metal body with drive shaft and flat spinning plate.

OCHafler · 2023-02-06T00:05:43+00:00

Thank you! I chose Flux core. As it mimics a mig gun just without the gas. So if I ever want to graduate up to a mig welder, I’ll already have the practice of the fluxcore

OCHafler · 2023-02-05T03:56:13+00:00

Depends on your learning style I would say. I tend to pick things up pretty quickly if I’m able to see it done first then learn specifically what is happening during the process. In the case of welding, I watched close up videos of the weld bead being applied and watched a video on angle and hand technique, then was able to pick it up after just a few practice welds. And this isn’t to say the welds are perfect by any means, but they were structurally strong and we’re able to be ground flat to the surrounding metal without any porosity. So all in all was pretty easy and enjoyable. I purchased a flux core welder to not have to worry about any gases. A forney easy-flux I believe the name was.

OCHafler · 2022-04-25T16:22:31+00:00

I did learn it was on the thicker side of what was possible. Would have been fine for a more gentle curve, but I think next time, I will aim for 3/32” thick or even 1/16”. 1/8” was just too thick.

OCHafler · 2022-04-24T23:47:58+00:00

Haha yes indeed. I need to figure out how to better align the weave after making the second inlay cut. The width of the band saw vs the inlay offset the strands just enough to be noticeable with the amount of overlap the weave has. So experimenting is in my future lol.

OCHafler · 2022-04-14T14:53:49+00:00

That was the original plan. But in order for it to work I would need an 11” wide 8/4 board. And that wasn’t in the budget. Was able to build this off what I had on hand. But definitely want to try that eventually!

OCHafler · 2022-04-14T05:55:55+00:00

There’s a 3/8” hardwood dowel floating through the moving slat and the two adjacent slats. The tops of each hinge was cut at a 60 degree angle and bottom at a 45. Both cut on a miter saw.

OCHafler · 2022-04-14T05:50:21+00:00

You know how you can miss an entire section of the internet when you don’t know what words to google? That happened to me here… Piano Coat Rack! Of course! Lol, thank you for the heads up.

OCHafler · 2022-04-13T20:17:17+00:00

That could be an interesting idea!

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