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It's been hot for sure! But I've been relatively (highly qualified as I did nothing for so long) productive. The door frame was an order of magnitude more difficult than I initially told myself it would be. Mostly because I made it so, and did far too many superfluous side-projects. But the...

Safer not to. I can get awfully stupid with my jokes.

I couldn't help myself.

If you are like me (and I suspect you are otherwise I wouldn't post this hot take) I think this is going to annoy you everytime you look at it. Time isn't going to fix it, you will forget the effort it took to paint it and just see the results of the work being unsatisfactory. I think you're...

When I converted the spindle shaft of my Proxxon mini-mill to an ER-16 collet instead of whatever non-standard chuck it had on it, I also upgraded the drill chucks by getting a couple of smaller Albrecht keyless chucks. The limiting factor is of course that ER-16 tops out at 10mm, so finding...

Forgive me for being pedantic, but this isn't governmental, it is a consortium of companies that have decided to compete on product and not color. It's a very Japanese way of doing things, and would be frowned upon in the states even though the color choices are in theory being outsourced to an...

This thread is pretty long, I've mentioned Furusato a few times. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/tiny-tokyo-shop.352738/post-9406035 https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/tiny-tokyo-shop.352738/post-8447723 Basically a system where you can target a portion of your income...

Okay, this will be the last posting about the shooting board. It only really deserved a single post, but obsessives gonna obsess. In addition to the backstop pin, I wanted to create a recess on the underside of the main board for a pair of low profile bench dogs to set into. I needed a slot...

A fairly productive weekend, with zero progress on the actual goal :LOL: I used my new Makita RT-50 trim router (XTR-01 in the US) to plunge a 20mm diameter and 2mm deep recess for the support pin, then drilled and countersunk an M8 clearance hole on the backside so the bolt would sit flush...

Great story! Those originals are really for collectors, too expensive to use (there are claims that they have some weak points around the frog that can cause them to break) but I really love the look of that bed with the scooped divot reliefs. Not saying I wouldn't buy one if I saw a deal on...

I got a bit Rabbit Holed again. The old trim was for a smaller opening, but it covered all four sides, so given that the floor section is accommodated with the solid surface sill plate I have just enough material to make three sections to finish it. But, that means a number of invisible ****...

So I scavenged through the pile of trim that I kept from the remodeling and located all the original trim pieces from the old doorway. Based on the witness marks my memory was correct, the old bath entrance was raised over 300mm (a foot) above the floor level. I already have a very slight case...

The 3D printed braces were designed to bring the leading edge up to the level of the future tiled floor. I have more of the same natural stone tiles that I used in the toilet documented earlier in the thread. I test fit the panel and jumped on it a bit, trying to get a feel if it needed more...

Indeed, it is comforting to have kindred spirits. I've got a lot of catching up to do though. I have the Porter Cable dovetail jig, which I used for a number of drawers, a bit of a learning curve but I got it to work acceptably with a bit of trial and error. I think the Leigh has more naturally...

I wish I could get West System products over here. The epoxy grout/tile adhesive I have is good stuff, but really permanent. I like the idea of isolating the plate so it can be replaced if something happens to it. I'm 3D printing some support/guides that will keep the angle consistent and keep...

Thanks! The Sprint works well, no complaints. The main reason I wanted to switch to Klipper is the little thin client Octoprint server that I had running off of a USB drive went down and rather than trying to rebuild it (it lacks any useful storage interfaces internally, no Sata) and...

What a handsome and talented guy! :cool: You did a great job. I can see the screenplay for your stop motion animated short in my mind. A lone ATAT defrosting out of the glacial melt, touched by the sunshine for the first time in unknown eons, powers up, wobbles to its feet, and realizes it is...

So after cutting the piece I needed off of the larger panel (I plan to use the other part for the entry threshold of the washroom when I tile it so they match) I realized that it creates a lot of fluffy dust. One of my million side projects was making a Y adaptor for my JDM Makita vacuum so that...

So I have some ideas about the big magnet, but need to preempt it for a long delayed project, the bath threshold. One of my crazier projects was to replace the unit bath in my house (documented in earlier posts) and the biggest changes I had to make were around getting the floor level at a...

No, just local brands. Color selection is pretty limited as well, they don't do computer color match/mixing here like in the US. There are a limited set of colors that are standardized across brands. I think there may be some kind of regulation. Quality is pretty good though I think. Yeah...