Post #324816 by greentikipat on Sat, Aug 11, 2007 2:22 AM

well here we go. he's mostly done; mechanical failers asside- the last, finest tapered tip required a smaller collet, but the old one just wouldn't let go. out came the pliers, broke went the collet. so after everything from trying to pry it out to trying to drill it out, i discarded the pen extention and went for the dremel in hand. a bit different, esp for the electrical currant inches from the water part. so here he is, mostly finished. all this also happened to coinside with the bit about getting drunk. tried to time that otherwise. i had the # of drinks, time until finish, rate of consumption, all that figured into play. but when the tool broke, everything went to hell. fortunatly i was mostly in the bag, so everything worked out fine.
a couple touch-ups to go, and he's officialy #1.




so there he is; probably tommorrow i'll post pics with touch ups and oiling. didn't have any decent chord around, so there's with the hemp string. oh, it was another 4 hrs , there about tonight, figuring in all the other stuff. mahalo for checking it all out, CHEERS!!!