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Thank The Gods For Inventing Popsicle Sticks
Spent some leasent time in the shop today, making a couple of
little thingies for myself. One is a sawdust sifter, because I'm gonna b doing some things that'll need some real fine sawdust. I'm not 100% sure just what it'll look like when it's done, because I'm still making it. It will be a retular box, with a screen inside. Should come in very handy. The other little gizmo is a mold I made because I want to make a sheekrest for my "squirrel" rifle. http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofal...IMATESQUIRREL/ The cheekrest will be loosely bases on the Enfield sniper rifles. http://world.guns.ru/rifle/smle4mk1t.jpg It'll be made using sifted sawdust, which was a bit of a PITA, which is the reason for the sawdust sifter. I'll be molding it in a bold I made today. I'll line the mold with pastic, so it won't stick to the wood, and I'll be able to pull it out, and lay it on the stock to dry, with plastic under it. I'll be able to smooth it up after it dries, then glue it in place. Or, drill it and screw it down, not decided on which yet. But, when I take it out, and bend it over the stock to shape it, I'm pretty sure it's going to crack. I don't want to fill the cracks later, so needed some way to put some kerfs in he glue/sawdust which will for the cheerest Did consider some dowels, but then they'd pull some of the mix out when I pulled them out, and possibly leave some voids. Some triangular shaped pieces might work, but too fiddley to want to mess with making some. Then it hit me - popsicle sticks. Cut some to the proper length, coat them with Johnson's floor wax, fill the mold, press the popsicle sticks in place, put a piece of plastic over the top, roll the mix fla, then gently remove the popsicle sticks, lift it out, and bend it over the stock to dry. Once it's dry, pull it off, sand smooth, and make any mods wanted, then fasten down. Viola. No prob. I glued the mold together, no metal in it. That's just in case I decide to use it for something else, and may want to run it thru the planer. That way there's no nails to worry about, just in case. In real life, I'll probably keep it around for a couple of days, then toss it when I can't think of anything to use it for. Then just after the trash truck pickes it up I'll probably think of at least one use for it.. Oh yeah, I also used a couple of small sections of a popsicle stick today to shim an old crosscut guide. I love popsicle sticks.. JOAT I am not paranoid. I do not "think" people are after me. I "know" damn well they're after me. |
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J T wrote:
Did I snip enough this time? Oh yeah, I also used a couple of small sections of a popsicle stick today to shim an old crosscut guide. I love popsicle sticks.. I keep a sack of them I stole from my wife's craft box in the shop. I like to twist one to get a pointed stick to put a dab of glue or whatever right where I want it. -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA A penny saved is a penny. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"J T" wrote in message ... Never tried that, I prefer drimming on the bandsaw to get the shape I want. Not splintery that way. I don't steal mine by the way, get 'em honest, by eating the popsicles myself. Banannanna flavor. I know how to spell it, I just am never sure when to stop. I find them so useful, I went out and bought a thousand at the craft store. I spray sheets of various grades of sand paper with 3m 77 and stick popsicle sticks to the back and when I need to sand into a tight spot just cut between the sticks and wahla a sanding stick! -- "shut up and keep diggen" Jerry |
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... making a couple of little thingies for myself. One is a sawdust sifter, because I'm gonna b doing some things that'll need some real fine sawdust. I'm not 100% sure just what it'll look like when it's done .....
Why not use an inexpensive flour sifter? I works for me. Oh yeah, I also used a couple of small sections of a popsicle stick today to shim an old crosscut guide. I love popsicle sticks. The simplest thig is to buy about 1000 at a crafts supply. I use them for applying glue, espectially Gorilla. I also use them to stir epoxy in a cup, or mix a small amount of 5 minute epoxy on a small scrap of formica. |
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"foggytown" wrote in
oups.com: *snip* The simplest thig is to buy about 1000 at a crafts supply. Simple but unsatisfying. That's 500 popsicles you don't get to eat! FoggyTown Yeah, but when you need 500 popsicle sticks /today/ you don't want to eat them all! Puckdropper -- Wise is the man who attempts to answer his question before asking it. To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
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Mon, Sep 11, 2006, 5:25am (EDT-3) (foggytown) doth
sayeth: Simple but unsatisfying. That's 500 popsicles you don't get to eat! The man obviously does not understand the soul-satisfying aspects of responsible recycling. JOAT I am not paranoid. I do not "think" people are after me. I "know" damn well they're after me. |
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Oh yeah, I also used a couple of small sections of a popsicle stick
today to shim an old crosscut guide. I love popsicle sticks.. JOAT I get them at "the dollar store" and use them to spread / mix expoxy on pen parts (but use chip brushes from HF to 'paint' epoxy on larger surfaces. And, if I'm ever stuck with a 6-7 year old needing entertaining, I can pass the kid a pile of popsicle sticks and a bottle of white glue. ;-) Bill |
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