Hemi 9,445 Report post Posted July 25 On 20/07/2020 at 08:07, Lord Gruntfuttock said: I may have posted this before, but tidying up over the weekend I found some of the stuff my Graddad gave me before he died. He served in the Pacific in WW2, fighting alongside the US Marines, then I think he was wounded and came home, after seeing some pretty bad things (he swore never to own a Japanese car). This knife is one of the objects he made/modified, a US marine fighting knife with the handle he made out of perspex from shot down Japanese planes... I always thought it was a Ka-Bar (Knife attachment, Browning automatic rifle) but the markings show it was the earlier PAL model RH-36, made under licence to equip US troops... Some Barrying tells me "The PAL was one of the most used 'commercial' knives during WW2. Before the intoduction of the Ka-bar there was a serious lack of fighting/utility knives and many marines purchased commercial hunting knives to overcome this shortage until the PAL-36 was supplied. Originally the knife was designed by Remington and when their cutlery deartment was bought by PAL they kept the original dsignation RH-36 (Remington Hunting, Blade type 3, Blade length 6")..." Some of his campaign stuff, should get this framed really... Vella Lavella! been there when pretty young, remember the parents went on a tour to some skull caves because cannibilism etc. beautiful place. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingbrick 8,376 Report post Posted July 25 Oh man i love history like this. The stories attached to those items makes them absolutely priceless- it just blows my mind thinking about where they have been, what they have seen and what they actually represent. Fuckin imagine raiding a downed plane for plexiglass so you could make a sweet knife handle!!! And makes me so deeply sad that so many of these chaps go without passing on their stories. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SOHC 9,068 Report post Posted July 25 I have a tin of Paua shell tiki and a lot of other prison art my grandfather made wile he spent the whole of WW2 locked up in NZ, he was a German and refused to join the army in Germany lol. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Gruntfuttock 20,170 Report post Posted July 25 9 hours ago, Hemi said: Vella Lavella! been there when pretty young, remember the parents went on a tour to some skull caves because cannibilism etc. beautiful place. I asked him if he ever wanted to go back. Pretty strong 'Hell no' was the answer. Told me it was hellishly hot and the water rations were so low they'd save half their tea to shave with. If they didn't shave they'd get jungle sores from ingrown hairs from the heat and sweat. Also said the clothes rotted off them. About the only things he ever said about it really. Apart from when a few of them swam to a chiefs burial plot on some island and looted it of carved shells, my mum's still got some. Bloody NZ bogans.... Would quite like to go myself some day. 4 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Gruntfuttock 20,170 Report post Posted July 25 10 hours ago, flyingbrick said: Fuckin imagine raiding a downed plane for plexiglass so you could make a sweet knife handle!!! Sounds like they were all at it. Blagging knives off the yanks and building stuff. Doing the old 'homer on the bosses time', with bullets... He also made a pendant for my nana by cutting the huia out of an old sixpence and sticking it on a heart shaped bit of plexiglass from the windscreen of a zero (bloody Mitsi's). Think my sister has that... 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyabusa 126 Report post Posted August 3 Rimu coffee table out of a slab a mate milled, legs are 50mm shs squares I mitred and tig'd up 18 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyabusa 126 Report post Posted August 3 Matching Tv stand and working on a couple of bedside tabes the same style at the moment 12 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kimjon 4,867 Report post Posted August 3 10 hours ago, toyabusa said: Matching Tv stand and working on a couple of bedside tabes the same style at the moment Holy fuck, that's an i-max cinema...not a TV! 3 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyabusa 126 Report post Posted August 4 Sorry for the rimu spam, got the bedside tables pretty much sorted today. Might add drawers later but thats a lot of work tbh 18 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kimjon 4,867 Report post Posted August 15 Brought some angle iron to finish the wall. Came up pretty good. I used boiled linseed oil on it like I did to the barn door steel work, stops it rusting but looks raw and rustic looking. Guy at engineering shop said yesterday was their biggest day for sales since opening. 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
63Ragtop 31,212 Report post Posted August 15 I've got those bedside table/bookshelf! 2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 53,068 Report post Posted August 15 2 minutes ago, 63Ragtop said: I've got those bedside table/bookshelf! 10 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 53,068 Report post Posted August 20 Back on that titanium buzz My MSR stove Made new legs and valve handle 50 grams baby Legs not currently crimped in place. Dunno if I will, can shave a gram or two trimming the excess off and cleaning the sticker remains off them too. 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kimjon 4,867 Report post Posted August 22 Bit of a random project. Always wanted one of these. So brought it on an impulse buy when it was on sale at super cheap auto last week. Problem was it's useless just flopping around on top of the bench. I tried all sorts of Mickey Mouse ways of holding it down with clamps etc, none of them were successful. So I decided that a purpose built stand was in order: Hmmmm...what colour should I paint it? I know...red??? Yip, red was a good choice... Location wise, this is a dead space in the shed that is of no use for anything else, so I stuck it there. Ive mounted a metal bender in a similar spot between the other doors and I really like it, works great in that spot. I used M12 wedge anchors to bolt it down to the concrete. Its not going anywhere now, and I'll be able to swing off that handle like a big gorilla without fear of face fucking myself! Calling it a win! 15 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bling 19,282 Report post Posted August 22 On 20/08/2020 at 14:56, tortron said: 50 grams baby Could you cut a leg off each support, leaving just the top flat section? Seems like it would be strong enough unless you're loading up huge pots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 53,068 Report post Posted August 22 Probably yes. Although I use this one with bigger pots for max calories. A 20g butane cooker will always be lighter. Have some shorter sections I might try that out with, but it's actually quite easy to bend, it may want heat treatment Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
63Ragtop 31,212 Report post Posted August 24 Finally got my old 1950s drill press finished. Had to make up this small plate to mount the toggle switch. Please with how it turned out, looks the part. all wired up thanks to my mate Darrell, and ready to go for another 70 years. 21 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bathcollector 3,209 Report post Posted August 27 Made a pipe chick to go with the bloke I done back in March. Dem nipples. 9 10 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willdat? 3,630 Report post Posted August 28 Playing with the laser cutter this week, using Inventor and Slicer for Fusion. All flat pack designs without glue. 22 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlownCorona 3,967 Report post Posted August 28 A+ job on designing it so that the tops of the monitors are flush. i hate when my dual monitors at work get bumped out of alignment. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
