Thread: What are you working on?

Looking good, MikeB52!


Semi-slow rainy day here, so I pulled the towel off the pile this morning and this busted front Emperor scale was staring at me. No fixing it, so I wondered if I should just chuck it.


Then....I got an ideer!
I cut out the middle section and rounded it off, cleaned and polished it up, drilled out the 2 circles on either side.
Applied some silver and gold RubnBuff here and there and fashioned a couple of short nails from some of Baburs pre-peened pins, one brass, one stainless. (Stay with me here!)



Ran home at lunch and retrieved my pair of silver and gold Henckels Emperors.......

(old pic! Different box)




A pin-vise, 1/16 bit, some gorilla gel glue and a couple of light plastic clamps later..
AHA!



Oh well! At least I used it for something!

Tom that did not wind up where I thought it was going. Nice use of a busted scale. I like it, I like it.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Tom that did not wind up where I thought it was going. Nice use of a busted scale. I like it, I like it.

Thanks, Shaun....So! Where did you think it was going?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Thanks, Shaun....So! Where did you think it was going?

I thought you were making an inlay on another scale half.

Nice idee'er
And I thought you were gonna do a shorty outta them.
That's what I've saved my broken one's for. [emoji482]

All you guys are doing fine work. Lovely.

My current project is jetting in a well
I have a 2" pipe down about 28 feet.
I want to go down to bed rock.
Picture of a black snake in my back yard. A mistake I can't seem to delete

Nice use of the busted scale Tom!
I too though you were making a new scale inlay,, very clever use and classy box liner it became.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Nice use of the busted scale Tom!
I too though you were making a new scale inlay,, very clever use and classy box liner it became.

Thanks, Mike!
The RubnBuff starts out a bit gaudy, but the more you rub it, the better it gets as the details keep coming out and the tones get subdued after a while. Was a fun and cheap thing, in retrospect!

Originally Posted by dkwflight

All you guys are doing fine work. Lovely.

My current project is jetting in a well
I have a 2" pipe down about 28 feet.
I want to go down to bed rock.
Picture of a black snake in my back yard. A mistake I can't seem to delete

We got tons of those here in Ohio.
The biggest ones (10-12' long) are found around lake Erie, and its islands. Its always fun when you find one in a boat your working on.

"" CAN YOU SAY...
"I NEED NEW SET OF DRAWERS"!!!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Oh well! At least I used it for something!

That's fantastic! Nothing goes to waste... Now you have me wondering if anything cool was on any busted scale I threw away ever... I love that idea, nice job