What did you do in your shop today?

Worked some more on the Hummer, put my large fan up in the attic and reinstalled my fire board for my wood stove. Also cleaned a little. Winter is coming fast and I need to winterize my shop quickly. Liquids to be put away, thorough clean up, all filters and D/C cleaned and tuned. Gonna take about a day but I'm actually looking forward to it. Hopefully next weekend.
 
woodtickgreg said:
Jimmy, the old burke is 3c collets, max shank size is 1/2" I am trying to find a collet closer for my south bend lathe, it will accept 5c collets and I could turn down the shanks of hss end mills to 1/2" with carbide cutters on the lathe I think.
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turning hss with carbide is a chore, it will knock the edge off pretty quick, better off using ceramic, do you have a holder for the ceramic disks? i think they are about 3/4" round x 3/16"-1/4" thick? if so i will send along a ceramic puck as well.
 
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jimmyjames said:
turning hss with carbide is a chore, it will knock the edge off pretty quick, better off using ceramic, do you have a holder for the ceramic disks? i think they are about 3/4" round x 3/16"-1/4" thick? if so i will send along a ceramic puck as well.
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No Jimmy, I don't have anything for ceramics and I have never used them.
 
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Well today I got the first detail chisel back from being black oxide coated, looks pretty cool I think. I git the sanding done on the rest of the chisel blanks and they will go off to the metal coaters as well. Now to decide which style to make next. I sand the chisels to 220 and then get them coated and they really come out nice. I am keeping one for myself and have 9 to sell, I started a sale thread for them. I think maybe the large roughing chisel's should be next, if you have never used one of thes for roughing you are missing out. Can I say they actually make roughing enjoyable? Her's a couple of pics.

The ones with the blueing are not sanded yet, sanded ones are on the bottom, black oxide finished tool on top.
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Insert installed.
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So after I got these done I sat back and did a little reflecting, sure has been nice spending some time in the shop. It has been a hectic summer, working both jobs, finished the lathe restore, trying to make time for fishing, and chores around the house. Work is finally slowing down so I am excited about getting more shop time. I have a few more styles of chisels to make and then I plan to do some turning, it's been to long! I hope to be on this thread a lot due to more shop time.
 
Love the chisels. Nicely done and I'm glad that you have been getting some much needed shop time. Good for you!!!!
 
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I got home from work today and found a box from Jimmy, had to run down to the shop and open it up. Very cool Jimmy, I really did not expect this much. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. All quality stuff and American made. Some really cool stuff here and styles that I did not have.
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So since I had this box of really cool carbide cutters I just had to try one out. It works really well, seems to run cooler, leaves a better finish on the bottom as well, the 4 flutes definitely cut better.

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I roughed out 6 chisel blanks much quicker than with the hss cutters. These will be 1/2" full size carbide insert roughing chisels. This is my favorite
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Rough idea of how these will look, long way to go to get them finished and to my standards. But it's a start, I think I'll do about 10 or 12 of these.
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It always amazes me, the tools that you guys make. There is a ton of talent on this forum and you sir have a lot of it. Fantastic work.
 
Well, went out to the shop last night - but ended up not doing anything.

Future son-in-law would most likely not appreciate the amount of chips and dust I'd fling around with wet lacquer sitting on his in-progress dining room table :) He used a 2x4 and plywood frame, then put walnut and ash wood flooring over it in a pattern. Sanded it down and is now putting the finish on it.

Then he's going to take the 4x4 legs off his old table, fasten to this one and paint everything not already finished white.
 
Started finishing a pair of nightstands my wife asked me to build over a year ago. (And have been in progress for almost that whole year - mostly collecting dust in a partially completed state.)

Did some work on my bandsaw - getting it real close to being up and running!
 
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I worked both jobs today, I picked up the first batch of detailer chisel shafts from the metal coaters and the black oxide looks really cool. Then I came home and finished the rough milling on the roughing chisels. Next is drill and tap them for the screws and grind back the tips for clearance. a little metal sanding and then off to the metal coaters for these as well. I am having fun making these chisels.

The detailers are done and black oxide coated.
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10 roughers all machined, just gotta drill and tap next.
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How the curved carbide will sit. Of all the tools I make this one is my favorite, it is the most used and my go to tool. It actually makes roughing fun and roughing usually sucks! roughers-roughed-002.webp
 
Today I finished up that spalted holly clock and started working on a mushroom box farm. Since I'm doing several I'm working in steps. First step is to put tenons on the ends and mark where I'll split the top and bottom.

Also in my shop today I got a good reminder of why I wear a faceshield when I turn. It causes quite a startle when a chunk of bark flies off and smacks you right in the middle of your faceshield. Made me glad I had it on, that's for sure.
 
What did I do in my shop today. Abso-freaking-lutely nothing. I'm on call for the city this weekend and my phone hasn't stopped ringing since 1:30 this morning. I ended up having to go out and assist some of my crews and never got home until after 5 am. When I'm tired like this, I don't play with the machinery. It just isn't worth a digit. Hoping for a restful night so I can play a little tomorrow. Here's hoping.
 
I actually turned a pen this morning...one of the punky, gnarly, little chunks that I had vacuum stabilized last week. Wanted to see if it was good, bad or otherwise. It turned like a solid chunk of wood that had none of those things wrong with it!! Guess it worked?!?!?!

The pen? It is a Gold/Chrome Trivalent Sierra from timberbits.com
The chunk? It is a spalted piece of Southern Red Oak from the side of the road somewhere in Arkansas:five:




Scott (I remembered where the 'on' switch was) B
 
I'm with you on that. I had a program this week that was kicking my butt. After 12 hours on Tuesday, 11 on Wednesday, and 9 on Thursday I came home yesterday at my normal time but decided not to go out into the shop. Just too easy for something to happen when you're tired.

Fast spinney things and lack of sleep are definitely not a good mix.
 
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Ouch....I got a spanking!







Here's the pen......


Remember this is my first blank turned that I stabilized, and the material wasn't meant to actually be anything but a 'test'. But the test was good enough to put hardware on it....the finish is nothing more then sanding to 600grit and EEE, and then wax.

Guess this means I need to do a knife now? I stabilized a piece of Pignut Hickory at the same time I did this little chunk.....




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