Creeker's Weekend Accomplishments

30 Nov 2015

Good Morning Everyone,
I hope this finds each of you doing well. It's "still" raining here and I'm way past tired of all the rain. I guess it wouldn't do for me to live in Washington state.

No woodworking for me over the weekend just time with family and friends sharing good food, good times, and a bit of family football watching. Been really busy with stuff at work and the LOML is trying to talk me into exercising with her. I guess we'll see how this is going to go.

That's it for me, so what did YOU do this past Thanksgiving weekend?

Best of weeks to you all.!!

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Creeker's Weekend Accomplishments

Bodmann saw set

Hve just cleaned up a Bodmann saw set that has been waiting in the 'queue'. A boatbuilder mate has a similar tool and we are both in the dark re their use. An internet search has not turned up any wisdom, so any pearls from the forum would be most appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation.
Peter Widders
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Bodmann saw set

Blue Pine Bowl

12.5"x5.5" bowl from Ponderosa Pine. The blue stain was created by the tree as tried reacted to pine beetles that had invaded it. In the "old days" blue stained lumber was undesirable. Now-a-days, it is in high demand for it's beautiful character. I picked up a couple of rounds of this while hunting in eastern Oregon last year. This weekend, I final turned it and then applied minwax finish, followed by a buffing and waxing.

C&C welcomed.

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Blue Pine Bowl

One good thing about public television two week long fund raisers

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I can get a lot more done around this old house.

One good thing about public television two week long fund raisers

Replacement Arbor Bearings for a Grizzly G1023SL Table Saw

I suspect the arbor bearings have gone bad in my G1023SL. I was going to order them from Grizzly at $10.00 each or from Amazon for a little over $3.00 each (http://ift.tt/1l0SIuY).

Is there a better option than those two sources? I would rather spend a little more for an upgraded, higher quality part so that I don't have to tear the saw down again.

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Replacement Arbor Bearings for a Grizzly G1023SL Table Saw

Maple Burl Bowl

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This is a maple burl bowl 10 1/4" diameter x 3" high with a5/16" thick wall. Finish is danish oil buffed and polished

Maple Burl Bowl

Machine cut joints....imporantance of cleaning up with hand tools??

There is always a need to remove machining marks from wood components...saw blade scratches, planer/jointer knife marks, etc. How you do it is up to you. In some cases, using properly sharpened hand tools appropriate for the given job can provide a superior surface as compared to sanding, but subsequent finishing steps many or many not call out the benefit depending on choices that are made.

And since there is a learning curve to using hand tools (including the proper sharpening piece), unless one has the time to invest in that extra work, sanding may be the better choice at a given moment.

Relative to M&T, refining the fit with hand tools is a given...but while a snug fit is important, there's an advantage to an "imperfect surface" in the joint relative to glue-up. IMHO. Modern glues (PVA and it's variants) penetrate the wood for a strong joint once cured so a super slick surface might not be best for that initial penetration, especially on certain species of wood. What you actually want is "perfect shoulders" and what's inside is less critical if it fits properly.

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Machine cut joints....imporantance of cleaning up with hand tools??

The great vacuum versus DC for small tool use debate.

Playing with my new anemometer, I measured 95 mph on a 1.5" hose attached to my my dyson vacuum, and 120mph (I am guessing because it went off the scale, but at the rate it was climbing, I am guessing it would have hit 120mph) on the 1.5 hose attached to my DC. That means the vacuum was drawing 90cfm, and the DC about 115.

So, a DC should be at least as good as vacuum for small tools. Am I understanding this properly? Of course it would be using 4x the electricity to do it, but that's besides the point.

I also measured a 1" hose off my vacuum at 100mph or 50cfm, so a narrower hose restricts air movement by 50%. Who knew! I didn't test the DC on a narrower hose, since I couldn't have accurately measured it anyhow.

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The great vacuum versus DC for small tool use debate.

Looking for epoxy recommendations for filling some blind knot holes in reclaimed wood

I purchased a stand and made a top from reclaimed oak pallet boards. I would like to fill some blind knots, to keep them from filling up with stuff as we use the stand. We plan to put our Harbor Freight lathe on this stand, so the fill doesn't have to be perfect. I was hoping to find some epoxy at Menards, and I see they carry JB woodweld. Would this work? They also have several other epoxy types from loc-tite. Any recommendations or advise? The JB woodweld says it sets in 6 minutes, and reaches full cure in 1-3 hours. If the epoxy is chemically set, I'm guessing the thickness doesn't effect the cure time.

Justin

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Looking for epoxy recommendations for filling some blind knot holes in reclaimed wood

corner shop cabinet joinery

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I'm in the beginning stages of finally getting around to building some more permanent shop cabinets. The first is going to be a corner cabinet and I'm not quite sure how I join the sides to the face frame. I don't see pocket screws working. A spline? ?

corner shop cabinet joinery

Honing oils

So I am going back to natural stone for sharpening. I am not giving up entirely on my TOMZ Sharpener and in fact I like it a great deal. I just want to have a solid sharpening system for when I am away from power and for when I really have to repair an edge.

I use abrasive paper discs from Work Sharp on my TOMZ and its all good. I go from 400 to 1,000 to 3,000 to 6,000 grit. The discs wear quickly but they are not that expensive. I have been using slips to really repair edges and have decided to get full size stones that will comprise a complete Natural oil stone sharpening system. Plus 400 in paper does not seem to me to be anything like the equivalent of 200-400 grit in stone.

I have been able to come into some vintage bench stones and decided what the heck, I would go with those. I will be using a medium India, possibly a soft arkie, a vintage pike lily white and a vintage Norton hard translucent in instances when I am working through a grit progression. However I will take the lily white and leather with compound only when needing something when I am remote from the shop.

I am wondering though if folks think the contemporary honing oils are thinned down in one way or another to be the equivalent of a 50/50 oil and kerosene mix or if folks are mixing either mineral spirits or kerosene in with the oil to make the equivalent mix of the vintage oils.

Trying to compare 30 and 40 year ago experiences using natural stone with today's oils. Looking at and working with this generation of Norton honing oil, I certainly know it is not thinned with kerosene. Nor do I think it is as thin straight from the can as a 50/50 mix would be. In fact straight from the can, these oils seem a tad bit heavier than they should be even for use on contemporary oil stones. More concerned with not gumming up the works on the lily white than anything else and think it best to get as close to a vintage honing oil formula as I can get for use with that stone. By the same token if I end up with a mix I will likely use this mix on all the stones.

Are folks mixing for the most part especially with vintage stones or are folks more often just using contemporary honing oil straight from the can?

Thanks

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Honing oils

drilling hole jig for axles for toys?

I don't have long enough drill bits and a deep enough drill press to go through 3.5 inches of wood.

So... I'm planning on going with the peg/cap method. Gluing the axle in and a slightly larger hole in the wheel and let the wheel roll on the axle instead of gluing the wheel to the axle and letting the axle roll/move.

Is there a trick to drilling exact holes on each side of a block of wood?

I've been measuring my distance from the bottom and then in from each edge and go from there.

Any advice would be great. Thanks.

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drilling hole jig for axles for toys?

regitering as member

FYI
It took me 5 attempts to register. The security code was so difficult to read it kept rejecting me. Keep in mind that your just trying to block bots, not secure nuclear launch codes. Although I did manage to get in, I found the answer to my question elsewhere.

Thanks anyway

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Sweetheart Bedrock 605 Flat Side For Sale...

I have a great Sweetheart Flat Side Bedrock 605 for sale. It's in great condition, with very flat bottom and very 90* sides. This plane is clean and rust free. Knob and tote are in very good condition and blade has the Sweetheart logo showing well. $65 shipped in continental US. Paypal please.

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Sweetheart Bedrock 605 Flat Side For Sale...

Sometimes I Worry About Woodworkers

I had a couple of woodworking friends to the house a while back. On the counter is a Snoopy jar on a doghouse and in the jar are small dog biscuits shaped like bones. One of the woodworkers opened the jar, looked at the dog bones and proceeded to start snacking on them. The dogs looked perplexed and kept sitting at his feet. I then explained he was eating their treats. He didn't stop.

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Sometimes I Worry About Woodworkers

FS: STANLEY 45 combination plane with 11 cutters

Have for sale a #45 STANLEY combination plane (can rabbet,groove,dado, match, bead, slat and cut sash)..As STANLEY said then:
"7 planes in one"..Excellent condition (see pics) with 11 cutters included..Asking $95 +$12 shipping or $107 total..PayPal preferred. Local pickup in NW chicago suburbs ideal. PM me your thoughts. Thanks

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FS: STANLEY 45 combination plane with 11 cutters

Holiday Lights on Your House??

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Are any of you going to install holiday lights on your house? I am trying to figure out an easy way to install lights that doesn't involve shingles. Any ideas are appreciated. What kind of lights do you use? The old ones or new looking ones? Thanks.

Holiday Lights on Your House??

Millers Falls Miter Box - Instruction Manual Available

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Chris Schwarz posted a .pdf of the instruction manual for Millers Falls Langdon Miter box at: http://ift.tt/1XjXqFj Sure to be a help to someone. jtk

Millers Falls Miter Box - Instruction Manual Available

Upset With Amazon

I ordered a book hoping to get it before a certain date.

It is published in England so it was ordered from a vendor with "ships from Illinois" in the description.

Imagine my dismay when last week the shipping notice tells me it will be here in a few weeks as it is being shipped internationally.

I do not know if there is a way to discover these things before purchase since I do not buy through Amazon very often.

I guess my only recourse is to let my dissatisfaction be known through feedback.

jtk

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Upset With Amazon

Jury Duty?

Not sure of the specifics as to how it works in that part of the world. Here the clerk for each county maintains a list of eligible jurors (over 18, resident of the state for one year, and of the county six months, no conviction of a felony or treason, not excused due to age or infirmity).

As jurors are needed, they are then randomly selected. In some less populated areas they literally put each name on a piece of paper, put them in a box together and pick them out one at a time. In more urban areas the names are kept in a database and randomly selected using a computer algorithim. It is intended to be random, so in theory your name could simply never come up. There is also human error in the system, so if nobody updated the list with your name, you would not be selected.

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Jury Duty?