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When you say you aren’t making oil cups; are you going to buy them ? Hey, I have about two tons of leaf and horse manure ready for composting: good deal, almost free, shipping only buddy . P.S. I’m cheating tonight; someone else can cook the pizza. Twelve hours of cooking is enough for me and I ain’t in the mood for ribs anyhoo .
Off to a good start Carl I appreciate you don't want to make oil cups but have you thought of buying a couple, I think they improve the look even if they are just decorative and they cost very little.
Quote from: Gas_mantle on April 13, 2018, 08:42:19 PMOff to a good start Carl I appreciate you don't want to make oil cups but have you thought of buying a couple, I think they improve the look even if they are just decorative and they cost very little. Thanks Gas_mantle. Well if by improving the look means silk purse from pig's ear...it would be worthwhile. But it might not be too late. I'll think on it as I get further down the road.The oil holes are currently drilled to 1/16. I suspect that means there's still meat to thread.If I do make the oil cups...what diameter oil hole should the cup have?
And then I realized a problem. There's not one sodie pop or beer can in the house. So I can't cut some strips to hold the part when I flip it around.
Quote from: zeeprogrammer on April 13, 2018, 10:12:26 PMAnd then I realized a problem. There's not one sodie pop or beer can in the house. So I can't cut some strips to hold the part when I flip it around.Wait for trash day and raid your neighbors' trash.Lots of canned fish (e.g., sardines, teriyaki mackerel, anchovies, etc.) come in aluminum cans now. (BTW, save the cans and cut sponges to fit them, some weights under the sponge and you have nice little soldering iron wipers.)Old beach chairs with aluminum tubing frames.Scraps of copper pipe or chimney flashing scavenged from recent construction.Old, pre-zinc pennies.Discarded cookie sheets and picture frames.And, before you laugh, I've used all of these at one time or another in my career.
Quote from: mklotz on April 13, 2018, 11:11:36 PMQuote from: zeeprogrammer on April 13, 2018, 10:12:26 PMAnd then I realized a problem. There's not one sodie pop or beer can in the house. So I can't cut some strips to hold the part when I flip it around.Wait for trash day and raid your neighbors' trash.Lots of canned fish (e.g., sardines, teriyaki mackerel, anchovies, etc.) come in aluminum cans now. (BTW, save the cans and cut sponges to fit them, some weights under the sponge and you have nice little soldering iron wipers.)Old beach chairs with aluminum tubing frames.Scraps of copper pipe or chimney flashing scavenged from recent construction.Old, pre-zinc pennies.Discarded cookie sheets and picture frames.And, before you laugh, I've used all of these at one time or another in my career.May I chuckle?Purely out of respect?All neat ideas. Over the last couple of weeks I've been internet cruising various hobbies. Not that I'm leaving this one...it's all about ideas and an interest in what people are doing and come up with.It's just fascinating the things people come up with to make miniatures, dioramas, etc. How they re-purpose items.
Do you mean play in the hole zee? If so that shouldn't be a big issue. Maybe get even allow you to line things up better in the end.