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I'm going to start off by admitting I'm guilty of procrastinating on getting this posted.  I kept telling thinking of one more thing that I wanted ...

It's time to make the wings! [image.png] [image.png] Lets start with a nice piece of straigth oak. I'll be using a old bed railing. It dry and will...

Giving the head a fist layer of green paint, some small details will be white. [20230915_180208.jpg][20240518_121518.jpg] And a first coat for the ...

  [07.00 Magnets - Rendering.jpg] With the spool blocks and tilt stops shaped and sanded, it was time to start thinking about the magnets that woul...

  [02.02 Design - Spool and Bobbin Blocks.jpg] When I last worked on the spool blocks in Part 2: Starting on the Spool Blocks, they had rectangul...

The next parts to be made are a beam for the breaking system of the mill, some rafters and the cladding. On the drawing that would be these parts: ...

Apologies to the Doors! [IMG_0165.jpeg] Finally the finish has been sprayed. Base coat is Mohawk vinyl sealer, top coat satin pre-cat lacquer. Pr...

So here is a pictorial listing of what’s wrong. starting on the left side, you can see how broken the lower frame is [IMG_2510.jpeg] A little farth...

 [02.06 Design - Rack Details.jpg] The rack sides are 1 3/8” wide, and I needed to drill vertically centered 1/4” diameter holes spaced 3” apart in...

   [02.02 Design - Spool and Bobbin Blocks.jpg] After going with my wife to the lumberyard (where she selected Calico Walnut, a lower grade that ha...

 [02.00 Design - Overview.jpg] “Hey Ron, I have something you might want to build for me.” That was my wife speaking, and that’s how this project s...

This was something I built for one of my buddies.   It was built for, and installed in the offices of a company that races Porsche's.  (Hence the r...