Maybe there's a reason I kept my old table saw motor when I scrapped the rest of it.
What did you do in your shop today?
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Maybe there's a reason I kept my old table saw motor when I scrapped the rest of it.
Condition it by holding a piece of metal against it, I use a screwdriver, and the shop vac right next to it. This catches a whole lot of the fibers. But rocky is right there seems always to be more fibers
I wasn't sure if it was due to the nature of the wheel not being used as designed or what. Good to know it's normal.
Gets better with time Ken. As it wears a little the lose stuff kinda goes away, but it never quite completely quits. It's all normal.
I turned some stuff....
Some?
Yeah, just some. There are still open pegs in the board.
Getting slow in your old age 
Where can I get a wheel that throws out fivers? That could come in handy!
Haven't been in the shop in a while, but managed to get some time in the shop today. It was a mostly boring day in the shop.
Working on coffee mugs. A couple for orders, some for Christmas gifts, and one or two that don't have homes yet.
Wood species present here:
Arizona Ash
Acacia
Monkeypod
Cuban Mahogany (x2)
Bocote
Curly Maple
Walnut & Cherry Lamination
Working on coffee mugs. A couple for orders, some for Christmas gifts, and one or two that don't have homes yet.
Wood species present here:
Arizona Ash
Acacia
Monkeypod
Cuban Mahogany (x2)
Bocote
Curly Maple
Walnut & Cherry Lamination
What size forstner bit is that?
2 1/8" and this is the bit. Very happy with how this bit performed today - just got it a couple weeks ago.
Is it from eBay? I bought one of those blue ones and it didn’t cut for crap.
Should have checked the link first 
Nice!! Carbide Forstner bit. Never seen one.
Let us know how it holds up!!!
& post up picts of the finished mugs!
Freud makes a carbide bit in this size too - for 3 times the price! Saw someone had posted a review of the brand I had linked and said he liked it as much as his Freud carbide.
Today, its first use, I drilled 8 mug blanks to just over 7" deep, so almost 60" of drilling. At the end of that, it was still cutting just like it had at the beginning. It cut quite nice - and I'm hoping it holds up well.
And there will be pics of the finished mugs!
Are they for drinking coffee (the mugs, you lugs!!) or just for show?
What finish is inside??
For actual use. They have a stainless steel insert in them. Here's one I made out of Indian Rosewood earlier this year.
This one was made using an insert I picked up at Rockler. These are the inserts I will be using on the run I'll be doing. Shipping from them was expensive though. I believe I saw them in Woodcraft the last time I was in there for the same price - and without having to pay for shipping.
