Weekend Accomplishments.

[Dennis Peacock]

Well....another weekend has come and gone.

Spent a lot of time in the shop this weekend. Worked on turning freedom pens as well as working on Adirondack chairs and learned that I can flatten a water stone by rubbing two stones together. Works good.!

Not much else to say at this time, but I am interested in knowing what YOU did this past weekend.

Best of Weeks......

[John Miliunas]

Friday & Saturday, spent a fair amount of time helping LOML on our daughter's room renovation. (Man, it's PITA to do stuff on the walls *after* the furniture is in there!) Got the new Freud Dial Dado, so took it for a test drive on Sat. I did have to switch the configuration around, as it comes setup for a right-tilt saw. Well thought out design and execution. Works well, though I haven't put it through all the paces yet. Might be able to do that tonight/tomorrow, because I have some odd-sized dado's to run. Sunday was great. A friend from work showed up and I helped him work on a bass guitar (solid body), which he's trying to strip down and clean up/finish for use as a display in his new house. Sat. afternoon, my buddy Frank showed up with a Schmidthouse full of Black Locust (see gloat in other thread). Got a little more work done on some real simple shelves for daughter's room and chucked up a piece of the Locust and roughed out Bowl 1 from it. Soaking in LDD right now. Good weekend except for finding out we've got a leak in one part of the roof. :mad: Have a great week, all! :cool:

[Kurt Aebi]

Finally was warm here in the North Country - All the way up in th e50's (Heatwave!!).
Finished the box joints on the maple for a stacking jewelry box for my niece's graduation present. Cut out the spalted maplr for the top and decorative knob and milled the cherry for the beveled edge of the top and liners for the box. With a natural finish, the Maple, Cherry & Spalted Maple should present a nice contrasting finish. I'll post pictures when complete.

Finished cutting to size all the Maple veneer plywood required for a Book Case for my father-in-law. I have to make the face frame for the front out of solid maple now.

Found some purple-heart poplar at the local home depot - not sure what I'll make from it, but they had it, so I had to get it. 3/4" x 6" x 6' and pretty much all purple - should be nice for something. Also picked up some that is mixed with the greens and whites you always find in poplar.

Found some nicely figured maple boards as well and of course - they followed me home.

Tore down my stacked & stickered pile of poplar, check moisture content, sorted and restacked - now that the snow is down enough to make it out to the stack. (Lesson learned - snowblow around the stack next winter - to allow access to the pile as well as air flow through it.)

Have a Great Week!

[Scott Coffelt]

* Finished Maple and Walnut bed.
* Looked at some more lots for our potential new homestead.
* Looked at model homes.
* Extremely lazy yesterday, just basically hung out and played with my son and caught some sports on TV.
* Finished a little work that needed to be done.

So, not much.

[Bill Karow]

I had lots on my list, too much to get to.

I built a new upper bag mount for my Delta dust collector out of 1" conduit and a stack of small plywood chunks. It replaces the original bag hanger mount, sticking farther out than the original to hold the conduit which suspends the new oversize American Fabric Filter bag. Also cut some replacement covers out of 1/2" baltic birch ply for the impeller fan/Y connector area thanks to some advice here.

Got all the drawer pieces for my workshop hutch dadoed, and I built a stand for my new Leigh dovetail jig and practiced a bit with it. Next step is to dovetail the fronts and sides to finish those drawers.

No wiring, guess that'll be an after-work project this week.

Hope everybody had a great weekend!
Bill

[Stefan Antwarg]

I have been working on the turned trivets in a recent issue of wood. I learned the hard way that when you are reducing the diameter of a disc on the lathe, you have to remove only 1/2 of the the amount needed. Looks like a neat project, but I have been spending a lot of time making the jigs. Trivets should be quick once the jigs are made.

Stefan

[Jack Diemer]

Mowed the lawn, cut all the MDF for my daughter doll house book shelf, and began to Dizzyfy my router fence.

[Tyler Howell]

Mowed the lawn, cut all the MDF for my daughter doll house book shelf, and began to Dizzyfy my router fence.
Jack,
What is Dizzyfy a router fence??

[Jim Becker]

It was a good woodworking weekend, although I would have liked to spend more time in the shop. Due to business travel to NYC on Friday, I didn't get out there Friday night at all. Saturday was spent working on the LCD tv stand as detailed in another thread with a nice dinner at home with LOML and "DVD night" featuring Waking Ned Devine.

Sunday, we went to the Home Show in Ft Washington to check out what's new and scope out prospective vendors for our bay window replacement in the kitchen eating area. We only bought some (very yummy) NE Clam Chowder, however...so far. The rest of Sunday was spent in the shop completing the tv stand and doing our tax return while watching the Oscar's on another part of my monitor screen.

This week I hope to get all the sanding done on the tv stand so I can start finishing it next weekend.

[Jack Diemer]

http://home.pacbell.net/jdismuk/routertable_5.html

Scoll down to see how he added the white stuff to the fence. I love the dust collection that has no hoses. I'll post pictures when I am done, but mine will look very much like his.

[Jim Becker]

Scoll down to see how he added the white stuff to the fence. I love the dust collection that has no hoses. I'll post pictures when I am done, but mine will look very much like his.

I did my fence the same way (although mine's not an Incra) and it works great. No hoses are a nice thing.

[Dick Parr]

I spent a good part of Saturday up at Woodcrafters getting the stuff I needed to start turning pens and bottle stoppers. :D

Sunday it took me all day washing down the new camper, getting it ready for our first camping trip at the end of the month. :p That is too much like work, but at least it was sunny all day. :cool:

[Tyler Howell]

http://home.pacbell.net/jdismuk/routertable_5.html

Scoll down to see how he added the white stuff to the fence. I love the dust collection that has no hoses. I'll post pictures when I am done, but mine will look very much like his.
Jack

Dizzy's a pretty interesting guy. Doesn't mince words.
TX

[Rob Littleton]

Had a buddy come by who wants to start wood working. I showed him the pens and then I lost my lathe.

He loves it.........

He works for a local plastics reseller and we were practicing with different materials and colors. Some really neat pens. pics to follow.

In between cleaning all that plastic up, I had to do a few minor fixes around the house for the sell. Amazing how things start to screw up after you get an offer. The faucet tonight. The guttering yesterday. Just need to get out of here pretty soon. Been thinking how the heck I am going to life my Uni saw and other heavy tools, 4 ffet up to the back of the trailer for moving. Might have to get me some spinach.......OK, maybe a fork life or a ramp.....Mr Becker, would you be stopping by this way soon with your tractor :-). Oh well, back to the spinach idea

Come to find out there is no shop time tonight :-( as I have to do the paperwork thing. I hate that......ho hum. life goes on.....

stay safe

[Jack Diemer]

Jack

Dizzy's a pretty interesting guy. Doesn't mince words.
TX

He's pretty sharp when it comes to woodworking and metalworking. I don't mind people who call things like they see them, its those quiet people you have to look out for. :-)

[Tyler Howell]

Great weekend plenty of shop time. Mostly preventive maintenance (PMs) and upgrades.;)I’ve got this Bi Polar thing about my table saw one day I’m adding something to it and the next I’m dragging it out for the trash man and bad mouthing it here on SMC. Kind of love hate. This weekend we were best of friends. I installed Chris Padilla’s Magnetic Switch on the saw. Added an auto start for the Jet DC, and a remote emergency stop all from recycled or spare parts. The DC can be start/stopped independently for other devices. Thanks Chris.

I also installed the riser block for my Jet 14” BS and added Carter Guides. (I’m going to miss those fine veneer adjustments from the old Jet guides).Speaking of which I’ve got all these great cool parts left over. Has anyone devised a use for these (did I mention I am the love child Jury Rig and Rube Goldberg). I was thinking maybe a fine tune adjust for the Bies fence or veneer for the router lift. Send your suggestions on a $20 bill to MN and we will contact you if win.Thanks for stopping bye.

[Jim Becker]

Send your suggestions on a $20 bill to MN and we will contact you if win.

What...are you related to "Click and Clack", the Car Talk guys?

[Tyler Howell]

What...are you related to "Click and Clack", the Car Talk guys?

I tune them in every Sat. They have given me a lot of good ideas, some bad ones too!

[Chris Padilla]

Tyler,

I'm glad the switch worked out for you. My loss is your gain and so that definately takes the financial loss out of the equation! :) I'm sure you'll return the favor someday...right, ole buddy, ole pal???

:D

[Mark Stutz]

Jim,
Great choice on the movie! I still chuckle when I think about it!

Mark

[Steve King]

Well I had a good weekend, played golf Friday-Saturday and made some beer money! After the rain Sunday morning I was able to finish the shed that now will store all the lawn and garden equipment. With all that out of the garage, I now need to design a storage cabinet, router, miter and radial arm saw station that will be 17’ long.
Steve

PS. Any help on design would be appreciated.

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[Jim Becker]

Great choice on the movie! I still chuckle when I think about it!

The movie was great and the characters interesting. Only the ending was a little bit of a let-down...some things resolved too quickly; somethings just disappeared. The really important fact that the girl reveals at the end can too easily get missed, too! But all in all, it was a good film.

[John Miliunas]

Tyler, as long as you're into modifying/improving equipment, try this one on your BS. Man, what a world of difference it made on mine. ('Course, then I went and sold it and got that little Laguna in its place :D !) I also put a piece of that magnetic vent cover material at the top of the lower wheel cover (near the riser) and that helped suction out a whole lot. :cool:

[Don Henthorn Smithville, TX]

Spent the week end demonstrating caning at the Texas Independence Day celebration at the Star of Texas Museum near Wshington, Texas. Good crowd this year after several off years caused by extensive construction by the Texas Parks department. I had a ball. People like to watch me cane and I also play the saw on request.

[Dale Thompson]

Hi folks,
I didn't have much of a chance to waste any wood this weekend. I bought the LOML a new snowmobile. She has NO idea what is under that hood. The speedo maxs at 120 mph and that is about the capability of that thing. Next winter, our first grandson will be about 15 months old. What a thrill that he can see grandma doing snowmobile "wheelies" and set a great example for his future.

On the other hand, he will not exactly see a great "role model" when he watches me mess up wood in my shop.

I've got a hunch that he will spend a lot of time witrh his "other" grandparents. They are "normal" people. Well--maybe not as funny, though! :o

On the positive side, I put the finishing touches on that "scrapbooking cabinet" that I posted a while back. All I've got left is the crown molding on the top. I like to be precise, so I'll say that that stuff should take me anywhere from twenty minutes to two years. Such is science. :confused:

Dale T.

[Tyler Howell]

[QUOTE=Chris Padilla]Tyler,

I'm glad the switch worked out for you. My loss is your gain and so that definately takes the financial loss out of the equation! :) I'm sure you'll return the favor someday...right, ole buddy, ole pal???

:D

Yes ChrIs I'm your Pal. I see the check cleared I hope you can rest easy now.

[Tyler Howell]

Tyler, as long as you're into modifying/improving equipment, try this one on your BS. Man, what a world of difference it made on mine. ('Course, then I went and sold it and got that little Laguna in its place :D !) I also put a piece of that magnetic vent cover material at the top of the lower wheel cover (near the riser) and that helped suction out a whole lot. :cool:
Thanks John,
I can do that! I was looking at Jim B.s mod too.

[Dennis Peacock]

Great weekend plenty of shop time. Mostly preventive maintenance (PMs) and upgrades.;)I’ve got this Bi Polar thing about my table saw one day I’m adding something to it and the next I’m dragging it out for the trash man and bad mouthing it here on SMC. Kind of love hate. This weekend we were best of friends. I installed Chris Padilla’s Magnetic Switch on the saw. Added an auto start for the Jet DC, and a remote emergency stop all from recycled or spare parts. The DC can be start/stopped independently for other devices. Thanks Chris.


Wow Tyler....you REALLY do have tools AND a shop.!!! :D I'm impressed.!!

[Joe Bourbois]

Tyler, as long as you're into modifying/improving equipment, try this one on your BS. Man, what a world of difference it made on mine. ('Course, then I went and sold it and got that little Laguna in its place :D !) I also put a piece of that magnetic vent cover material at the top of the lower wheel cover (near the riser) and that helped suction out a whole lot. :cool:

John, where'd you get that fitting? and is the hole in the door where the fitting is attached fully open or did you leave some material behind for structure? Looks like a nice mod (not as nice as moving up the Laguna HD though!).

[Dick Parr]

Quote: "(Wow Tyler....you REALLY do have tools AND a shop.!!! I'm impressed.!!)"

Dennis you took the words right out of my mouth! :D The only thing left to say is that I'm glad to see he also has a camera. All this time I thought the reason he wanted to see everyone else's pictures was because he didn't have a camera. :p

Way to go Tyler! :D

[Tyler Howell]

[QUOTE=Dick Parr]Quote: "(Wow Tyler....you REALLY do have tools AND a shop.!!! I'm impressed.!!)"

Dennis you took the words right out of my mouth! :D The only thing left to say is that I'm glad to see he also has a camera. All this time I thought the reason he wanted to see everyone else's pictures was because he didn't have a camera. :p

Yes Guys, I do have a camara and until I started wading in the Creek I thought I had some tools. Boy was I wrong.:(
I'm just the shy reserved type. :o

[John Miliunas]

John, where'd you get that fitting? and is the hole in the door where the fitting is attached fully open or did you leave some material behind for structure? Looks like a nice mod (not as nice as moving up the Laguna HD though!).

Joe, the fitting is a standard port I picked up at Woodcraft. I liked it because it is angled, thus providing two advantages: 1) It helps the flow of air a bit better, while skewing the hose away from where I would stand. (Instead of a straight 90*degree) 2) The angle extends right through the base of the port, hence you actually end up with a hole that is larger in area than 4", providing maximum volume.

To do it, I simply traced the hole pattern on some paper and transferred it to the door. One hole drilled out then jigsaw the rest out with a metal-cutting blade. (I did tape off the whole area, so as not to scratch the paint with the saw's base.) Match the hole up with the port, pop four holes in then used some silicone sealer before planting it on the door. Short screws with locknuts on the backside and the lopped off whatever excess of the bolt there was, to be sure it didn't interfere with the wheel. In all, about a 30 min. mod, even for "all thumbs" over here! :rolleyes: IMHO, fantastic results! Not seen in the picture is a zero-clearance insert for the blade, with a bunch of holes drilled in it, as well. You can easily feel the suction through those, too! Quite frankly, I think it did a better job of dust collecting than my Laguna! :cool: