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I want one!!Fairly convincing from 50ft away. Still fabricating a mount and can holder.
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I want one!!Fairly convincing from 50ft away. Still fabricating a mount and can holder.
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My girls were involved in the drama department while in high school. So, my wife and I spent about 6 years volunteering. I used some of my set and prop building skills for this one. Fairly inexpensive but the time involved limits the production to only 1 prototype.I want one!!
Fairly convincing from 50ft away. Still fabricating a mount and can holder.
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I may be naive but everything I see that comes out of a 3D printer looks like it was carved by beaversTime to break out the 3 D printer.
Looks good a 20 miles per hour too, CAMO
Looks amazing. Is that water resistant wood?I completed the conversion of my M1152A1 to winter snowmobile carrier.
I had previously laid down wood and new D rings with bolts and installed rubber guides for the snowmobile.
Loaded yesterday and all is good.
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My retirement plan is partly funded by the lead on my hmmwv rims...Finally got around to mounting the Baja tires I bought from Felts in January. Took them into Les Schwab today to get them balanced.
When checking them in, the guy tried to convince me it's a waste of time to try balancing them, and that I'd be better off with some of their balancing product that goes inside the tire.
I have Centramatics, so mostly I just wanted to get them closer to balanced so the centramatics don't have to do as much.
All of them had multiple weights on them, but one had 9 1/2 ounces of weights on the rim, which was nearly one whole half around the outside.
I just found that amusing for some reason.
I'll take some pictures later.
btw, lawnmower ramp makes loading tires pretty darned easy compared to trying to lift them into the bed of a truck.
O go back on Friday for an alignment. I probably could do it myself, but the weather kind of sucks and the ground is wet/muddy/slush/ice so I'd rather just pay. Already been under there enough times lately replacing the tie rod ends, idler arm, and pitman arm.
Looks amazing. Is that water resistant wood?
I have had great success painting with several coats of ATF. Lasts for years. And when it starts wearing out. Paint it again!My local lumber place didn’t have any marine or treated plywood. So it’s regular plywood but treated with oil based water sealer so it should hold up for a few seasons. And should be easy enough to change out if it rots, just transfer the rubber guides over to a new piece and bolt in.
Automatic Transmission Fluid? If so, does it dry?I have had great success painting with several coats of ATF. Lasts for years. And when it starts wearing out. Paint it again!
.I have had great success painting with several coats of ATF. Lasts for years. And when it starts wearing out. Paint it again!
It soaks in. Over many years’s time it seems to either evaporate or chemically change so I just reapply I usually apply it in several coats. Great for outdoor wood and furniture.Automatic Transmission Fluid? If so, does it dry?
my buddy did his with used motor oil. I just wanted to be a little more environmentally friendly.I have had great success painting with several coats of ATF. Lasts for years. And when it starts wearing out. Paint it again!
.My uncle uses boiled linseed oil thinned down with diesel and a pump sprayer to coat his trailer decking.
Can't honestly say how it actually holds up as I don't visit that often.
One thing to be aware of is some plywood uses water soluble glue, and it starts delaminating if soaked in water for a while. I assume some of these oils might have a similar effect.
Marine grade plywood isn't affected like that by moisture, but without knowing if it's just going to get torn up enough to need replaced in a couple years it might just be a waste of money to do that.
I lose track sometimes with all the posts on here, so I was thinking about the plywood in the back of a truck for a snowmobile to sit on when I made my post..
Thanks @Coug !
I had considered linseed oil and that might be the trick. Thinned is even better so it can seep into the cracks a little better too. My "problem in need of a solution" is actually slabs of Red Oak.
Unfortunately, I think I hijacked the thread about the wooden 30 cal OR maybe not since the discussion was "what have you done to your hmmwv today lately"
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