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[Bill from NH]

Is that held on Dan's oval?

[Mark Onofri]

Just finished, it's a blue king.

[Bill from NH]

How did you do? I asked about the oval because Dan recently moved it out of the corner for better marshalling.

[Dave Crevie]

Digging? Hope you don't find any bones. In the 1960s they started building to the South and West of my neighborhood. They found bones. Turns out there was an ancient Native American burial ground here. Every time I see Poltergeist, I wonder if there are any burials under this house. So far, no paranormal activity, though. 

[Mark Onofri]

No fossils. He'd rather pay me than part with the six pack vair. Automatic anyway.

[Mark Onofri]

It never dawned on me to use clear tape. Makes it easier to see if your alignment is good

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[Mark Onofri]

A once over with #2500 wet paper and it's showtime.

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[Mark Onofri]

It hasn't slowed to a snails pace. Well, you can only put so much lipstick on a pig before it gets upset.

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[Bill from NH]

The saying I know is, "Lipstick on a pig still looks like a pig."    

[Mark Onofri]

🐖 a pig by any other name.
Enough of that. The rear valance is totally unacceptable. As fate would have it, my opinion has been almost totally fubar'ed. I didn't hit the option to post the picture so, it will be coming shortly

[Mark Onofri]

Fortunately, the other side looks better. Mr. Wolf was on the money when he said that the plastic is rubbery. The strangest thing is, it's also brittle.

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[Bill from NH]

A true story. About 20 years ago, an old couple in their 80s were in line in front of me at a drug store. The wife asks her husband, "Herbert, can I get one of these lipsticks on sale for a dollar?" He replied, "It isn't going to improve your looks any." The female register clerk cussed out the old man.

[Mark Onofri]

It's easier to see this than to explain it. If the body is straight, the roll of tape acts like a plum bob.
Paint shop tomorrow.
Dave, I went to a dollar store years ago and they had a pallet of duplicolour. I figured, what the hell,how can I go wrong for a buck? Amazing stuff so, I went back to stock up the next day.
💥Poof💥 gone.
More tomorrow.

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[Mark Onofri]

I knew it was close but,damn. The stripes are simple for me doing it the way I posted in the previous picture.

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[Mark Onofri]

🐌🐌🐌
It became apparent that I had to remove the script and,redo the stripes. Also, if your wondering,why the grey paint on the tape? ,I was testing colours.

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[Mark Onofri]

I rearmed myself with, what I think, are the best ones to use. Lots of difficulty with the internet tonight.
Evidently, this is still available. Do yourself a favor and get one. It's emmery o the other side. Your knifes will thank you.

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[Bill from NH]

That looks like a strop for knife sharpening. Tandy leather was a brand owned by the Radio Shack Corp. We had a Tandy leather store in Manchester for 30 yrs .before it closed about 15 yrs. ago.

[Mark Onofri]

CORRECT!!!
Don Parto isn't here but, if he was, he'd tell you:
Correct, you've won a years supply of Turtle Wax(one can).
I picked it up at a antique festival. It was in with a bunch of obsolete drafting aids. No one draws anymore. The biggest score from the aids was a Univac computer. I'll post it later. It's a gem

[Martin]

" No one draws anymore"

 

Hi there, I am "no one"    

[Mark Onofri]

😐, I guess that leaves just us? I can't tell you how d lighted I was to find about a dozen++ stencils for pipe,structural steel,pumps(all of the types I use{d}), eclipses and even, some for electrical distribution and quiet a few more. I was going to splurge on a small drafting board. Good luck finding one (locally). Just before the red death quarantine, I had purchased a light board and a square. Last month, not a board to be found. Ahhh, progress.
Progress kaka

[Dave Crevie]

Oh, c'mon now, Mark. These from a quick internet search;

 

 

I have one of those old-timey wooden ones like in the picture at far right.

 

And these with gizmos. Some have pantographs.

 

 

Some have back-lit glass drawing surfaces, and even touch screen surfaces that can be directly linked to a CAD program in your computer.

 

 

Or even eBay;

 

 

 

 

And if you are really cheap, and don't mind a ding or two in the drawing surface, you can check with local high schools and tech schools for their end of school year auctions. Some schools still teach drafting. I bought mine for $10.00 from a shop I once worked for.

 

Homebuilders still keep an architect on payroll, and most of them still use a board. I have a neighbor who is doing teardowns and building new houses on the lots. His engineering office is amazing, but he still didn't know Cad drawing until I taught him how to use a simple KeyCAD program. Now everything goes on disc, and he uses my old plotter to generate his prints.

[Bill from NH]

My big drafting board from college stays at my parent's former ME home. I bought a smaller used one for $5 from a Manchester art studio & it serves me well. Sometimes I use 10 squares to the inch graph paper.

[Dave Crevie]

 Sometimes I use 10 squares to the inch graph paper.

 

Whatever works for you. There have been a lot of times when I wished the drawing I got was at least on graph paper. I have had to work from drawings on napkins, paper towels, paper bags, hotel stationary. Even on a pale blue pillow case from a hotel. It was the ones drawn with a magic marker that really burned my *ss. 

 

At CWM we were known around the industry as being able to do the impossible. So it was not unusual to get a model part from a customer with no drawings. Our first CNC mills were Accurite retrofits on Bridgeport J models. These were MDI, and conversational. So I would take my handy-dandy digital calipers, and take measurements from the model as I went along writing the program. Then I'd make a part, and send it off to QA for 100% verification. When I got the report, I'd make any corrections if neccessary, run a floppy and send it down to engineering for them to plot a drawing.   

[Mark Onofri]

I meant locally, I had to back track, yes, I did state that. I'll try to be clearer in the future.
I've got a monstrous ~ 4'06"x 7'08"x 0'02" in my office. I think it's French, it's a odd size for sure. The base is scrolled cast iron , with geared wheels and geared tracks. A friend and I,who were lifting weights at the time and,35 years younger, could barely move it. It also has a mechanical arm with a square that goes in seconds of degrees.
Thanks for reminding me. I've got to get it out of there. Oh joy.
The T-square I've been using on my light board is ok but, IDK. Seems like wood is a little more forgiving on the mechanical pencils than the glass. I do tend to be a little (lot) heavy with the pressure on the pencils.
And now,back to our regularly scheduled program.

[Mark Onofri]

Dave, you were right about the gloss black.It shows everything.The new paper ,that I posted, made quick work of cleaning it up. I've never used the #3,000 or the #5,000 before. The foam backing works great for odd contours. For anyone who works with styrene, do yourself a favor and get some. I'll post some pictures of the progress later today or tomorrow.
Funny thing, the model is looking almost identical to the way it looked after it came back from paint shop hell.