| Blog series by degoose | updated 27 days ago | 14 parts | 7295 reads | 203 comments total |
Part 1: Signmaking
Had a full day yesterday, filming the Torque Work Centre,Aaron and Luke came down from Yandina. They make the tool with Keith, who couldn’t make it down.And Stuart arrived with his trusty video camera to take some footage of the machine in action.Had a blast and learned a few more things the wee beastie can do.For a start we just set it up with a router [Makita 3612C ] and did some basic rabbets dados and grooves.Cut an arc and did some angle routing. Pretty cool.\Then we made a board u...
Part 2: Circle inlay
I cut a circle in Purple heart and then wanted to inlay it into a piece of Tasmanian blackwood.To gauge the circle need to to be cut I fitted the PH on the pin in the table and moved the router to just inside the outer edge. I then locked the X and Y axis.Drilled a 6 mm hole in the centre of the blackwood and fitted it on the pin in the table. Turned on the router plunged it and rotated the blank.Then.. Pushed out the centre and inserted the PH.. fit like a glove… wonderful moment as i...
Part 3: Surfacing an endgrain block.
As you all know trying to flatten a large endgrain butcher block can be a little tricky.I use a 16 – 32 drum sander and it is fine for small blocks but this bugger was large and heavy [2 1/2 ” thick]. BTW Purple Heart and New Guinea RosewoodUsing the new surfacer head on the router on the the new wee beastie made flattening this block a breeze.The depth of cut is set and the fore and aft axis is locked while allowing movement sideways. Starting at the front of the block a small p...
Part 4: First cut of the demo video shot this week.
You guys are seeing this video while it is still in the editing stage,, no voice over but there will be.Hope you see the versatility and adaptability of the wee beastie. If you have any questions , I will be happy to answer them and If I don’t know will find out. This was a nearly 400 meg video.. but by splitting and compressing to Mp4 got it down to a fairly acceptable size. I have 117 small segments that deal with things like adjustment and fitting of various attachments for those wh...
Part 5: Ease of use.. changing attachments.
Self explanatory heading, changing attachments is as easy as loosening a bolt.Here are just a few very short vids of the different attachments being changed.[As requested by Lisa aka Dustbunny.] .. Locator pins make it easy to attach. This one is for the router. .. .. Tightening the bolt from the rear. .. .. Adding the copy attachment bracket. .. .. Using an allen key to tighten up through the access hole in the bracket.. .. .. Adding a dust extract...
Part 6: Bloopers
Just like on real TV and at the Movies.. bloopers seem to be the best bits.Here are a few of the out takes we had.. most were deleted but I managed to save a few for your viewing pleasure... . Trying to mount the saw.. lol . . And the darn router . . Working with Japanese safety boots.. thongs with a strap. . Router again... . .. "Thing" from the "Adams Family" made an appearance to help .....
Part 7: For those who are interested in the Work Centre.
I am providing two links for those who are interested in the Torque Work Centre. Pics don’t fit in the window here hence the link to Photobucket.First is a brochure on features and the second is a price list in AU$ including GST here in Australia.. not applicable overseas.http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu349/degoose/frontpagetorque.jpg http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu349/degoose/torqueworkcentresprices.jpg I am still waiting on shipping costs to various locations , please...
Part 8: Shipping to the U.S. of A.
Some of you will have received a PM from me regards the cost of shipping the Torque Work Centre to the US. For those who may require this info and have not received it. Most people on the continental US will be able to have the machine [configured similar to mine .. 2 meter by 600mm table with 900 mm outfeed on the arm.. including copy. saw and drill optional attachments, shipping and insurance,], delivered to their door for between US$3900 and US$4100 depending on actual address.The ...
Part 9: The all new video clips.
Here is the all new promo with voice over straight from the editing room.Please take the time to look at it all and I hope that you enjoy.
Part 10: Affordability
A big Hello to all the woodies in the US and Canada who would like to own one of the wee beasties,,.Due to the removal of GST [ Australian Goods and Services Tax ] when a Machine is sent Overseas and the much lower shipping charges we have , [yes we .. I am now an official Agent for the company] negotiated.. the total amount you need to have one delivered to you is US$3600.00 This Is a round figure,.. it is still dependent on actual delivery address! Hope this new information...
Part 11: New Sign for the trip to Melbourne.
Hello.. remember me.. lolSo Sorry I have been taking so much time away for my favourite site … Lumberjocks…Been real busy.. website is now up and running…. lazylarrywoodworks.com.auand the boards are coming along nearly 50 but no pics yet ,... sorry.. soon … I promise..This is a work in progress. Needed a sign for the display at the Melbourne Working with Wood show in October…I was clearing up around the shed and found a 2.5 metre slab of Camphor Laurel that had ...
Part 12: 3-D carving.
This weekend just gone we did a little bit of 3-D carving.I think we were a little adventurous and we were only moderately successful. Did not really have the right cutters but over all I think It came out fair to muddling. I made a blank out of plywood glued up.. 400 mm by 400 mm by 70 odd mm thick, and used a sun face for the template.Spent a lot of the time scarfing out the waste .. would have been better gluing up a pyramid…. you will figure this out from the photos. [ lucky we had ...
Part 13: 3D carving video
If video sticks or does no work use "This":http://s662.photobucket.com/albums/uu349/degoose/?action=view¤t=VTS_10_1.flv
Part 14: A couple more videos.
Check out the blog at Stu's Shed complete with videos. Look beyond what I am actually doing and see the potential of what the machine can do. No script, no rehearsal, no idea.. lolThese were taken when Stu dropped in last week. Stu doing a bit of Slab surfacing. Me using the copy attachment to copy an old english letter ” L” Using the stops to route a border around the letter e Aztec art freehand routing using the pin and changing the radius.. Lord of the Rings LOLJust a ...
Cirlce cutting jig for the bandsaw and circle sanding jig for the 12" disc sander
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