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(Text on screen): Working With Metal: Leveling, Kevin Caron, www.kevincaron.com
(leveling)
The Voice: Hey, Kevin. What are you doing?
Kevin Caron: This is Arabesque. This is the three-bell wind chime that I've been making,
and I need to mark where to cut my hole so I can put the pin in to hold the bell up.
Well, because these are not exactly flat and straight and parallel to the ground,
I can't measure up and just mark my hole and expect it to come out right on the other side.
So, I was just using a level to find my center, to get it level,
and come around and mark the level area here so I can measure out the hole in the bottom
to figure out where to put my hole for the pin.
Now I can take it to the other side, and get it level on the other side, and as long as I line them up this way, on the hole, underneath,
I can drill straight through. It should come out straight on the other side.
That way the pin will wind up being straight and flat inside this arm, so it doesn't try to walk out as the bell moves back and forth.
Putting it at an angle, the bell moves, it'll try to walk down the pin and it'll push the pin out and then the bell will fall out.
That's not good.
Then I just go around the other side, mark another hole.
Climb up top, do the big one, and I can lay it down and get my drill out and drill my hole with my hole saw.
Cut my pins, put my pins in, I can hang up the bells.
Here we go.
(leveling)
Usually I can just line it up on the mark I made on front, get my bubble square.
Now you see it come off the bottom of the hole that I made here. Come out on here; my line's going up.
And I can go to the center and put my mark; drill the hole.
Cool. Let's go up top.
Hi!
(leveling and marking)
The Voice: You're doing that to find the center of the arm?
Kevin Caron: Well, I want to get; I want to get level on the arm, this way, with my bubble level.
And then I need to transfer it to the other side.
I know the line on the front is level, so I can move it over this way, use my front line as a marker, use my bubble level,
and now I know it's a straight, flat line going across the side.
And I can then take my cutoff; cutout in the bottom and bring my hole, or bring my lines up that way, and now I have my center.
I know where to drill the hole.
(leveling)
Or at least that's how it looks on paper.
Well, let me get to this other side and I'll get my drill out and we'll get to it. See you next time.
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