Today in the shop (why didn't I do this before?)

[reible]

So I have a little project going on where I have a pair of camping stools with canvas(?) seats that have seen better days back in the 70's. Of late they have been just hanging out and taking up space especially the one that ripped. We haven't been camping in ages and I'm not sure we ever will again. Some of you already know that for the last some years the ground has been getting harder, especially where you might want to sleep.......

So we were thinking of recycling them, the legs are aluminum and the seats can just be cut off. But then we came up with another idea. How about making them into plant stands. I have the wood and the time, well sort of anyway and it will not be a big project.

I have some boards that I want to biscuit together so I got out my shopsmith biscuit cutter. I haven't used it in the last couple of years so a good time to get back to using it for this project.

Set up is pretty easy but when it came to what speed to run it at, well I don't recall that detail so I go inside, find the manual and read in far enough to find the it is "T". Great, I have this mounted on my powerpro set up as a drill press and it says "T". It doesn't say what rpm, and well why would it after all I can just set it to "T" and it will work.

So I have to go to yet another source and find that "T" is 4100 rpm, a number that I can set on the powerpro. It might be months or longer before I dig this out to use again and am I going to remember "T" or that it needs to run at 4100 rpm? Once upon a time maybe but not any more.

Step 1 I add the 4100 rpm to the manual. Step 2 I do this:

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Now why didn't I do this before?

I need to do this to several other things, if I can't remember at least I can still read.

Ed

[algale]

Now why didn't I do this before?

I need to do this to several other things, if I can't remember at least I can still read.

Ed

Ed, Great idea! I don't have a label maker but will be adding a little masking tape with speed ranges to several of my SPTs accessories.

[jsburger]

So why not just hang up an old SS speed chart next ti the Power Oro?

[reible]

So why not just hang up an old SS speed chart next ti the Power Oro?

I have no old chart that is in any condition to hang, no place to hang it if I did and even they I still would not know what speed to set it at. The add that to the fact I might use this tool at any of several shopsmiths..... it that what you do in your shop?

Ed

[jsburger]

So why not just hang up an old SS speed chart next ti the Power Oro?

I have no old chart that is in any condition to hang, no place to hang it if I did and even they I still would not know what speed to set it at. The add that to the fact I might use this tool at any of several shopsmiths..... it that what you do in your shop?

Ed

My speed chart from the 90's has letter settings and RPM's on it.

[reible]

So why not just hang up an old SS speed chart next ti the Power Oro?

I have no old chart that is in any condition to hang, no place to hang it if I did and even they I still would not know what speed to set it at. The add that to the fact I might use this tool at any of several shopsmiths..... it that what you do in your shop?

Ed

My speed chart from the 90's has letter settings and RPM's on it.

And it has the speed settings for the biscuit jointer? So I still have to go and look that up but I'd have the chart then to find the letter to rpm which I now can do by just looking at the tool? Sorry you are making no sense. What I have by putting the label on gives me the speed for either the powerpro or the speed dial. Yes I had to look it up but once I'd doing that then I have both pieces of information and don't need a chart any longer.

With the label on it I can pack it up with me and drive 400 miles to my northwoods shopsmith and use it with out bring the chart with me........ it is self contained.

Ed

[robinson46176]

I use all kinds of such notes even though I have a mind like a steel... uh... well I don't recall now...
On farm equipment I used to use junk yard paint markers (still do just less now). It was easier to have settings painted on the side of the self-propelled combine for example than to go look it up in the huge manual. Lots of stuff to be changed when going from wheat to corn to soybeans etc. Once you find the "sweet spots" it easier to look at the mark at the adjustment points and set to that than from the book since the book settings don't take into account minor differences in crops by area etc.
I have about 20 radiators to check each winter but I don't record the readings in a book. I test the antifreeze and write the date and reading under the hood somewhere with a piece of chalk.
I have a couple of different "Note" apps in my phone and one note in the app I use the most is a phone number... My phone number. I never call myself and have no idea what my number is without looking it up... For some reason it is awkward to find on my phone while talking on the phone. The note app is easier to access.


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[davebodner]

The same basic thought crossed my mind when I used my biscuit joiner for the first time this weekend. My handy speed chart doesn't show the biscuit joiner, and I had to look up the speed in the manual. Unlike Reible, I never followed through and made a label.

[jsburger]

So why not just hang up an old SS speed chart next ti the Power Oro?

I have no old chart that is in any condition to hang, no place to hang it if I did and even they I still would not know what speed to set it at. The add that to the fact I might use this tool at any of several shopsmiths..... it that what you do in your shop?

Ed

And it has the speed settings for the biscuit jointer? So I still have to go and look that up but I'd have the chart then to find the letter to rpm which I now can do by just looking at the tool? Sorry you are making no sense. What I have by putting the label on gives me the speed for either the powerpro or the speed dial. Yes I had to look it up but once I'd doing that then I have both pieces of information and don't need a chart any longer.

With the label on it I can pack it up with me and drive 400 miles to my northwoods shopsmith and use it with out bring the chart with me........ it is self contained.

Ed

Certainly all perfectly legitimate points.