What did you do in your shop today?

trc65 said:
That is called a "Tail Stock Steady" and is made by our very own Jerry @Nubsnstubs. I can't find his website address at the moment, but since I've tagged him, I'm sure he will be along shortly and can point you to more info.
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Thanks Tim for actually showing it in use. You are the first.
@Gixxerjoe04 My website is www.woodturnerstools.com. I have a patent on the TSS, and made 100 of them. You want how many?? :lol2: ............ Nubs
 
Made an epoxy spinner out of a grill motor and box of scraps wood. Threaded a piece of birch for the chuck adaptor. Hardened the threads with super glue. Drive belt is a piece of hose I had laying around. Glued and pinned with a staple.
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Made a spinner for epoxy coatings so it won't puddle or run.Used all spare wood parts from the junk bin.
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Phil.H said:
Made an epoxy spinner out of a grill motor and box of scraps wood. Threaded a piece of birch for the chuck adaptor. Hardened the threads with super glue. Drive belt is a piece of hose I had laying around. Glued and pinned with a staple.
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Made a spinner for epoxy coatings so it won't puddle or run.Used all spare wood parts from the junk bin.
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My use might be different, but need a slow speed spinner to dry parts
 
Nubsnstubs said:
Oops, I'm getting old, Garry, so musta forgotten. Refresh my memory, please. .......... Nubs
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I didn’t have it angled the best if I remember correctly to get to the tenon with the best angle. Not that my turning skills have vastly improved, would like to think I have a better understanding of riding the bevel to get the angle of the steady set up better. Well, I can visualize what I try to do these days……
 
Been purging the shelves lately to make room for new stuff and used this tool for the first time to dress some blanks into keepers. Works very well to make a flat face for my style of mounting blanks.

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Nature Man said:
I saw that attachment and wondered if it would be of any count to buy one. Looks like you would recommend it. Chuck
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Definitely recommend it Chuck. Would be very unsafe making that face cut on a round any other way on a bandsaw. The fence pivots too so can hold odd sized pieces to get a flat face for further processing. Works great for getting 90 degree flat faces on logs when cutting into boards too.
 
Would normally do the pith cut with the chainsaw but still too hot to work outside today so tested myself maxing out the bandsaw. The block was used as a spacer to keep it on a level plain to the table. Not recommended for noobs.

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Yesterday was a breath of fresh air. Only got up to 73, a very welcomed break.

Started the day doing a 50' tall blue spruce removal. Homeowner asked if I could get the pull rope on his push mower fixed. Took it home. The rope was really solid, just frayed on each end, and the end at the recoil had snapped. Took covers off, removed recoil assembly, reattached rope and wound. Installed recoil, re-tensioned rope and put it back together. Dropped the mower off and told the owner the rope was now 4 inches shorter, "Don't pull it as far."

Took wife to Ace Hardware, picked up some mower items, then to a fancy Italian joint close by for lunch (go twice a year). When we got home, put work clothes back on and went back into mowers. Replaced a drive cable on a 6.5 hp Briggs self propelled, replaced a lower crank seal on a Briggs 4.5 push mower.

Then got to work on her new used riding mower. Replaced bent steering drag links with new adjustable drag links, repacked steering spindles with better bushings and better washers to limit slack, replaced worn wheel hub bushings and worn spacer washers, replaced worn out front tires. The front toe looks good, did not adjust the drag links at all. Put on some new spindle dust caps and hub covers. The dust caps I got did not work, so used wheel hub caps. Below is a web picture of the same make and model, and very similar shape. 50 degree morning, such a nice change. Heat comes back tomorrow.

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Mr. Peet said:
Yesterday was a breath of fresh air. Only got up to 73, a very welcomed break.

Started the day doing a 50' tall blue spruce removal. Homeowner asked if I could get the pull rope on his push mower fixed. Took it home. The rope was really solid, just frayed on each end, and the end at the recoil had snapped. Took covers off, removed recoil assembly, reattached rope and wound. Installed recoil, re-tensioned rope and put it back together. Dropped the mower off and told the owner the rope was now 4 inches shorter, "Don't pull it as far."

Took wife to Ace Hardware, picked up some mower items, then to a fancy Italian joint close by for lunch (go twice a year). When we got home, put work clothes back on and went back into mowers. Replaced a drive cable on a 6.5 hp Briggs self propelled, replaced a lower crank seal on a Briggs 4.5 push mower.

Then got to work on her new used riding mower. Replaced bent steering drag links with new adjustable drag links, repacked steering spindles with better bushings and better washers to limit slack, replaced warn wheel hub bushings and warn spacer washers, replaced warn out front tires. The front toe looks good, did not adjust the drag links at all. Put on some new spindle dust caps and hub covers. The dust caps I got did not work, so used wheel hub caps. Below is a web picture of the same make and model, and very similar shape. 50 degree morning, such a nice change. Heat comes back tomorrow.

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Dang, you got a lot done. I'd have stopped with lunch. I didn't know you ran a mower repair shop.
 
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