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I leave Canada tomorrow to return to the Desert (AZ) after my Christmas trip home. While I was home I got too good a deal on this fine 10ER with speed changer, factory legs with casters and as it turns out (thanks Ivan) a shop made lathe duplicator. So then of course she needed to be cleaned up. I think she cleaned up OK.

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I have about 30 hours in the whole job largely because the machine was in great shape - just dirty and neglected.
It was a great help to me to be able to lean on support from the learned members herein and you all get a big thank you for that. Now it's back to AZ and my 510.... oh yes and my (temporarily) Greenie.

Great Group. Glad to be part of it.

Paul M

Magnificent! Especially the bench! Alec

Fantastic job Paul!! She looks excellent. And to do all that only 30 hours!!! Since your such a young pup and already retired, you keep working at that speed and you are going to run out of things to do in life. That's probably how you got your working career completed so fast?

On your way down to AZ, swing by San Diego. You can help me finish my ER then we can go on to the bottom replacement on the Chris Craft. At your rate, that shouldn't take more than an afternoon, right?

The bench looks great. Great concept. Make sure you don't tell customs what you paid for that ER. They'll lock you up for stealing it for sure.

Thanks Mike.
I've got a couple of hours tomorrow at San Fran Airport if you want to bring it by.

And customs will never see the 10 ER. It is too heavy to fly and remember I have a couple of SS's in AZ.

Paul M

Nice work, how did you do the logo on the bench?

A couple hours at SFO? You could pop over and put one of those cool logos on one of my Shopsmiths :-)
Mark

I use a standard router inlay set (about $10 at HF) with a 1/8" spiral updraft straight bit and a set of patterns. I work with 3/32 to 1/8 stock resawn on the bandsaw and cut out the parts over styrofoam. It saves all the "hole digging" you have to do if you inlay into solid wood. I assemble the whole veneer layout with glue and then vacuum bag it to the substraight in one piece.

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This one is pretty simple. I've got much nicer pieces.

Paul M

Well done! I thought at first glance that the logo had been stenciled, but to find out instead that it's an inlay, I'm impressed to say the least. Thanks for posting the pics and giving me some new ideas:)

Very nice Paul. I really like the looks of the restored ER machines. Your ER turned out great.

Jerry Floren
St. Peter, MN

shipwright wrote:Thanks Mike.
I've got a couple of hours tomorrow at San Fran Airport if you want to bring it by.

And customs will never see the 10 ER. It is too heavy to fly and remember I have a couple of SS's in AZ.

Paul M

re: Chris Craft....you bring the billion clamps needed, I'll bring the router for getting that perfect fit. Meet you outside the terminal.

Have an enjoyable trip back to AZ. Tolerate the extra screening at the airport. Beg them to run you through the body scanner multiple times. Tell them your an exhibitionist!!:D