Thread: A little bit of free time

Good stuphph MIK!!!!

I particularly like that send one. It hath a touch of class.

Great job on those two Mik, I like the red one best, wonder what the red would look like with copper?

Mik , I think you spend far too much time watching TV seeing as you said you punch the holes while watching lol. I saw some of these recently at Tony's and they are even better in the flesh as you said a long way yet to explore down this path , one with watchparts on metal, went to the same guy whos getting the tennis racket I just finished So good Ideas do get circulated around hehe, (just don't have the bits on your bedside table ,that might be carrying multi-tasking a bit too far ) Cheers ~ John

Like the way the first one looks

World class stuff MIK.

thanks for the feedback guys, i appreciate it

Originally Posted by tdrumnut

Great job on those two Mik, I like the red one best, wonder what the red would look like with copper?

i will try it just for you mate, i do think the copper will get lost, but if you don't try you will NEVER know

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

Mik , I think you spend far too much time watching TV seeing as you said you punch the holes while watching lol. I saw some of these recently at Tony's and they are even better in the flesh as you said a long way yet to explore down this path , one with watchparts on metal, went to the same guy whos getting the tennis racket I just finished So good Ideas do get circulated around hehe, (just don't have the bits on your bedside table ,that might be carrying multi-tasking a bit too far ) Cheers ~ John

thanks John, you are the master of carbon fiber, i have tried a few times and failed miserably, i would like to see one done with a small amount of CF in the middle, watch parts on this and aluminum on either end, maybe even some colored wire as well, i reckon that would be the bees knees

come on John you can do it, i have faith

MIK

thanks John, you are the master of carbon fiber, i have tried a few times and failed miserably, i would like to see one done with a small amount of CF in the middle, watch parts on this and aluminum on either end, maybe even some colored wire as well, i reckon that would be the bees knees

come on John you can do it, i have faith

MIK

Wow, I am glad your not one of my customers LOL Sure you don't mean braided blanks,most of the carbon fibre I have done have been bought ones hehe, Maybe I can have a play with your suggestion when I finish bunch of .50 cals I have just started Cheers ~ John

Truly love ur work MIK job well done ;-)

Ian

Mik, nothing like a photo to show fingerprints and imperfections, BUT, you did that deliberately just to show it was you who made them! and fine work once again. Amos

Originally Posted by Nai84

Truly love ur work MIK job well done ;-)

Ian

Thanks Ian, i am still exploring this area, and having a bit of fun to boot

Originally Posted by PenTurner

Mik, nothing like a photo to show fingerprints and imperfections, BUT, you did that deliberately just to show it was you who made them! and fine work once again. Amos

thanks Amos, the fingerprints were going to be a perception test for everyone, but i thought i would do something that i NEVER do around SWMBO, admit i made a mistake

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

Wow, I am glad your not one of my customers LOL Sure you don't mean braided blanks,most of the carbon fibre I have done have been bought ones hehe, Maybe I can have a play with your suggestion when I finish bunch of .50 cals I have just started Cheers ~ John

OK John i am sure you can live up to ours and your customers expectations

well heres a start on attempt number 5??? i think, its looking good at this stage but so did the other 4 attempts, i only have another 45,000 gears to bend and place, OK so its about 12 but they are hard to bend and it seems like 45,000

i am going to try casting under pressure this time though which i am hoping will get rid of the pesky BUBBLES

MIK

Looking forward to ur progress mate ;-)

Ian

Nice work Mik with a nice mix of materials too

Cheers
Tony.

OK... so all the bits are now on.... should be right to cast on Saturday, i hope... then the hard part, stopping myself from sneaking a peak in the pressure pot for a FULL DAY!!!!

Originally Posted by MBUMIK

OK... so all the bits are now on.... should be right to cast on Saturday, i hope... then the hard part, stopping myself from sneaking a peak in the pressure pot for a FULL DAY!!!!

Mik before you cast it see if you can get a size off it that will be the minimum you can turn to without hitting any bits ,not sure what kit you have set it up for ,but something like that I would be looking at a sierra vista, which uses standard sierra tubes ,but but is a lot thicker in the finished body, a handy test is a drill gauge plate to see what hole it will fit in without touching , it looks a very busy pen hehe , If you are having trouble bending gears contact me for some of my methods Cheers ~ John