I think I know the guy.[(-D] We have talked a lot about the hockey puck castor over the years. Here are the instructions. The longer the bolt you use the more height adjustment you have. When I came up with the idea it was for a really uneven concrete floor.
One Magazine even asked me if they could post my idea in the tips section.
Kevin, what’s this thing about buying hockey pucks, they are just laying all over your driveway, go look.[(-D]
Just went outside and looked, same as for the past 21 years I have lived here… no hockey pucks. I will keep looking.
I do find the occassional golf ball. I found a basketball once.
-Kevin
Sure enough, that’s it - kudos to you [bow]
Hockey pucks aren’t as available to “borrow” from a neighbor’s driveway around here in Maryland as I imagine they are in your neck of the woods. Even tougher for Kevin.
Yea, I’ve done that building form work, around concrete pipe. I guess the part about sawing through the 1x4’s threw me off, that means the blade was set deeper than just the plywood.
Whatever, it works. [Y]
Mike.
What is it like to hit a hockey puck with a lawn mower? I know that if you hit a golf ball it will shoot out of the lawn mower like a bullet.
I would imagine hockey pucks are harder to see when mowing than golf balls are.
-Kevin
Never had that experience, but I don’t think it would fly out. Would likely be VERY damaging to the mower deck and blades. And loud as all get out.
Well, I just ordered a case of 50 hockey pucks. That is a purchase I never dreamed I would make.
Thanks for the great tip guys!
-Kevin
Well that’s a hefty order Kevin.
According to my calculations you have enough casters for 12 1/2 tables and chairs.
But what are you going to do with the extra two pucks? [(-D]
[:)]TF
I always wondered how they cut those two cedar arch trim pieces above the upper and lower centre windows on my house, so I asked Google and some Youtube videos on how to do it came right up and they used a circular saw on a string. Needless to say the trick worked well in the trainroom.
I had the circular saw set to maximum depth and just finish off the 1" x 4"s with a hand saw.
Why take up hockey of course![(-D]
Kevin is a puck hog! (That’s actually a thing, especially in pick-up hockey - someone who often refuses to pass the puck).
My appologies to Henry, we’ve taken the whole hockey puck thing way off track from his original question. But yes, they can have a model RR use.
I just remembered something about my hatch. The foam piece I cut out is in two pieces. I made the hatch larger than needed for construction of the layout purposes with the idea that once things are wrapped up and I am unlikely to have to use it except in some rare instance. If it were to happen I needed it, a hatch half the size would work in a pinch.
I am a pretty skinny guy and the hatch size was designed to fit me specifically. Also, that space between the benches is 17" and I can walk straight through it easily. I wished I had made it much narrower and that would have allowed a larger radius on the two benches. The benches are 6’ wide as they stand.
The other way to make curved millwork is with a router and a swing arm, or a pattern jig.
Sheldon
That is probably how they did the ones on the house as they look pretty perfect.
Is there a rink nearby where they play pickup hockey? Is it open? As a former hockey player, you can usually walk in to one, walk around and just pick up pucks from under the seats, around the rink and so on. They’re everywhere. It’s been 2 1/2 years since I played, but I still have a bag full in my garage.
We had a co-worker when I worked in software, a young lady from Texas. She had never seen a puck, so one day I brought one in and hid it in her purse. She still has no idea what it was.
Backyard.
Front yard.
[(-D]
Henry, if you’re still somewhere in Maryland and want some pucks, let me know. I’m retired and a short road trip might be in order. I’m in southern Delaware.
As a goalie, I’ve answered the call numerous times, but the best was a night I got the call about 15 minutes before game time. It was late enough that I couldn’t even confirm it, so I packed up and went. It was the only time I ever got a standing ovation, just for walking into the rink.
After the game, one guy laughed and said, “Yeah, but I bet you didn’t bring the cheese and crackers.” I reached into my car trunk, pulled out beer, cheese and crackers, and said, “Oh yea of little faith…”
That is a heck of an ice rink Brent. I remember it because I remember it last year too.
Berore the laughy face, I would have posted it twice too. It deserves two posts[;)]
TF
Yeah, but they are barely over a buck apiece. It seemed silly not to order a whole box of them.
Reading the reviews of hockey pucks on Amazon was hilarious. It seems no one who writes a review uses them as hocky pucks.
Five Stars: These make great isolators for our industrial lathes.
Five Stars: I use these as shipping spacers for concrete castings, and they work great.
I can’t wait to write my review and say how great they are for train table feet!
-Kevin
This guy read about my hockey puck idea and wrote about it in his blog and I think he included some refinements.
http://dandhcoloniemain.blogspot.com/2017/10/finished-benchwork.html