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Re: what did you do in your garage today? I tacked together a bunch of clock faces....... https://vimeo.com/56838889

I just used a box knife. It does not cut easily. It is 3/4" thick and took several passes with the knife to cut through it. It works, but sure made my hands tired. I almost pulled out the jigsaw to do it. The thing is super heavy. Those door mats won't be moving around on their own, that's...

No I was going to cut a piece out that size for the door mat and was teaching Ava how to do deminsions with her sidewalk chalk. I ended up cutting the mat to be 37" X 24" becuase 32" was going to cut to far into the mat which I need for another project. The bottom of the mat is jagged so I...

She wanted to help..... so she got her tools and used her saw to "help" me cut...... It was a great father / daughter project.... she had a blast......

While at Sears one day... I saw a Craftsman rubber mat.... that was only sold with purchase of a full tool box set...... I was bummed because I just wanted the rubber mat.... to be used as a door mat to the door into the house..... Then.... along with my idea for my cabinet build in the garage...

Interesting........ Thanks Wikipedia........

For the home hobbyist / enthusiast, I don't think there is a cost effective way to weld dissimilar metals like Aluminum and Steel........ and the need for it is probably very low...... I do like the look of the two metals in the same piece of work...... and the customer has no idea or concept...

From there I made a name plate for a co--worker. She spelled it for me: NITO.... a nick name or something... Some pics of the final result: I painted the top black to contrast against the aluminum....

But I did mount a name plate for a co-worker that I TIG welded from steel to an Aluminum base...... I drilled both pieces, countersunk each..... then..... welded over the steel side to hide the screw...... and welded the nut on the Aluminum side (in hindsight...... I should have left that part...

I whacked this together today to burn through my last 200 lbs of Argon...... A random pointless thing....

Picasa..... It seems it has to be a certain size to work....... 640X480 seems to work the best......

640x480 4.55 / gallon....... Near Big Bend.....

912X684..... Too wide.....