So I have a piece of 6 inch PVC left over from my large dust collection lines and I have started to make a better small steam box, a have modified a piece of exhaust steel pipe to bridge between the electric tea kettle and the “box”.

I attempted to steam a piece of shop cut veneer in a bag for a lamp shade, and I decided I need a steam box and a better form.

I cannot stop into Princess Auto (think Harbor Freight) without checking out the surplus etc. and buying a tool or something – even a small one – so a quick coupler splitter and some small spring clamps later (hopefully for use in my veneer shade …).

This is not so much a tool rant ( unless you ask my wife) but I had to replace the hinge on the front load clothes washer on the weekend – basically $200 Canadian for the hinge and I had to tap the holes for the 4 screws in the door for it – or use new thread cutting screws – ridiculous. At least I had the tools to repair the tool (washing…[Read more]

RonW wrote:Air filtration. I have two in my shop.

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RonW wrote:

roninohio wrote:
Getting the boat ready to go fishing in the morning.

Nice way to start enjoying retirement Ron. Try to leave a few for the next trip.

Enjoy it – retirement is too far away for me to think about.

I have turned some rings on the lathe and some bases to help form the shade / cone, I am not certain if I should use a ring at the bottom or if some sort of band clamp will work and I hope to use the attachment ring at the top for the bending form.

Boschmanbrian wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
I had the idea of creating a wood veneer lamp shade for the next of my swinging lamps, so I have played with making a template out of paper and turning a mounting ring to test the feasibility – here is what I have so far.

Wow that’s gonna be impressive
Anxious to see how it turns out.
How are you cutting tha…

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smallerstick wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
I had the idea of creating a wood veneer lamp shade for the next of my swinging lamps, so I have played with making a template out of paper and turning a mounting ring to test the feasibility – here is what I have so far.

Looks like a good concept, Will. Do you have a method for doing the butt joint? CA g…

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GTokley wrote:

JimDaddyO wrote:
I put in for the small set of forstner bits last Friday evening. I haven’t heard anything back and the points have not come off yet

That is too bad Jim!

Doobie wrote:
but I still enjoy this forum and its banter and sharing. And not to be a hypocrite, getting free stuff is still a fun part of it as well.

I a…

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Doobie wrote:My two FastCap hold-downs just arrived.

They are a lot longer than I imagined and I already see an issue with how my Kapex is setup in using them that will need to be addressed. Shouldn’t be a biggee to resolve this.

I’m wondering how they will be with my Axial Glide on the T4B stand, but I won’t be checking that out until somet…

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Boschmanbrian wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
I had to take my step-daughter to an appointment in Halifax, so of course I stopped into Lee Valley Tools on the way out of Halifax and bought myself a tool: a Japanese keyhole saw.

Congrats , that looks like a great design
Almost looks like a fish lol
Does that blade fold in , and can they be replaced.

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I had the idea of creating a wood veneer lamp shade for the next of my swinging lamps, so I have played with making a template out of paper and turning a mounting ring to test the feasibility – here is what I have so far.

I also picked up a package of this little aluminum set up spacers – they have sides / dimensions / thicknesses of 1 inch, 3/4, 1/2, and 1/4. They look useful but time will tell.

I had to take my step-daughter to an appointment in Halifax, so of course I stopped into Lee Valley Tools on the way out of Halifax and bought myself a tool: a Japanese keyhole saw.

JimDaddyO wrote:Threw some points in today for the 7 pc forstner bit set. My old cheap ones have a few that are getting kinda long in the tooth and my 3/4 one is done in from drilling too much hard maple and walnut.

Seeing as it’s Friday night, I don’t expect anything happening until after the weekend.

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I picked up a couple of files on sale, more for metal working, but I do find myself need one quite often, so I bought both a double cut and a single cut.

Well, yay! I finally have a belt that fits my lathe – and I ordered 2 from the belt store in Louisiana so now all I have to do is return the original 2.

I picked up a couple of 36″ wide steel doors, I am certain they are leftovers / seconds but at the price I paid for them and that they are for my garage / shop extension I am ok with it. One will be for the exterior man door while the second will be for the adjoining wall, I also picked up cheap lock sets on sale at Cdn Tire. Spreading out the…[Read more]

Yet more replacement belts for my poor little lathe …