| View ShannonRogers's: | home | workshop | projects (21) | blog (8) | reviews (2) | forum topics (17) | buddies (15) | favorites (23) | activity log |
| 5 days ago |
Woodworking Sites of Interest in Charlottesville, VA area - 0 replies Hey everybody, I’m heading down to Charlottesville, VA for a long weekend for my sister-in-law’s PhD defense at UVA. Gonna have some time on my hands Friday and Saturday. We will be visiting Monticello while we are there but I was wondering if anyone knows of any woodworking related points of interest in the area that I should chec... |
| 21 days ago |
Recognizing High Speed Steel??? - 3 replies Got an interesting question lately provoked by one of my turning podcasts. I have been digging around on the Internet and while I have learned a great deal about high speed steel and it’s many alloys, still not answer. When in doubt, see what the jocks can tell you! I have a listener who just bought a used lathe. It came with several... |
| 34 days ago |
Jocks on Twitter?? - 11 replies So it seems that there is a little woodworking world forming over on Twitter. I have to admit to being a little addicted to it. I am having a lot of fun keeping up with all the bloggers and podcasters out there during the work day. I would be curious to see how many Jocks are on Twitter. I would love to look some of you up and shoot the bree... |
| 61 days ago |
Lathe Drive Center???? - 2 replies Anyone have any good experiences or recommendations for a high quality after market lathe drive center? I am still using the one that came with my Jet lathe and it holds about as well as scotch table when it comes to spindle turning. Thanks in advance. |
| 82 days ago |
Thanks for the feedback and kind words... - 0 replies I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for the emails and comments on my blog about my guest host podcast on Matt’s Basement Workshop. I just started in the blogging thing a few months ago and thought I would help out Matt while he was taking July off. I cannot believe the response my site has gotten and the tremendous amount of ema... |
| 91 days ago |
The Wood Whisperer is a stand up guy!!! - 26 replies So there were some fireworks over at the Wood Whisperer site today when a negative comment was posted and a sparring match started up. Marc Spagnuolo is definately no stranger to this site and I believe him to be very well respected in the online community, so it was intriguing to see some criticism popping up there. To their credit, Marc and ... |
| 103 days ago |
Woodworking In America Conference Registration is Open! - 0 replies Hey everyone, the registration is finally open for this awesome event in Berea, Kentucky. I just complete my registration and it is overwhelming when you look at the agenda. My resounding thought is that I have to find a way to clone myself because at any given moment there are 4 things going on. Hopefully there will be plenty of jocks repr... |
| 130 days ago |
What finish to use??? - 3 replies My father-in-law was recently going through the tough task of cleaning out his recently passed mother’s possessions. He came across these carvings that used to be the arms of a chair. He vaguely remembers mounting them to a board to keep them about 50 years ago. He asked me if I could do something with them so they could be displayed mo... |
| 134 days ago |
Turning acrylic: don't like the smell! - 2 replies I am making 9 pens for a customer and she has requested acrylic for the blanks in a color scheme that matches her school colors. This is my first foray into acrylic. I have turned 4 of them so far (I’ll post the project when all 9 are done, they look cooler in numbers) and the smell is just horrific. It has migrated throughout my entire... |
| 136 days ago |
Attention Pen Turners, repetitive cutting of brass tubes... - 5 replies LJ’s, I just purchased some replacement brass tubes for pens and they came in long lengths from the retailer. Since I know that I will be making a lot of this style of pen I am wondering if anyone has any ideas or built any jigs that allow for repetitive cuts safely in this small scale. The repeatability and safety are my biggest conc... |
| 152 days ago |
How to finish turned acrylic? - 7 replies Hey all, I have a customer that wants 9 pens in an acrylic that matches her school colors. Being a woodophile I have not yet turned acrylic. I understand that the tools need to be very sharp so I hit the Tormek and went to town. It was fun to turn and then I realized that I haven’t figured out how to finish them yet. I did some rese... |
| 184 days ago |
Motor upgrade? - 2 replies Has anyone ever bought a new motor for their bandsaw? I wanted to upgrade my 1HP Grizzly to a 1.5 HP for some greater resaw ability. Grizzly sells the 1.5 HP but it has a different mounting point and they do not sell one that has the correct mounting method. Any other sources out there? |
| 186 days ago |
Building my first website.... - 27 replies Hey all, I desperately need to get a website up and running to showcase some of my stuff and to direct customers to. I have only done two craft shows so far and I had business cards made up at Kinkos to hand out. As I expected, everyone asked, “what is your website?” My mom called from Colorado and said that when she was at the... |
| 226 days ago |
Opportunity to buy a Performax Drum Sander - 18 replies Calling all LJs. I need some help and need it fast. I have been presented with a deal from a client to buy his practically new 32-16 Performax Drum Sander for $450 (retail on this is 825). He inheirited it from his recently passed father and it looks to be in brand new condition. I need to give him an answer as to whether I will take it th... |
| 227 days ago |
First Blog help with images... - 3 replies I just sent a message to Martin and then I realized that the LJ community should be able to help even faster. I am trying to put up my first blog and want to embed some images. I set up a Photobucket account and have copied and pasted the URL into the text. My problem is that the size of the images is way to big since they came from a 5 mp ... |
| 228 days ago |
Adding new extension wings to my table saw and I need to drill...help! - 10 replies Hey everyone. I have been doing a lot of shop upgrades lately and after building a pretty cool table saw stand for my Delta contractor saw, I turned my attention to the extension wings. Originally my saw came with the stamped steel wings and I wanted to upgrade that to cast iron. I got a great deal on a pair of Delta extensions wings on the i... |
| 268 days ago |
Trend Airshield Pro - 12 replies I need to get some better breathing protection in my shop. Anybody have any thoughts on the Trend Airshield. I see the Pro version is due out soon. I do some turining and I hear it is good for that, but what about away from the lathe? Suggestions for something that is good all around. |
Your Online Shop - Your Support Is Greatly Appreciated - Your Woodworking Showcase - 3 Ways To Help, Financially - Your Woodworking Community
