[TheForge] Drilling holes in rods

[magichammer]

well, I have done some quail and some egrets, but I haven't trird a chicken
http://www.magichammer.net/galleries.cfm?gallery=13
http://davemudge.freeservers.com/heron_gate.htm
http://davemudge.freeservers.com/egret_sculpture.htm
http://davemudge.freeservers.com/fish_lamps.htm

dave m

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:

> Hey Dave:
> Those fish on wheels make me grin...like 'em a lot.
> We have a little long term joke around here about outfitting trout 
> with literal aqua-lungs and wheels so that they can roll around the 
> garden and eat the damn sow bugs.. Way quieter than chickens.....Pete F
>
> magichammer wrote:
>
>> These rims are made of 1/8 x 1/2 (low dome half round) material made 
>> for collars.
>> I didn't realize that you were talking about making the rim (outer 
>> portion of the wheel) of 3/8" round.
>> I must have missed that. What is the product going to be? I forgot, i 
>> remember you saying that you wanted $750
>> I hope that you are in a better market than I have found. The 
>> fish-on-wheels are a tremendous amount of work
>> and I have only been able to sell two of them at $350. I can't make 
>> them any cheaper than that.
>> They represent a good 3 days worth of work......
>> dave m
>>
>> PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> In a message dated 4/4/2005 11:16:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
>>> dave at magichammer.net writes:
>>>
>>>
>>> Don, I have made a few wheels for my "fish-on-wheels".  
>>> http://davemudge.freeservers.com/fish-on-wheels.htm.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave;
>>>
>>> Those fish are the coolest set of wheels I have seen. They are 
>>> splendid.
>>>
>>> The back wheels are about 6" but using 3/8 for the center is  asking 
>>> for difficulty.
>>>
>>> Good point. The wheels may look just as good with 3/8 square or 1/4 
>>> x  1/2", etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I  made my hubs from 3/4" pipe, swedged down just like you would do 
>>> to make a  'cattail' except this cattail is only about 1" long.  
>>> Great suggestion. I'm gonna steal it right away.
>>> I  would suggest getting a "cross-slide -vise" for your drill press. 
>>> To me,  the hard part was getting the center of the hub directly 
>>> under the drill bit. Another excellent suggestion, Dave. I just 
>>> checked and  Northern has  them on sale today for $42.99
>>>
>>> hope this helps
>>> dave m
>>>
>>>
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