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by Keikeoki
Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:00 pm
Forum: Business Topics
Topic: moving to Southern New Mexico, looking for glass
Replies: 0
Views: 68950

moving to Southern New Mexico, looking for glass

Howdy folks! I'm moving to Las Cruces New Mexico, and have been trying to find glass suppliers. I see there are some Bullseye suppliers in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, but I see no coe96 represented in the state, and a whole lot of nothing in Las Cruces. Do I have any fellow New Mexicans here in the fo...
by Keikeoki
Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:15 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: looking for a clamping solution
Replies: 7
Views: 12908

Re: looking for a clamping solution

Here is a sketch of one possible clamp style, many are possible...[img]
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by Keikeoki
Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:31 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: looking for a clamping solution
Replies: 7
Views: 12908

Re: looking for a clamping solution

I saw a sewing pony used in a leather factory... Essentially a very specialized type of wood jaw clamp vaguely similar to a screw clamp but with "c"jaws rather than parallel jaws... I don't need a sewing pony per se, but it has inspired me on a potential idea for the jaw design I need. And...
by Keikeoki
Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:38 am
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: looking for a clamping solution
Replies: 7
Views: 12908

Re: looking for a clamping solution

Good advice, pretty much what I was going to do... For padded surface I have a large supply of the half-inch foam used in exercise studios, but I also have a supply of the tool drawer liner type... And the paded screw clamp I was referring to is the woodworker's wood clamps with two acme threaded ro...
by Keikeoki
Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:09 pm
Forum: Techniques and Tools
Topic: looking for a clamping solution
Replies: 7
Views: 12908

looking for a clamping solution

I don't have access to a wet belt sander, so I'm wanting to use my pneumatic 4" wet polisher to do some cold work on fused glass bowls and other items. It is working well to hold the glass down with one hand, and use the other hand for the polisher, but I would rather use both hands on the poli...