Thought I might show you how the TRAILOR for the DAX is progressing.
stainless, brass, Mahogony,Green baize and a polished rose joint for the tow hitch.
Sitting room rug does not show efforts to best advantage, will try harder tomorrow.
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Thought I might show you how the TRAILOR for the DAX is progressing.
stainless, brass, Mahogony,Green baize and a polished rose joint for the tow hitch.
Sitting room rug does not show efforts to best advantage, will try harder tomorrow.
Steve:
Doreen and I are pulling for you buddy... If there is any help you need ..or anything else for that matter.. we are ready willing and able...
Jackie: same goes for you as well
God Bless...
Thanks Rich, you've all been marvellous ,
big hug for DOREEN.
Jilly taking me to Ford Aerodrome crack-o-sparrow.
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Thats the the near finished TRAILOR for the DAX
Hooked it up to the Rolls Royce ( something I did earlier.
Is this anything like you had in mind for the C B A trophy Rich ?
Thanks Rich & Doreen - I am doing well today and will have biopsy results next week. I think it is partly the "Old Fart Syndrome" :).
Jackie - Once again, your artistic mastery is incredible.
Fingers crossed with the biopsy Stavros and we all have the "old fart" syndrome.Quote:
Originally Posted by seeroy
Don't ever look too close-------it would never stand up to " artistic mastery", it's just an old fart, farting about, I don't have enough time left for anything approaching perfection.
Have a tendency for quantity not quality, that's why I have always got two or four things on the go.
When I get a commision, I do spend time trying to do a good job for the money-----but I still feel guilty about charging for something I like doing!
Got asked if I was interested in doing an authentic scale model 1906 RollsRoyce "Silver Ghost"------told 'em I wasn't capable--------they're still talking about it to me , but they're funny buggers and if it's only 99% they will get prissy.
Nobody anywhere in the world does any old model Rollers over 6" long----so I am told. Maybe I should take a crack at it and charge accordingly-----I know how much a greek earns, but what does an old fart charge for three months in the workshop.
Will post a phoggie of a couple of bits of odd firewood I picked up down in Somerset-----I got one coat of polish on it already-----it does look the business.
My young brother " NIPPER" died of cancer four weeks after my daughter----he never made sixty.
His widow is as Irish as they come, devout Catholic, and wears her knees out gazing skywards with her hands clasped tightly, her name is Bridget but as long as I've known her everyone called her "JACKIE"-------There is a rurprise 80th birthday party for her on Saturday night up in Nottingham.
So, Jilly is taking me down to southampton tomorrow and sister Ange is driving me up there.
I may leave the I pad at home, so you may all get a rest from the rambler.
Thats it, another day done, but I did crack on well, so I bade thee goodnight Stavros MYGGWY.J.
This is one of those "Good to be alive Sort of days" wall to wall sunshine, crystal clear blue sky, frosty as buggery but so wonderfully fresh.
Was into the shop early just to finish one or two jobs off. Got another two coats of beeswax on the "HAWKEYE"------mounted it, covered the base in green baize VOILA ---its ready for the shelf in the shed!
Will send you a few piccies of the chaos in the shop and a few different bits of firewood destined for the shed but rescued from the log basket.
Short day work wise , leaving for my sisters just after lunch, though i'm quite chuffed with the day up to now.
Haven't yet learned how to download and send phoggies on the Mac yet, so i have to revert to the iPad to do that-----lets see what happens.
Scribed Gary
That looks great......what do you think the mortgage terms will be? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
To mycredit Rich, I have never fallen out with any one over a commision and I won't ever fall out with you over an inanimate object. I thought along those lines of the Roller being Classic----not sure of the DAX------could swop for a '20/30s hydro. Just wondered if we were singing from the same sheet. I could have been miles off track------will have to think of a decent base, it measures nearly four foot.Quote:
Originally Posted by T2x
Mark has a marble and granite guy next door-----At least, it will never get stolen with a granite base.
Would not dream of posting the price on here-----need your email address or will try a PM.
Promised you an explanation of the last piece I did,
Was a lump of firewood I liked the look of, I'm forever foraging everywhere I go.
every piece has an alternative -----the 35mm crystal I picked up at the car boot sale for a fiver.
Every angle was totally different with superb graining and figuration , in fact I hardlly touched IT, but I did give it three coats of beeswax------it needs a spotlight shining down on it and V
.Haven't yet learned how to download and send phoggies on the Mac yet, so i have to revert to the iPad to do that-----lets see what happens.
After playing about on my iPad for the last four hours, four of my grandkids decided mine has no 3G, is almost obsolete. The reason I can't put pictures upright instead of horizontal is---------iPads dont. This is the unanimous conclusion reached by my grandkids at the Wilson family shindig in Nottingham . It's gone midnight, it all kicked off at noon, the 80th birthday party of my brothers wife Jackie.
i had no idea one of my brothers grandkids was a R&B guitar freak, punching out oldies like "GO JOHNNY GO".
33 bottles of Pink Tattinger were consumed by the 100 or so guests at a big posh hotel in Newark.
Last huge gathering of the wilson clan was 20 years ago for "NIPPERS" 60th.
really bushed so I'll say goodnight and MYGGWY . J.
By the cringe, that was one hell of a party.
Slept like I died, didn't even get up for a "Tinkle" in the night.
Seems like a lot of my relations done a hell of a lot better than I have judging by the rows of Aston Martins parked outside the front-------peasants parked in the car park provided for 'em.
Will tell you all about the get together in a later post, the old biddies rockin ----most of 'em left their zimmers on the side--------but I have to say , I felt twenty years younger when I watched that lot throwing theirselves about like it was 1960.
Gotta go, the breakfast served here at "KELHAM HOUSE COUNTRY MANOR HOTEL" is legendary .
From my house to Newark and back is close to 500 miles------like a good vintage wine, I do not travel well unless I'm in the driving seat, I get the fidgets, the cheeks of my arse ache----I do not sit comfortable in the passenger seat for long distances. Hence I am glad to be back home.
83 on Friday -----so I spread the word I need a brand spanking new 128 IPAD AIR? Most of the request fell on stony ground, but just maybe somewhere, a seed fell on fertile soil and took root.
Aston Martin VANTAGE is my brothers girl Julie's, treated herself to it when she sold half of Sherwood Forest for a holiday camp.
Breakfast was a full English with all the trimmings AND black pudding -----very nice except it was clap cold, bacon undercooked, overcooked mushrooms, but it's nearly impossible to spoil a poached egg and I swear the baked beans were straight OUTA the tin., The legend died there and then.
im knackered , MYGGWY .J.Attachment 313595
Deep into January already, temperature reached double figures yesterday and 11 degrees today, colonials are getting a hard time, me myself detest that white stuff.
Mark reckons if any more snow birds come down to Florida it'll break off into the ocean.
Deaf aid next door to useless, got a hospital appointment in Bognor Regis today to sort the problem, Jilly gets pissed at me for constantly saying "YA WHAT"?
Got almost a full day in the workshop, nothing definite planned, just play it by ear.
Seems like an eternity since I last got behind the wheel, in actual fact it's five weeks, just got another seven to go before I'm street legal again.
Just gone 6 am -----no where near daylight yet but I can't lay here all day wishing my life away.
You feeling any better Stavros ?
You battened the hatches DONMAC, you ever do anything with the guitar base?
Gary and the Pilgrim gone quiet,------hibernating putetre !Attachment 313611Attachment 313612
May play about with this chunk of firewood, rigor mortis well and truly set in, see if I can give it the kiss of life, I'm OUTA here, de dawn is breaking, and a new day just begun!
working in my man cave, photos soon of my xmas present
Hi jack, haven't been here for a while now, just read the past few months posts! seems I missed a whole bunch of bad news! I hope everyone here is living in some sort of comfortable existence and enjoying life!
I haven't done anything with the guitar body yet! working 7 days a week all summer leaves a lot of catch up on home improvements to be done throughout the winter! I'm currently building a new fireplace in the house [great timing,but it's the only time]. -21C here this morning! I did have a good weekend though,bunch of the neighbourhood boys came up to the cottage for an icefishing weekend, we had a great time, weather on the lake was good with little wind,lots of sunshine and temps around -5C perfect! I dismantled my 14" cutoff saw to use as a handheld and cut an old 350lb. propane tank in half, one of the boys built a nice aluminium checkerplate sled to haul behind the snowmobiles and had a roaring fire out by the huts, fun and laughs for Friday eve and Sat. walked back to the neighbours cottage Sun. morn to pick up my snowmobile and realized that the foot tracks I left coming home were pretty much impossible to follow in a sober state,must have put much damage to the Gibson's finest inventory!
Keep pluggin away on the woodworking and my best wishs to all here on the thread!
Jesus wept Don, I live the life of a Benedictine nun compared to you, and you get things for Christmas -----I just get grief!!!
Just what kind of a dingleberry waits until January AND 21 below before he builds a fireplace Duh?
Feel free if you wanna take over the " tricks" thread, or at least put a few sentences out every other maunday Wednesday .
yes sir, the same idiot who's dum enough to work 7 days a week all summer! I got something for Christmas, a nice hydro bill! the old open fireplace just wasn't doing anything constructive unless you were within 3 ft. I had this planned in the summer and fall but time was fleeting so it's happening now! next winter will be easier on the pocket book. heatpumps with back up electric aren't meant for Canadian climates unless you have a hydro plant on your lot!The house was built with the intention of being in florida for winters, but that is not the case now! I've got another open fireplace upstairs in the master which this dummy will probably end up doing next winter!Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
thought you might want to check out the material I've been using. Swedish product called "Skamol225" very expensive $270 for a 48"x80" board! It better be good!
Don, for that sort of gelt, I could build a three bedroom bungalow including the fireplace and a FIREBELLY wood burner!Quote:
Originally Posted by donmac
Had the deaf aid fixed this afternoon-----threw it in the channel (just kidding)seems to me it's a little better-------Jilly's happy----I'm not saying "YA-what" quite as much! Took four minutes to fix, let's see how long it lasts, me myself think it's simply an old git thing.
Was cooking with gas from before 8:30 this morning------carving, shaping, sawing, chiseling, sanding and polishing that last piece of firewood I thought might have died years ago.Underneath all the crap was a heart of beauty and antiquity . Course, then I had to make a base and a mount, then I was none too happy with the overall shape so I reshaped it until the proportions FELT right.
Put six and a half hours into the piece up to now------another four, then I'll post a piccie. If I do any more of these, I'm investing in an extractor -----got a chest full of snot and deadwood dust.
Eyelids are closing every five minutes-----need a nap----MYGGWY,J.
Bright eyed and bushy tailed as my sainted mother used to say------good way to start the day.
Marks about to pull "Old Blue"------reckons it feels ok but better safe than sorry, can't have done much work, but it could have run a million hours . Don't suppose there ever was any covers, cowls or pans with it if it was experimental.
Its in safe hands, purists have no need of worry, it will not be bastardised!
forecast is reasonable, was 11 degrees again yesterday -----warmer the Barcelona----little cooler today ------4" of snow due north of Nottingham, be nice to get winter over and done with.
Got a med cruise booked for sometime in June, but that's half a year away, gotta pack a lot into life before then!
Oliver De Montfort Wilson is one of my brothers kids----21next month, and smart as they come, he set up "Facebook " for me. -----still haven't got to grips with it-----hundreds of people want to be "Friends"------WHY?------even I wouldn't want to be friends with me!!!------I did try it once before, but didn't think much of it----------poor mans SCREAM AND FLY, I reckon.
Murphy is jumping all over me, reckons I should be up and running ----not punching keys on the pad at 6:30 in the morning, better do what she says, she's getting well pissed at me.
Attachment 313680This is how the piece of deadwood topped up------had a chunk of Barrier reef coral from one of the OZ trips------there were lots of options, even tried the huge crystal but settled on this oneAttachment 313681
very nice jack! I like the coral insert, makes me think of lost ships! My 84yr. old mother/law insisted I put her on facebook when she was alive. I was soon beckoned to her room "it's not doing anything" I told her it's working normal! I still get friend requests from her, I don't know how that works!
I LOVE my piece of Jackie WiAttachment 313682Attachment 313682lson art. I really do. Thanks very much, Cadillac :smiletest:
Hey Caddy, last time I saw you, you were sunning on the balcony at Tavares, glad you like your " concept boat-----Rich has one, Craig and GARY have one apiece, Scottie was going to get me to do one, but we somehow never got around to it.
I hope you're getting ready to come back for the next Tavares gathering ? It's always so special having so many racers together talking about the past. :-)Attachment 313683
Got the results of biopsy today. Actually, I consider it good news. Yes, I do have Transitional Cell Carcinoma (cancer) in my left kidney and ureter. However, it is early on and is 94+/-% "fixable" with surgical removal of kidney/ureter. As a bonus, will repair a hernia resultant of prostatectomy 3 years ago. Looking ahead to shower tonight without damn catheter/bag attached to my peck@@. As always, the worst part of anything like this is "not knowing". Well, now I know, and looking forward to moving ahead. Plus, I get to flirt with all of the Nurses :D. Especially, the one that I have been married to for 40 years. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Stayed up too late the other night writing a post to my favorite funny talking Old Fart Brit. So that's it for now. My forever gratitude to all that have provided encouragement. Not much in this life better than friends. - TTFN
(Jackie, that means Ta-Ta-For-Now) - Steve "PBS" Sirois
Damn Steve, I feel guilty in I did not know you were having any problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by seeroy
Bonny and I will be pulling for you.
Really chuffed you're on top of it Stavros, you got a bunch of oldies rooting for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by seeroy
TTFN, was the recognised farewell of Tommy Handley from 1939--------1950 ish an English comedian.
I'd go along with that Don, sunken galleons, pieces of eight, one eyed pirates and treasure chests bursting at the seams?Quote:
Originally Posted by donmac
Its called "Faith" I believe Don, I lost a lot of mine on this roller coaster we call life.
I once had shed loads of the stuff, but along the way there must have been a hole in my pocket, still have a few of the bigger bits left, (must have been a small hole I supose.
I think Old Blue was run basically with a plywood box over it - maybe not at the Lake so much, but any Oshkosh running was probably boxed up - I am sure the styling/marketing guys fought for a while before approving the cowling aspects. Mr. Hale can probably enlighten us a bit there - often styling came up with a cowl design and then it was up to Engineering to fit everything under it -Quote:
Originally Posted by jackiewilson
Was it ever so BERNIE ! Admin wielded the whip-----bright would be inventors came with the ideas,
engineers cobbled it together, threw it to the pretty boy designers to cover the thing up-----chuck it at marketing ------sales was up next-------last in line were the service guys who were the ones that made the suggestions on mods and improvements, until a viable product was out on the water.J.
Had a stellar day today-----remember I told you that I usually had two or four things on the go at once---------excelled meself this time, went a bit bonkers and have FIVE pieces well on the way to the shed. Will take some phoggies tomorrow.
Reason I got off to a flyer was because there was no internet connection on the iPad this morning and I didn't do the poncing about which is my usual habit-------cup of tea, morning kiss for Jilly, long tinkle, pound the iPad.
Swear blind the bloody thing knows it's past its sell by date and giving grief accordingly-----if you ever think of changing any of these devices, do it in secret, do not let the item know its about to be binned---------they can think!
Told you my grandson in law GARY Strake bought me a spot welder last time I was in the states---well I used it in anger on the TRAILOR I made last week. It's a MILLER and an awesome piece of kit and far superior to the junk they sell in harbour freight.
Recieved a few funny looks from the "customs occifers"when I took it on board as hand luggage, but it was worth the aching shoulder, from the plane to passport control is a sodding long walk.
He tells me he's just finished building a new "DYNO" that can take up to 3,000 HP. Jesus wept, where the hell is all this muscle going?
What a shame there is no sensible formula in boat racing today, outboard or inboard,it was gradually strangled by rules and regulations and American lawyers, do gooders and people purporting to know SOMETHING of powerboating who actually know very little little------but they do have huge egos.
First thing is to get a smart lawyer to contest the rules and regs------dump the old and draw up a new list-----but with common sense being the number one rule. Input please!
Its that time of night again, got a full day Thursday in the shop, not allowed in the shop Friday-----my 83rd birthday, Sister Ange coming to lunch , kids and relations plus a few mates calling in, so have to dress half tidy---------night everyone, MYGGWY.J.
"not allowed in the shop Friday-----my 83rd birthday"
Jackie - Happy Old Fart Birthday on Friday - Steve & Iris
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list the longest running class in the modern world...I think the success has been a tightly controlled engine?
sst45 - still running with no reason to end
sst120 - blocks hard to get now, unfortunately
etc
See what I mean Pilgrim---------plain and simple common sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Run to a formula!.
Dont give a flying fart what it is as long as it sticks, j.