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My Growth Rings with Scott Markwood

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While Mike Young's Youtube channel is new, videos of him demonstrating and using Shopsmith tools have been on Youtube since its inception! Mike has been demoing and selling for Shopsmith for over 35 years and has even contributed to the design of a short-lived but popular tool; the Crafter's Station. Join me as we reminisce about woodworking, woodworkers and learn what's next for Mike.

A short time ago Youtuber Mike Farrington made a bit of a splash with the introduction of his double-sided conical sanding disc. You can see it here: https://youtu.be/b-kXTKVVTL4
My issue with it and other sanding discs that mount on a traditional table saw is the fact that they are spinning at table saw speed, which is somewhere around 4000 RPM. That's super-fast for an abrasive, and can lead to burning and quickly damaged abrasives; but what's a woodworker to do? It turns out that Shopsmith beat this conical disc to market by roughly 55 years when they introduced their original conical sanding disc. In this video, we'll dig into a little bit of history and put the current Shopsmith conical sanding disc to the test on some gnarly wood edges.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/e1Fk1_zTJ_k

Why is that pic so big?!?!

thedovetailjoint wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 10:59 pm Why is that pic so big?!?!

That's because you don't know the secret.

My Growth Rings with Scott Markwood

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This video is our weekly follow-up Q&A to the weekend video, which in this case was on using a conical sanding disc on wood edges. If you missed that vid, catch it here: https://youtu.be/e1Fk1_zTJ_k And I really misread Spike's comment at 19:22! Stupid dyslexia.

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My Growth Rings with Scott Markwood

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/KAuJQSs1U8E

As promised here's how I change abrasive discs on the Shopsmith conical sanding disc and how to modify stock abrasive discs to work on your Shopsmith conical disc. I purchased this disc used on eBay and the paper was old and crusty and just didn't want to let go, so heat and solvents were needed. If you swap the abrasives before the adhesive gets old and cured you'll stand a much better chance of a clean removal. There's bound to be a prayer that helps, too.

My Growth Rings with Scott Markwood

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/gqegXQGNeqE

Last weekend we introduced the versatile Shopsmith conical disc sander and discussed how it can be used on wood. In this video, we'll talk about how to use it to sharpen Shopsmith 4" Jointer knives and Shopsmith 12" Planer blades.

In case you missed it, here's the video on using the Shopsmith conical sanding disc for super-smooth wood edges: https://youtu.be/e1Fk1_zTJ_k

Also, here's the video on how to modify stock abrasive discs for use on the Shopsmith conical sanding disc might come in handy: https://youtu.be/KAuJQSs1U8E

Great video on the use of the sharpening jig. Did I miss it? What grit sandpaper is installed on the sanding disk?

mountainbreeze wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:39 am Great video on the use of the sharpening jig. Did I miss it? What grit sandpaper is installed on the sanding disk?

Thanks. Yes, I filmed this as one long video and decided to break it into two; one covering the abrasives and the other the use of the jig. In doing so I guess I left that info out. If the knives don’t need reshaping I sharpen them with P220 grit Aluminum Oxide. If they have deep nicks or if I am changing the bevel angle I use P150. 150 is the grit Shopsmith recommends, but I suspect that has more to do with it being the finest grit they offer. Scott

Scott - Very informative. With no SS Planer I'm not sure I can rationalize the cost, but this jig is nice. At the beginning you referred to a video on installing/removing jointer knives and said you'd link it. I don't see that link. I know I can find it but you might want to add that where you intended it.(?)

It seems to me that the removable piece that holds the knives down could have been designed so that one side works for SS tapered blades and the other side for the more common un-tapered blades. Never having used the jig, perhaps I'm missing something.(?)

- David