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MI Models: Building the Jim Chambers Lancaster Flintlock: Inlet Trigger guard and Ram rod tubes
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Friday, June 10, 2016. Building the Jim Chambers Lancaster Flintlock: Inlet Trigger guard and Ram rod tubes. The trigger guard is very time consuming; it has a 100 ways to be off. The casting has to be bent back into alignment which is fairly easy with soft brass. First I undercut and curved the two areas to be inlet. I chose to pin both ends. Took a break from making to set up my chisel collection,I have never done a lot of small scale carving so I pulled a piece of scrap wood and set this up. Building ...
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MI Models: May 2016
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Building the Jim Chambers Lancaster Flintlock: @ the Workshop. Too much reading will get you interested in something or other, in this case I have read several of the Leather Stocking. Series, a Biography of D. Boone. And The Long Rifle. Did my research regarding the American Long Rifle and settled on the top of the line. Lancaster. Partly because he offers a workshop too. I have already decided on next years WS. The stock is rough machined and since every inside corner is round by...
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines: Sewing machine needle details
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines. Soon after I began making shoes I realized that I had to learn to sew leather. The next question then was what type of machine. As a result I have another hobby. Vintage sewing machines. March 12, 2013. Sewing machine needle details. I thought I would give a little insight on the Needle! It's so small but has the potential to effect the outcome of your work both positive and negative. The features that make the needle work. Thanks to this great section drawing. If the outer pa...
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines: Pfaff 360 (1960)
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines. Soon after I began making shoes I realized that I had to learn to sew leather. The next question then was what type of machine. As a result I have another hobby. Vintage sewing machines. February 5, 2013. I found the SN date on Ismacs. I found it so annoying to have the whole machine cleaned up except for the yellowed numbers. Since I use a flatbed machine when I need a flatbed I took the Rube Goldberg flatbed conversion parts off and stored them safely away. I found a Pfaff 3...
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MI Shop Tools Inventions: Why I hate my Ryobi 208B 18V Hand Drill
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MI Shop Tools Inventions. Trained as a Draftsman over 30 years ago I have been in Advanced Vehicle Engineering all that time. With a BFA in Crafts from CCS I have been making art in my studio all that time too. I love ALL Crafts and have a fantastic shop that includes a hand-crank Sherline lathe and mill, and a CNC Sherline lathe and mill. Thursday, April 2, 2015. Why I hate my Ryobi 208B 18V Hand Drill. I have always been happy with Ryobi tools in the past. Posted by Tom Carbone. Metric Over - Under Dri...
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MI Vintage Book Reviews: The Virginian by Owen Wister (1902) illu.
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MI Vintage Book Reviews. During the winter of 2009 I started back into reading on a daily basis. I am reading the classics and some of the background history that illuminates them. My favorite period is the early 1800's. Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The Virginian by Owen Wister (1902) illu. When I asked my new friend and shoe making associate Lisa Sorrell. What do you read to get. And I always like to read from the area of the world that I'm in. After rescuing the maiden from a faltering wagon the Virginian ...
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines: Cowboy 8810 - Problem Fixes
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines. Soon after I began making shoes I realized that I had to learn to sew leather. The next question then was what type of machine. As a result I have another hobby. Vintage sewing machines. January 29, 2015. Cowboy 8810 - Problem Fixes. Two things that continued to be unpredictable. On the 8810 were the top thread fouling and the presser foot loosing pressure. Maybe these things never happen on your machine but on mine it happened just enough to get my attention. I feel like the ...
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines: Necchi BU Supernova (1956)
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines. Soon after I began making shoes I realized that I had to learn to sew leather. The next question then was what type of machine. As a result I have another hobby. Vintage sewing machines. October 2, 2013. Necchi BU Supernova (1956). Well I have heard about them and of course I have the greatest respect for the Nora. So when one came along I went for it. It came with all of the parts and pieces, manual and the unusual stitch selector ditty box. Motorsport racing was passing thro...
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MI Shop Tools Inventions: March 2015
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MI Shop Tools Inventions. Trained as a Draftsman over 30 years ago I have been in Advanced Vehicle Engineering all that time. With a BFA in Crafts from CCS I have been making art in my studio all that time too. I love ALL Crafts and have a fantastic shop that includes a hand-crank Sherline lathe and mill, and a CNC Sherline lathe and mill. Saturday, March 28, 2015. I have started to rely more on my CNC mill to scribe outlines for 2d parts. I typically scribe, band-saw, and then end-mill the profile.
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MI Vintage Book Reviews: August 2014
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MI Vintage Book Reviews. During the winter of 2009 I started back into reading on a daily basis. I am reading the classics and some of the background history that illuminates them. My favorite period is the early 1800's. Thursday, August 7, 2014. J W Waterhouse by Anthony Hobson (1989). OK not a vintage book, but a book about one of the great vintage Artists. The book has a large (but not all) collection of his works, the website. Posted by Tom Carbone. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). McKay Champion 77 Forum.