Not Really Woodworking

[Don Baer]

I think I am correct; back in the early 70's I had an older model hand me down tiller that used a spark plug like this. There was definitely a wire with a loop that connected to the top of a spark plug with a nut to cinch it up. The reason I remember it is because the nut vibrated loose and I lost it in the garden.

Didn't Model T engines use a spark plug with a nut on top?

just make sure the engine's not running when you check the nut for tightness.....DAMHIKT

 

[Dave Richards]

just make sure the engine's not running when you check the nut for tightness.....DAMHIKT

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

just make sure the engine's not running when you check the nut for tightness.....DAMHIKT

When I was a kid we had a mower that had no kill switch. The way to stop the engine was to disconnect the spark plug wire. I learned the hard way not to grab the metal bits on the spark plug lead when disconnecting it. I later learned you could use a screwdriver or rake to short the plug to the engine block. Again, I had to learn to keep my fingers off the metal bits. Electricity can be a cruel mistress.

 

[Dave Richards]

We had a lawnmower that you killed by stepping on a spring metal tab to short the plug to the block. My brother found out the hard way why you stepped on it with your shoe and didn't press it down with your finger.

 

[Mike Stafford]

All of this advice regarding why one should not touch a spark plug brings to mind the advice that one should not water an electric fence.

 

[Dave Richards]

Electric fences: My brother also found out the hard way why you wait until you've crawled about 6 feet beyond an electric fence before you stand up. He raised up and got the bottom wire in the small of his back. Flattened him right back down into the grass.

 

[Mike Stafford]

Sometimes I amaze myself with what I remember. I never worked a minute on a Model T but I remember my grandfather had a bunch of spark plugs in his garage that had knurled nuts on the top. And I remember him saying they were Model T spark plugs.

So I went "a lookin'" and this is what I found; Model T spark plugs.

 

[Dave Richards]

So I went "a lookin'" and this is what I found; Model T spark plugs.

Cool!

 

[Dave Richards]

More not woodworking. I'd like to see someone do something similar in Fusion360.


Click on the picture to see it move.

 

[Brent Dowell]

Very cool Dave!

 

[Dave Richards]

Thank you Brent.

 

[Dave Richards]

Sort of woodworking. A bar clamp from about 1900.




And really woodworking. This is a bench featured in the latest Fine Woodworking Tools and Shops issue. Plans should be available soon if not already on the Taunton Press site.

 

[Brent Dowell]

Awwesome work as always!

 

[Dave Richards]

Modeled while waiting for someone.

 

[Tom Niemi]

Serious sketch up skills Dave

 

[Dave Richards]

Serious sketch up skills Dave

Thank you sir. Really anyone could do this stuff if they were interested.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Thank you sir. Really anyone could do this stuff if they were interested.

You sell yourself short. I agree with Tom - serious skills.

 

[Dave Richards]

Thank you Rennie.

BTW, I like yer hat.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Thank you Rennie.

BTW, I like yer hat.

 

[Dave Richards]

In case your bored out of your skull... I had a request from someone to do a video showing how I modeled that U-joint. Here is the link.

Straight up, no editing, not missing bits.

And another piece just for fun. The nut and the transitions from the tapered column to the cylinder at the top were interesting. The yellow pieces are the patterns and cores for casting. (3D printing 1900-style)