Weekly Blog - October 20th

etc92guy · Post by **etc92guy** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:53 pm

Gary -

Best of luck with the knee surgery. Had a neighbor get both replaced at once after Christmas. He was bicycling 25 miles a day by June.

I'm pulling for you. I do believe we all are.

kalynzoo · Post by **kalynzoo** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:52 pm

John, a thought with the scroll saw for making holes. If the lumber is too large for the throat, I often turn the blade around, so that it cuts as I pull the wood. I tried a spiral blade, but I don't like the "feel" as I have less control, but I have seen some lovely work by people who use spirals. Still, cutting half a circle with a push, then the other half with a pull, has worked well for me. Gary

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:32 pm

Photos of knobs - To make these, first I turned a piece of scrap to slightly less than 1" diameter. Used poplar. The piece was 9 " long so had room to make 8 knobs. Put on the oneway Nova chuck and removed the jaws. Used the internal jaws to hold the piece. With the SS parting tool and the skew, formed knobs. Smaller knobs for the upper drawers and a little larger for the bottom drawer and the top. Dipped them into a can of old English stain.

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a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:42 pm

Nice looking knobs, Chuck. I really do have to start turning.