I'm actually in class the next two days learning how to maintain and sharpen hand saws so probably Tuesday or so
It'll take me a while, there is about 800 tubes in that box.
What did you do in your shop today?
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I'm actually in class the next two days learning how to maintain and sharpen hand saws so probably Tuesday or so
It'll take me a while, there is about 800 tubes in that box.
Okay, Wednesday then!
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Another not so "humane" option, put the shop vac hose at the feeder with the vacuum inside(for noise control), engage it when the bird you want lands on the feeder / perch. When they hit the deflector plate in the vacuum tub, the impact usually kills them (most often neck injury). Wire the limp body into positions you want. Dip them in a liquid nitrogen vat, and wahlah, instant life looking birds.
Of course the permits and supplies will likely be more costly than you want to spend, but the results are stunning. Usually a drip or three of enamel paint to touch up the eyes is needed, but very little other....
Another not so "humane" option, put the shop vac hose at the feeder with the vacuum inside(for noise control), engage it when the bird you want lands on the feeder / perch. When they hit the deflector plate in the vacuum tub, the impact usually kills them (most often neck injury). Wire the limp body into positions you want. Dip them in a liquid nitrogen vat, and wahlah, instant life looking birds.
Of course the permits and supplies will likely be more costly than you want to spend, but the results are stunning. Usually a drip or three of enamel paint to touch up the eyes is needed, but very little other....
I found something important.
So at least 2 weeks or more I get a set of scales from @Chris S. I promptly took them to the shop as usual and since these are really outstanding I put them on my woodworking bench and took a couple of pictures to post on instagram. A couple of days go by and I am back in my shop, and was thinking did I put those scales away or not? I looked where they were suppose to be, not there. Ok so I looked in all of the usual places, Nothing! Every couple of days when I was back in the shop I looked every where. Nothing. SOB what the hell happened to these. Last night I am installing some cabinet hardware and I dropped one of the screws. I know I don't have another screw to fit so now I am on my hands and knees looking for this freaking screw. Sure as can be, I am looking under my assembly table and the scales are there! No recollection, no idea how they got there. That table is 3 meters from my workbench, and I always only do photos on the workbench. Shop Gremlins for sure. But happy to find them and put them where they belong!
So at least 2 weeks or more I get a set of scales from @Chris S. I promptly took them to the shop as usual and since these are really outstanding I put them on my woodworking bench and took a couple of pictures to post on instagram. A couple of days go by and I am back in my shop, and was thinking did I put those scales away or not? I looked where they were suppose to be, not there. Ok so I looked in all of the usual places, Nothing! Every couple of days when I was back in the shop I looked every where. Nothing. SOB what the hell happened to these. Last night I am installing some cabinet hardware and I dropped one of the screws. I know I don't have another screw to fit so now I am on my hands and knees looking for this freaking screw. Sure as can be, I am looking under my assembly table and the scales are there! No recollection, no idea how they got there. That table is 3 meters from my workbench, and I always only do photos on the workbench. Shop Gremlins for sure. But happy to find them and put them where they belong!
Darn things have legs. They just walk where they want to, huh?
But the screw, that was what he was looking for...well did it walk away or was it found?
Got my replacement chuck key yesterday so I finished setting up my bench. Ran the pipe/hoses for the DC and played some....made this shawl pin set for my mother..... was fun. Curly purple heart and maple.
So after day two at BadAxe ToolWorks in LaCrosse, WI I'm ready to tackle my own saws in my own shop. My Simonds 28 inch miter box saw got new teeth and I hammer set it and hand filed it myself. Cuts white oak like butter in my Millers Falls 74 miter box (Not the original saw for that box though, when we cleaned the plate we uncovered an etch showing it was built for Stanley Rule and Level )! Also hammer set and filed the plate for my frame saw I plan to build in a few weeks (We didn't have time enough for me to do it so the kerfing plane plate was done by one of their excellent staff)! The guys there are great, they do an excellent job teaching the basics and then some of saw care and sharpening. Now to keep my eyes open for a couple tools I don't have and I'll be able to take care of most of my saws myself! A little cleanup on the miter box and it'll get mounted and the chop saw can be unplugged and stuck in a corner!
I also placed an order for another saw to add to my tool box, Don't tell my wife...
I also placed an order for another saw to add to my tool box, Don't tell my wife...
Looks like it would be a fun course! Now you can add saw sharpening to your long list of occupations and make all the old farts with dull handsaws in town happy too. Could be a profitable venture, and occasionally one runs across an add on Craigslist where someone is selling out their saw sharpening equipment, although those are fewer and farther between since the advent of throw away saw blades.
Somewhere around here there's a mispellin Missisissisisippian that'd tell you that looks a lot like a hairstick! @Tclem
I took a course on how to do that about 15 yrs ago. Pretty neat skill to have.I'm actually in class the next two days learning how to maintain and sharpen hand saws so probably Tuesday or so
It'll take me a while, there is about 800 tubes in that box.
Working on a pet urn this weekend. Got to use my new hollowing tool that I made and it worked great. The piece is fitted like a box in the center.
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Removed the leveling feet from the lathe, I didn't like it raised up and supported only by the skinny bolts. I placed some large square rubber feet under it instead and lowered it down on those. Then I filled the weight box with the steel plates.
I used a little leverage to lift and block up the lathe to remove the leveling feet.
I didn't like the way the lathe sat on these skinny bolts, I feel that that it made it wiggly. I also wanted it more stable with the added weight.
This is what I added instead of the leveling feet, I placed them cup side down. It seems much more stable now.
As I placed the plates in the box I added a few dots of silicone to the edge where the plates would ride against each other to keep things quiet.
The box is filled! EST weight is between 500 and 600 lbs. Still undecided on what to do for a top, kinda leaning towards a sloped top so the chips slide off. I may spray foam some of the blank space between the plates and on the ends of the inside of the box just as insurance to keep things from moving around. It is much more stable sitting flat on the rubber pads, if I ever have to I can put a bolt back in the feet from the top to level it if ever needed. I doubt I ever will, it is sitting flat and feels much more stable now.
I did all this because mass cancels out vibration and will help when an out of balance blank is on the lathe. It's not because the lathe vibrates, it doesn't. It's very smooth, it's just an insurance policy and will help with larger blanks too. Now for the top??????
I used a little leverage to lift and block up the lathe to remove the leveling feet.
I didn't like the way the lathe sat on these skinny bolts, I feel that that it made it wiggly. I also wanted it more stable with the added weight.
This is what I added instead of the leveling feet, I placed them cup side down. It seems much more stable now.
As I placed the plates in the box I added a few dots of silicone to the edge where the plates would ride against each other to keep things quiet.
The box is filled! EST weight is between 500 and 600 lbs. Still undecided on what to do for a top, kinda leaning towards a sloped top so the chips slide off. I may spray foam some of the blank space between the plates and on the ends of the inside of the box just as insurance to keep things from moving around. It is much more stable sitting flat on the rubber pads, if I ever have to I can put a bolt back in the feet from the top to level it if ever needed. I doubt I ever will, it is sitting flat and feels much more stable now.
I did all this because mass cancels out vibration and will help when an out of balance blank is on the lathe. It's not because the lathe vibrates, it doesn't. It's very smooth, it's just an insurance policy and will help with larger blanks too. Now for the top??????
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I decided to spray foam it. Bought 2 cans, cheapest stuff menards had, worked well.
This what it looked like 15 minutes after I foamed it, filled nice.
And what it looked like when I got up this morning, it kept expanding as it cured, lol
I'll just take a Sawzall blade to it and trim it by hand to get it flush with the surface. The steel plates definitely won't rattle now! Lol.
This what it looked like 15 minutes after I foamed it, filled nice.
And what it looked like when I got up this morning, it kept expanding as it cured, lol
I'll just take a Sawzall blade to it and trim it by hand to get it flush with the surface. The steel plates definitely won't rattle now! Lol.
I decided to spray foam it. Bought 2 cans, cheapest stuff menards had, worked well.
This what it looked like 15 minutes after I foamed it, filled nice.
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And what it looked like when I got up this morning, it kept expanding as it cured, lol
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I'll just take a Sawzall blade to it and trim it by hand to get it flush with the surface. The steel plates definitely won't rattle now! Lol.
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Hmm...good idea.
Packed up a very highly curled piece of ?wood to ship to a WB member in the great white north. Well north of me anyway. Tracking # ??????
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Sanded but did not need much sanding.
