What's on your list?

right now I think I need a dremel. my epoxy fillets are improving but not "perfect". word on the street is a dremel has many uses.

second thing would be a lathe, to make nose cones.

third would be an airbrush, and a paint booth to go with it!

Well, what I did ask for on my birthday was the same thing as all the years, money. But now that I have my 3rd anniversery coming up and I plan on getting my wife a ring that she wants(only $400 even though I gave her a $1500 spending limit), I asked her to get me a Pro38 set and some reloads for it.

Well...

I'd ask for a Photo Album... filled with pictures of them when they were young and having fun.

I'd also ask them to include any pictures of Grandpa and Grandma (both sides of the family) showing the same. (Old School pictures, graduation, wedding pictures, first car... all of them can be a real hoot!)

You won't be sorry. ;)

Mark

Grandkids... they're always asking.

I use the dremel mostly for making brackets n things. Love those 1" cutoff wheels. I used a straight cutter to remove the root of the plastic AT fins before gluing in the replacement. Also the flex shaft is useful for tight spaces. Did that sound bad to anyone but me?

Big or little? ShopNotes had an issue on making a tabletop sized lathe out of shop birch plywood. Wood be a nice unit for small to medium cones.

I've an airbrush, just need to play with it. I also have a cheapy compressor from HF, but just need some 'time'. After the last windstorm campout, I got to thinking the destroyed easy-up might make a nice spraybooth.

Joel. phx

a nineteen yr old female who finds rocketry just so fascinating .........

shockie B)

:) better than WOW brand induced "leakage" in the other thread)

I think I would go for a big one, because I've had good success using the drill press as a "small" lathe.

I shed no tears when the wind destroyed my non-ez-up - all those goddamn pipes and crummy tarp, gone gone gone - woo hoo!! got me a real ez-up, now I'm styling.

paint booth - if I could figure out a way to do forced air without blowing dust around, I would just put some 4 mil plastic in the corner of the garage. but several boats and other hobbies are in the way.

might actually get somewhere with this though - wife is making noises about wanting an airbrush....

Is there a connection here? A rotary tool is not what you need to improve your epoxy fillets. Good epoxy is probably the best tool in making good fillets. And bad epoxy really isn't that machinable with a rotary tool or anything else.

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I think Judy and I came up with the ideal solution to anniversary gifts for our first anniversary, and ever since. We are both VERY hard to buy gifts for. The solution was to go out and buy US a gift for ourselves. No, not the each buy your own thing, but buy one thing for US. In fact many folks still remember what we bought for our second anniversary; Belker, the original rocket dog. Other years it's been a piece of furniture, stereo stuff, etc. The new house opened up lots of possibilities.

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