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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: No shop is complete without an office....
« Last post by goodfellow on Today at 05:54:49 PM »
Love the decor. The furniture reminds me very much of a steak restaurant cigar lounge I used to frequent back in the day. After dinner you could relax with a drink and cigar in beautiful leather chairs, sofas and recliners and the walls were mahogany wood paneling.

Love your place OGC!
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: SITE UPGRADE
« Last post by goodfellow on Today at 05:51:26 PM »
Just signed up myself Terry -- good job tackling this "Bear" of a problem.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Modernizing the Makita 9.6 volt tools
« Last post by bonneyman on Today at 04:05:31 PM »
Adding a folding handle wasn't too hard - I thought. Not wanting to cut or damage the light in any way I had to disassemble it and figure out how to add the handle to the existing structure. Finally settled on making some stainless steel straps that would interface with the carrying strap mounts, then attach the wire handle to it. Figured I'd then add a belt clip attachment like I'd already done.

....But then I thought, "What if I could incorporate a hanger into the wire handle? Kill two birds with one stone". That took some doing. Finally settled on a loop end in the wire handle to hook onto a belt clip. Will work right or left hand, when folded out of the way it gives plenty of hand clearance, with a rubber grip ta boot. Made from a 5-gallon paint bucket handle it will surely handle the weight with a stick cell. I might still add a coiled wire stiffener near the end loop and paint it. We'll see how it goes. And if the belt clip thingy doesn't pan out I have another wire handle prepped with no added loop. So, I think I'm covered. Worst comes to worst it doesn't hold up or the ABS mounts break. Then I'm back to a mutt light that works anyway. So no prob!

Here is the result:
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Modernizing the Makita 9.6 volt tools
« Last post by bonneyman on Today at 03:52:40 PM »
Well, we have another Makita mod to show!

Sorry that's it's taken so long for update. My heart condition has been kicking my butt, and the fatigue has been awful. But finally am feeling better and able to get out to the shop.

I'm a big fan of the Makita 9.6v flashlights. Just fit the hand nice, solidly made, and constructed of ABS so it's easy to fix and mad. I snagged this beater some time ago before I had gotten back into the line serious like. Didn't have any stick batteries or chargers at that time, so modified this light to run off on 9 volt transistor batteries. Worked well.
I have since picked up a handful of flashlights, most missing parts. That makes them obtainable for a bad song. When deciding to do a light mod I decided to make my old transistor battery the "donor" for OEM parts, and swapped out all the substandard pieces and/or made replacements. The newer lights got all the OEM parts, and this one became a "mutt" tool.

I wanted to add a carry handle to the flashlight to replace the cheapy plastic OEM strap. One of the few design concepts Makita did which I don't like. Anyway I wanted to add a wire handle that would look like it went with the light and not alter the base tool in any way so I could always put it back.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Some humor
« Last post by ron350 on Today at 11:47:10 AM »
 Jack, a handsome man, walked into a sports bar around 9:58 pm. He sat down next to this blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV as the 10:00 news came on. The news crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large building preparing to jump.

The blonde looked at Jack and said, "Do you think he'll jump?"

Jack says, "You know what, I bet he will." The blonde replied, "Well, I bet he won't." Jack placed $30 on the bar and said, "You're on!"

Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy did a swan dive off of the building, falling to his death. The blonde was very upset and handed her $30 to Jack, saying, "Fair's fair... Here's your money."

Jack replied, "I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 o'clock news and knew he would jump."

The blonde replies, "I did too; but I didn't think he'd do it again."

Jack took the money.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: SITE UPGRADE
« Last post by Uncle Buck on Today at 10:47:52 AM »
The old MG site has recently been replaced.  For now, we are still in business,  but are in a sense operating on borrowed time. To keep members in the loop, we are having discussions behind the scenes regarding the path forward. Short of Rusty
reappearing, replacement of this site is realistically the only viable option. Fortunately,  we belive that we can assemble a site to replace this one, and preserve our active member email addresses with the idea of no one being lost in the shuffle. I just wanted to put this out there so the members know we are making plans to take measures so we don't get caught with our pants down waiting for the place to go dark. I will share more about this as I can. UB
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: House Paint is HOW MUCH!
« Last post by Uncle Buck on Today at 10:32:32 AM »
I bought a pint of denatured alcohol to clean a tool prior to cold bluing it a few days ago. $10.00 at the local hdw.  :38:
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Gotta love Merk!
« Last post by Uncle Buck on Today at 10:28:41 AM »
I would love having him back and involved, but minus two dudes kissing.  :33:
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: No shop is complete without an office....
« Last post by Uncle Buck on Today at 09:48:04 AM »
Perfect setup. I loved mechanical drafting. I particularly liked the artistic aspect of the work and the tools used to create. Beautiful space for sure.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: No shop is complete without an office....
« Last post by john k on Today at 08:12:56 AM »
A very cozy room, am surprised by the abscence of artwork.  Bare walls begging for prints of brass era cars, or art deco advertizing posters.  The chairs and couch with their diamond pleated upholstery very reminiscent of the type used in the brass era.
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