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  1. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    As for the tools, I’ve got quite an arsenal, ranging from stuff that I’ve made my self out of broken drill bits n shit like that to the highly specialized stuff like the microscope, Sil-Air compressor, etc. for the materials, I’m constantly buying the tiny gemstones that get used as accent...
  2. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Yeah that simplified description makes it seem easy peasy but there’s so many steps and specific tools involved on each step that a lot of the complex stone setting processes will take hours upon hours just to complete a section that’s barely a square inch. and just like your process, there’s...
  3. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    @Vbb199 so those door handles are thick enough to accommodate smaller stones. So it’s the same process as setting stones in gold/silver. Basically use a center punch or a scribe to mark where they’ll go. • Drill a lil pilot hole, widen that hole with a Round bur. •You’ll then use a stone setting...
  4. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Hey man, I appreciate that. Yep, jeweler/hand engraver. Almost all my works done under a microscope, with a pneumatic engraving system / silent compressor. Attached pictures of the engraving system (GRS Tools, made and machined in the US), and the view from the engraving bench, engravers vise...
  5. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Hand engraved the trim around the front marker lights to match the other engraved parts on one of the project trucks. Next up in this series will be the side view mirrors
  6. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Yessir, Cato’s Custom Upholstery over in Tucker not 100% if Cato is selling them too, but can def order from the good folks over at www.sqrbdy.com
  7. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    My 87 finally has cup holders. A buddy teamed up with an incredible custom upholster, and this is what they came up with. Had to put a couple holes in the bench’s frame, then it just bolts right in. Almost looks like it’s always been there
  8. John Nes

    Hand engraved door handle

    Appreciate it
  9. John Nes

    Advice on 2/4 lowering my c10 1974

    I have a DJM suspension kit on one of my trucks, axle flip kit on the back (didn’t notch it) and some of their lowering lower control arms for a 3in drop in the front. Had to get get different shocks in the back but kept the factory springs And shocks up front (for now) The reason I went with...
  10. John Nes

    1976 GMC grille and dash emblem

    Bet. So there is a small ding on the dash emblem, but the grille emblem is blemish free, but the victory red paint is a lil tired in some spots. If you’re still feeling em, just shoot me a dm boss
  11. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Foredom flexshaft actually. It’s like fancy version of a dremmel for jewelers
  12. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    A pair of these 73-80 bumper guards came in today...turns out green jewelers rouge cleans up the hazed our chrome and gives it a nice polish too. Here’s a before + after
  13. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Only saying that cuz I found a wrecked gmc that still had some perfect rear pillars, and one side trim piece, but the front and back headliner trim pieces had all sorts of aftermarket accessories drilled into em. Safety Third tho!
  14. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Picked up another original piece for the 79. Also pulled a completely wrecked original grille for some donor horizontal fins. I’ll be filling that crack on the bottom right as well as shooting some new paint on there
  15. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    @Catbox you put some screw holes into your trim ? That puts some holes in my heart lol.
  16. John Nes

    1976 GMC grille and dash emblem

    Pretty clean pieces, could run em as is, or touch up the paint if you wanted to. Posts are both intact, grille emblem is the original metal style, with metal posts. There is a slight knick on the left side of the dash emblem. Reckon $40 + S/H seems fair. Holler if you want em
  17. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Ah gotcha. I too need to swap out the motor in mine and have been putting it off cause it’s such a pain dealing with all that
  18. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Having done this a few times, best advice I can offer is using some glass cleaner spray-foam to help lubricate the channel runs to accept the felts. By rear seal, is that the rear channel run for the glass ? If so, it’s way easier if you remove the guides lower bolt and loosen the guides top...
  19. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    You know those dot pattern, colorblind tests? I fail the shit outta those lol. I’m the same way too, I wanna say Red-Green colorblindness affects males way more often, and something like 10% of dudes are colorblind...I’m a goldsmith/silversmith and I always have to holler at my girlfriend to see...
  20. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Absolutely will...I’m waiting on an oem grille and oem bumper guards to arrive this week...Then I’ll get you a good one...and it’s actually grey! I’m colorblind and had to ask my girl if it was truly grey, and not green lol. The guy I bought it from had it sprayed with a recent Ford (I know I...
  21. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Just picked these up from a local spot for my 79. The spec id sheet was not only still on the truck, but had this hubcap’s rpo code at the very end. Bought 8 of em in total but there was only 1 with the gmc center cap. If anyone’s looking for the bowtie versions and has gmc to trade, lemme know...
  22. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Got the project 79 registered and tagged. Ain’t too exciting but she legal
  23. John Nes

    Hand engraved door handle

    Back from the powder coat and mounted on my new 79 gmc stepside project
  24. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I don’t use FB but do use Instagram lol
  25. John Nes

    What have you done to your square lately??

    For sure! We were actually up at the show in Cumming a couple weekends ago, cruised up behind Rick (sqrbdy_c10) and was parked next to him. Might have seen us if you were there too

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