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Installed correctly oriented bearing guides on the top and bottom of my bandsaw:

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Mike
 

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MikeJhn":1vlvirq5 said:
Installed correctly oriented bearing guides on the top and bottom of my bandsaw:

Are they home-made or after-market? They look too good to be stock guides
 
Mucked about with my new branding iron :D
I mean, vain as all get-out, but I don't care, I'm playing with blowtorches and wood :D

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monkeybiter":1lecic2m said:
Bit of a gadgeteer?
One of those risks that comes with the whole electronics/software engineer job I'm afraid. But I've kept most of the gadgets out of the workshed and on the electronics workbench so far at least :D

phil.p":1lecic2m said:
Mark, what size is the piece of wood? (how much was the iron?) please.
That little scrap? It's tiny, 3½"x1" (it's just one of the scraps I use for padding clamps). The actual brand itself was supposed to be small enough to be something I could put in an out-of-the-way spot on a piece, it's 15mmx25mm.
The full cost of the brand, including the handle, was HK$308 (about €35/£31 including postage). Bought from here, and mine was the 8mm thick one that you just leave in a torch for a few minutes before use. You can get them in 12mm and 20mm thick as well and with an electric heater in the handle if you want (but having seen a fair bit of the kit that comes from near Schengen, I wouldn't trust anything from there that plugs into the mains until I'd taken it apart and checked it myself).
The guy who does then wants the design in .eps or .jpg format (but 800dpi or more in .jpg format), but most basic drawing packages can do that these days (including the free online ones).
Hope that helps!
 
Not in the workshop - on my patio (too sunny, really, but needs must).

A friend had given me a rather superb Ash stump from some tree surgery,
since my current kindling chopping block is too small (and too beetle eaten).

Since the stump was a "Y" fork, I "just" needed to cut it off parallel
so it would stand up nicely.

I stood it upside down, and scribed it using my kitchen floor as the reference, and
a clamped up L (gallows?) as the scribing tool.

I then made the cut using my 30" Tyzack bowsaw. Took a while, I got very hot.
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Replaced the webbing straps under the seat of my workshop armchair - finally used the webbing from a car carry cot cradle that I've kept for thirty years "just in case".
 
Sharpening duty today, did a rake of chisels on veritas grinding jig, pretty decent investment when you need to do a load fast, anyway its Sunday so anything is a bonus, think I'll go and pat myself on the back :lol:
 
Spent the whole day fixing the bathroom in the flat because the jokers who built it just used any old MDF panel they had lying around and it disintegrated.
 
After years of prevarication I have finally insulated and boarded out my workshop. Only took a couple of days. It is actually a nice place to work in now. Should've done it years ago!!
 
Kev":2hz7hdg4 said:
After years of prevarication I have finally insulated and boarded out my workshop. Only took a couple of days. It is actually a nice place to work in now. Should've done it years ago!!

I misread you quite severely at first. I read "insulted and boarded up my workshop... shoulda done it years ago!" :wink:

I've had days like that for real though.
 
Thought I would improve the dust extract from my Bandsaw:
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Temporally taped in place to see if its worth making permanent, looks like it will be, so will possibly put a piece of plastic pipe to direct the suction to the extract.
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Oh nearly forgot, also improved the dust extraction from my mitre saw:

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Today I found out that the recommended distance for a Blum insert hinge does not work, if you use the 37mm plus the door thickness as suggested here: http://go.rockler.com/tech/rtd10315697aa.pdf the hinge will be at the end of its adjustment, this leaves no room for adjustment of the door inwards, in my case the doors are 25mm thick and this would equate to 62mm, using 65mm puts the adjustable plate into the middle of its range, good job I did a couple of mock ups first.

Mike
 
I stopped by Wentwood Timber Centre after a weekend's camping today. My son couldn't believe how excited I was at all the pieces of wood propped up for sale in the showrooms.

Anyway, I left with some samples, brought to the garage so I can try working each to compare their qualities - very happy!

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But - the piece of sycamore had some woodworm holes in the end. I cut that part off and another 4 inches to be safe (I guess) - Is that safe to have indoors or should I chuck the whole plank?

Thanks.

Oh, and I forgot these beautiful yew planks! I don't plan to do anything with them, just look at them.
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Blimey. You have a bad case of Purtywud. It might be fatal.
 
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