The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#151 Post by Michael Ewald Hansen »

hifibob wrote:
Disco-inferno wrote:That's some mighty nice,craftsmanship :clap: you make building these things look easy. I really like the jigs you're constructing for assembly!
Thanks Disco! The time is definitely well spent building them.. I can really bang these things out now...
This one seems to be the most helpful so far.. Cuts the top and bottom panels but also makes drawing the layout lines without all that measuring and compass work.

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Took me about 20 minutes to do all 12 of these once jig was finished.

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Fantastic! :clap: :clap:

Amazing woodwork and skill.. I love this thread :)
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#152 Post by 88h88 »

Michael Ewald Hansen wrote: Fantastic! :clap: :clap:

Amazing woodwork and skill.. I love this thread :)
The thread's amazing both for how clean everything's going together and indeed the sheer size of the project.
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#153 Post by hifibob »

Fantastic! :clap: :clap:

Amazing woodwork and skill.. I love this thread :)
The thread's amazing both for how clean everything's going together and indeed the sheer size of the project.
Thank you guys for the kind comments.. I'm really enjoying this build, I wake up every morning trying to figure out a way to fit the wood shop into my schedule lol..

Today I had some time to get the top and bottoms on all 6 cabs. For the life of me I couldn't get them perfectly square! Then it occurred to me, turn them on their side :hyper:

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Then they went together pretty quick.
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then I got all the sheath braces cut up..
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#154 Post by miked »

Some people "Are good/decent with woodworking" and other people "Just have a stupid amount of skill." You absolutely fall into the latter category. On my best day I couldn't turn out anything close to what you seem to bang out as easy as eating pie. I am thoroughly enjoying this thread and the great pics. Thanks and here's to continued success! *insert beer icon here*

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#155 Post by hifibob »

miked wrote:Some people "Are good/decent with woodworking" and other people "Just have a stupid amount of skill." You absolutely fall into the latter category. On my best day I couldn't turn out anything close to what you seem to bang out as easy as eating pie. I am thoroughly enjoying this thread and the great pics. Thanks and here's to continued success! *insert beer icon here*
Thanks a bunch mike! All tho Ive been playing with wood for a long time, TimpBizkit is correct, you have to have the tools as well.. so as much as I'd like to take all the credit.. ah heck I'll take the credit lol.. Thanks bud :cowboy:

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#156 Post by doncolga »

miked wrote:Some people "Are good/decent with woodworking" and other people "Just have a stupid amount of skill." You absolutely fall into the latter category. On my best day I couldn't turn out anything close to what you seem to bang out as easy as eating pie. I am thoroughly enjoying this thread and the great pics. Thanks and here's to continued success! *insert beer icon here*
+1 Just incredible man. :clap:
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#157 Post by Harley »

All right...

Finally you get it...

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#158 Post by LelandCrooks »

Damn Harley. Gettin' pretty stingy with those things. Well deserved 3 pages back.
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#159 Post by hifibob »

wooo hooo!!! Thanks Harley and Leland much appreciated! Harley I'm even a big fan of HD motorcycles, I own a few doozies myself..

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#160 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

hifibob wrote:Harley I'm even a big fan of HD motorcycles, I own a few doozies myself..
AFAIK Harley doesn't own a Harley. I just hope he wasn't named after his place of conception. :shock:

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#161 Post by Charles Jenkinson »

So, Harley's not his real name then?

I think we need a My real name thread.

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#162 Post by Harley »

Charles Jenkinson wrote:So, Harley's not his real name then?
Harley Maurice Dear appears on my passport and my birth certificate :roll:

Bill's right. I don't own a Harley. The War Office rides one occasionally though.

Back to the build thread topic guys :cop:
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#163 Post by hifibob »

Harley wrote:
Charles Jenkinson wrote:So, Harley's not his real name then?
Harley Maurice Dear appears on my passport and my birth certificate :roll:

Bill's right. I don't own a Harley. The War Office rides one occasionally though.

Back to the build thread topic guys :cop:
Well it never to late to get one :D

Today I had a meeting with with my adjoining neighbor that is concerned about the noise level the cub is going to create.. Well I just giggled lol.. he wants me to do something to help absorb/block the noise, again I just giggled.. My answer to him was your going to hear this a block away, hence the reason for locating it in this commercially zoned area.. Needless to say I gave him Bills number because its his fault :lol: After that I headed to the shop and managed to get all the sheath cleats and back braces installed.. I m sure glad I kept my Tuba scraps, I basically used all scrap to do these parts :hyper:

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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#164 Post by Ian Westwood »

When is the opening date for the first club? If this isn't an excuse for a BFM gathering, I don't know what is!!
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Re: The journey begins.. 16 T60's and 12 DR280's!!

#165 Post by hifibob »

Ian Westwood wrote:When is the opening date for the first club? If this isn't an excuse for a BFM gathering, I don't know what is!!


that would be pretty cool! It would be nice to put face to all these names lol.. We just pushed the date up to mid September, this date hopefully will stick since we officially have everything approved now.

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