Re-igniting a long dormant hobby!
January 18, 2020 Using a souped up version of Greg Braun's cantilever design, I started adding the first cross members for the leg support. First set complete. Moving on to the next. Here you can get a little closer view of the old custom controller plug-in I designed. I never actually used it. It was... Continue Reading →
January 11, 2020 I got my first cordless drill because of this project. I also learned about countersinking. Here I was just about ready to put in my first screws.
January 8, 2020 I really made use of this tool while building the table. The two side boards were 2-16 foot 2x6's that I had left over from my last table from 20 years ago. I kept these out in the garage for that long. Even though they were very long and always in the... Continue Reading →
December 28, 2019 This some of the lumber left over from the last table I did about 20 years ago. I wanted to fill in as many of the old nail holes as I could. Some were also split a little at the ends. I wanted to repair as many of those as I could... Continue Reading →
December 21, 2019 Getting ready. This is the first of the cross supports. The first batch of cross supports, complete.
December 15, 2019 I had to return the miter saw (the only tool I ended up renting) and I didn't want to have to rediscover all the settings again so I saved them. It made it real quick the next weekend. One more setting to save.
December 14, 2019 After acquiring all the lumber for the legs and rounding out my supply of 2x6's for the frame, weeks earlier, I thought it was high time to start laying things out for cutting. I wanted to make sure all my cuts were as precise as I could make them so I rented... Continue Reading →
It's the flame that never died. Of all the hobbies I've had and stopped down through the years, this is the one I've always had the deepest passion for restarting. Yes, I said restarting. This is the fifth iteration of this hobby for me. I guess we could call it my HO slot car hobby... Continue Reading →
My HO Slot Car Hobby 