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  0 Thread: Life has had me busy....but I am turning!
Post: Life has had me busy....but I am turning!

Lately, I've been really busy, mostly milling timber....but family stuff also. I have been turning a few pieces though, and while they are not selling....they are leaving the house to never come back...
SDB777 Woodturning 4 2,678 09-16-2016, 11:08 AM
  0 Thread: A whole load of bowls seen on the road today
Post: Re: A whole load of bowls seen on the road today

Where I work, we grind up about 72 cubic yards a day from the trees I've cut down in the 'right-of-way'(stuff that hangs in the road, growing to close to the road, or just dangerous). I can only try ...
SDB777 Woodturning 6 6,979 06-03-2016, 02:20 PM
  0 Thread: Spalted turning blanks
Post: Re: Spalted turning blanks

[blockquote]Sawdustd said:[hr][br][br]Is there a supplier that offers a variety spalted wood(s) turning blanks? All I've seen offered is Spalted Tamarind. [br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br][br]If you ...
SDB777 Woodturning 6 3,477 06-03-2016, 02:14 PM
  0 Thread: Home made chain Mortiser idea?
Post: Re: Home made chain Mortiser idea?

The whole idea behind the Makita mortiser is being able to move it to the 12"x12"x30', I can not image the difficulty in moving the beam of those dimensions to a workstation. And if you were to be ab...
SDB777 Woodworking Power Tools 3 7,237 05-02-2016, 10:51 AM
  0 Thread: Mod to the hand crank on a WM LT-28
Post: Re: Mod to the hand crank on a WM LT-28

White vinegar did the trick! Twenty-four hour soak, and the mill scale almost fell off(mill scale is the super hard outside 'crust' from the fresh steel hitting the air 'fresh-from-the-machining'). ...
SDB777 Woodworking Power Tools 2 4,289 04-22-2016, 12:29 PM
  0 Thread: Mod to the hand crank on a WM LT-28
Post: Re: Mod to the hand crank on a WM LT-28

Another day of rain, guess I'll spray another coat of rattlecan onto the angle? Everything is ready to go out there and be put on for 'good', but mama didn't raise a fool....I'll wait for the skies t...
SDB777 Woodworking Power Tools 2 4,289 04-20-2016, 07:18 AM
  0 Thread: Mod to the hand crank on a WM LT-28
Post: Re: Mod to the hand crank on a WM LT-28

[blockquote]daddo said:[hr][br][br] You have to think ahead. What happens when you get a thumb cramp and can't push the button? /ssl_proxy.php?url=/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif [br][b...
SDB777 Woodworking Power Tools 2 4,289 04-19-2016, 09:24 PM
  0 Thread: Mod to the hand crank on a WM LT-28
Post: Mod to the hand crank on a WM LT-28

While this probably won't interest too many, some may find it actually useful? If you've ever thought about adding a 12v 3,500lb winch to the WoodWizer LT-28, in place of the hand crank 3,500lb winch...
SDB777 Woodworking Power Tools 2 4,289 04-17-2016, 01:02 PM
  0 Thread: Just got a Sherline lathe - need to outfit for wood.
Post: Re: Just got a Sherline lathe - need to outfit for...

For $20.00, I'd start making myself a bunch of awesome pin jigs for closed end pens, maybe even make a few expanding mandrels for duck/goose calls, and then some nifty mandrels for my kitless pen stuf...
SDB777 Woodturning 5 7,802 04-11-2016, 12:33 PM
  0 Thread: Bowl From a board
Post: Re: Bowl From a board

We know the same fella.....don't question his authority.[br][br][br]I'd thought about making some more using segmenting. But the table saw is GONE(and for good reason), and I do not think I could get...
SDB777 Woodturning 7 3,970 03-30-2016, 10:08 AM
  0 Thread: Big ol' anvil
Post: Re: Big ol' anvil

Cleaned up nicely![br][br]When you going to start making it 'sing' with hammer and hotness?[br][br][br][br][br]Scott (I wanna bang on my drum, err, anvil all day) B
SDB777 Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,543 03-30-2016, 10:01 AM
  0 Thread: To escape the insanity of fleaBay bidders
Post: Re: To escape the insanity of fleaBay bidders

[blockquote]blackhat said:[hr][br][br]Why not post a want to buy here and see what folks have on offer? [br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br]It's been my experience that the fine folks here know exactly w...
SDB777 Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,836 03-30-2016, 09:56 AM
  0 Thread: To escape the insanity of fleaBay bidders
Post: To escape the insanity of fleaBay bidders

I have started to think there are far too many folks with too much money and not enough sense on fleaBay. Just saw a chisel I bid on go for over a $125, and it was a beat up piece of bent of unknown ...
SDB777 Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,836 03-29-2016, 02:36 PM
  0 Thread: Big ol' anvil
Post: Re: Big ol' anvil

Gravity rules....at least with HEAVY![br][br]Nice find. There is a fella up the road from me with a clean 250lb anvil(and he'll throw in the base for free)...he has been asking $700[br][br][br]Figure...
SDB777 Woodworking Hand Tools 8 5,543 03-29-2016, 02:24 PM
  0 Thread: Japan Woodworker sends us an April Fools Picture
Post: Re: Japan Woodworker sends us an April Fools Pictu...

None...... No link?[br][br][br][br]Scott (took me a minute.... /ssl_proxy.php?url=/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowwink.gif ) B
SDB777 Woodworking Hand Tools 1 2,253 03-27-2016, 11:03 AM
  0 Thread: Working with Large Heavy Slabs in the Shop
Post: Re: Working with Large Heavy Slabs in the Shop

Biggest slab I've run smooth with a router set-up was just under 42" across and 9' long. With a 1" flat router bit, on my 'homemade jig', I remember taking a full day to work two passes on both sides...
SDB777 Woodworking Power Tools 10 7,416 03-27-2016, 10:53 AM
  0 Thread: I am selling Wooden Roses for Mothers day in S&S
Post: Re: I am selling Wooden Roses for Mothers day in S...

Bump from page 7.....[br][br][br]Scott (good turning) B
SDB777 Woodworking Power Tools 1 1,899 03-25-2016, 06:59 PM
  0 Thread: Sharpening Carbide
Post: Re: Sharpening Carbide

The makers of Muzzy(broadheads for hunting) have an awesome diamond sharpener. It is maybe 1.5"Wx2.0Lx.4"T(including the form-fitted plastic enclosing it).[br][br]Think I paid $19.99 at GanderMtn for...
SDB777 Woodturning 2 4,335 03-25-2016, 06:58 PM
  0 Thread: Bowl From a board
Post: Re: Bowl From a board

I do this all the time, well...maybe not as much as I should due to the way these are 'received' by customers.[br][br]/ssl_proxy.php?url=https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/9646573783_96947e27a0_b.jpg...
SDB777 Woodturning 7 3,970 03-25-2016, 06:51 PM
  0 Thread: Working with Large Heavy Slabs in the Shop
Post: Re: Working with Large Heavy Slabs in the Shop

[blockquote]Danny in Houston said:[hr][br][br]I've got 4 large slabs arriving son at my garage shop. I'm planning on having them delivered, the big one (800 pounds) will be landed on sawhorses while ...
SDB777 Woodworking Power Tools 10 7,416 03-24-2016, 01:43 PM

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