Recent content by Cap'n Coldeye

Excellent.. I have two of these sliding gates on my to do list. Any chance you could post a pic after the install? I am a big fan of combining wood and steel. Cheers

The holes were just an attempt to lighten them up the expanded metal hopefully will keep the birds out.

I made 4 snow and ice diverters for our building in Anchorage. Basically these protect the outside camera system from falling ice that knock the cameras off the wall. So far, so good. Cheers

"Thinner the better when it comes to burgers. It's all about that crust from the maillard reaction." That's my style also. These are done on the 1/2" mild steel griddle I made for an older Webber. I believe there are many ways to a great burger, enjoy the journey to perfection. (y)

It is pretty quick to get level with about 8" of leg adjustment. I had to shim the clamps with extra washers to get the proper action out of them. Some new longer bolts with rubber feet should fix this issue. Stained the top and a clear coat seal.

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Mounting plates for the legs and cam clamps, and countersink

Adding some feet to keep the dirt out of the legs

The last trip out in the wilderness I brought a flimsy 4-legged plastic table. The result was pretty sloppy groups. In effort to tighten things up, a real bench was the plan for some of the improvement. I found some stuff online, it was expensive and I think I can improve on the design. So here...

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I had an opportunity to pick up 3 laptop charging cabinets. They are pretty sweet units. I am not sure exactly how I will use all of these, but the first one will hold 3 bench top drill presses. The idea is that I will be able to move a part through, drilling, taping and counter sinking with...

Dewalt and M12 in my garage. I find the keyless chucks on the M12 are nicer then my Dewalts. My newest one is a m12 polisher. It works great on the RV and boat the smaller size so nice in tight spots. Be careful when buying them. At the time I picked up my cordless grinders Dewalt sold 4...

Right on. Great ideas. Here is one I made when I first started welding. I roughed up the smooth ball bearings and got it to hold 8 lbs. I thought about letting the bearings rust for more fiction, but it worked good enough with the sand paper treatment. Eventually I traded the center bolts...