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  1. Lefley

    What did you wake up to today!

    Well my wife had her yearly reunion this past weekend. Of course a wee bit of drinking, lol. And a lot of mosquitos! So someone set up a mosquito coil and then went to bed. I woke up to smelling smoke. You see where this is going. Thank God I got up at 6 am.
  2. Lefley

    Help me find the best way to do an inverted T shape cut in 2.4m oak sleeper

    Thinking outside the box. Cut the concrete! I would do a couple of dado cuts in the wood at say 20 degrees each way to create a dovetail cut per say that is a little cut into on the bottom. Then with a concrete saw cut the two sides off the concrete beam to form a dovetail. Then slide together!
  3. Lefley

    2022 Secret Santa

    I’M IN! And if I don’t get Garno this year, we’ll, I never forget friends. and may I say, secret Santa start up in july, just what I need , now I have time to schedule and make something. Been working way to much. How has everyone been! I had one goal this year and it was to learn how to...
  4. Lefley

    Dust collector help.

    Was the wife trying to clean your shop. You know it could not have been you!
  5. Lefley

    Dust collector help.

    I’ve already misplaced mine and I have not even ever turned it on:mad:
  6. Lefley

    Dust collector help.

    I received a dust collection unit and. Need advice installing it I have two heights of ceilings in shop an 8 ft high and a 10 ft high. It says install no lower than 7 ft. I quess so yo don’t whack your head is it more efficient higher or lower?
  7. Lefley

    Cancer risks using epoxy.

    It’s like everything , we know xylene is highly cacerogrnoc, it’s in all lacquers. It’s banned in places. But I use it everyday with a full Ppe when I spray wood. I try and use water base products but if you read the ingredients on the water base products they are sometimes worse for you . You...
  8. Lefley

    Cancer risks using epoxy.

    Here is one from the national medicine library. Nobody has studied this stuff it seems but nothing I’m finding is good !? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30366299/
  9. Lefley

    Axminster paint colours

    Here is chip Ral 3000. This is straight from nick at axminster.
  10. Lefley

    Axminster paint colours

    Ral 9010 is the white.
  11. Lefley

    Axminster paint colours

    Ral3000 is the color
  12. Lefley

    Axminster Ral Number

    Lol. Axminster red is Ral 3000
  13. Lefley

    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    Do you squirt a bit of ultra liquid ca glue around bark line while you turn? I find it will hold bark on a lot better then just hoping it holds?
  14. Lefley

    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    Thats him, also known as the Arkham Knight 😉 Now if that’s your woodturning helmet, I’m really jealous!
  15. Lefley

    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    The infamous Jason Peter Todd!
  16. Lefley

    Axminster Ral Number

    I’m sure some one out there knows the Ral number for red.
  17. Lefley

    Cancer risks using epoxy.

    I think the big problems with epoxy resin. Is the ratios to mix it for a full complete100% cure has to be dead accurate and thoroughly mixed. I’ve watched my boss pour 10 gallon river table pours and just quickly stir the two parts before pouring. And then complain why it’s taking a week to...
  18. Lefley

    Axminster Ral Number

    Yes , almost got me. I was going to reply to a comment until I saw the date.” lol.
  19. Lefley

    Cancer risks using epoxy.

    Good article. Some is overkill, but goes to show, wear a mask! And for all the pen turners out there, use a mask when turning or especially when sanding. https://www.ehn.org/epoxy-resin-health-risks-2657288685.html
  20. Lefley

    5minute epoxy

    Epoxy is food safe when cured, so is lacquer.
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