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| 1 day ago |
pressure pot - 9 replies I just got a (new from Harbor Freight) pressure pot I want to stabilize some burl, infuse some woods with color and make plastic resin for pens. I got it all set up. All the threaded parts are fine and do not leak. But there is a leak around the seal. Sometimes as much as 2-3 inches.I’ve tightened down the clamps as much as I can wi... |
| 22 days ago |
Honey, it's a sale - 30 replies Saturday, Oct 31. Honey, we have to go to Dillards. They are having a 15% pff sale on Dooney & Burke handbags. Sale ends Sunday. Cost $145 but I saved 15% Sunday, Nov 1 Honey, I have to go to Harbor Freight. They are having a sale. 15% off some stuff, more on others. Sale ends today. Cost: $27.95 but I saved MORE than 15% J... |
| 26 days ago |
Boy, do I LOVE Craig's List - 10 replies DeWalt 735, still in shrink wrapped box. $375.00 Now, do I buy the infeed/outfeed tables or make a more permanent set of infeed/outfeed tables? After all these years this is the first GOOD deal I’ve gotten on a tool. Lee |
| 127 days ago |
4 jaw lathe chuck - 5 replies I recently got a 4 jaw chuck for my Carba-Tec. I’m trying to turn some toothpick holders. Instructions say to turn a 1/4” tenon on the rounded spindle and put that tenon in the chuck. Did that. Won’t stay. Made it 1/2” tenon, still won’t stay. Should I have a taper on the tenon? Wider at the base narrowe... |
| 213 days ago |
kiktchen drawer inserts - 5 replies My wife asked me to make spaced inserts for the kitchen drawers.The store bought were lots smaller than the space.So I made some that fit the drawers.Unfortunately (for me) there must be some sort of ergonomic design I took the various sized kitchen utensils and made” boxes” in the boxes that were sized to fit the utensils. Not... |
| 230 days ago |
Fine Woodworking survey - 7 replies I got an email from FW yesterday and they wanted my input on their website. (Lot’s of other folks also got it, I’m sure.) This post is because they wanted comparisons with LJ! Thought that was cool. Lee |
| 601 days ago |
Dust collector pre-collector - 9 replies Has anyone (else) tried a pre-collector, you know, one of those tops that fit on a plastic trash can as offered by Rockler, Wodcraft, etc.? I made one out of PVC and the plastic top to the trash can and it worked fine, I guess. I found that it only got about half full when the chips started going into the bag at the collector, anyway. From ti... |
| 626 days ago |
Wide belt sanders and glue - 6 replies Just returned from a friends house where I was sanding a glued up board about 30” wide and 3 foot long. I don’t think it makes a difference but the wood was European beech and the glue was Titebond II. We had wiped the board gown while the glue was fresh. I had scraped off a bunch of the glue that had fried this morning. When I... |
| 626 days ago |
Wide belt sandders and glue - 6 replies Just returned from a friends house where I was sanding a glued up board about 30” wide and 3 foot long. I don’t think it makes a difference but the wood was European beech and the glue was Titebond II. We had wiped the board gown while the glue was fresh. I had scraped off a bunch of the glue that had fried this morning. When I... |
| 691 days ago |
Automatic Dust collection - 27 replies I’ve got my shop pretty well the way I want it but am looking as making the dust collection system automatic. When I open the gate at the tool I want the collector to go on.I know that is usually done with a micro switch but I do not know how to wire it up.If someone can point me to a website or someone else’s blog on automatic blast... |
| 694 days ago |
Collection of woodworking sites - 2 replies A few days ago someone was asking a buddy for a hand. Seems he had lost his list of woodworking sites. In searching around I found this other lawyers site and he has a lot of links to woodworking sources. http://users.goldengate.net/~kbrady/woodlinks.html Lee |
| 734 days ago |
Niki - 18 replies Is this “our” Niki who has a shop tip featured in this month’s WOOD Magzine? |
| 752 days ago |
Withdrawal symptoms - 5 replies JOHN GIZMODYNE WHERE ARE YOU??? Don’t they have teacher work days out there? I’m having withdrawal symptoms and miss the Sunday funnies. Did someone get caught in Boston and deported, I mean exported? Did all the wood get shipped to China? Maybe a Boston teak party? Paul Revere and the Raiders raided the convoy? Bor... |
| 799 days ago |
A lead in from the cocobolo pen - 3 replies I’ve noticed a number of posts recently about wood dust and lung diseases and allergies. Don Taylor led me to an eBay seller for something else but he has the forced air breathing hoods. His store is mostly paint associated things. So, I’m wondering if anyone has experience with the hooded respirators and if they are worth the ... |
| 799 days ago |
Mini-lathe upgrade - 10 replies I’ve had a Carba-Tac mini-lathe for years and it has, and still does, serve me well. But I see that a lot of the lathes now have variable speed motors on them. I’ve emailed Carba-Tec in AU but does anyone know of a supplier in the US of A where I can get a variable speed motor to bring my lathe to state of the art? It also look... |
| 806 days ago |
drying wood - 5 replies A neighbor just cut down a tree and I got some of the wood to resaw. I’ve painted the ends with latex but is there something better I should use or do to keep them from checking? |
| 840 days ago |
Foreign invaders - 33 replies Looks like we have been invaded by siome commercial entities. “Mason” and “Sophie88” look to be Chinese inflitrators seeking our opinion or advertising to us. |
| 978 days ago |
Sharing and caring - 4 replies Back in ‘03 3 guys, alll woodoworkers who had randomly met, started meeting at one’s house on Wed nites to make sawdust (hence the Sawdust2 moniker). Over the years we have added “members” (virtually anyone who wanted to do something with wood) and as of last nite the group had grown to 9. I know that because for the firs... |
