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Discussion in 'Garage / Workshop' started by ERMB, Oct 28, 2014.

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  1. Feb 16, 2015 at 11:54 AM
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  2. Feb 16, 2015 at 11:59 AM
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    Scott, did you ever put you island in here?
     
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  3. Feb 16, 2015 at 12:18 PM
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    I don't know how I missed this thread.

    Little man's costume from Halloween.


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    Made my wife a purse.


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    My wife wanted a Alabama elephant.


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  4. Feb 16, 2015 at 2:06 PM
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    Few other costumes I've made for little man.

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  5. Feb 16, 2015 at 2:08 PM
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    You've got some skills there bud!
     
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  6. Feb 16, 2015 at 2:17 PM
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    Thanks. Taught myself how to do everything. Little man told me he wanted to be Sponge Bob for Halloween one year and the store one's looked like crap so I said hmmm I think I can make a better one and bought a sewing machine. Now I'm locked into a costume every year. lol Figured I might as well try to get a something out of all these machines laying around all year long in the mean time and tried making some other stuff.
     
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    Im making a log castle in the toilet right now.
     
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    :woot:
     
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  9. Feb 16, 2015 at 5:07 PM
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  10. Feb 18, 2015 at 12:33 PM
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    Prett freakin sweet
     
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  11. Feb 19, 2015 at 4:22 PM
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    Starting the powdercoat process. These guys are awesome. It took them 10 minutes to blast it and only charged me $20. Good for both of us.

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  12. Feb 19, 2015 at 4:28 PM
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    What color did you choose to go with?
     
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  13. Feb 19, 2015 at 4:38 PM
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    I'm going to use a black chrome. It's a two part process. I have to bake on a chrome coat and then go over it with a translucent black chrome. Here's the chrome and translucent black by themselves. I'm waiting for my other chrome piece to cool off so I can shoot the black over it. Gotta test it all first since the colors are new to me.

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  14. Feb 19, 2015 at 6:30 PM
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    My test pieces were a complete failure. I decided to use just the translucent black. Hope it turns out ok.
     
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    That came out really nice. I like the black chrome color idea.
     
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  16. Feb 20, 2015 at 8:12 AM
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    Did they not react well together. I've never done powdercoat, do you spray one over the other then bake or spray one, bake it, then spray the other and bake it again?
     
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  17. Feb 20, 2015 at 8:52 AM
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    Apparently there are different opinions on how to make it work. I tried fully curing the base coat and then adding the second coat to the cooled piece. The powder wouldn't stick at all. I tried again with my second sample by heating the piece first. The powder stuck, but was uneven after baking. I ended up using the translucent black chrome top coat by itself. Here are the results.

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    I just picked up my supplies for wiring the light. I hope to have it lit up by this evening.
     
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  18. Feb 20, 2015 at 10:34 AM
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    That looks great! How did the light fixtures parts come out I can't really tell?
     
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  19. Feb 20, 2015 at 10:42 AM
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    Thanks Scott. The fixtures mount to a piece of 3/4" plate that I machined. Here's the plate before I mounted it. You can see the I drilled and tapped holes in the side of the plate for set screws.

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  20. Feb 20, 2015 at 12:00 PM
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    Sorry should have been more specific, I just meant the finish on those parts. Did you powder coat those too. Thought I still saw some of the patina on the ends.
     
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