projects other than boats

[aspeck]

Who wants to make one of these?

 

[redneck joe]

Bought a HF lathe at a garage sale a couple three years ago and it's sat in the garage until yesterday. Haven't turned anything since high-school back in the early 80s. Here is last two mornings work. Three snowmen and a pig in oak unfinished and a walnut bowl finished with odies paste wax. All the sisters and mama have spoken for these already. I'll never make any dam money...

 

[flashback]

But your having fun!

 

[redneck joe]

Yeah that but it's more fun when people give you cash....

 

[redneck joe]

then the fake grandkid from across the road came over to steal his semi regular Fresca and wanted to build japanese practice swords aka a katana.

So I introduced him to power tools.

I turned the blanks on the lathe - he was fascinated but i think a bit advanced at the moment for him. Wrapped the handle with 1/8" jute using the spray glue i got for the car door panel.

 

[flashback]

Introduce him to the karate kid movie and turn him loose on your vehicles.

 

[redneck joe]

Introduce him to the karate kid movie and turn him loose on your vehicles.

I've had him wash Betsy (pos Ford in the pic) during a warm summer rain.

 

[Scott Danforth]

So a little victory. Figured out I can use a modified ram 1514 flywheel with a 153 tooth flywheel, a 10.5" clutch disc, and a ram 401 pressure plate under a stock jeep bellhousing













Now to source a C6 Corvette oil pan to gain 2" of ground clearance over the stock LS4 pan

 

[redneck joe]

Gee, I just sanded some wood....

 

[tphoyt]

So a little victory. Figured out I can use a modified ram 1514 flywheel with a 153 tooth flywheel, a 10.5" clutch disc, and a ram 401 pressure plate under a stock jeep bellhousing
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Now to source a C6 Corvette oil pan to gain 2" of ground clearance over the stock LS4 pan

This kinda of discovery is what makes dreams come true.