Home Made Tool to Help Eliminate Frustrations

Looks great lew! Thanks for the tips and I like the lanyard idea.
-Kyle

-- I'm 18 and love woodworking! http://www.kyleswoodworking.com http://www.facebook.com/kyleswoodworking

now that is putting you joint to work…lets see lew…your …joint…..you joint….ok….i quit…you get the jest…lol…glad you found a way to solve a problem, im wondering why your having that problem…i have metal blast gates and they dont do that…i wonder if that is what is causing your problem…plastic verses metal…maybe ask around and see if others with metal blast gates have the problem…i would figure it a pain to take your system apart and clean…how often do you have to do this..??.......well im glad you have a system going…much better then a broom and dust pan…...enjoy the new set up…and thanks karson for helping our good bud lew…your all the cream of the crop ..ya know that dont ya…well im tellin ya…you sure are….grizz

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

well i just thought of why its doing it lew…because i have the metal…its much thinner then the plastic and so the groove on your plastic ones is larger…and allows the chips to fall into the groove…so i bet if you upgrade to metal blast gates…you wont have this problem…thats my guess….grizz

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

Cool Tool Lew. I’ve tried all kind of sharp, bent items and never got complete freedom of movement. I’ll have to try some of this Idea and I’ve got some Sapele to make the handle.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

You will never need to clean out blast gates again if you buy these from Lee Valley. Been using them for years. Well worth the investment.

http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=51506&cat=1,42401,62597

-- Oldworld, Fair Oaks, Ca

nice arm—-is that mimi?

nice solution!

-- Matt--Proud LJ since 2007

I think you’ve just re-invented the “New Yankee Weeder”. Might want to check with Dr. Google on that.

-- Sawdust and shavings are therapeutic

Looks like the right tool for the job Lew… Very Resourceful!!

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

I reckon I should introduce myself first thing this morning. I woke up early (before time to get up) thiis morning and was surfing around on the computer and found this website. I need to explain that I am 79 years old and not so very swift on the computer but I do have fun when it is to hot to be out in the shop. Mentioning the shop——-that is another story. Following retirement I built a small shop in my back yard and stocked it with a few tools. Shortly thereafter we had what was termed an “inland hurricane” which put a very large hackberry tree directly across the top of my shop, pretty much flatening it. OK so there is another years work cut out for me. Now fast- forward two years and I now have the shop rebuilt (12’ X 24’) and quickly discovered it to be far to smalll——but it will have to do. I like to make an assortment of items——-whatever strikes my fancy.

I will be looking forward to checking in here on a regular basis. Richard

-- So live that those who know you but do not know God will come to know God because they know you.

Lew, I Love It!!! Necessity Is The Mother On Invention!!! How true always.

Thanks for sharing,

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,

Kyle- Thanks. I lost a couple of paper clips while cleaning the tracks with the dust collector running. Didn’t want this to end up the same way.

Grizz and John- I forgot to mention that the Craig’s List dust collector score included the blast gates and a whole bunch of other stuff. I can see now the metal gates would clog less and those Lee Valley ones are really nice!

Karson- Thanks! This Sapele was from a short piece I had cut for some pens.

Matt- Thanks! My arm- some folks here think I am just a computer generated PIA (education label).

ksSlim- After you said that, I went and looked at out garden weeder. It is the same!! SOB! thought I’d invented something :^)

Mike- Thanks

shakeyhands- Glad to have you here. Looking forward to seeing some of your projects.

Chuck- Thanks!!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Neat idea, Lew.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

CJ- Thanks!!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!