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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 17, 2011 10:29:44 GMT -5
Many years ago while working in the design shop at Fleetwood Ent. motor home division, I was tasked with making drawer pulls incorporating a round cab into each. They wanted a dozen made, and it was an extra $200.00 of pay to make them at home on my own time. I took several different types of slabs in for the interior design girls to choose from. They fell in love with Lavic jasper. I managed to make a couple extras for myself.   Just another use for this great hobby. Sorry for the beat up looking brass knob. This has been laying in a box with rocks for about 16 Yrs. Don |
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Post by tandl on Aug 17, 2011 10:36:01 GMT -5
Fabulous!
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 17, 2011 10:56:54 GMT -5
When they gave me the drawer pulls, they had oak inserts glued in. I had to remove the oak, and the contact cement. Rough up the surface, and epoxy the cabs in place. The cabs were all 27 MM x 1/4" rounds.
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colliel82
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Post by colliel82 on Aug 17, 2011 11:35:51 GMT -5
What a great idea.
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unclestu
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Post by unclestu on Aug 17, 2011 16:00:20 GMT -5
What a great idea, I am going to surprise my wife though it has been years since she has been in the kitchen. LOL
Stu
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 17, 2011 16:25:59 GMT -5
Be careful Stu. You may create a monster. My wife just went out and bought all new handles for the kitchen cabinets and drawers. She wants me to replace the wood inserts with polished agate. All 22 of them.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Aug 17, 2011 16:50:55 GMT -5
that's really neat and its got me thinking on when we go to remodel the kitchen, yep I think I will do that  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 17, 2011 16:55:23 GMT -5
Ah Man, now look what I've gone and done. Should have thrown that pull back in the box. lol
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Post by gr on Aug 17, 2011 18:30:36 GMT -5
Don, you're going to be like Ralph and be chained to your cabbing machine for 22 agate cabs. Camped at the cabbing machine for a day isn't such a bad thing, right! ;D
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 17, 2011 19:10:37 GMT -5
22 cabs wouldn't be too bad, but these are about 3" X 3/8", and slightly bowed out in the middle to about 1/2". Gonna need to cut a plexi template for these. And find lots of crack free slabs of matching material.
Don
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Aug 17, 2011 19:14:04 GMT -5
Wonderful!!! I may be copying this idea in the future.
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Aug 17, 2011 21:57:43 GMT -5
Cool pulls Don. I have knobs like that on my computer desk, and thought of doing the same thing. I'd only need 4 though lol.
Nate
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 17, 2011 22:20:54 GMT -5
If any of you go with this idea, please post pics so we can see how they came out. The inserts I have to make will be too long to grind and shape on the Genie, so I guess it's time to break out the Loretone 2 wheel setup. Haven't used the expando's and SC belts for a long time. This may take a little time getting used to again.
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Post by Toad on Aug 18, 2011 0:01:26 GMT -5
Really cool idea...
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AGATEGRRRL
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Post by AGATEGRRRL on Aug 18, 2011 9:52:07 GMT -5
Wow! Awesomely cool!
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bgast1
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Post by bgast1 on Aug 18, 2011 23:01:38 GMT -5
Great idea, I guess if my wife likes em I can handle that monster.
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Post by connrock on Aug 19, 2011 6:50:15 GMT -5
Those are great Jake!
I fooled around with them a long time ago and found that the easiest way(for me) to make round ones was to cut slabs of the desired thickness,drill the slabs with diamond core drills,lightly round off the drilled edges on my Genie and then throw them into my Lot-O-Tumbler
starting with a 400 grit and then run just like a normal load.
They came out great.
connrock
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Aug 19, 2011 9:24:33 GMT -5
Thanks, Connrock, I was thinking along these lines but haven't tried it yet. I was thinking that tumbling the preforms seemed pretty logical...glad to know it has worked for someone else before I try to re-invent the wheel. :-)
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Post by connrock on Aug 20, 2011 8:53:54 GMT -5
Heck I re-invent the wheel every day and still can't figure what to use it for! LOL
connrock
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