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giduddy

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So i had some spare Jacobs parts....
« on: March 31, 2016, 07:41:33 AM »
So i had some leftover unusable Jacobs wind parts, and some spare time on my hands so i built a light fixture with the leftovers.  the cast for the governor was broke, so I welded it back together, made new stub shafts because the old ones we bent, and painted the old, somewhat rotten blade.  I think it turned out OK for a light in the shed.

Unfortunately, there are very few people who actually know what this is.  Most of the visitors i have over  to my house ask what kind of airplane its off of.  I tell the a B-52... :)

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Re: So i had some spare Jacobs parts....
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2016, 07:45:44 AM »
Very good!

Does that count as "up-cycling"?

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Re: So i had some spare Jacobs parts....
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2016, 08:37:59 AM »
That's pretty cool!
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Re: So i had some spare Jacobs parts....
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2016, 11:04:35 AM »
Looks great! I'd stick with the B-52 story!

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Re: So i had some spare Jacobs parts....
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2016, 09:59:16 PM »
Wish I had such a hall to play around in.... lol
Looks great!!! Thumbs up.


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Re: So i had some spare Jacobs parts....
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2016, 10:04:19 PM »
Lol........
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Re: So i had some spare Jacobs parts....
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2016, 09:00:28 AM »
Wish I had such a hall to play around in.... lol
Looks great!!! Thumbs up.


Rob

in response to that, i built the "shed" last fall.  Designed it myself, and had a hard time finding anybody to build it, and I've been in the building trades for years.  One person i did find to build it wanted to much money to build it (at least to me it was to much, I could be wrong though), so i decided to build it myself.  Took me from August till November, but i did it myself, with some help from friends.  some pics for entertainment.

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Re: So i had some spare Jacobs parts....
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2016, 01:29:45 PM »
nice building buddy