Projecting, tinkering, fiddle-farting around: whatcha building? (1 Viewer)

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Picked up at estate sale today for $30. Box is in pretty good shape too. I'll clean it up a bit and stick in the curio cabinet. That's about all they're good for these days.

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Probably going to be a learning curve. Maybe smoked turkeys for Thanksgiving this year. I think I can fit about 20 in there!
Practice makes perfect.
 
Paint makes almost everything look better. Still waiting on latches. Shouldn't have ordered Amazon but they had a thermocouple I wanted and it pushed the order over min for free ship. Also got a deal on a pellet feeder/smoker add on that I may try to plumb in at some point.

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Nice steampunk look to it. (or is that "Smokepunk"... ? )
 
I have a paint project in my future and decided to rig up an air dryer to my 29yr old compressor. The in and out temperature differential is huge.

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Made this cabinet to take advantage of the dead space under my table saw right side. Sliding trays at top organize saw blades and dado stack. As usual, I spent way too much time on it, but I'm happy with how it came out. I never turn away from an opportunity to improve my skills and get better, for projects when it will matter.

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Had to get my front axle housing on the mill table to remove a stubborn bolt after attempts to extract in the truck didn't go to plan. Carbide end mills, hss end mills, drills, and picks to get it out, then a final cleanup with a tap.

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Ha, speaking of Bridgeports, my son brought this home last weekend. His work was upgrading so they GAVE him this. Included a DRO and a box of tooling and chucks. Needs a lot of cleanup, and he needs to get a 3-phase converter.

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I added a little bling to a square tube end cap on my English Wheel.

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