Hello again. (church is at 6:00, not 5 as I thought. but I did need to go out to the grocery store to buy some walnuts.) I forgot to add to the finishing process. the plywood and pine was skim coated with a Dap-spackling compound.( the one that stated it will not dry or shrink.) after dry is was lightly sanded with 220 grit sand paper, and then stained. The spackling compound is cheap in price,Easy to put on, dry's quickly and is very easy to sand down,And after sanded ,its smooth to the touch and I find is a good base for stain. I've been using this process for 15 years now and have not had any problem with it. I tried this technique after reading about sealing with plaster of Paris back in the early 1800's This is my spin off. I have been using this on my Plywood martial art dummy's for years. I figure if a dummy (mook jong) ,which is hit, punched, and kicked thousands of times per month can hold up, it will work on kids stuff as well.
I do not have a spray booth or spray gun, all my finishes are ragged wiped, hand brushed or oiled. and sealed with Shellac, and or poly. or both depending on the job. now its time to get ready to go. talk to you all latter. C.A.G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "curt george" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:15 PM Subject: Re: New project > Hello Tim > Its construction grade plywood and pine. > I used a red mahogany stain first, and then I used a special walnut stain > over the hole lower stage. I finished with three coats of Amber shellac, I > wish my camera was working, the color undertones are very neat, (I'm sorry > to say that the camera on my phone doesn't do the finish justice.) > Thank you for the comment. > The upper part of the stage will not be used much, I made it to be easily > removed (four knobs) that part is maple sealed with amber shellac. (no > stain) the upper part of this project was a last min. change, The owner > wants this stage to be able to use both string puppets as well as hand > puppets. > This hole stage folds up into a 5"x 36" x 4' solid panel so it can be > easily > stored when not in use. > It was a fun project, that took a little longer to do than expected, but > as > I said earlier, It was finished on time and the Owner is very happy with > it. > I was paid $250.00 for this project. (so If you add my time and materials > I > realy did not make a lot on this, But its a Special Christmas present that > hopefully will last for many years.) > I have to run.( Its time to go to church.) > Have a great day!And a Merry Christmas. > C.A.G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Krause" <artmarb...@comcast.net> > To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:43 PM > Subject: Re: New project > > >> What kind of wood and finish is used on the puppet stage? I like the dark >> finish. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "curt george" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> >> To: <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:33 AM >> Subject: Re: New project >> >> >>> Hello Again everyone. Just got home form work. The gear changer works >>> like >> a >>> charm! ;-) (sorry no pictures as yet on this one.) >>> Although I do have some pictures of the new puppet stage. this stage was >>> mostly made on the Legacy.And the other is my new used oil burner, the >>> way >> I >>> can stay in the garage with out freezing while Im using the Legacy. ;-) >>> I >>> have made two different burner designs for burning used motor oil and >>> ... >>> Everything is hand made, as I have said I've been busy! >>> >>> Have a Merry Christmas Everyone. >>> I will be Talking to you all latter. >>> C.A.G. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Curtis" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> >>> To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 6:29 AM >>> Subject: Re: New project >>> >>> >>> Hello All. >>> Today is Christmass eve. >>> As Bill already stated earler this morning, Merry Christmas to you >>> all. >>> Im at work. ( another early morning for me. 0300-0600, I have about >>> 45min, before I need to sign in.) >>> This morning was very productive for me. >>> I re-done the quick disconect directional gear set that I made earler. >>> Now I am useing a longer plate and a 10-32 screw to hold my gear plate >>> in alinement. This is so K.I.S.S (Keep,It,Simple,Stupid.) I cant wait >>> to get this set up home to play with it. >>> Also with this longer mounting plate and a simple 10-32 tap, you can >>> do the same thing as I did with longer mounting plate you can now use >>> Legacy's directional gears to make this set. So chances are you all >>> can do the same thing your self, If you like,with out any major parts >>> needing to be made.Some simple sheet metal work,a metal tap and some >>> 10-32 screws are all you need to have, to make this set up. >>> I will send some pictures A,S,A,P. >>> Have a GREAT DAY! >>> Merry Christmas All! ;-) >>> C.A.G. >>> >>> On Dec 21, 3:50 am, "curt george" <curtgeo...@wowway.com> wrote: >>> > Thanks Tim >>> > I think I will also go with the thumb screw idea. the simpler the >> better. >>> > With less room for error,means that there is less room for me to make >>> > mistakes.(something I tend to do when Im in a hurry!) >>> > but one word to watch out for, space is the big problem, don't make >>> > the >>> > spacing to much or you will have problems with you other gears still >>> > fitting your system. I find 1/8"-1/4" to be the best spacing. >>> > Good luck I will start modifying my gear changer tomorrow morning. >> (since >>> > Im writing here now, I've lost my window of free shop time. I need to >>> > be >>> > at work by 4am if I want to get any work done.and I live an hour away >> from >>> > my work.) >>> > Its time for me to go. >>> > Work calls. ;-) >>> > have a great day. >>> > C.A.G. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: Tim Krause >>> > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com >>> > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:01 AM >>> > Subject: Re: New project >>> > >>> > Hi All, >>> > >>> > In my case, my Legacy did not come with both left and right hand >>> > spiral >>> > gears. I had to buy my left handed one. I need one for my second >>> > machine >>> > but I'm in no rush. Legacy took the gears off of their website, but I >>> > think they only cost $65 for them. >>> > >>> > Curt's version would be really handy. Frankly I don't think there is >> much >>> > demand, but I agree with Curt that it is a pain to swap the gears. I >>> > was >>> > thinking of using a thumb screw and only two locations for the gears >>> > to >> be >>> > located in. This would prevent any accidental engagements of the >>> > gears. >> If >>> > anyone is interested, write me an email off list and I will bump up >>> > the >>> > priority of making something. >>> > >>> > -Tim >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: Bill Bulkeley >>> > To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com >>> > Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:28 PM >>> > Subject: Re: New project >>> > >>> > looks like a good thing perhaps you can make a few of these things and >>> > sell them >>> > Bill >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: curt george >>> > To: Legacy Google group >>> > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 7:37 AM >>> > Subject: Fw: New project >>> > >>> > Hello Everyone. >>> > Its been a crazy couple of weeks around here for me. Christmas is >> coming! >>> > What make things worse is I have a lot of projects to get done, >>> > besides >>> > the normal holiday stuff. I will be posting pictures of my new puppet >>> > stage in a day or two. >>> > >>> > What this is, Is a quick change directional gear changer For my >>> > Legacy. >>> > (This is the main reason that I have not been posting in the mornings, >>> > I've been going to work at 3 am to work on this, every day last week.) >>> > I need to make a way to change directional feed on my Legacy with out >>> > taking everything apart.(TIME IS MONEY, OR JUST TIME WASTED! in my >>> > case) >>> > It is a simple concept. swing an extra gear into the duplex gear to >> change >>> > direction. but As most simple things go, it was not quite that easy, >>> > My >>> > first attempt used the gears form the original directional gear sets >> that >>> > legacy makes. The problem was distance between the gears, I could not >> get >>> > a large gear and a small gear to mesh with all the gear settings that >>> > my >>> > legacy uses, if I made it side by side like the right handed set the >>> > legacy uses, I did not have enough room for some of the larger pitch >>> > or >>> > drive gears, and if I went smaller, then the smaller gears would not >> touch >>> > with in the gear adjustment. >>> > As is said, (I think I did?) this set works!!! ;-) >>> > But I can see some minor problems with this set-up, One namely the >>> > clamp >>> > that Im using to control the gears movement. >>> > The lock position is good, but when not locked the clamp could move if >>> > bumped.( that would be nasty! both gears touching at the same time, I >>> > don't want to think about the possible damage that would cause!) I >>> > will >>> > work on a new clamping lock to start with, and if that doesn't work I >> will >>> > remove the clamp and add a screw locking adjustment. (More to come on >>> > that!) >>> > >>> > Thanks to Big Tim on this project, The idea was mine ( I think??? ) >> first. >>> > but it was Tim's gear's that realy saved My day. >>> > I bought a number of gears form Tim a while ago. >>> > Anyhow like I said earlier the gear size was the problem, so what I >>> > did >>> > was use Legacy's single (60T) gear and one of Tim's 72T gears to make >> the >>> > changer work. >>> > >>> > First I needed to drill and press in a precisions gear into the 72T >> gear. >>> > (that was fun, and not as hard as you might think.More on that topic >>> > latter.) >>> > Then I need to make the SS guard, and make a bracket to hold the hole >> set >>> > up. the bracket needed to be rectangle in shape to hold the locking >>> > mechanism. A slot needed to be added for the adjustment lock on the >>> > Legacys gear pivit arm set up,and a pivot point need to be drilled for >> my >>> > gear changer. Most of the measurements came from the Legacy >>> > directional >>> > gear set, with one difference being to position of the hole compared >>> > to >>> > the original, the hole (pivot point) I made a little lower, Thinking >> that >>> > It would fix the problems I had on earlier attempt. The ark of the >> Duplex >>> > gear had to be compensated for, something that I did not think of on >>> > my >>> > first attempt, (using the smaller gear.) >>> > >>> > Woops! I need to go. (Christmas stuff! ) >>> > Here are the pictures. >>> > Please let me know what you think? 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