Hilel Salomon
10-11-2008, 5:10 PM
Tired, dizzy and worn out from the "honeydo's" I did have things cheer me up.
Suddenly the doorbell was ringing and the mailperson here brought five packages. The most impressive and satisfying were those carrying Randy's hollowing system plus his set of handles. Randy is one fantastic person. Everything in his system screams QUALITY. Now to apply this limited talent to an obviously great system. I might also add-for the budget conscious turners- that I got the Sherrill hollowing tools as well, and they look to be well worth the very low price he has on them. In the mail, was a 3M PAP system I got on Ebay, and some byrd carbide inserts I got in my efforts to make a roughing tool similar to the ciI. Having already bought the CiI tool and the Eliminator, I wanted some duplicates so I wouldn't have to drag them from Columbia to VA. I may not be using the "eliminator" correctly, but so far, I've had limited success with it. I really have benefited from the CiI. When you can't round out a blank on the bandsaw, the tool takes 90% of the work away. As for the respirator, I got concerned that my trend airshield won't always protect me from the really tiny dust, and decided that when I was working with noxious woods, I'd use a more thorough filtering system.
Anyway, I thought I'd share this with all of you.
Now to the single malt!!!
Hilel.
Suddenly the doorbell was ringing and the mailperson here brought five packages. The most impressive and satisfying were those carrying Randy's hollowing system plus his set of handles. Randy is one fantastic person. Everything in his system screams QUALITY. Now to apply this limited talent to an obviously great system. I might also add-for the budget conscious turners- that I got the Sherrill hollowing tools as well, and they look to be well worth the very low price he has on them. In the mail, was a 3M PAP system I got on Ebay, and some byrd carbide inserts I got in my efforts to make a roughing tool similar to the ciI. Having already bought the CiI tool and the Eliminator, I wanted some duplicates so I wouldn't have to drag them from Columbia to VA. I may not be using the "eliminator" correctly, but so far, I've had limited success with it. I really have benefited from the CiI. When you can't round out a blank on the bandsaw, the tool takes 90% of the work away. As for the respirator, I got concerned that my trend airshield won't always protect me from the really tiny dust, and decided that when I was working with noxious woods, I'd use a more thorough filtering system.
Anyway, I thought I'd share this with all of you.
Now to the single malt!!!
Hilel.