Ron Altier
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I had an entry not long ago about my Porter Cable 20 volt drill chuck was slipping and one of my two batteries would not hold a charge very long. I ordered a new Ryobi 18 volt drill with a half inch chuck. After I ordered the new drill, I found the video of how to lock your chuck. I didn't know that!! I got out my new Ryobi and started using it. Right away I didn't like how it fit my hand, the pistol grip was too large in dia. Next was the speeds. The lower one is fine, but the high speed is to slow at its highest rpm, compared to my Porter Cable. These drills are used for many other beside
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I can build a squirrel free bird feeder.
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My drill chucks are causing me problems by coming loose. I may be one of the few that didn't know this.
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I can build a squirrel free bird feeder.
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Thanks, I may give it a try
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My wife bought one of those bird feeder cages with suet inside. She want me to hang it in the tree. I told her the squirrels would empty it out in short order. She asked if I could fix it so that wouldn't happen. I said "sure" I had a 4 foot piece of three quarter angle iron, which I drove in the ground 5". Next I installed a 5' section of half inch slick PVC pipe in the top of the angle iron. At the top of the pipe I put the feeder cage. The very next day I watched as a squirrel climbed up the angle iron and proceeded up the PVC pipe like it was a ladder. So I got out my secret weapon, Tefl
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LOVE it!
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MWTCA April 2021 'What's It' Project (374)
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My thoughts exactly!! If I like them,,,,,,I know where she keeps them now. When she shops the craft stores, she can always buy more. That works for me
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My wife heard me complaining and said "Try one of these" and suggested I keep it in a pocket attached to my cell phone. She uses them with her sewing and crafts and likes them a lot. Its a 0.07 mm.HB #2. So far I like it and it fits nicely in a pocket attached to my phone...........if I remember to put it there.
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Pencils worth using
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Pencils worth using
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Pencils worth using
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I have had bad luck with pencils. I like the ole wooden pencils to mark my wood with. Nearly all I have purchased have faulty graphite that breaks easily or the outer wooden/artificial substance falls apart. There are a lot of my pencils located around my shop in unusual places. That is where they landed when I threw them when they failed. The flat carpenters pencils are too large for my liking. How about a recommendation for quality pencils. The ones at HD (for wood marking) are predictably awful . I don't like the mechanical, not because of cost, but they mysteriously hide shortly after purc
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Postal, you are either a tall guy or the saw is sitting very low. I'd have to have it at a height that was convenient and not back bending.............by the way.......HAVE FUN!!
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WHO the heck needs a beading tool?? I mean come on....
Ron Altier replied to AndrewB's topic in Wood Turners
I do have a beading tool, got it and didn't know what it was. I went to a garage sale and found 8 tools for $10. Some looked like turning tools and others I had no ideal. One of the guys here on PW told me that I had several carving tools and a couple of beading tools that were also good for carving. I have used them in the past and they do OK. I haven't used them much at all since carbide tools came out. "ONE OF THESE DAYS"...........I had forgotten about them, Now I intend to try again. -
Yes and I've regretted it ever since.
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I had pieces left over from the first box. Not all were long enough to make another box. Then I thought "what if". What if I glued the smaller left over pieces together end to end. That would make enough to make another box. The joints wouldn't show if I turned a groove and burnt in a line on top of the joints. It took planning, but it worked.
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Milwaukee fanatics
Ron Altier replied to kmealy's topic in Machinery, Tools, Research, Reviews and Safety
Wow, that was an eye opener. Very few original manufacturers still in business on their own. -
John Morris wrote an excellent bio on Easy wood carbide turning tools. I was surprised to find out they invented them. Its a good read. II hope I found the proper link for his story.
