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[quote="JPG"]That was what I meant judging from the color. What we do not know, is how much wear the previous 40 yrs created.] The pulleys (I have the lathe counter shafted) get a workout on my Delta as I use it for wood, metal turning and all my buffing needs. From the looks (mixed with m...

I have spent the last three days cleaning, sharpening, and then adjusting tool storage for my new garage sale finds. To include a nice set of files. [ATTACH]27038[/ATTACH] Then there was a nice set of dovetail chisels made by Greenlee that need to be sharpened and polished. [ATTACH]27036[/ATTACH] Fi...

JPG wrote:Harbor Freight?????

The pulley I got at Sears all those years ago. The linkbelt was from Harbor Freight.

At a tool show in October I picked up an antique wooden brace without a head. I paid all of $10 for it, which was probably too much. However, it has a good working brass chuck. So after digging in my wood box, I turned a grommet out of Ebony that spins on a central wooden dowel and threads into the ...

A few weeks ago someone posted a message asking if linkbelts eat-up pulleys. Well here are two pictures to confirm that they do. This one is off my Delta lathe. No question about it when looking at the linkbelt - it's coated in metal dust. This pulley is 41 year old. I put the belt on last year. I'v...

Homo Faber - Tools make us human. I enjoyed this, and learned a couple of things too. I sent the link to my son. Thanks for posting it.

I found an ad for The Craftsman Gallery [ http://www.chipsfly.com ] where among several different tools they are selling - for $17.95 - a micrometer for setting plane blades. It can be used on hand planes, jointer and planer blades to set height. If you go to this link you will find more info and a ...

[/U] The last sentence is quite true, however this is based on only one pass of the wood - ( or multiple passes at increasing depths). However the shaper can produce beads, grooves and other shapes on curved pieces. The molder can't do that. Also, I believe the shaper allows multiple passes at vary...

Thanks for posting Nick's SS lesson. I enjoyed watching it and he confirmed for me, as I have learned using the molder, take light cuts. I have never had a kickback. I found it interesting that Nick didn't use finger boards or any hold downs or a roller stand on in-feed and out-feed. That's about th...

I have an upcoming project where I am going to be milling about a thousand linear feet of beadboard out of rough-sawn cherry. After planing and jointing, my plan was to cut the T&G on a 3HP router table, and then add the bead with my SS molder head (which I haven't used yet). Should I be thinki...