What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

Looks sanded/fell off the back of a truck on the freeway. I have some cool square LEDs from electronic gold mine that I keep forgetting to use......and by forgetting, I mean can't seem to find my square step drill bit........
 
DeadAirMD said:
Looks sanded/fell off the back of a truck on the freeway. I have some cool square LEDs from electronic gold mine that I keep forgetting to use......and by forgetting, I mean can't seem to find my square step drill bit........
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Made jewelry since I was 11.... These are indispensable, one of the main tools. You would not BELIEVE how fast this cuts through very hard metal. It will make nice square holes in aluminum very quickly. You drill a small hole, put the blade through the hole and attach the top and bottom of the saw, then tension it.

You can only saw in the direction of the teeth biting into the metal, go the other way and it breaks. You have to draw a line that needs to be cut, and be sure to stay on the line. Practice with scrap is recommended....

 
RetiredUnit1 said:
Made jewelry since I was 11.... These are indispensable, one of the main tools. You would not BELIEVE how fast this cuts through very hard metal. It will make nice square holes in aluminum very quickly. You drill a small hole, put the blade through the hole and attach the top and bottom of the saw, then tension it.

You can only saw in the direction of the teeth biting into the metal, go the other way and it breaks. You have to draw a line that needs to be cut, and be sure to stay on the line. Practice with scrap is recommended....

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Well geewhiz! I was trying to make a goof and ended up with a great recommendation! Thanks man, what a stellar suggestion!
 
Still on a Percolator kick. This one's got a 2N404A for the PNP, and I've been auditioning NPNs while I wait for the 3565s to get here
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This and the One Knob Clang sound like shit without a buffer in front of them, regardless of transistors used- Just muffled with not a lot of dirt.
 
DeadAirMD said:
Well geewhiz! I was trying to make a goof and ended up with a great recommendation! Thanks man, what a stellar suggestion!
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You should probably check out a few videos. I broke quite a few blades till I finally got the hang of it. They didn't have videos in 1967, lol, but my Dad was a rockhound. I still have a huge collection of gem quality rock..... tiger eye, jade, Brazilian agate, Australian agate, jasper, obsidian..... and I have a slab saw, was my Dad's. 18" diamond blade, you lock the rock into a vise, set the thickness, close the lid and turn it on. There is no auto off so you have to set next to it till it finishes......
 
DGWVI said:
Still on a Percolator kick. This one's got a 2N404A for the PNP, and I've been auditioning NPNs while I wait for the 3565s to get here
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This and the One Knob Clang sound like shit without a buffer in front of them, regardless of transistors used- Just muffled with not a lot of dirt.
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What is going on here? I was hoping you were gonna crack this case
 
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This was my wife’s grandmother’s mandolin, we got it from her parents, it was one of the only things she had when she came over from Germany. Im assuming it has been stored in less than desirable conditions, and I have been tasked with its repair wish me luck.
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Beautiful! Is that a fixed bridge or floating? You may want to mark the exact location with paper tape before removing the rest of the strings, just in case. My cheap-o Ibanez mandolin has a floating - was changing strings and SURPRISE!!!! lol...
 
RetiredUnit1 said:
Beautiful! Is that a fixed bridge or floating? You may want to mark the exact location with paper tape before removing the rest of the strings, just in case. My cheap-o Ibanez mandolin has a floating - was changing strings and SURPRISE!!!! lol...
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Thanks for the heads up! That’s exactly why I always take pictures of things before I start taking things apart.
 
Just before I went to bed last night my cellphone illuminated the underside of my 5F6A board. Really looked nice, so I grabbed the other cellphone and took a pic.

One of the reasons I like the panavise circuit board vise is that I can put all the tools I need to use UNDER the board as I work on it.

Takes a lot less desk space and I spend a lot less time hunting the same tool over and over again, lol.... You can see them on the scrap leather I removed from a half hide due to multiple imperfections. Makes a great table protector.

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RetiredUnit1 said:
You should probably check out a few videos. I broke quite a few blades till I finally got the hang of it. They didn't have videos in 1967, lol, but my Dad was a rockhound. I still have a huge collection of gem quality rock..... tiger eye, jade, Brazilian agate, Australian agate, jasper, obsidian..... and I have a slab saw, was my Dad's. 18" diamond blade, you lock the rock into a vise, set the thickness, close the lid and turn it on. There is no auto off so you have to set next to it till it finishes......
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Oh yeah I'll definitely watch a few videos, especially since I won't be buying a very expensive kit.

A few years back, I drank quite a bit at home and apparently did some drunk ebaying.........because a box showed up at my house a month later from India full of Tiger Eye and Ocean Jasper. I remember nothing from that purchase, luckily it wasn't a mail order bride.
 
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