I picked up one of these to try – I;ll try and remember to post how well it works.

On this long weekend I replaced the under cabinet light my wife always hated with a single “bulb” LED, it lights faster, is brighter, less noticable and less power – she loves it.

Blue tape clamping to the rescue, as I glue on a piece live edge that came off while sanding.

GTokley wrote:

wbembrid wrote:
Three smaller purchases, all for different reasons:
1) some cobalt drill bits (on sale) as I broke quite a few others drilling some stainless steel
2) A natural hair brush for the shop vac for pre-finsih dust removal
3) A piece of wide T-track for a jig that fits my new flip stops.

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Boschmanbrian wrote:ight be talking about his cordless Makita miter saw which I think I read recently Kurt finally bought. If correct, which model of the cordless Makita miter saws did you get Kurt?

It was out of China via Amazon, it took forever ot arrive, but it was inexpensive 🙂

Three smaller purchases, all for different reasons:
1) some cobalt drill bits (on sale) as I broke quite a few others drilling some stainless steel
2) A natural hair brush for the shop vac for pre-finsih dust removal
3) A piece of wide T-track for a jig that fits my new flip stops.

Doobie wrote:

GTokley wrote:
How to Make a Planer Thickness Gauge

Calipers for me also.

I have been a caliper person, but I am now trying the Digital Read Out 🙂

Continuing with the live edge theme, I am making a hat rack for the entry way, my wife wants me to mount it lower, however I want to mount it higher, it is for my hats, so I am ok with my wife not reaching it 🙂

My wife volunteered me to fix a friend of hers’ old cedar blanket chest, so I started with gluing up cracks, next step is a piano hinge, as teh mortised hinges were too much for the thin cedar.

I also conitinued to work on my first trial at a scrub plane, I worked on teh blade which I am making form O1 tool steel.

I bought some in line switches for the swing arm lamps, but I am still waiting for a belt for my lathe so I used one to turn a damaged LED T10 tube in to a light above a work bench.

Very cool, the structure of the Ridgid reminds me of my 14″ Craftsman, which really doesn’t compare at all to my 14Twelve Laguna.

I worked on my first attempt at a wooden bodied scrub plane, I also intend to make the iron form a bar of O1 tool steel.

Finished putting a mirror in the custom frame with silicone, I will be happy to get these out of my shop with out breaking them.

I got the DRO mounted and calibrated on the thickness planer side of my jointer/planer; the mount plate is uglier than planned but the scrap of stainless steel was so hard I didn’t want to play anyone with it

I had to tap a couple of holes in relatively thin steel, the rolled steel body of my jointer/planer to mount my DRO and I drilled pilot holes so there would be minimal stress on this drill & tap, and the location was awkward for my standard tap handle. The first was fine the second snapped the tap and I was going slow …

This is good advice “Video the disassembly and play it backwards” some that I have never been able to follow.

marioo wrote:I’m a blood spatter analyst. It’s quite a fulfilling job, but I still have my hobbies on the side.. think that’s really important.

Wow, that is an interesting line of work; I definitely agree on hobbies being a requirement.

I was reusing a piece of a plate of stainless steel for another project and I have to drill a few small holes in it, well several drill bits later, I released that the recommendations for drilling mild steel do not apply and that carbide drill bits break up under the load. So really slow, lots of lubricant and lots of pressure and you are still…[Read more]

I am trying my hand at making a couple of wooden hand planes, including making the irons, using a bar of O1 tool steel, it is a thick bar so I am aiming for some sturdy irons.