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I managed to attach a Parker 51-compatible pocket clip to a Parker 50 Falcon that had lost its.

#fountainPen #pen #alt4me

My first epoxy job in a while. A shelf I glued from cherry scraps over a month ago. #woodworking #epoxy #epoxyResin

I am molding a birdbath in very-fast-setting Rockite concrete. I have added polypropylene fibers and a little Franklin Titebond III wood glue as strengtheners. I plan to use a siloxane sealer. Some iron oxide pigment in an earth color.

How to raise the bath I do not know yet. Maybe a cable-stayed arrangement or a self-anchored suspension. To be engineering and steel wiry about it.

#alt4me #concrete #diy #polypropylene #birdbath

I am making concrete coasters for my shrink's office. I don't like what's there, and he said it would be okay.

I added some Franklin Titebond III wood glue as binder besides the portland cement. It's at a heavier concentration in the red concrete, and that was hard to work with.

This all needs to dry, and the Titebond III needs time to cure. The concrete itself is Rockite and so cures very rapidly.

#alt4me #concrete #diy

New clock. Mostly epoxy. I added polypropylene fibers to the epoxy, but IMO in this case it turned out to be a bad idea. I glued bamboo toothpicks to the back to reinforce the stems. I filled in the numbers with (thick) acrylic paint.

I kept my workload low, to preserve my spoons.

#alt4me #epoxy #epoxyArt #epoxyResin #acrylicPainting #acrylicPaint #diy

Completed this morning. An 8×8×½-inch mild steel plate, embedded in NicPro epoxy. Convenient as a heavy weight.

#epoxy #epoxyResin #steel #alt4me

I am preparing a mold to encase an 8×8×½-inch mild steel plate in epoxy. I have done this before. There is now curing silicone caulk, joining pieces of HDPE ("plastic cutting board material", if you want).

Such steel plates make nice heavy weights, but epoxy keeps them easier to handle and protects from corrosion.

You can use Evapo-Rust to remove milling scale and rust.

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