The coffee table is working just fine. .
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First glue up of the coffee table top. I’m doing it in 2 stages because I was a little worried about the Titebond ll Dark starting to setup as I fumbled with such a big (44” square) glue up. Shout out to the Rockler glue roller and the Bessy and Jorgensen parallel clamps and me for building an oversized outfeed/assembly table.
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Final beauty shots of the Wilton Bullet No. 4 I just refurbished. It is probably from 1941 since it doesn’t have a date stamp on the dynamic jaw key, and shows patent pending - the Wilton patent was granted in 1941.
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This well used and abused Wilton Bullet vise has been under the bench for a few years. I was waiting until I got the Van Norman mill set up to tackle the dynamic jaw that had been fitted with a welded jaw insert. It didn’t take much to remove and clean it up. More to come...
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This well used and abused Wilton Bullet vise has been under the bench for a few years. Time to do a basic refurb starting in my new 5 gallon bucket of Evapo-Rust. This will need some mill work, a new handle, and a shop made set of jaws. Stay tuned. .
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Fired up my 11 year old MakerGear #3dprinter. Still works great. #maker #pghmaker #diy #3dprinting #gloves #nitrile #helloimakeis #empireofdust

Took a bottle opener class with Rivers of Steel at the Carrie Furnace site the other night. Very cool venue, fun instructor - Glen Gardner. I have to continue with my #forge and #anvil at home, but I’ll be back.
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I built these Adirondack chairs from plans in Norm Abram’s Classics from The New Yankee Workshop book about 25 years ago. They’ve been out in the #pittsburgh weather all those years and needed a tuneup. A little sanding and screw tightening and they’re good as new plus a little patina. The redwood from Brookside lumber has held up pretty well all these years.
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When we finally cut the cord, we lost the clock on the Xfinity set top box. It’s the thing we miss from the cable service. I ordered a cheap LED clock kit. Easy assembly, but I don’t think I ordered a clock that displays time in Klingon. Third pic shows the less than successful result. Only 8 bucks and an hour or so lost. .
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#throwbackthursday Almost 10 years ago I had a membership to the late lamented Techshop #Pittsburgh and made this #laser cut #chess set and box for the pieces. It was a challenging project, but a lot of fun. I’d doubt my kids have used it more than a couple of times. Box is 1/4” cherry plywood, board and pieces at acrylic cut on their @trotecusa laser.
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