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Yes Bob, that must be it, thanks. I've got some special wood that deserves some special attention. I could just oil it up with linseed or shoot on some Deft Lacquer but it is time to dig a little deeper into other options.

A while back I read something on this forum about an elaborate wood finish process that was identified by a persons name. I think that name started with "M", and the process involved 10 or 15 steps of sealing, sanding, re-sealing, wiping, coating sanding, etc. I came back to reference that info and ...

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Black Locust wood, more times than not, tends to do one of two things when milled. Depending on how the stress lies in the wood, and how the log lies on the mill, boards will tend to rip ...

The 'mallet' I was considering making was of the wood working variety!
Ha! Yes, I thought as much. I was mostly just making a segue to the music wood topic.

However, about 30 years ago I picked up a small piece of Oak firewood from the firewood stacker, ground off a protruding limb and started ...

I am considering making a mallet from a piece of it.

(Quote from thread - "best tool for certain turning")

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I made some mallets specifically for playing Melody Bars - an ...

So your chisels are KNOT sharp huh. The FIRST thing ya have to do when ya buy a new chisel is sharpen it and maybe change the bevel angle.

I guess I've been carving wood with a chain saw for too long. When you buy a new chunk of Oregon saw chain it's as sharp as it needs to be right out of the ...

I'd like to see a pix of that black locust handle.

I've made a few handles out of Black Locust and I'm very pleased with the results. My trusty 40 year old hatchet suffered a broken handle a while back and I couldn't find a suitable replacement so I whittled out one of my own.

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That is an interesting bit of knowledge Robinson46176. The only similar experience in my life and times was when I was squeezing the last bit of use out of a Makita power hand planer. The cutter head bearings gummed up so badly that the motor would stall out. I discovered that if I shot some WD40 on ...

billmayo wrote: I have a 3 pd hammer to tap with and use whatever force is required to remove the drive sleeve shaft.

I like to see sincere appreciation for a good hammer.


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I always replace both of the drive sleeve bearings with ABEC3 rated bearings as I find over 50% of the drive sleeve bearings do need replacing.

Thanks Bill. Good to know I'm not the only guy in the world that can't take out a drive assembly by lightly tapping! I'll be replacing some bearings on ...