That truck looks like a fun project -- too bad it's so far away.
I've followed your thread and just caught up to present day.
Your garage organization is really great and I love that Sawstop!
Good luck catching up on some of your long-term projects.
Thanks for following along and chiming in! I would've been happy to help get a few of the truck projects that are multi-person steps farther along, maybe next time. Right now he's waiting on the paint guy to be able to get it back in and paint the firewall and some other items before sticking the engine back in....I said we could probably have it painted with rattle cans and engine back in in a day or so if you want....but he wasn't ready to commit to that so maybe if we get back over winter afternoon temps aren't so toasty!
I do admit...the gentle purr of that Sawstop makes me grin every time I pull the paddle switch on! Next major project needs to be getting that dust collection going to I can get it hooked up and not leaving a fine powder all over! Next couple weeks aren't looking overly promising for significant time so see what I can do piecing a bit of time together here and there
Americas playground. Looks like you had a nice trip. What airline did you fly? Just curious, The last time we flew into vegas we used Breeze. The tickets were cheap. Brand new air bus. 30 min flight not too bad. My kids fly better than I do. Im not a huge fan of flying but I manage. Looks like you FIL has some nice projects.
Appreciate you following along and commenting! Likely controversial take....we fly Southwest generally...and we prefer it! Lol
For us, Southwest, especially to Vegas works well as there aren't a ton of direct options from Omaha unless you happen to have the next local hub for that airline as your final destination. But Southwest generally has 2x flights a day direct to Vegas and back and timing isn't bad, so we prefer it. We don't mind the boarding process, and with the kids we board with family boarding between the A and B groups so it works out. Free checked bags helps as well so when we're getting on and off we only have to get the kids and a backpack or 2 off vs also struggle with multiple bags overhead. When I was flying for work out of Chicago, I often flew Southwest even though I was the same distance to Midway or O'Hare as all flights were direct, so the lack of premium lounges didn't matter to me like it did to many of my colleagues who often spent several hours a trip in a lounge waiting for a connection.
Quick little 3D printing project as I continue to make a bit more progress on improved caulk tube holders:
Needed a place to store the tracksaw/dovetail type clamps so quick CAD project and 1.5 hr print got me this:
Which fit great on the Microjig style dovetail clamps but didn't work as well on the Bessey/Festool type clamps that aren't a straight angle...so quick modification to the slot profile to try and accommodate both:
And another print got me this
Much better! Still a bit tight on the Bessey style and when putting multiple Bessey clamps in a row they were crowded a bit so I spaced them out a bit more and added another .040" in clearance to the height of the slot and should have a couple pieces on the printer tonight for install tonight or sometime later this week.
Material is PETG as it's what was loaded up...4.5 hr print time for 3 of them, cost of filament is right at $1 each...total CAD time, testing fit, adjusting etc probably 30 minutes.
In my current life with often sporadic garage time fit in between kids and life, the printer is awesome as long as I try to avoid the mindset of getting things "perfect". Make it good enough, print, get it in hand and see how it does, then make the time to the next iteration/rev quicker and often with a better end result. Getting better at this part...sometimes I get caught up in trying to get perfect designs....but slowly making progress
thought I was in my thread. Sorry bud. Haha. 