Doobie wrote:GTokley wrote:
Doobie wrote:
Tried carving years ago. I stunk at it myself.

That’s too bad. What type of carving did you try?

It was a fairly simply sign. It turned out awful.

One day I’ll get a CNC and I’ll do my sign making all I want. Which I can’t see as being a ton anyways.

What kind of signs are you looking to make? Do you…

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JimDaddyO wrote:Doobie wrote:
I’m gonna guess a Hammer A3 31 or 41 unit is what you’re thinking of Jim?

I am looking at a 12″ Scorpion with a helical head from CWI. Still, $4000 CDN is way out of my budget. Still waiting for that lottery winning…lol.

I have heard of Scorpion making band saws I didn’t know they made combo machine. I will have to…[Read more]

JimDaddyO wrote:GTokley wrote:
I saw a used 10 inch Rikon combo unit for 2000.00 on FB Marketplace

Yes, I saw that too. Maybe it was on another forum. The budget has to be there before I start looking. Right now there isn’t one…lol. Having to buy a new computer really put a dent in the money department.

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JimDaddyO wrote:GTokley wrote:
Do you plan on getting a bigger jointer in the future?

I have had a combination jointer/planer on my “lusting for” list for a while. First I need to run the electric to the shop, a new table saw is more of a priority. The combo unit I am looking at is about $3500+, so it is on the long range list, way down on the…

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Doobie wrote:GTokley wrote:
Boschmanbrian wrote:
Yes I’ve mentioned that last update , it is like the screen is wider than what my smartphone shows , I’ve learned to live with it , I just rotate my phone sideways

Ok. Yeah your right the screen is wider the the phone shows.

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JimDaddyO wrote:Sold my 4″ Rockwell jointer. Anything that narrow I have found it almost as fast to do it by hand. I wasn’t using it much. It took about 15 minutes to go on Facebook Marketplace.

That’s great you sold jointer that quick.

I haven’t sold too many items on Facebook Marketplace. I have bought a few items on there thou.

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JimDaddyO wrote:I actually got to spend a few hours in the shop today. I finished cutting tenons and chopping the mortices for the face frame. Finally back to work on the potato bin. It took the first hour to clean up and put things away.

Good day to be in the shop forsure. It looks like it got up to 12C here today.

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Boschmanbrian wrote:Yes I’ve mentioned that last update , it is like the screen is wider than what my smartphone shows , I’ve learned to live with it , I just rotate my phone sideways

Ok. Yeah your right the screen is wider the the phone shows.

I tried turning my phone sideways. The fourm screen did fit. But when I went to type the keyboard cov…[Read more]

I noticed today while replying to a post on my android phone. While I was typing the message some of the message was off the screen. I could hardly see the submit button to post the message. I am not sure what is causing this. Is anybody else having these issues.

JimDaddyO wrote:It came today. A lenovo W541 workstation. i7 4910 processor, 256 GB SSD, dedicated nvidia graphics card and upgraded it to 32 GB RAM. $850 or so with the tax. Refurbished is the way to go. A couple of generations out, but they run strong on everything I’ve thrown at them, including video editing, which takes a lot of power. They a…

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PI_Woodworker wrote:If you don’t want to make your own, I have found that George’s Club House wax at Woodcraft is a inexpensive and great Beeswax/Mineral oil finish. I use it all the time.

Thanks! I don’t think we have a Woodcraft up here. I do know we can get Clapman’s Salad Bowl finish up. I thought about giving it a try. I have saw it at our…[Read more]

It was a mild day here 3C. It nice to see the snow banks with sunny shining on them. Spring is just around the corner.

Boschmanbrian wrote:Nice Jim , are they the ones similar to what Peter Put up in his shop , I mean are they all in series or can you spread them out to the distance you want , or do they have a set amount of wire between them.

I don’t remember seeing where Peter posted that he put up led lights in his shop. Unless the post disappeared before I saw.

rerun_1965 wrote:I received my box from Bosch today! Thanks BTP and Bosch

got my LBoxx 2 I do like them boxs

Congrats on getting a box!

I have been eating oatmeal with yogurt and beeries for breakfast lately. I really like it.

Doobie wrote:Tried carving years ago. I stunk at it myself.

That’s too bad. What type of carving did you try?

JimDaddyO wrote:Downloading, installing and configuring things on my new laptop. I then plugged into my external HDD and found all the security permissions were linked to the old laptop. So, it took a couple hours to figure that out. Then I found out that was only partially successful and I couldn’t access any of my video footage. Which is t…

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Boschmanbrian wrote:After working outside this morning moving and placing my tanks in the cooler weather , nothing nicer than a warm beef and barely soup to warm up

Your right a bowl of warm soup hits the spot on a cold day. Looks pretty good.

JimDaddyO wrote:

GTokley wrote:
I made a cutting board last week using Ash & Cherry wood with a mineral oil beeswax finish.

What a classic combination of woods. Love it.

Thanks Jim! It was planned this way. I was planning using maple with the cherry. I didn’t have any maple.

@boschmanbrian

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Doobie wrote:I had points knocked off today for a request I sent a few days before Christmas. I sent a nudge mid Jan, but was kinda forgetting about it otherwise. No email confirmation yet though. Gotta be patient a bit longer.

That’s great to hear! Shouldn’t be long now before a box arrives.

I thought about getting 12V jigsaw or 12V recip saw.