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And now for something completely different. I took a workshop at The Society for Contemporary Craft with Glen Gardner and Maria Camera-Smith today. The copper one was practice for the sterling silver one. The facility and instructors were top notch. And I think they turned out pretty nice. Thanks. #maker #pghmaker #diy #jewellery #cuff #copper #silver #silversmith #coppersmith #forging

The coffee table is working just fine. .
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#maker #pghmaker #helloimakeis #wood #coffee #coffeetable #puzzle #woodworking #empireofdust

Finished and installed the coffee table in our Den. Jenny seems to like it.
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First coats of Total Boat Halcyon on the #coffeetable. I’m planning 2 coats of amber gloss followed by a coat or 2 of clear satin. Water based, easy to apply, and looks great so far.
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Trimming the #coffeetable top with the @festool track saw. .
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First glue up of the coffee table top. I’m doing it in 2 stages because I was a little worried about the Titebond ll Dark starting to setup as I fumbled with such a big (44” square) glue up. Shout out to the Rockler glue roller and the Bessy and Jorgensen parallel clamps and me for building an oversized outfeed/assembly table.
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Since I was in vise restoration mode, I cleaned up this basic #woodworking vise that’s been under a different bench than the Wilton Bullet. This one needed a bath in Evaporust, a little fettling for past abuse, and an unnecessary paint job. I turned handle from some scrap & mounted it in my outfeed/assembly table. I found a catalog at vintagemachinery.org from 1904 showing this model.
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Final beauty shots of the Wilton Bullet No. 4 I just refurbished. It is probably from 1941 since it doesn’t have a date stamp on the dynamic jaw key, and shows patent pending - the Wilton patent was granted in 1941.
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This well used and abused Wilton Bullet vise has been under the bench for a few years. I was waiting until I got the Van Norman mill set up to tackle the dynamic jaw that had been fitted with a welded jaw insert. It didn’t take much to remove and clean it up. More to come...
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This well used and abused Wilton Bullet vise has been under the bench for a few years. Time to do a basic refurb starting in my new 5 gallon bucket of Evapo-Rust. This will need some mill work, a new handle, and a shop made set of jaws. Stay tuned. .
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#maker #pghmaker #diy #helloimakeis #vise #wilton #rust #steel #machining #millingmachine #restoration #milling #fabrication #metal #empireofdust