Trollop Labs at DC Punk Rock Flea Market!!

by Miss Violet DeVille November 18 Maker

CopyrightSaturday, during my Eastern Sea Broad Tour, I'll be going doing to the DC Punk Rock Flea Market at St. Stephens on 1525 Newton St. NW in Washington DC from noon to 5:00 pm. Admission is free with a canned food donation to We Are Family DC.

Madame DeVille and I have been working on growing new specimens of cranial horticulture!

 


The Unconvention is this week!

by Miss Violet DeVille November 10 Maker

I'm excited to be heading to my second in-person convention since the pandemic has had us in its grip. I will be vending with Trollop Labs at The Unconvention in Iselin, NJ at the APA Woodbridge Hotel.

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We're bringing our wares (wears?) to New Jersey's own Convention for the Unconventional, a convention for ALL creatures of the dark! 

 


Goodbye Sleddy. Hello, Sledwick

by Miss Violet DeVille August 30 Maker

Working on a new piece of organizational furniture, I had the realization that the first crosscut sled I made wasn't cutting it anymore. My table saw is built from a Ryobi job site table saw bolted to a custom-built wheeled stand with locking casters. It makes it easy to move it around my small workspace. Being a job site table saw, the table surface is not a big surface. 

Sleddy, the first crosscut sled I builtSleddy, the first crosscut sled I builtSleddy, my first crosscut sled had a few design issues that made it less than useful for me. First was the screw heads. This was was before I invested in some countersink bits and the screw heads would catch in the table saw's track if I wasn't careful. This sucked by itself, but it wasn't a deal-breaker. Perhaps the biggest flaw is the combination of how short it was combined with having a back fence too.

Working on this new organizational project for my workout space, I realized I need to make a new crosscut sled. It had to have a bigger area and with only one fence, so it accommodates even larger payloads. Add in two rails, rather than a single rail, and made from MDF for a much smoother finish. Finish with some sanding and paint job with a directional arrow.

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Already, I've seen improvements in the ease of use, the slide action. In the above photos you can see the stop block I use with my miter saw that I had positioned for making drawer faces, which all had to be the same length.

Some improvements I've been thinking about include adding a ruler or gauge to the top of the fence for easy reference and installing a T-track the fence so I can add other clamping accessories.

What have you been working on?


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