Before & After

Glen.I'm a tool and die and mold maker and I can see,from a photo no less,flawless craftsmanship and a relentless attention to detail.A real craftsman is always observing,learning and continuosly teaching himself to work to the highest level possible. Sir,my hat is off to you.
 
JZMechanix said:
What bothers me though is how someone could butcher them that bad to begin with :confused:
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Jack, that is what happens to the ends of the rails when the drop pockets are the knockoff Brunswick GC drop pockets. The cheap knockoff pockets are just junk. When the ear that the casting mounting screw goes through to hold the drop pocket in place, tears away from the plastic of the drop pocket, then rather then telling the room owner the drop pockets need to be replaced, they start nailing the pockets in place at the ends of the rails. Well, before long it takes longer and longer nails to hold the pockets in, then before long, nails won't even work, so lets try screws. In the mean time, nails pounded in at an angle end up going through the top of the rail...right through the formica finish...then, you end up with the tables looking like junk...like these tables did.

Clark is a very good friend of mine, so I told him I'd help him fix up his tables, but that I'm not fast, never on time, and work on a time clock that NO ONE else will ever understand:D...he said, OK....when can you start:eek: So, I just wanted to share this project with everyone, maybe in the hopes that these tables might cause some to think twice about who they hire to work on THEIR tables, and make sure they do it right;)

Glen
 
Thanks for posting the pics. I love to see before and after - especially done by a true craftsman. Please keep those pics coming.
 
JustinHayes said:
You, Sir, are an artist! :thumbup:
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Artist ??!!!!! Glen is a certifiable LOON! Anyone who would take on a job like that has got to be one. But we're all dang happy he is. Sounds like I'm staying in Tacoma during my next trip to SeaTac.

tim
 
Glenn,

serious question, i normally bust your chops on AZB cause ur my friend, but today I have question,


is the top of the rail a HPL or LPL high perssure lamenant ot low pressure lamenent? It is real thick and wears good, I know its not as good as Diamond wood-i just want to talk about B-Wicks, isnt thinner on the GC5 than on this table here, I cant remember. I have seen tables where the wood grain is totally wore off and its just smooth brown lament glued to the wood. So it wears well-I just wondered if the lament on the 4's and 5's is as good as the old boxes had.


thanks buddy,

PS you did a brilliant job on this table
 
Fatboy said:
Glenn,

serious question, i normally bust your chops on AZB cause ur my friend, but today I have question,


is the top of the rail a HPL or LPL high perssure lamenant ot low pressure lamenent? It is real thick and wears good, I know its not as good as Diamond wood-i just want to talk about B-Wicks, isnt thinner on the GC5 than on this table here, I cant remember. I have seen tables where the wood grain is totally wore off and its just smooth brown lament glued to the wood. So it wears well-I just wondered if the lament on the 4's and 5's is as good as the old boxes had.


thanks buddy,

PS you did a brilliant job on this table
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I refer to that as standard grade or vertical grade laminate. The laminate on the GC5 is the same thickness 1/16" as the GC1's. What's changed over the years is the paper used to make the laminate, as in it's much better today than yesterday;)

Glen
 
Gee another "look at me" thread from RKC.

Good job, you did the work you were hired to do. I'd like to thank the other people who went to work today like they were hired to do.
 
u12armresl said:
Gee another "look at me" thread from RKC.

Good job, you did the work you were hired to do. I'd like to thank the other people who went to work today like they were hired to do.
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Another unknowing person;) What Clark IS paying for, and what HE'S getting are two totally different things, as he's NOT getting charged for the total rebuilding of his rails....that's a ME thing, because I want to do it...because he's a good friend of mine:D and to show others that this kind of work CAN be done....by others as well.

So.......you must be unemployed...therefore YOU didn't go to work today, and are jealous of those who still have a job....is that it?;)

Glen
 
u12armresl said:
Gee another "look at me" thread from RKC.

Good job, you did the work you were hired to do. I'd like to thank the other people who went to work today like they were hired to do.
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If you don't like what I post, then don't enter any of my threads....it's that simple;) but if you continue to check in on this thread, you may be surprised to see OTHER mechanics post some "before & after" pictures of their own....so be a good boy and keep checking back once in a while;)

Glen
 
u12armresl said:
Gee another "look at me" thread from RKC.

Good job, you did the work you were hired to do. I'd like to thank the other people who went to work today like they were hired to do.
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What is our problem here?

Aside from shots from the cheap seats, I don't see what you added to the conversation.

So what gives? You have an axe to grind?
 
u12armresl said:
Gee another "look at me" thread from RKC.

Good job, you did the work you were hired to do. I'd like to thank the other people who went to work today like they were hired to do.
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I for one like to see these threads because they interest me.If the topic is not interesting to me I don't read the thread...
 
It's good to know...

It's good to know that whatever you have sitting in your room or basement there's someone out there than can fix it properly.
 
Dartman said:
Didn't notice in the pics but are you cutting a relief underneath?
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Yep, a 1/16" cloth relief, it's just not real noticable because of the wood being so chewed out with staples. The 1/16" step up to the bottom of the rail from the dado was really stapled out because who ever had been recovering these rails in the past started to staple the cloth actually to the bottom of the rails because the cloth dado wouldn't really hold staples anymore.

You can kind of see the relief here in this picture.

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I for one enjoy your before and after threads. I think you do awesome work. Your knowledge is valued and others should pay attention. Thanks for the thread and keep up the good work.

Best,
Marcus
 
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Shrink them pictures down some, makes it hard to see and read when ya have to move the screen left and right to keep on reading:D Figure out how to do that, I tell everyone the same thing in the mechanic's section....shrink'um down;)
Glen
 
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