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by robinson46176
Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:42 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: vertical trueness
Replies: 23
Views: 2452

Re: vertical trueness

Here I come running out of the bath house and doing a cannon ball into the middle of the pool... :D I can't keep up with reading let alone posting. :rolleyes: Not been a good year for our extended family. :( I have not read the "other" discussion and won''t have time to. Here is something ...
by robinson46176
Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:38 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Woodshop Pet Problems
Replies: 4
Views: 1169

Woodshop Pet Problems

I have not been able to do much in the woodshop this year but I hope to change that this month. Have had this funny thing the last couple of years, SPIDER INVASION!!! As I mow I see thousands of them. When we open one of the patio doors we see them waiting outside and dashing into the house. We use ...
by robinson46176
Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:46 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: 10er table finish?
Replies: 14
Views: 2043

Re: 10er table finish?

I really love seeing beautifully restored machines... These reminded me of a Model 10-ER project I need to get to soon. A former owner of my 10-ER must have been a little shorter than average. Instead of building the bench with the boards sitting on top of the steel legs as pictured in this thread, ...
by robinson46176
Tue Jun 29, 2021 8:24 am
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Johnsons Paste Wax Fire Starter
Replies: 9
Views: 8281

Re: Johnsons Paste Wax Fire Starter

I'm not fanatic about it but I mostly prefer to use a pad of medium steel wool to apply JPW (except on painted surfaces). It will hold more wax and doesn't care how hard it is in the can. As I apply it I'm also cutting through the old dry wax that is still there so that the new surface is uniform an...
by robinson46176
Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:53 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Bow making question
Replies: 25
Views: 7356

Re: Bow making question

I still haven't gotten back to that bow... :rolleyes: :o Or a million other things. I thought "retirement" was supposed to be a time of hobby woodworking, fishing, travel, playing with old tractors and lawn chair sitting... :eek: :rolleyes: Our small herd (7) horses and over a dozen pastur...
by robinson46176
Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:59 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Padding a surface??
Replies: 23
Views: 4368

Re: Padding a surface??

Leather and wood are materials that can work well together much like iron or other metals and wood. In case anybody has any interest here is a page with information on various thickness measuring systems. In my work for many years I used the "iron" system just because it was common back in...
by robinson46176
Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: National Shopsmith Day
Replies: 10
Views: 1362

Re: National Shopsmith Day

If we have National Shopsmith Day all of the trolls will just post the same old tired put down, "They are OK for carpentry work but you can't do serious woodworking on one"... They know this because their wife's uncle's sister's cousin who has never had electricity told them so. OK, so I'm...
by robinson46176
Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:02 pm
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Shopsmith maxi-clamp system
Replies: 11
Views: 2459

Re: Shopsmith maxi-clamp system

I wanted one of those for years and I bought one at a friends yard sale cheap maybe 25 years ago. It looks good on the shelf and I have every intention of using it someday... :rolleyes: :)


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by robinson46176
Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:34 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Saw Shield
Replies: 18
Views: 2782

Re: Saw Shield

While I have not studied this concept I assume (always dangerous) that using it would preclude using things like molding heads, wobble dado cutters and other misc. attachments? For over half a dozen decades my safety choice has been to avoid sticking my fingers into the saw blade... I understand tha...
by robinson46176
Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:00 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: My Tinkering Bench
Replies: 7
Views: 3711

Re: My Tinkering Bench

I love the concept and I used to have a modified student desk in the farm shop that I used for detail work like carburetor repairing / rebuilding and other detail work. I need to make something smaller to do that again. What I had just used too much real estate. :rolleyes: The work space designs sho...