Slacker
Liquor and Whores...
Around a year ago, DPRC decided to remove thier three rifle rated plate racks. All three ended up at esteemed member @Scsmith42 farm.
Anyone who knows farm life knows that free time isn't often a luxury, so they sat idle for awhile.
Scott had previously offered to help repair my plate rack so we had four total. Not a small job considering the metal fabrication and welding required.
The stars recently aligned and we started the job. I had zero metal fab experience. With excellent instruction from Scott I learned how to run a lathe, grinders of all sizes, drill press, mag drill (rotary broach type), air chisel, paint gun, flapper wheel, cutoff wheel and an overgrown bandsaw.
Quite a crash course and I enjoyed every minute.
An idea of the rusty busted up mess we started with:
After a full wire brush, degrease and washing, they looked even worse.
Scott went to work laying beautiful welds while I tried not to look at the pretty bright lights. No pics of that because I was temporarily blind.
Once the welds were done, we started to spray industrial grade primer.
Scott taught me the basics of running a spray gun then set me loose. It's one of those skills that is easy to do but hard to do well! I have a new appreciation for folks who paint for a living.
We gave the primer a few days to harden up then hit the ground running on the first and second coat of Latex A100.
I didn't get any pics of his mug but @amnesia stopped by to pickup a round bale and I got to meet him.
Thanks for the vegan jerky Chris.
My vegetarian wife is enjoying the pepper flavor. The jamaican jerk flavor did not make it home.
I want to thank Scott for his patience, generosity and for sharing his knowledge with a total novice.
To the DPRC members who miss the plate racks, take comfort in knowing they went to a loving home.
If you need sawmill services or to purchase wood for basically any use, please check out Scott's sawmill and farm.
http://whisperingpinesfarmnc.com/contact.php
Anyone who knows farm life knows that free time isn't often a luxury, so they sat idle for awhile.
Scott had previously offered to help repair my plate rack so we had four total. Not a small job considering the metal fabrication and welding required.
The stars recently aligned and we started the job. I had zero metal fab experience. With excellent instruction from Scott I learned how to run a lathe, grinders of all sizes, drill press, mag drill (rotary broach type), air chisel, paint gun, flapper wheel, cutoff wheel and an overgrown bandsaw.
Quite a crash course and I enjoyed every minute.
An idea of the rusty busted up mess we started with:
After a full wire brush, degrease and washing, they looked even worse.
Scott went to work laying beautiful welds while I tried not to look at the pretty bright lights. No pics of that because I was temporarily blind.
Once the welds were done, we started to spray industrial grade primer.
Scott taught me the basics of running a spray gun then set me loose. It's one of those skills that is easy to do but hard to do well! I have a new appreciation for folks who paint for a living.
We gave the primer a few days to harden up then hit the ground running on the first and second coat of Latex A100.
I didn't get any pics of his mug but @amnesia stopped by to pickup a round bale and I got to meet him.
Thanks for the vegan jerky Chris.
My vegetarian wife is enjoying the pepper flavor. The jamaican jerk flavor did not make it home.
I want to thank Scott for his patience, generosity and for sharing his knowledge with a total novice.
To the DPRC members who miss the plate racks, take comfort in knowing they went to a loving home.
If you need sawmill services or to purchase wood for basically any use, please check out Scott's sawmill and farm.
http://whisperingpinesfarmnc.com/contact.php
Last edited:
