Colchester Clock Part 2 It's Finished!
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- Опубліковано 28 гру 2023
- Having a working clock in the workshop is a good way of ensuring marital harmony, especially if deadlines are issued for activities that occur outside the workshop walls. This is my attempt to make a large, clearly visible, lathe related and decorative clock.
If you are interested in obtaining the artwork for the Colchester Lathe Logo you can download it for free using these links. www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kv8qr8...
On image is in bitmap format, the other is vector format.
In this episode:
Map update
Laser cutting and laser engraving the digits
Chemically etching aluminium using Sodium Hydroxide (Caustic Soda or Lye)
Clear powder coating
Shortening the minute hand
Final assembly
Thanks for watching.
Cheers, Preso - Наука та технологія
Good morning Mark. Wishing you and your family a very happy, prosperous and peaceful new year for 2024 and thank you for the entertainment in 2023.
You're welcome.
Regards,
Mark
I use a lot of epoxy and I've found that a short length of wide masking tape on the bench is an excellent mixing palette. When you are done you can just peel it up and chuck it out. Much better than chucking out a bit of scrap galvanised sheet!
This probably sounds wasteful but I have a LOT of that scrap sheet metal. When I was teaching we had a storage area for all the offcut sheet stock left over from cutting up class lots of material for sheet metal projects. It was common to have to cut up 50 pieces all the same size which meant that there was always small pieces left over. I would bring home the small pieces as it usually got thrown out at the end of the year. So, the masking tape is actually more expensive than the scrap sheet stock. I do clean off glue residue from the sheet metal and I can use both sides so it's not a total loss. But I will certainly have to find an alternative when I do run out of those little bits of sheetmetal.
Regards,
Mark
Nice clock Mark! My dad got into a clock making binge back about 25 years ago. He had access to a dye sublimation printer at work and would print all kinds of clock faces, then buy a cheap 8" clock in Wal-Mart, then glue the printed face over the one the clock came with. He did HUNDREDS of them. Good times. thanks for bringing back some fond memories.
Dye sub printers are pretty cool. I have been fascinated by pad printing techniques too.
Regards,
Mark
Yo Mark,
That Colchester shop clock would be the greatest viewer prize ever. May I suggest the viewer with a Colchester closest to the Pacific ocean on the Canadian west coast. Yeh, I think that would be just the ticket.
See you next year.
John 🇨🇦
Thanks and I must start thinking about another viewer gift. Maybe for 50K subscribers?
Regards,
Mark
I didn't realize you could etch aluminum using caustic soda but it's a good thing to know, thank you for sharing!
Mark, thank you for answering my question in your last video, in this video about the Allen Wrench fitment! Dave
Baarle-Nassau is quite surprising! I like learning interesting and unusual facts about our wonderful world. Thanks for sharing this bit!
My wife and I did some research on the area but evidently. what is published about the history of the area is only superficial but still interesting. Our borders here in Australia are either dead straight or they follow rivers.
Regards,
Mark
That is one sweet clock, Preso ☺. I love how the numbers look like they're floating in space, super cool! Turned out great, thanks for sharing! 👍😁👍
Cheers!
Thanks. It's big enough to see clearly no matter where I am in the shop. Somewhat tempted to fit some LED back lights though. 😁
Regards,
Mark
Greetings from Los Gatos California USA - part of Silicon Valley. The clock looks fantastic! I'm going to have to talk to my wife about our dire need for a laser cutter!
You do need a laser cutter/engraver. Tell your wife I said you needed to buy one. I visited Stanford University and Google in Palo Alto back in 2016. We did get a free lunch at Google and the food was excellent too.
Regards,
Mark
another great project. I like your attention to detail as well as the detailed simple to understand narration
I've been watching for a long while from Manchester, Tennessee, USA. Really enjoy your channel. Thanks for the tips.
Thanks. I was just checking you out on Google Maps and it said that it's currently 1 degree C! We had 35 yesterday and 65% humidity. I will put a pin in the map for you if I can find room.
Regards,
Mark
Gday Preso, this clock is a true work of art, the clear powder coat really gives a beautiful gloss shine, it’s very tempting to get setup for powder coating here, thanks for all the fantastic content throughout the year and all the best for 2024 mate, cheers
Thanks Matty. The powdercoating setup is something that I never regretted buying. I recently found an Australian supplier of a good range of powders too. Prior to that I was buying them from Prismatic Powders but they all come from the USA and the price doubles as soon as you go to purchase it.
Regards,
Mark
Happy 2024 Mark and thanks for all the good work
All that hard work paid off! It looks great!
I’m watching from Massena New York. Right on the border of Canada along the St. Lawrence River in the northern most part of New York.
We drove along the 1000 Island Parkway on the Canadian side of the border heading from Montreal to Toronto a few years back. We would have driven right past your front door! Certainly a very pretty part of the world. I was fascinated by all the barns and silos which we don't really have here in Australia. We timed our visit to see the fall colours too.
Regards,
Mark
Love your videos! John from Roseville, California, USA
Looks fabulous with the white background.
It needs some LED backlight, and maybe some glitter 😁
Regards,
Mark
The clock looks great! Greetings from Liberec, Czech Republic and I wish you all the best for the new year 2024!
Thank you. I will add your location to my map. I was just checking out Severočeské muzeum v Liberci and a totally bonkers motorbike in the exhibits. We are hoping to do a road trip around the Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary at some point. We crossed very briefly into Austria on our last trip and the scenery was stunning.
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58 The collection in our museum is not large, but there are some nice pieces. Definitely visit the Czech Republic! Cheap beer, pretty girls, also tons of castles and museums. ;-) I recommend the National Technical Museum in Prague and Letecké muzeum Kbely (Aviation Museum).
Greetings from Silicon Valley, California! That clock looks absolutely fantastic. Wonderful job. I used to etch my own circuit boards, so I shouldn’t be surprised, but it was interesting to me that the caustic soda bath didn’t undermine the powder coat. Can’t wait for next year’s projects!
I had tried the same process using various paints but none of them could withstand the corrosive effects and the heat of the alkaline reaction. Powdercoat is surprisingly tough but you do have to monitor how deep it is etching. Fine details can undercut the thinner sections. Ferric chloride absolutely doesn't work. You get a runaway exothermic reaction far more extreme than sodium hydroxide. I know because I tried it!
Regards,
Mark
Preso, I've got a new pin for you. I'm currently watching from my winter home in Phimai Thailand, It's in Nakhon Ratchasima province, You and yours are welcome to come and stay sometime. I've just finished repairs on some Kumiko window inserts I made following your tutorial. I really enjoyed the project!
I will add your location to my map. We did visit Kuala Lumpur and Singapore a few years ago. So I guess it's sort of close to Thailand. I would love to see some of the Thai temples and I am definitely a fan of Thai food. And it's closer than Europe.
Regards,
Mark
Two things I appreciate about your channel, Mark:
1. The bird sounds. Even the kookaburras.
2. You spend time on finishes and really making your projects look nice.
Thanks for so many interesting videos this year.
Thanks for watching. We do like our kookaburras but they can be a bit deafening when they start up at 5:00am in the summer.
Regards,
Mark
Nice clock.
Cleveland, Ohio checking in.
Thanks for watching. I will see if there is room for a pin in your location.
Regards,
Mark
I love watching the progress of your projekts on YT. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. Happy and healthy new year from Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.
Thanks for watching. We didn't get to your part of Germany on our last visit. The closest we got was Nuremberg. Maybe next time.
Regards,
Mark
Hi Mark. I'm a big fan of your videos. I used to watch you from Los Alamos New Mexico but today I'm watching from a small town called Big Timber Montana. Anyway, I thought your issue with the super glue was pretty funny because I used to do quite a bit of assembly of laser cut parts in New Mexico where the humidity is super low and I would have the exact opposite problem! We had to breathe on any parts that received super glue to get them to set chemically. Funny how changes in geographical location bring different problems for the same methods.
Now that you mention it, the humidity was off the charts the day I was trying to bond those parts with the cyanoacrylate. I had completely forgotten about the bonding properties of that stuff and the link to moisture. Interestingly, we watched Oppenheimer on Christmas night. New Mexico to the max!
Regards,
Mark
Loved hearing the Kookaburras... no need to tell us where you are! Clock looks nice... an heirloom piece.
We have a resident population of about 5 kookaburras. Most of the time they are quiet but they seem to get very vocal at about 5:00am in the summer.
Regards,
Mark
The clock looks awesome Mark. Great work as usual.
Thanks. It keeps really good time too. Unlike all the clocks up in the house which choose to chime randomly despite me going around and resetting them every week or so.
Regards,
Mark
Have a healthy and happy 2024!
Thanks for that. I hope you are working on some new content for next year.
Regards,
Mark
Greetings from the West Coast of QLD, Trunding.Always enjoyed watching your videos. Nice work!
Well, I can tell you there is plenty of room on my map for your pin. You must have some nice fishing spots up there.
Regards,
Mark
Hi Mark. The clock looks stunning. Great job. Looking forward to your 2024 video's. Take care & Happy new year.
Steve.
Thanks Steve. I like having a nice big clock in the workshop now.
Regards,
Mark
Turned out Great! Thanks for the look.
Your metal finishing skills are fantastic. I learned so much watching you. TY
This project turned out great and looks really good on the cabinet door in your shop. As always Mark, thanks for sharing. It's been fun watching all your projects and looking forward to the new ones coming out in 2024. HAPPY NEW YEAR. 😃
Glad you enjoyed it
Regards,
Mark
Great job Mark
Cheers, Preso. Have a great New Year.
Fantastic looking workshop clock.
I need to retire so I've got time to make something like that.
Retirement has a lot to offer. If you have a hobby you'll never be bored.
Regards,
Mark
Greetings from Calamba Philippines, being of Dutch origin my parents came to Perth in 1951, i was born in Perth.
Never new about the borders between Belgium and Netherlands.
As apprentices we used Chloroform to glue acrylic, dont think super glue had been invented then.
Clock looks impressive with white backboard.
Miss the Kookaburras however we do have Willy Wagtails on occasion.
Spelt knew.
We have been to Perth but not the Philippines. I shall add your location to the map though.
Regards,
Mark
That turned out wonderfully - the best projects are the ones that not only look good but are functional too. Happy New Year from that one pin in Moscow :)
I didn't realise how much I missed having a clock in the workshop. It's large enough to be clearly seen from anywhere in the metal shop.
Regards,
Mark
Hello From the Island of Cyprus, Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year to you all
Thank you. I think Cyprus is a first but I will check the map.
Regards,
Mark
I appreciate the level of care and detail you put into finishing and protecting your projects. Happy New Year!
Thanks. Powder coating makes everything look good, even if it starts out looking a bit rough!
Regards,
Mark
Best of the New Year to you and your family 🎉
Very nice! See you next year. Mike from union city Ohio. We are on the border also.
Thanks for watching. All the best for 2024.
Regards,
Mark
Nice project, it looks great hanging against that white background. As you are a brand ambassador I thought I'd tell you that I was able to buy Vegemite in my local supermarket here in Wales yesterday for the first time. Best wishes for the new year.
Thanks. I think the UK is a little more open minded to the products of Australia. We did see Tim Tams (the delicious chocolate biscuits) in the stores when we were in Wales. We did see Vegemite in Canada but it was in an "exotic" food market.
Regards,
Mark
Fantastic job Mark. Thanks for all your hard work keeping us all informed and entertained. A very Happy New Year from York UK
Thanks for watching. Your location of York is noted but too many pins in surrounding areas to allow for a new one. We did a massive road trip around England, Wales and Scotland a few years ago and we couldn't get over how close everything is compared to here in the "Wide Brown Land".
Regards,
Mark
Another viewer from York here. 😊 Wonder how many of us there are!
Looks great, Presso; finding the hanging slot on the back of clocks & framed items is always a fun task.
Best regards & Happy New Year,
Charlie
I was up and down the ladder multiple times trying to get that shot within a reasonable time frame.
Regards,
Mark
👍 Great job Presso🍺
Thanks Bill. I think it's time for a beer! 😁
Regards,
Mark
What a great clock & video.
It's time to wish you a very Happy New Year Mark from a very cold and windy Westgate-on-Sea 👍🇬🇧🍀
Thank you. I think I pinned Westgate on Sea a year or so ago. It' still on our bucket list of places to see in the UK. And the white cliffs of Dover!
Regards,
Mark
Great job, I love it!
Great Job Mark love it thank you, Happy New Year.👍👍👍👍👍👍
happy new year mr Presling.
thanks for sharing your video,s.
cheers ben.
have a great new year, I have 2 Colchester's a 13'' just like yours, and a 15''
We had a Dashin lathe at school which was the Taiwanese copy of the Student 1800. Unfortunately it was thoroughly thrashed by trade school students by the time we got hold of it but I used it a fair bit and it got me thinking that I might upgrade to the square head student at some point. In my view they are far superior to the more modern Chinese and Taiwanese lathes on the market now.
Regards,
Mark
Hi Mark. Hats off to you for achieving such a great finish on the clock. It looks amazing. 👏👏👍😀
Also thank you for introducing me to the Belgium town located in The Netherlands. I now so want to pop over “ The Channel” and go explore.
Thank you for all your videos in 2023. They are so appreciated. Happy New Year. Let’s hope 2024 brings some much needed peace. 🙏
Thanks for watching. There are so many fascinating places in the world and yet we seem all too willing to destroy them.
Regards,
Mark
Happy New Year! That clock looks awesome, and totally approachable. My kind of project! thanks for sharing
Fantastic work Mark. Happy New Year to you and Mrs. Preso!
Happy New Year! I'm watching from Iran, Kashan.
Thank you. I am pretty sure that Iran will be a first for my map.
Regards,
Mark
Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year to you and your family 😅
Nice project Mark. Happy New Year sir. May you and yours have many blessings in the coming year.
new sub here....Walkertown,NC..USA...keep up the good work mate
Welcome aboard. I will see if there is room for a pin in the map for you.
Regards,
Mark
I race at Bonneville so I bought a 2 ft diameter clock from a thrift store, took the face out, made one covered in salt, 3D printed and painted the numbers as mile markers. Hangs proudly in my shop.
That sounds very cool. The only thing I know about Bonneville is that Burt Munro set the under 1000cc motorcycle record there and that it features in "The World's Fastest Indian". I visited his home town of Invercargill in New Zealand and there is a hardware store there that owns all the replica and original motorcycles used in the film. It is still one of my favourite movies.
Regards,
Mark
Nice looking clock happy new year
That is impressive good job from Westswan in WA
Thanks for watching. We would have driven close to your location on our way to Kalgoorlie back in 2015.
Regards,
Mark
Very interesting project.
I am in London - I'll have a thousandth share of the London pin.
I too hope that neighbours can coexist peacefully in the new year.
However, neighbours that send their entire army towards your capital city can make this tricky...
Absolutely. I get a bit tired of hearing about first world problems. I think we are very fortunate if we can walk down the street without the fear of being shot at or bombed. Everything else is a bonus.
Regards,
Mark
Nice video and project. Clock looks awesome. Mahalo for sharing! 👍🙂❤️
Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Best wishes from Tønsberg - Norway
Thanks for watching. Norway, Sweden and Finland are high on our list of places to visit. So different to Australia although I am not sure if we are cut out for your winter weather.
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58
Well. Summers are decent. Winters.. Well, I can pass on those.
Absolutely Amazing Mark Happy New Year!
Sawasdee Pi Mai Mark (Happy New Year in Thai) That is very artistic and looks great, well done 👍
Outta time! Thanks! Happy New Year, mate!!
Same to you!
Regards,
Mark
Mark, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Watch all your videos from Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada. Cheers
Thank you. Canada has the coolest sounding place names. Kicking Horse and Medicine Hat are two that I can remember. We badly want to go back to Canada for a third visit. So many lakes and stunning mountains. And such nice people, and poutine!
Regards,
Mark
looks very nice, you should be very proud of it, what a legacy.
Nice job. That looks amazing
Add Colorado Springs, Colorado to your viewer location map.
The Colorado Rocky Mountains are especially and dramatically a place like no other!
Thanks. I did check out your location on Google Maps. One of the reasons we loved going to Canada was to see the snow covered mountains. It's something we don't have a lot of here in Australia. New Zealand has some nice geography and it's only about three hours away but one day we will do another trip to the USA.
Regards,
Mark
I think you just earned a medal for craftsmanship bravery… or skill. After ALL that work dip Al in sodium hydroxide (I don’t care how dilute) takes guts waaaaaay beyond normal. Gorgeous results, very impressive clock. Nice wildlife clip of the kangaroo and her joey probably some tax benefit being born in 2023. Have a wonderful 2024 I’m looking forward to your next projects.
I’m sure it is illegal now where I live (probably go to jail) but take a something like a pop bottle, fill it with crumpled Al foil, dump in some sodium hydroxide, stretch a balloon over the top and watch it in-flate with hydrogen. When inflated tie off the balloon, tie on a note, and send it off.
Ha ha, the last procedure you described is exactly what we did when we were youngsters. Evidently, my parents didn't notice that we were mixing up highly corrosive alkaline in bottles and generating enough heat to crack said bottle. The only difference is that we would tie an alcohol soaked string to the balloon and light it as we released the balloon. Hydrogen explosions look so pretty at night!
Regards,
Mark
Brilliant result Mark and a real credit to your talent. Due to a car accident in 2020 I had my right / primary side wrist fused so I can only rotate my hand and open and close my fingers. It gets very frustrating sometimes so I can imagine how your hand shake must irritate you when trying to do delicate work. I guess it’s just part of getting older but it’s better than the alternative😂.
Happy new year and I’m looking forward to seeing your next project.
Cheers, Stuart.
Thanks Stuart. Yes, getting old sucks. I also get an annoying finger lock and I have to physically open my fingers sometimes with my other hand. On balance though I do prefer it to the alternative.
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58 Absolutely 😂
Looks great Preso, (as always). Happy New Year
Thanks for watching along. I hope 2024 is good for you.
Regards,
Mark
Great job, your style of presentation is great
Another nice little project Paul. Have a happy New Year, I'm looking forward to the new videos.
Great project, great execution, too! Happy New Year!
Thanks Tom. It turned out nicely but I wish I had spent a bit more time on the artwork. What looks good at small scale suddenly looks dodgy when you scale it up 300%
Regards,
Mark
Looks great! Happy new year from Ontario, Canada
Thanks mate. Is it cold there?
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58 No! A wonderfully mild winter so far, I've only had to fire up the snow blower once, and what little snow we had then has all since melted. It's only -1 out right now. Very unusual for late December here. You won't catch me complaining, at least not about that
Happy New Year Mark - the shop clock came out stunning. Cheers 🍻🍻
Enjoyed…HNY
Thanks Chuck. I like having a nice big clock in the workshop now.
Regards,
Mark
From what I’ve learned in the past couple of months is that, those who live in half of YOUR building, just came and set up shop there. AND now they wana push you completely out of your own building. And if you stand up to them, they call you all kinds of names. I hope it’s resolved SOON.
Yes, I agree. In the long term, no one wins.
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58 The awful thing is that we (if you know where I am) are behind both of those problems. The other sides are innocent.
Happy new year,
Rex
Nice video again, as usual! Also fun to see that you know of Baarle Nassau and Baarle Hertog. Went shopping for furniture in a big furniture store over there once and kept on crossing the border whilst walking through it 🙂. Thank you for again a great year of videos and wishing you and your family all the best for 2024!
My wife and I went down this deep rabbit hole when we saw the convoluted border in the area of Baarle. We did a lot of reading about the history and the current social context. Most borders here in Australia are either dead straight or they follow rivers. One thing we read was that there are different legal drinking ages in both Belgium and Netherlands. It must be a nightmare for publicans.
Regards,
Mark
Looks superb Mark, really nice job. Happy New Year to you and your family. Cheers, Jon 🏴
Thanks Jon. The clock was one of those unplanned jobs. I usually have a long list of jobs sitting on the "to do" bench but this one came out of nowhere.
Regards,
Mark
Happy New Year from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Me casa su casa❤
Thank you. I would love to visit Pittsburgh. Particularly the Carnegie Museum. I noticed that they have a large Monet. We visited Monet's garden in Giverny, France and we were able to go inside the Carnegie Library in Reims. It was an Art Deco masterpiece!
Regards,
Mark
Mark, I spent many years operating a plastics fabrication shop, and we soaked stubborn acrylic masking paper with xylol (aka xylene) paint thinning solvent to easily remove it. Always enjoy your videos, Happy New Year!
Thanks. I will keep that in mind. Once that paper goes really brittle and the glue hardens up it's a nightmare to get off.
Regards,
Mark
The clock came out awesome , don’t see how you will ever get anything done now because you will be always checking the time 😂🤣😂 ! I heard the birds making themselves known . Can’t remember if I gave you a location or not , but I’m in Northern California USA , about halfway between Sacramento and the Oregon border right in the middle of The Valley . Best to you and don’t forget to check the time 😉 !
So you would be somewhere around Redding? We hope to do a trip to Sacremento and then on to Yosemite but airfares are crazy expensive at present and our dollar is hovering around 65 US cents. So, not the best time for us.
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58 ,Actually in Chico and my son was married in the little church in Yosemite . Yosemite is beautiful but it gets extremely crowded . I think they are limiting the number of people per day now. I hear you about the expense, everything seems to have gone through the roof . I just paid $52 for a 1 in piece galvanized pipe 4 ft long at a plumbing wholesale house that I needed for a little project. Hope the exchange rate gets better so you can make the trip.
A neat project (in spite of those kookaburras laughing themselves silly at you). Happy New Year, and I'm looking forward to all your upcoming projects!
Mark, all the best in 2024!! From Oakville, Ontario. That's Canada, eh?
That is in Canada and we would have driven through your town on our way to Niagra Falls. We stayed in Toronto for a couple of nights and we loved the Distillery District.
Regards,
Mark
I like it. Looks very vintage even if it was made with lasers.
Everyone should have a laser in their shop. Most versatile tool ever. One day we will all have super powerful fiber lasers too! 😁
Regards,
Mark
Good Show Mate: as is the usual thing. Always enjoy your vids. I won't be able to make one of these as my lathe is a Southbend Heavy 10. I don't want to keep track of time anyway.
For acrylic next time you could use chloroform. Align the parts and drip the chloroform in by capillary action.
I did have a supply of ethylene dichloride which is very similar. Unfortunately it totally evaporated even though it was in a metal can with a very good seal.
Regards,
Mark
I'm surprised how well that powder coat resisted the Scotchbrite pads.
That's the good thing about powdercoat. It resists a lot of mistreatment. My sandblaster struggles to make an impression on it.
Regards,
Mark
Hey Mark, hi from Dicky Beach (although for some of the year we are based in Diksmuide in Belgium if you've got a pin with some of the head missing)! 😁
Thanks. Is that Dicky Beach on the Sunshine Coast? If so, it's a nice contrast to Belgium. We thought we'd do a day trip to Ostend on the North Sea thinking that it would be nice to see a beach. Long story short, we were disappointed. It was awful. We drove back to Damme instead and that made up for the dismal beach we saw in the morning. Damme was beautiful.
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58 Yes indeed not far from you. The Coast south of Ostend is "interesting" - like Redcliffe meets the Gold Coast! 😁 we are fortunate to have a boat based in Belgium after more than a decade wandering round France - we'll check out Damme when we are next in Bruges/Brugge - perhaps in May. Meanwhile I have to get my shed time vicariously - keep up the good work!
It looks like you have a pin for Portland, Oregon, in the NW USA. Due to a surveying error a century ago there's a town in Vermont , eastern USA/Quebec, Canada where the border runs through several buildings, including the town library. It caused some problems when the border was closed during the covid-19 pandemic.
We had a similar issue here on the Gold Coast. The Queensland/New South Wales border runs right through the centre of the CBD. People who lived on the NSW side were prevented from walking 100 metres to take their kids to school. I can understand why borders are important but common sense doesn't always prevail.
Regards,
Mark
Woodlawn Tennessee USA
I shall add your location to my map although I think it's a bit crowded around Nashville!
Regards,
Mark
Carlsbad California, just north of San Diego.
And that is on my list of places to visit because the Titan model aircraft engine that I built is in the Joe Martin Museum of Craftsmanship in Carlsbad. We had actually planned a visit there this year but the airfares were crazy.
Hopefully, things will settle down and we can make the trip. We are keen to see San Diego and then drive up the coast to San Francisco. Supposedly one of the best coastal road trips ever. Maybe we will rent a convertible Mustang. 😁
Regards,
Mark
Fjällbacka on the west coast of Sweden a old fishing village whit a very nice archipelago some drone videos of the village here on UA-cam
It looks very pretty. I love all the red and orange buildings. I will pin your location but forgive me if I don't try to pronounce where you live. 😁
Regards,
Mark
@@Preso58 😁
Good one, Mark. I know who to call now if I want to know what time it is :)
Time for a beer I reckon!
Regards,
Mark
Great Job Preso! Did you ever make a video about your electro etching insights? I restored a Chipmaster in Namibia, plates still outstanding 😂
Thanks. I only tried electro etching briefly and I don't recall it being very successful. I did buy some of that Brother stencil tape with the idea that I could try salt water etching on steel. If the right project comes up I will give it a go.
Regards,
Mark
Watching from Beerwah not far from you 😊
Thanks. Nice place Beerwah.
Regards,
Mark
Wait, that's not the right time... You're between 12 and 20 hours off from my time here in Staten Island!
I have a photo that was taken by my parents from New York Harbour showing the World Trades Centre on the skyline. It was probably a more innocent time. I heard it said that the presence of those towers in a photo will define a period more distinctively than any other landmark.
Regards,
Mark