Todays shop time.

[4570Man]

I helped my brother turn a bowl today. I’m not a huge fan of carbide tools, I can get a much better finish with HSS tools but the carbide scraper sure does rough out a bowl fast. And the last picture is some stuff I made a couple years ago.

 

[dragoneggs]

A relative novice speaking here, but I'm becoming more a fan of carbide edges. Yeah I use and sharpen HSS gouges frequently, and remove a lot of material with them, but the little carbide inserts have yet to fail me for intricate work or for hybrid material turning.

 

[kevinwak]

Should've done this mod a while ago. Added a Wixey Digital Readout to my planer. Wow! Now I can dial it in to .005in accuracy in a jiffy. Always hard to go back and make additional boards at the same thickness without a lot of fussing using a tape measure or rule on the machine.

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Thinking I might 'need' one for my table saw as well. :cool2:

That is pretty cool! Was it just a lot you added on? I would love that on my planers!

 

[Reb954]

Simple project compared to some of the other projects I see done on here. I needed some rollers for a transfer chair. I took the chair apart a couple years ago and couldn't find the original ones so I made some new ones. But, I did find the skiving tool I used 25 to 30 years ago to make the original ones so that saved me some time.



It took 2-1/2 hrs to do the layout, figure out the process and finish the first one, then 45 minutes to make the other 3. No tight tolerances (+/-.005) were needed on these so it was pretty quick to do. Naturally, I made these last Saturday afternoon and found the others Sunday morning. Oh well, it was good practice. Skiving tools are a great way to cut in special shapes when needed.

 

[ptsg]

Very nice and clever way of cutting a radius! :thumbsup:

 

[dragoneggs]

Maintenance time this evening. Getting tired of my parallel clamps hanging up because of the glue residue on the slide rails. Finally decided to deal with the worst offenders.

A chisel (that isn't my best), some Acetone, a wire brush, beeswax, paste wax, spray lubricant, and some elbow grease. I disassembled and clamped the clamp bar and got on it. Cleaned up and waxed the rails and the acme threads in the heads and re-assembled.



Wow... now these slide better than new... no kidding. Takes about 10min per clamp and SO worth it!

 

[Big Barn]

Maintenance time this evening. Getting tired of my parallel clamps hanging up because of the glue residue on the slide rails. Finally decided to deal with the worst offenders.

A chisel (that isn't my best), some Acetone, a wire brush, beeswax, paste wax, spray lubricant, and some elbow grease. I disassembled and clamped the clamp bar and got on it. Cleaned up and waxed the rails and the acme threads in the heads and re-assembled.

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Wow... now these slide better than new... no kidding. Takes about 10min per clamp and SO worth it!

That’s MY kind of day.

 

[bigtiller]

I need to get some wax on mine. It's one of those things that get put off until I need a clamp and then I fool around trying to keep wax paper it place. Talk about frustrating.

 

[dragoneggs]

I need to get some wax on mine. It's one of those things that get put off until I need a clamp and then I fool around trying to keep wax paper it place. Talk about frustrating.

Yep I gave up using wax paper. I just try to wipe drips when I see them during clamping. Tearing them down and cleaning isn’t too bad once you get motivated. Sure is a sweet feeling once you are done.

 

[4570Man]

I started putting a piece of painters tape across the bar. It’s quick and low hassle.