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thats a nice looking wooden box under the horizanal router what in there had to ask

-- Jesus Is Alright with me

I like it too Eddie, and I usually add a sprinkle of various spices which makes it taste even better.

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

Eddie, The mystery box contains 66 router bits

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

I like my oatmeal with a big ol’ glob of fattening butter…..

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

Shop finds;
Yesterday I cam across a large toaster/rotisserie oven, now I’ll have to have a kitchen area. :-)

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

Amen, but you gotta add a little burned pig and some eggs.

-- My mother named me Hamilton, I have been trying to earn my nickname ever since.

all this talk of food now i got to make something to eat BRb:)

-- Jesus Is Alright with me

Speaking of breakfast, how are you doing Ham?

Obama said last night that help is coming for infrastructural projects. You may want to slip you refurb into that slot.

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

The only thing that I heard him say was listen to my bull$#!+.....

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

Haven’t heard from Mike in a few days…..

Hey Mike, Did ya fall thru the ice???

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

Mornin all,
You guys are chatty this early AM!!!

I read the lathe manual, now I neeed to consume coffe….
grab some grub….
Load some tools into my vehicle….
& prepare to go pick up my JET JWL-1442-VSK Lathe!!!

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

Morning all.

Randy, I suggest starting with the HF set. Get the cheapest you can.
If you start out like me, you’re going to grind half the tool away before you start to get a hand at sharpening them correctly anyway. So, because of that, the harbour freight tools an advantage. First, they’re thinner so there isn’t quite so much material to take away to regrind your bevel, which again if you mess up like me, you will be doing. Also, they’re cheaper so you don’t feel so bad about wasting them away.
After you get better at sharpening (I’m still learning) you can move up to some better tools. Then you still have some of the HF tools left to regrind to scrapers and such.

Nice shop photos Rex. I’m glad you’re making progress.

Dave, there is no baby anouncement, and no pissed off pregnant girl knocking on my door this morning, so I guess you didn’t take my advice last night.

Eddie back from breakfast yet? I take my breakfast at the computer, coffee and cigarettes.

Marty, hello. Bye.

Rich, I watched on other videos about how to get the wood prepared. I have sliced it lengthwise. Now I just need to figure out a way to take that other side off flat without ruining my bandaw blades until I can get a proper blade for green wood. Or I need to find some dry wood to play with until then.
The blades I have right now (both are thin with hardly any tooth set) would get pinched and either dull or throw if I try to go through much green wood with them.

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As for preparing the wood Rich, I had a few ideas.
I could run it through my planer over and over. That would dull the planer blades. I could sharpen them though easily. Also, my concern there is bark coming out the end of the planer like shrapnel.
My other idea was to grab a hand plane and get busy COUGH get one of my boys busy, flattening one side of it. I don’t know how that would go either.

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My last option, and I was going to ask someone about this one.
If I have the one side flat from the chain saw, how hard would it be to simply turn the other side flat?

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Rich, the video series you suggested just answered my question.
Turn the other side flat after knocking the bark off with a hatchet.

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Mornin’

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Evenin’

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Stumpy, I’m glad you’re here. I’m gonna go take a nap now…..

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

Yawn…too early.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Randy – DO NOT GET THE HF GOUGES!!! I bought them. They are CRAP! When I tried to sharpen them they ground away WAY TOO FAST! And did not stay sharp at all!

As a recent newbee to turning I can tell you that I use a 1/2” gauge, a 3/4” guage, a skew guage and a paring. I have some of the others, but these I use almost everytime I turn.

If you built Stumpy’s WS3000 work station you can add what I did for sharpening your gauges. Most of your basic gauges are sharpened at 45-degrees. So I cut a piece of 2×4 at a 45-degree angle (about 6” long overall). I then cut a slight groove donw the middle of the 45-degree cut. Then I mounted the 2×4 piece to a small piece of 1/4” ply that I clamp to the top of my sork station. I then hold the gauge I am sharpening in the groove and rotate it to sharpen it. Don’t forget to run some 320 grit inside the guage to get rid of the burr, just like you would for a chisel of plane iron.

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Rob, did you get the $20 set of lathe chisels or the ~$40 dollar ones? The cheap ones are not HSS and aren’t suitable for turning with really. I have the more expensive ones and they work just fine. They are definitely lower quality than my Benjamin’s Best or Hurricane tools, but not hugely so.

Check out this ebay seller. I have their spindle gouge set, bowl gouge set and square edge scraper and really like them. Nice steel and good long handles.

http://stores.ebay.com/thewoodturningstore

-- Rich;) -"Dada make a big mess?" "Yes Dada made a big mess."

Your benches are looking good, Rex. I barely have room for the 2 big ones I have.

-- Rich;) -"Dada make a big mess?" "Yes Dada made a big mess."

Shhhhhh I’m hunting rabbits

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com

Randy, Do you still need a crapsman motor???

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

All this talk about Breakfast, and I have a Waffle house just a few blocks away. Been a LONG time since I have even been to one.

Let’s see:

Shred some spuds really fine, throw into oilly skillet
1 pound of ground sausage
1 small can of sliced Mushrooms
1 small onion, diced up
1 green peper, diced up
Scramble in about six eggs in to the above mess. allow to fry for a while.

Mix up some Flapjack mix in a bowl, add a handfull of brown sugar, and a large helping of Cinnamom to it. Warm up griddle, make a dozen or some BS & C flapjakes.

Seperate scrambled eggs, if needed, can be also fried up on the griddle.

Sounds like a decent Breakfast….

-- A Planer? I'M the planer, this is what I use

Breakfast is over bandit, We’re doin’ smoked sausage sammich for lunch…..

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

Although I’ll take some of them taters with onion, peppers, and mushrooms…..

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

I had a salad for lunch. :-(

-- Rich;) -"Dada make a big mess?" "Yes Dada made a big mess."

That old lady must have knocked Randy in the head and took his $400…..

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

Rich, There’s nothin’ wrong with a taco salad…..

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

Andy, Is your puter fixed yet???

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

Mike fell thru the ice…..

Ted is MIA…..

David is frozen in his water shed…..

HELLOOOOOooooo…..

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eddie. DO NOT READ THIS!

Lunch: Warmed ground steak tartar, Jalapenos, slice of white onion and melted Jack cheese on a buttered and grill toasted bun. No fries, no tomatoes. Just a bunch of Mayo.
Chocolate Malted to drink.
Nap time.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Hey Nash, You have mail…..

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Marty,
I see the pic, read the message, I’ll call you shortly. Quick answer, YES!!! I am still looking for a motor.

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

Talking to yourself again Marty?
Breakfast was oatmeal, lunch is nada, supper is the rest of the oatmeal I left this morning.
Ok, so where is Ted and Mike?

Working at the shop on the same old stuff, but I have visions of making a project ….... sometime in the near future …..... hey not that near.
I’m finding and moving lumber and trying to get it stacked in order. I am really shagged out, I hope making a project is not as hard as this.

Could not afford lunch today as Rich’s contribution was only 5 cents. I did ask about meals on wheels but the lady said “give us your wheels and we’ll give you a meal…..alas, no gas.

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

Went out and about today. Hobbled around because of a bad hip. Bought a “shop lite” for the Dungeon Shop. Means i will no longer be using a “Trouble Light” to see with down there. Might even be able to see igor actually working!!

-- A Planer? I'M the planer, this is what I use

randy nice chisel box. Tried to post on the project page but no posting boxes appeared.

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

I am the proud owner of a JET JWL-1442VSK lathe with a Reese Variable Speed!!!

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

What the heck!
I just posted here a few moments ago, acted liked it posted, showed liked it posted, left page, came back, no post.

Went to Randy’s project (chisel case) and the “Have your say…” box won’t show.

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

Okay now it shows.

Congrats Randy!

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

Hey! I paid a little over 16 grand in taxes last year. That works out to $43.84 a day. Divide that by all you non-making takers and that comes out to…hmm, actually that comes out to less than 5 cents. Sorry Rex.

-- Rich;) -"Dada make a big mess?" "Yes Dada made a big mess."

Sandra called me and asked if I wanted her to cook something for me to eat. I let her know I was not THAT desperately hungry right now.
She said she could open a can of chicken noodles soup, well, all those years of training must have paid off then. What the cluck, isn’t there any other type of soup?
“Well there is” she said, “but the can does not have a ring pull, so you’ll have to open it with the can opener”.

I take it all back.

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

That so-called Breakfast?? I guess I get to fix it for Supper in a little bit. “Grandpa’s Pancakes” is on the order for supper. I might have some Hamburger instead for the Spud Special.

T-8 lights up the whole dungeon!!! Just a two bulb unit, with 48” bulbs. But,,,,,,WOW! All of this light down here may have scared Igor away?

-- A Planer? I'M the planer, this is what I use

I still live in the T-12 stone age. But I use halogens for filming because I like the heat 3,000 watts put out five feet from my face.

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Rob,
This site does screwwy things every once in a while. Any shop time today?

Rich,
Maybe you should get a second job….
So, Rex can have another kind/can of soup!!!

Rex,
You have to keep their skills sharp, otherwise all that training is forgotten!!!

Bandit,
I installed 5 -two bulb 48” T12 units in my 13’x20’ shop & still have 2 more units to install. I used “daylight” 5000 lumen bulbs. I will also install task lighting for each work station. Yeah, I like it bright & WITHOUT shadows!!!

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

No shop time today had to come home early and care for a sick child

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

Rob,
That’s a bummer for you & the sick child. I hope the illness passes quickly!!!

I gotta go and gloat....

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

Hey Randy. I just saw a recall notice on your lathe. They say the motor gets hot and the whole lathe melts. Touching it can result in fatal electric shock. The notice says to dispose of the lathe immediately. If you send in the live center Jet will mail you a certificate for 10% off your next purchase over $5,000, some exclusions apply.

Sorry dude…

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Rex…........GREAT to see all the progress in the shop…...those mini bench thingies will serve you well…...unlimited options for sure…....to bad they don’t cook for you also…...alas…enjoy your soup…:) Maybe some Snack Pack for dessert?

Randy…...The lathe score rocks….......yippee….

Gene…...wake up…..nap time is over….....LOL…....

-- Jeff - I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.