Fair Warning to all ...

[Dave Zellers]

Don’t let anyone tell you it costs $6 to join the Creek.


For me anyway, this forum is expensive! After reading about it for a couple years now, I dropped my guard and walked into and then out of the orange store with an orange box labeled ‘Ridgid Oscillating Edge Belt / Spindle Sander’. Now it’s all about them curves, ‘bout them curves, no trouble. Two hundred Creeker bucks. Of course I don’t make my rare trip to the orange store without taking asile by asile inventory so another thirty nine Creeker bucks went to a set of Husky ratchet crescent wrenches.


Then of course since I find my brass setup blocks so useful, I get sucked into the "Brass Setup Blocks?” thread and it’s not long before I learn about Lee Valley’s aluminum setup blocks available all the way from 1/32” to 3/4”, which I have to have because of all the times I need to set my router to precisely 13/32” and then adjust it to 15/32”. Say good bye to sixty something more buckaroos. At least I acted before the Woodpeckers picture showed up.


Actually, I WILL make good use of these newbies in my shop and I’m grateful to know about them. But it would be better for my bottom line if people would stop talking about the Super Max 19-38 drum sander ...

[Brian Hale]

Wait till you try a well tuned hand plane, now there's a slippery slop



Enjoy the ride!

[Frederick Skelly]

Yup. Been there. Done that. I feel your pain.

Dont start looking at old hand planes or it will get even worse. DAMHIKT!

Fred

Edit: Brian and I mustve been reading each others' mind!

[Scott Cenicola]

I think I'm most suprised about the Meghan Trainor reference. You don't see that every day here on the creek!

[Alden Miller]

Rather than blaming the creek, the first step is to admit that you have a problem.

I've done it, "Hi, my name is Alden I am a tool addict". :)

-Alden

[Kyle Iwamoto]

Hi Alden!

I'm a tool addict too. I collect hand planes. I've heard that there is actually a use for them.

I've been thinking about that Rigid sander too. It's been a long time since I seen it on slae.

[Craig Behnke]

don't worry about spending $ on tools, if you get one that doesn't work out for you, do a catch and release by selling it in the creek classifieds or on c-list and now you have $ to buy another tool. problem solved,...you can thank me later.

i tend to do that...buy a tool I think might help me, see if it works for me and my process, if it doesn't then it gets sold.

p.s. i take no responsibility for marital issues that may arise from this pattern of behavior.

[Dave Zellers]

I think I'm most suprised about the Meghan Trainor reference. You don't see that every day here on the creek!
:)Local girl makes good.

[Dave Zellers]

Rather than blaming the creek, the first step is to admit that you have a problem.

I've done it, "Hi, my name is Alden I am a tool addict". :)

-Alden
Last night when I was looking at more sleeves for the sander my wife saw them on my screen and the conversation went like this.
"Are you buying more tools?"
"I'm always buying more tools."
"At some point you need to realize maybe you have enough. "
I changed the subject.


So to get back on point, where do you guys buy your sleeves?:D

[Kent A Bathurst]

You will be assimilated.

Resistance is futile.

[lowell holmes]

I believe that he who has the most tools when he passes on, WINS!!

[glenn bradley]

Save your Creeker Bucks! Avoid hand tools or (especially) turning. Buying a lathe is like buying a boat; the initial purchase is just the cost of admission.

My pre-apologies to all our wonderful spinny folks ;-))

[Dave Zellers]

About 2 years ago I wanted a lathe sooooooo bad.

But I had my men tie me to the mast and I'm now safely through those waters.

Now I want a drum sander.

[Erich Larson]

Don't feel bad about it. Recent anthropological studies have come to the conclusion that the first use of language was to talk about tools and tool making.

http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2015/01/human-language-may-have-evolved-help-our-ancestors-make-tools

[Mike Heidrick]

90% of the members here never go to the sign (aka laser or worse dye sub boys) or the cnc forums with any regularity. Those folks are all safe.


I buy my sanding sleeves from Econ abrasives site. Search Abrasive Spindle Sander Sleeves/Tubes on that site.

[Dave Zellers]

Very good site- thanks. Bookmarked.

[Frederick Skelly]

Very good site- thanks. Bookmarked.

+1. Thanks!

[Jim Andrew]

Think you have a point. This site is where I learned about cyclone dust systems, Minimax, and Hammer. And lots of other machines and tools.

[Ron Brese]

Sometimes being an antagonist is fun, (grin)

Ron
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[Alden Miller]

Grrrrrrrrrr! That plane is beautiful!

-Alden

[Dan Clark]

Oooooh... Really feeelthy tool porn!!! Primo stuff! :D

And wait until you handle some other excellent stuff from companies like Lie Nielsen and Veritas (excellent hand tools), Sawstop, Festool, and Laguna. Very tasty.

Dan.

P.s. I just got one of those Ridgid sanders and like it a lot. It may not be as good as some others, but it does not cost two to ten times as much, and weigh upwards of 500 lbs and take lots of floor space (mine sits on a shelf when not in use). Excellent sander for the money.