APRIL - What's on your Work Bench ?

Little project that needed done. The old vanity lasted 35 years so it was due for an upgrade. It's in and working, just need to install a TP holder and pick up my tools.

Only ran into one little snag. When the home was built and the contractor installed the J trap, he cross threaded the fitting where it enters the wall. I did not notice that little detail until everything was in place and I went to hook up the new J trap. The correct fix would have been to tear the wall open and replace the damaged fitting. I figured it wasn't leaking before so,,,,,,,,,,, I installed the new J trap cross threaded as well. It is not leaking at this point, I'll keep an eye on it for a while.


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Dave ,
If the threads start to leak just throw teflon paste on them. Should fix it.

Zane
 
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Zane,

The threads do not seal for this particular application. The threads drive a nut tight to put pressure on a nylon compression ring similar to an o-ring. My concern is two fold;

(A) Due to the cross threaded condition, the nut is not exactly square to everything, thus the "compression ring" may not have enough pressure all the way around to form a good seal.

(B) with that in mind, will the cross threaded threads have enough strength to hold when pulling the nut tight to compress the ring?


I realize there are products out there which will effectively seal up a leak by just an external application. That certainly would be less labor than replacing the damaged fitting.
 
Did this up for my brother. I used a replacement skull. It's mounted on a sectioned slice of an old fence post.

Dale



 
Hey Jode,, dog woods.... you made an impression on my son ... he thinks he wants to hunt. As much as I can help him w decoys he really liked the flat art. So we will see where it goes.

Phil
 
Phil, that's great! Your son seemed like he has a good head on his shoulders. That's a credit too you. Hoping it leads to good things!
 
Jode that is truly art. Larry you're a braver man than I gunning over such a fine decoyWill if you cant use it what is the sense of owning it on those slow days it will make me happy to stare out over the spread and admire my friends fine work!
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Larry I agree with you 100% I would just be so nervous of destroying fine craftsmanship with a stray pellet
 
Well, these are on my workbench...and I am still carving/finishing these redheads and one canvasback!

John, the scaup and ringbill decoys I mentioned earlier are in leaf bin bags in my boat, with two tarps and 8" of fresh snow sitting on those. So, I dug these two bufflehead decoys out in an attempt to partially satisfy your request. These are swing-keel weighted birds Jim Wicks carved them in 1983. They have tan cork bodies, cedar keels and bottom boards with the tails and rump all part of a single piece of cedar. Heads are basswood, as are the wing primaries, textured with a riffle rasp. These are starting to fill-in from repainting. Other than listening to the keel weight creak away in a light chop, they ride well and the buffies think they are "The Bomb"! On the scaup and black head, Jim used a finer texture and imparted the texture via a series of short pull strokes, creating a more fish scale-like pattern on the heads. I tried to get him to part with some partially finished e pintails that were constructed similarly from cork bodies and wood tail board/bottom boards and basswood wings and heads. I never could get him either finish them or sell them to me in an unfinished state...



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"Zane,

The threads do not seal for this particular application. The threads drive a nut tight to put pressure on a nylon compression ring similar to an o-ring. My concern is two fold;

(A) Due to the cross threaded condition, the nut is not exactly square to everything, thus the "compression ring" may not have enough pressure all the way around to form a good seal.

(B) with that in mind, will the cross threaded threads have enough strength to hold when pulling the nut tight to compress the ring?


I realize there are products out there which will effectively seal up a leak by just an external application. That certainly would be less labor than replacing the damaged fitting."

Gotcha Dave, Thought it was the threads causing the leak. Well, either way I hope it holds for you so you can concentrate on the fun stuff.
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Larry I agree with you 100% I would just be so nervous of destroying fine craftsmanship with a stray pellet
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I'm happy for guys to hunt my birds. If anyone buys a decoy from me and shoots it, dog chews off the bill etc, they can send it back to get fixed, no charge.
 
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