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by thunderbirdbat
Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:18 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Today in the shop (what is that jig saw blade doing there?)
Replies: 9
Views: 10617

Re: Today in the shop (what is that jig saw blade doing there?)

That is a picture that brings back memories. My first power tool was a jig saw that I mounted like that. I used that as a small basic table saw and scroll saw for a couple of years before I found a small table saw I had room for after I had moved out of the barracks. :rolleyes: I found that the blad...
by thunderbirdbat
Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:16 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Box for the ibox
Replies: 10
Views: 9684

Re: Box for the ibox

Nice. I would drill a hole to stick the allen wrench in on one of the blocks so it does not rattle around and is always in one spot when looking for it. I always seem to misplace them.
by thunderbirdbat
Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:26 pm
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Drum Sander
Replies: 70
Views: 74717

Re: Drum Sander

I guess you have been to our naval base in Bahrain. I was there when I was TDY to Dhahran Saudi Arabia after the first gulf war. We used to drive from Daharan over the causeway to Bahrain. I bought a lot of gold in Bahrain and Saudi. The Navy also docks in Dubai UAE. Have you ever been there? I was...
by thunderbirdbat
Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:03 pm
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Drum Sander
Replies: 70
Views: 74717

Re: Drum Sander

I deployed to the UAE during the first gulf war less than 30 days after Saddam invaded Kuwait. We were issued real gas masks with the real filters, not the ones we used in exercises at home. Kind of made you think about things a little differently. I was off the coast for Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and ...
by thunderbirdbat
Tue Jan 31, 2017 11:40 pm
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Proud Mark V owner
Replies: 29
Views: 45083

Re: Proud Mark V owner

If there is a craft that she does enjoy now, figure out some simple things that she could make to go with that hobby. If she decides that she does not like it or not to do them but wants them, you can finish them relatively easily. Like all crafts there is a learning curve to woodworking and to usin...
by thunderbirdbat
Mon Jan 30, 2017 12:13 pm
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Best Off-cuts
Replies: 15
Views: 25436

Re: Best Off-cuts

I try to make my excess pieces as large as possible to allow more flexibility for future projects, grain pattern, color match or defects allowing of course. In your example I would cross cut first.
by thunderbirdbat
Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:26 am
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Sharpening guide
Replies: 13
Views: 17905

Re: Sharpening guide

From what I remember it was up to the end user on what they preferred to use. Mounting it to the auxiliary table required drilling holes in the table if I remember correctly. However, the use of the auxiliary table allows the piece being turned to still be mounted on the quill while sharpening the l...
by thunderbirdbat
Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:27 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Price check for 10 ER?
Replies: 20
Views: 19809

Re: Price check for 10 ER?

Try looking on craigslist in the DC area, Annapolis, Baltimore and other areas around you to see what others have them listed for. Look under both Shopsmith and Shop Smith as sometimes they are only listed on one of the spellings. I have seen them listed for well under $100 up to over $1000.
by thunderbirdbat
Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:27 am
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: That table saw scarea the heck out of me
Replies: 11
Views: 24393

Re: That table saw scarea the heck out of me

I got rid of my Skill table saw when I got my SS in 98 but if I remember correctly the table on it was smaller than my 510 main table. I believe it may even have been smaller than the 500 table but it would have been close. Even now if you look at the small job site table saws the tables are all sma...
by thunderbirdbat
Fri Jan 20, 2017 3:50 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Cleaning the garage workshop
Replies: 4
Views: 2519

Re: Cleaning the garage workshop

I thought that you were supposed to stack all the boxes there and put the shelves on the opposite wall. ;) :D