15 hours ago, Kevin Beitz said:

 

Looks good!

9 hours ago, Gunny said:

Tomorrow night I can get back to these 2 ^7/8 inch  holes I need bored in my plate for my toolbox.  Looked through my collection of hole saws and Forstner bits, NOPE not even close.  Figures.  Looks like I will be making a template on the bandsaw and then attaching it to the bottom of my plate and some router work with a pattern bit will follow.  5 times.  Yeah looking forward to that.

 

Gunny, check out the shop tip that I had posted up for @Lissa Hall awhile back here: it was about the last comment in that thread, had trouble doing the cut & paste this morning.

 

 

Right now?   Block planes, doing a bit of showing off..

Once that old Jack plane was doing messing around...

trying to flatten Panel #3....

 

Then #4

Might as well get these into a frame...and glue Frame #2 up?

2 frames done, two to go...

On 11/2/2020 at 9:24 PM, Gunny said:

Had to stop working tonight and fix a few things that cropped up yesterday.  1st was my retractable pull chain on the big drill press decided to break.  Upon inspection I saw why.  Was pointing the hole where the chain comes out straight down. But pulling it 90 degrees toward me.  So it is wearing on the hole all the time.  Took that and turned it to face towards the front where I pull it to and all fixed.  Minor but I hate looking for a chuck.

 

2nd was the oscillating sander.  It developed this loping noise yesterday when doing alot of sanding on the inside of some circles I had drilled.  Upon inspection I found a sliver of plywood had somehow made a new home just above the mechanism.  Now getting it out required taking it all apart but once back together it worked, and no noise.  I am guessing I got careless when changing out the plates and didn't clean the debris off letting that little booger inside.  

 

And finally the coffee maker died.  Took that apart and a quick check showed the heating element was bad.  Okay that I am not willing to fix, went to the blue borg and got a new one for $20.  Problem resolved and I can now enjoy my evening tea and tomorrow my morning coffee.  All is well with the world. 

 

Tomorrow night I can get back to these 2 ^7/8 inch  holes I need bored in my plate for my toolbox.  Looked through my collection of hole saws and Forstner bits, NOPE not even close.  Figures.  Looks like I will be making a template on the bandsaw and then attaching it to the bottom of my plate and some router work with a pattern bit will follow.  5 times.  Yeah looking forward to that.  

So that's where Murphy was on the 2nd.

Someone posted photos of retractable casters for equipment/workbenches. 

Could that someone please tell me who made them, where they were purchased?

 

This is a cool idea but needs some refining.  His pivot points are tooooo loooong!

Edited November 22, 20205 yr by HandyDan
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44 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Someone posted photos of retractable casters for equipment/workbenches. 

Could that someone please tell me who made them, where they were purchased?

 

 

Would it be these? Or was it something that was shop built?

 

21 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Would it be these? Or was it something that was shop built?

Those would do the trick!  Thanks! 

 

53 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

This is a cool idea but needs some refining.  His pivot points are tooooo loooong!

Cool idea, but would be more than required.

There seems to be a mess on top of my bench...

99% of all the scraps of Ash are either been resawn, or in the burn tub...

Thick and thin?  Thick being 1/2"....

Trying to process some of the mess down...into a few small panels..

4 done..so far....Will be a Project for December?

Tray and lid parts, maybe?

 

made a mess of the shop, too..

Had one scrap come flying back at me....hit on me stiff upper lip..

Saw blade caught it, and helicoptered back at me.....no blood, though, just bounced off...

 

 

11 minutes ago, steven newman said:

made a mess of the shop, too..

 

 

Yeah okay, a mess, sure. 

 

Throwing the trash can out under the table saw is not a "mess".  

22 minutes ago, steven newman said:

 

Saw blade caught it, and helicoptered back at me.....no blood, though, just bounced off...

 

 

Wore your superman outfit did ya???   

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Gunny said:

Wore your superman outfit did ya???   

Aww...Yep...

Hey Gunny that robe just might fit him too.

As of right now?

Can't really find the bench...

Maybe after the glue dries?

59 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Can't really find the bench...

..Can't find mine either! 

 

 

Hope I dont find mine...

About time to clean it off...again?

Just a few....never knew I had that many pencils, either....needed new batteries in the Pencil Sharpener, too...

Busy bench...or...just a mess?

Might have to put a few items away?    Maybe?

1 hour ago, steven newman said:

Busy bench...or...just a mess?

Might have to put a few items away?    Maybe?

It can be both busy, and messy. Let’s be diplomatic and call it “ active “

Wrapped up L'art d'un Menuisier today (The art of a craftsman, a Roubo print that I got for Xmas).   I got a bunch of sheet glass from a guy that was cleaning out his dad's workshop.   It is really dirty.   I was working on a sheet, just cleaned both sides and was turning it to make the first cut when it just fell apart into lots of pieces.   I've had luck with only about half of them not having some sort of flaw that cause them to break when moving or cutting them.   Second one worked OK.  Frame is just cherry with BLO.  Got the mat cut & frame assembled.  Now to find a good place to hang it.

 

Edited January 13, 20215 yr by kmealy