Potpourri - June 2010

[robinson46176]

Have you ever gotten a saw blade stuck?

Have you ever gotten a saw blade stuck while working at 5000' under water.

I'm sorry, but I am loosing confidence in this BP recovery crew. They must have know that the vertical riser pipe would tend to grab the saw blade at about half way through (if not sooner).

Well so much for a nice clean cut. Now it becomes doubtful that the top hat will fit down over that riser pipe stub. It is especially unlikely that they will get a good seal.

HOPE I AM DEAD WRONG.

At least they didn't get a kick-back...
When I am cutting trees I always have a couple of felling wedges handy...
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Good seal? I would be happy if they got a bad seal...

[robinson46176]

Nothing flushes out the bad sides of some folks like a family funeral!:(

I have already warned my wife to expect all kinds of wailing and sobbing and moaning out of her siblings that could not be bothered to visit her mom while she is living.
I have seen it before.
Fortunately all I have is one sister and we get along fine (and did when I settled our mother's estate).
Our only disagreement was "you take it..." "No, you take it..."
Our mother lived in a very large house (where I live now) and it was pretty much reduced to little paths... 5,000 Square feet of "stuff" waist deep almost everywhere.

[paulrussell]

I have already warned my wife to expect all kinds of wailing and sobbing and moaning out of her siblings that could not be bothered to visit her mom while she is living.
I have seen it before.

I just went through it after my mother passed. A family member who couldn't manage to drive the 1/4 mile to her house during the last two years of mom's life went to the house daily after mom died, and could be found in the living room giving fire trucks sirens a run for their money.

I know the hypocrisy galls, but I think it is an equal dose of guilt motivates such behavior.

On a lighter note, my feet hurt.

[swampgator]

Today, while sniffing the fresh smell of oil floating in our gulf, bored the hole for the allen wrench and made the window in one of my bandsaws so I no longer have to remove the cover to apply or relieve tension on the blade. Since it is all clean, it looks almost as good as a factory unit. Tried it while just looking through my window and could see the correct tension set and then was able to relieve then tension.

Will get some new bearings soon. Have to remove the top wheel and bearing. It seems rough. Looking forward to seeing how the new bearings work.

Pulled the headstock belt cover and learned why all the gummy sawdust was on the way tubes. Apparently, the previous owner used WD 40. It is not a lubricant, but a water deterent. There was blackened oil and gummy sawdust all inside. Spent an hour with a chip brush cleanging. Once it was all cleaned up, waxed the way tubes, and moved the head stock back and forth. And, finally the way tubes don't have compacted sawdust left on them and it moves back and forth easily. Belts look new. Will fire it up tomorrow for a test run. If all works well, will modify the second bandsaw.

[charlese]

Don't blame WD40 for all of the mess! WD40 is also a cleaning agent/solvent.

I've never used WD40 in my machine and always find black stuff caked to the insides of the headstock. I have thought it is residue from the drive belt.

[jb41339]

For all baseball fans.....Did y'all see the blown call at the Detroit/Cleveland game last night that cheated the Tigers pitcher out of a perfect game?

Sure hope the "powers-to-be" reverse the call and give the kid his "perfect game"

Jim in Tucson, Arizona

[beeg]

Will get some new bearings soon. Have to remove the top wheel and bearing. It seems rough. Looking forward to seeing how the new bearings work. .

Have ya greased those bearings lately?

[swampgator]

Have ya greased those bearings lately?

Actually, no. Just acquired the machinery and started cleaning it up. Just rotated the bearings and will remove them and attemtp to clean before buying new ones. And, according to one of Nick's sawdust sessions, he gave a negative nod to using WD40 inside the headstock. He got black and said that WD 40 was the culprit. That's all I need since I also know from 30 years experience that it is NOT a lubricant. Thanks.

[JPG]

Actually, no. Just acquired the machinery and started cleaning it up. Just rotated the bearings and will remove them and attemtp to clean before buying new ones. And, according to one of Nick's sawdust sessions, he gave a negative nod to using WD40 inside the headstock. He got black and said that WD 40 was the culprit. That's all I need since I also know from 30 years experience that it is NOT a lubricant. Thanks.

Actually it is, but has VERY low viscosity, so it is not suitable for any severe duty applications. It also likes to wander, but not fast enough to be a GOOD penetrating oil either! But it does like H₂O!

[reible]

Hi,

Don't know how it has been for others this spring but for me it has been a bit different then I expected it to be.

My woodworking is coming in batches and I'm ending up with lots of unfinished projects stacking up. I'm also not getting to spend anywhere enough time doing woodworking.

I haven't been spending much time here so if you are wondering what might have happened to me the answer is life.

One of the more interesting aspects of life has been my father-in-laws aging. Things seemed to be going pretty well when we were up for a visit in late March, but a month later we were up helping him settle in a nursing home. He was living at home alone except for a weekly 2 hour visit by health care professional for baths etc. He is 94-1/2 so we have been blessed with his arrangements thus far. Now many many things have changed and both he and "we" have to adjust, it hasn't so easy as we might have thought. This has resulted in us changing a lot of our plans and adapting to what needs to be done. The fact he is 400 miles away makes travel a necessity. We were quite fortunate in many ways as we were able to find a local to him facility the very day we needed it. We have also met a lot of very caring people and feel he is in good hands there.

We will be traveling again before long, partially to visit and partially to work on the house and contents to get things in order. My wife and I along with my wife sister are the only ones left to deal with it and so far the concerns of "all" have been far most in our minds. I'd like to think it will stay that way.

Ed