CNC Dan
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I guess it's too late, but Jax chemical makes a metal blackner.
Help making sheet steel look 100 yrs old
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k0ua
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Well, it looks like it turned out pretty good.. :thumbsup:
AchingBack
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It looks great and I love your flooring. What is it, please?
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Definitely looks like it belongs... well done. Did you have to drill pilot holes for each nail? I am wanting to weld up a picture frame from thin sheet or plate metal for a large signed print by Thom Ross for my wife. Thinking of doing something very similar. I think a steel rustic frame would suit it perfectly maybe with some hammered rivets or something to jazz it up a bit. She has had this print for years and it is just tacked up on a basement wall. It would surely be a wonderful surprise for her since she thinks I don't even care about it.
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Nail it on the wall with 24 nails per side! I used a sheetmetal hand punch, (copy of a roper-whitney #5 junior) that cost only $49. I wish I had a real one.
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I've been lurking on this thread for a while, just saw the finished product. Excellent!! It fits in with the rest of the floor and stove perfectly!
pat32rf
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Not complaining about that beautiful floor, but sometimes the nails look better (older) if you grind the heads sorta square....
I wonder if Dalys is available around here...(Ontario) Our water base finish on poplar in the front hall isn't lasting like the oil base stuff in the living room...
I wonder if Dalys is available around here...(Ontario) Our water base finish on poplar in the front hall isn't lasting like the oil base stuff in the living room...
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Thanks for all the help along the way you guys I really appreciate it. And glad you like it too, thx for the kudos.
Hmmmmm neat idea! I tried squaring the head with just a couple whacks with a hammer it looks pretty good but maybe it rounds out again when you drive it in. Good thing I didn't get the sqaure nails suggestion earlier I'd still be hammering.
Hmmmmm neat idea! I tried squaring the head with just a couple whacks with a hammer it looks pretty good but maybe it rounds out again when you drive it in. Good thing I didn't get the sqaure nails suggestion earlier I'd still be hammering.
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