Sweet looking restoration......drill press turning eh? Looks like this wasn't anything new to you unless this is the 399th attempt. But do you use the plane? 

On 3/31/2019 at 8:01 AM, sreilly24590 said:

Sweet looking restoration......drill press turning eh? Looks like this wasn't anything new to you unless this is the 399th attempt. But do you use the plane? 

Hell no.  

It's a "well that was interesting, and I learned something, so it was worthwhile".  But I'm not out of my mind.  I feel an obligation to fulfill the ambitions of the millions of electrical workers who have built and maintain our electrical grid.  They deserve me using power tools.  I am at peace.

 

Yeah, I knocked 1/2"  off a scrap board.  I'm lousy at it.  I'll keep it in case of power failures!   It was fun to do.  The drill press thing is a first-timer effort, and it turned out really well, much better than I thought.  I'd use that technique again.  No, not on a 60" spindle leg.  About 4" is my limit.  In many ways.