Time for some levity

With all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.

Forget 'Baby on board'

I need a bumper sticker that says 'Nobody on board'. Tesla has opened up the 'self driving' app on newer Tesla's for a free 30 day trial. It is factory installed on all of them, they just don't turn it on unless you pay, which we didn't. All of a sudden there is an octogenarian who cannot...

Are they building standalone car washes like crazy in your area too?

They are going crazy building standalone car washes in my area. I know of at least three currently under construction nearby, and a few others that recently opened. Car washes are going up all over the Minneapolis metro area. There will easily be three times as many standalone car washes once...

Spindle gouge bevel angle?

I have a 1/2" sorby detail gouge that I have ground at 40° (also removed the heel) and it works ok now that I moved away from the jigs and started sharpening by hand... but it's still just an ok tool. I now have a d-way detail spindle gouge (1/2") on the way and was thinking about trying a 25°...

Creating an aged maple finish

This is a follow up to an earlier post about how to create an aged maple finish on a table I'm making of maple and mahogany. Based on the input I got in that post I tried several approaches. - Waterlox OSF by itself does a pretty good job of giving maple an aged look. The think I didn't like...

Hot water sulfur smell solutions

My cottage is on well water. Several years ago we started with the dreaded sulfur smell, hot water only. I had a plumber replace the anode. Smell came back eventually. I found the model of the anode he installed and see that is just aluminum. Seems like the one I need is aluminum/zinc? Has...

Bandsaw Guides :Rotating ceramic

I have been puzzled by the idea of ceramics being used for machine parts ever since the kids wanted ceramic bearings for their skateboards. Ceramics are

Time for some levity

Saw Purge - Cleaned - Anybody want a saw?

Eric, The saw arrived ready to go and I already put it to work Many thanks - Paul

Bandsaw Guides :Rotating ceramic

I don't think ceramics rotating at high speed would be very feasible, in my mind. I think maybe what you are looking to find out about may not exist.

aluminum or steel?

Richard, again, you want to call them "geared or equalizer slides" but in fact they use a form of rack and pinion as I showed in the illustration.