5 hours ago, steven newman said:

Been watching Paul Sellers Master Class...Keepsake Box Project....and getting a lot of ideas to use....have almost 12' of 1/2" x 6" Red Oak to use up...Hmmm?

 

Will see which boards look the best for each part...as Sellers does not use plywood....

 

Stay tuned, there MIGHT be a build-along post...just in case any one here wants to read about my efforts.  

Sellers don't Seem to use a lot of red oak, either... just sayin'. Nevertheless, even though I can't eat pop corn and, don't drink much beer, I'll have my Scotch and PB&J at the ready to enjoy that box build!

(at the instance of the Mrs.) I am going thru my giant collection of woodworking magazines.  I ran across some Deltagrams from the 50s and early 60s.   A few things caught my attention

• The model super shops were all fairly small and only had a Unisaw, jointer and band saw
• Most of the model shops were in the basements
• Most of the hand tools were on pegboard
• Usually the lady of the house was watching and admiring  the woodworker at work, with a smile and sometimes sitting on the basement steps
• No blade guards, not even sure they had them back then
• Table saws had virtually no outfeed behind the blade, just inches (see photo for example)
• One of the common tools was the Delta table saw-jointer combo.  Ran off one motor and I don't know enough about them to know if you had both running, just swapped a belt, or had to switch the motor about to get them to work.  My dad's friend and HS classmate had one of those that I saw once.  There's also one on FB Marketplace right now.
• Many of the woodworkers were smoking pipes and one of the projects was a pipe stand for a dozen pipes.
• "Portable tools" were advertised.  A contractor table saw.  A fancy new tool called a router.  A circular saw that could be used on site.  And an electric drill that would "go anywhere", showed a guy climbing a ladder with one in his tool belt and the cord dangling behind.
• Cabinetry was similar to the kitchen cabinets in the house I grew up in that was built about 1954 - Plywood doors with roundover edges.
• Prices!  You could probably outfit a whole shop's power tools for the price of a Festool something.
• A journeyman carpenter's tool box had room for 6 hand saws (and no power tools)
• Storage box for a "station wagon."   Do they even make those any more?

I saw some chatter online that Lowe's has 10 oz Titebond III brown version on sale for 29 cents, normally $5.99.   Yikes.  I looked online at some stores I was near yesterday and they were all full price.  I even stopped in another Lowe's, then a  HD to see if they'd price match, but they don't appear to carry it or they've not had any in stock for a while.  Dang.  Not worth driving 50 miles to get some.  But you might check your local stores.

1 hour ago, kmealy said:

(at the instance of the Mrs.) I am going thru my giant collection of woodworking magazines.  I ran across some Deltagrams from the 50s and early 60s.   A few things caught my attention

• The model super shops were all fairly small and only had a Unisaw, jointer and band saw
• Most of the model shops were in the basements
• Most of the hand tools were on pegboard
• Usually the lady of the house was watching and admiring  the woodworker at work, with a smile and sometimes sitting on the basement steps
• No blade guards, not even sure they had them back then
• Table saws had virtually no outfeed behind the blade, just inches (see photo for example)
• One of the common tools was the Delta table saw-jointer combo.  Ran off one motor and I don't know enough about them to know if you had both running, just swapped a belt, or had to switch the motor about to get them to work.  My dad's friend and HS classmate had one of those that I saw once.  There's also one on FB Marketplace right now.
• Many of the woodworkers were smoking pipes and one of the projects was a pipe stand for a dozen pipes.
• "Portable tools" were advertised.  A contractor table saw.  A fancy new tool called a router.  A circular saw that could be used on site.  And an electric drill that would "go anywhere", showed a guy climbing a ladder with one in his tool belt and the cord dangling behind.
• Cabinetry was similar to the kitchen cabinets in the house I grew up in that was built about 1954 - Plywood doors with roundover edges.
• Prices!  You could probably outfit a whole shop's power tools for the price of a Festool something.
• A journeyman carpenter's tool box had room for 6 hand saws (and no power tools)
• Storage box for a "station wagon."   Do they even make those any more?

Think you left out one thing ok maybe two.

1. no safety glasses worn

2. always wearing a tie

https://www.yahoo.com/news/monkeys-escape-truck-crashes-pennsylvania-151730869.html

 

@lew why are you listed as prime suspect???

Keith, your description of a super shop in the 1950's and 1960's sounds like the perfect situation for a Shopsmith with a few SPTs. 

There was a saw/jointer combo marketed under the Craftsman name as well. I've seen 2-3 of them pop up around here for sale. Like you, I've not sre exactly what you did when switching from one to the other, I guess I always thought both machines were spinning when the motor was on.

42 minutes ago, Gunny said:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/monkeys-escape-truck-crashes-pennsylvania-151730869.html

 

@lew why are you listed as prime suspect???

Those poor things probably froze to death last night. Close to 0 up there. 

11 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

Keith, your description of a super shop in the 1950's and 1960's sounds like the perfect situation for a Shopsmith with a few SPTs. 

Yes, except "Deltagram" was published by Rockwell - Delta so they pushed their own tools.  20 cents an issue or $1 per year.   Later issues went up to 30 cents / $1.50.    Of course super big candy bars were a nickel, not $1 and gas was 20.9 cents a gallon.

 

 

18 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

There was a saw/jointer combo marketed under the Craftsman name as well. I've seen 2-3 of them pop up around here for sale. Like you, I've not sre exactly what you did when switching from one to the other, I guess I always thought both machines were spinning when the motor was on.

From this photo, it looks like one belt and one shaft for both.  But in looking around it says can be operated individually or together.  There are some manuals out there but either for purchase or need to install "their software" so I passed on that.  But then another point said there were two pulleys, one for the saw and one for the jointer, so ???

 

Edited January 22, 20224 yr by kmealy

I think I need to run out and buy this, "Like new, works good."    I wonder if the Vise-Grips are included?

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

There was a saw/jointer combo marketed under the Craftsman name as well. I've seen 2-3 of them pop up around here for sale. Like you, I've not sre exactly what you did when switching from one to the other, I guess I always thought both machines were spinning when the motor was on.

My first tablesaw was one of those saw/jointer combos, but darned if I can remember the name. The motor slid back and forth on a 1/2" steel rod; you swiveled the motor up, took the belt off the pulley, slid the motor over and put the other belt on the pulley. A whole 1/4 Hp! 8" saw blade. Still in use by the person I donated it to!

30 minutes ago, kmealy said:

I think I need to run out and buy this, "Like new, works good."    I wonder if the Vise-Grips are included?

 

OK I'm still working on this 'Quote' think.

 

Any ways I found a pair of wheels for my saw on eBay for cheap money

18 hours ago, Gunny said:

 

 

Thanks for that, might give @Grandpadave52 ideas to show pics of him in his kilt or something,,,  

Not a chance...not Scottish...German heritage...well and Kentuckian

Too weird of combo wearing a coonskin hat and lederhosen

Hmmm...Dungeon Shop HAS a Craftsman 8" Tablesaw...and I use a pair of Visegrips...handles are long gone, shafts are too chewed up for any other handles.  Not really a problem...

Didn’t get to spend much time in the shop this week due to work and other obligations but all that changed today and I was able to make some progress.  I don’t know where people are getting all these fancy white couplings they are using for their dust collection systems.  I have a bunch of stuff that all says it is 4” but none of it really is and getting it together and sealed is a proper trick.  Anyway here is phase 1 of the dust collection.

2 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Not a chance...not Scottish...German heritage...well and Kentuckian

Too weird of combo wearing a coonskin hat and lederhosen

 

@Grandpadave52  the corporate jet has CCTV, we have seen the videos of what happened on your last trip.

 

You are lucky @Ron Dudelston knew the guy in the tower and talked him out of writing a report of what he saw in the cockpit.

 

 

Michael, most of us that use PVC for DC duties stick to what might be called "thin wall" stock (technically it's ASTM D 2729, also called soil pipe, DWV, and a few other names). The fittings for that are available at most of the borgs, and they are somewhat cheap (without knowing what the supply chain stuff has done to the prices).

11 hours ago, StaticLV2 said:

getting it together and sealed is a proper trick.

Mine is still in my head, but I'm going to try some PVC tape.  I had some left from another application.  It looks a bit like electrical tape, and available in 10mm and 20mm, 2" wide.  None of the downsides of duct tape.  Last time I got it from the blue BORG for about $8.