Alan Turner
05-17-2004, 4:17 PM
Last weekend, the new, old tools arrived. A Griggio slot mortiser, a PM 1441 14" BS, and a PM Mod. 26 shaper. Pix are attached. This weekend I was trying to really “own” the tools by using them in learning situations.
Was just getting to know the Griggio when I fried the motor. Today, took it to a motor shop, only to learn that it is a “metric” motor, which means that the price is double what it should be, but the good American motors will not fit the case or mounting. So, looks like a $200 motor will be closer to $500. Oh well, it is a great machine. The PM 141 is a terrific scroller. It now has a 1/8" blade on it, and it cuts quite well. And, it even has pretty good dust collection, just off of my Fein shopvac. This is my first shaper, so will go slow. I know that it is a finger eater. I have been given a 1/8 hp. powerfeeder, but suspect it is too small to be useful.
Right now I am cutting some East Indian Rosewood handles for the new shop drawers (13 of them) since there was major reworking to do to shoehorn in the three new stationary tools. In fact, I was building Paduak doors for a couple of wall cabinets which hold finishing supplies when the Griggio fried. I thought I would practice with the new tools on shop storage stuff, instead of learning on work that would be going out the door. The wood was part of the deal on my purchase of the contents of a shop from an estate, and the wood for the shop storage is "just" scraps.
Thanks for looking.
Alan
Was just getting to know the Griggio when I fried the motor. Today, took it to a motor shop, only to learn that it is a “metric” motor, which means that the price is double what it should be, but the good American motors will not fit the case or mounting. So, looks like a $200 motor will be closer to $500. Oh well, it is a great machine. The PM 141 is a terrific scroller. It now has a 1/8" blade on it, and it cuts quite well. And, it even has pretty good dust collection, just off of my Fein shopvac. This is my first shaper, so will go slow. I know that it is a finger eater. I have been given a 1/8 hp. powerfeeder, but suspect it is too small to be useful.
Right now I am cutting some East Indian Rosewood handles for the new shop drawers (13 of them) since there was major reworking to do to shoehorn in the three new stationary tools. In fact, I was building Paduak doors for a couple of wall cabinets which hold finishing supplies when the Griggio fried. I thought I would practice with the new tools on shop storage stuff, instead of learning on work that would be going out the door. The wood was part of the deal on my purchase of the contents of a shop from an estate, and the wood for the shop storage is "just" scraps.
Thanks for looking.
Alan