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 <title><![CDATA[Pancake Dies]]></title>
 <link>http://www.pbcohen.com/index.php?itemid=377</link>
<description><![CDATA[I recently bought a couple of pancake dies from Potter USA, aka Kevin Potter. Kevin has a few videos on YouTube about how to use these tools to punch out shapes from sheet metal.  Here&#039;s one, Using Pancake Dies (Shearing Dies) with PotterUSA hydra...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Toolbox, Part 1]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I am taking a fabrication class at Washtenaw Community College this term. The prerequisite for the class was a whirlwind tour of all the different kinds of welding there are &amp;mdash; more on that later.  Suffice it to say, I am now capable of barel...]]></description>
 <category>Other Fabrication</category>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Liberty Local]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ll be participating in Liberty Local On October 8-9, 2011. Ann Arbor&#039;s newest indie craft fair, Liberty Local, will showcase handmade crafts from regional artist vendors whose work embraces the indie spirit - unique, handmade and creative. Liber...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:06:34 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Rivets]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[This post isn&#039;t actually about rivets; rather, it&#039;s about matching your wire, measured in the B&amp;S or American gauge, to the corresponding drill bit number.  You need a tight fit (but not too tight), or it will be difficult (or impossible) to make ...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Can I Save It?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I made this ring a little while ago, with a sterling silver band, a hand-sawn flower-like shape of copper, and my favorite texture these days, courtesy of a waffle-head hammer. 

You can go ahead and click on this photo for a bigger version, but...]]></description>
 <category>Jewelry Fabrication</category>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:20:03 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[A Is For AAGH!]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Remember the &quot;U&quot; ring I made last year? 
 
I&#039;m thinking about trying the whole alphabet. I have a few ideas, and I started with &quot;A&quot; &amp;mdash; not because I feel the need to go in any sort of order, but because the design of the &quot;A&quot; is similar to t...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 5 Mar 2011 10:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[White Triangles: The New Pink Ribbon]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[When they find a lump in your breast at the Mammogram Office, they tape a thin piece of metal over the spot. It&#039;s shaped like an equilateral triangle with a triangle cut out of the center; a triangular washer, maybe a little bigger than half an in...]]></description>
 <category>Design</category>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Catch Up]]></title>
 <link>http://www.pbcohen.com/index.php?itemid=328</link>
<description><![CDATA[What with the economy being bad for so long, especially in Michigan, plus the long, colder-than-normal Winter we&#039;re experiencing here, I&#039;ve been pretty quiet for awhile now.  But Winter can&#039;t last forever, and neither can double-digit unemployment...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[What The Wee Men Did]]></title>
 <link>http://www.pbcohen.com/index.php?itemid=315</link>
<description><![CDATA[We got a new refrigerator, and decided to have the Wee Men hook it up to the water line so we could use the built in ice maker.  Unfortunately, it turned out that the water line was directly above my workspace.  So in the space of about ten minute...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:25:32 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[New Table!]]></title>
 <link>http://www.pbcohen.com/index.php?itemid=310</link>
<description><![CDATA[I decided I needed a sturdy table to hammer on, and lucky for me, I have a friend who helped me out!

Here&#039;s the table top: twelve 2x4 studs held together with four bolted threaded rods.  The beginnings of the legs are in place, bolted in with t...]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:37:15 -0400</pubDate>
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