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well, i got farther along on the vedder stations today. got the boards planed down to thickness (one inch, due to the depth of the bulbs), ripped them to width, cut the angles, and cut them to length. then i drilled the holes for the light bulbs and the switch. all that's left now is to sand them down a good one, and send them south to be engraved. almost forgot, some more pics too.
 

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Dan i think these will actually sell. They gonna make agreat conversation piece. If i were a retailer or someone with a flea market booth i would put one out to use as an ice breaker to get a conversation going.

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well, things are moving again with this project. i finally got around to sanding them, and sending them down to our friend pete simmons for the laser work. i'll have more pics once there are more pics.
 
yippee ky yayyy!!! the fronts made it back today! thank you pete for your excellent work! i set one up just to see how they will look, and they look just like i thought they would. now all that's left is to sand the edges, and the bases, oil them, and hit them with the clear shellac.
 

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toni, that's my semi scandahoovian for run to the cellar. i basically looked up the swedish words, and sort of anglicized them.

brent, who said anything about wiring them? i was almost evil enough to rout a slot for a battery, but the angels of my better nature took over (i hate when that happens).
 
a bit of progress. glued up the stations last night, and oiled them today. tomorrow starts the shellac.
 

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with the last coat of shellac on, it's now on to adding the hardware. this is the first of the 9. another project in the books.
 

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I just don't know why anyone would need anything other than a weather dog.:thumb::rofl::rofl::rofl:
On this day weather dog says it was snowing.:thumb::rofl::rofl::rofl:
If I remember right they gave a winter weather advisory that snowing leads to snow balls stuck in your feet.
 

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