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  0 Thread: A New Chapter
Post: RE: A New Chapter

Ron - I was really worried as I read through your post, wondering if the legacy that you and your crew have built over the years would have a chance of surviving with someone else in charge.  But then...
bloggstein Woodworking Hand Tools 16 2,478 01-22-2023, 07:34 PM
  0 Thread: Vacuum pump
Post: RE: Vacuum pump

I'm not 100% sure if this is what you mean or not, but when I first started vacuum stuff, I bought one of the $20 little vacuum pumps that you attach to an air compressor.  It worked reasonably well o...
bloggstein Woodturning 4 2,044 07-22-2020, 08:50 AM
  0 Thread: Face Laminating 2x12 SYP for Nicholson Bench...Bad idea?
Post: RE: Face Laminating 2x12 SYP for Nicholson Bench.....

I used SYP 2x for my top.  I had to order them, but they were pretty reasonably priced.  I think I got 2"x12x14' if I remember right.  They had told me that the larger beams tended to not bend and war...
bloggstein Woodworking Hand Tools 12 6,085 07-09-2020, 07:49 PM
  0 Thread: router plane
Post: RE: router plane

I have the Veritas (large version) only, so I can't really compare them.  I do a pretty even hybrid of power and hand tools in my shop and am a LONG ways from the caliber of some of the other replies ...
bloggstein Woodworking Hand Tools 24 9,764 05-31-2020, 12:08 AM
  0 Thread: Questions about Vacuum Chambers
Post: RE: Questions about Vacuum Chambers

AnthonyYak Wrote: (05-12-2020, 09:09 AM) -- This is what I run https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HRIYA80/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 -- Wow, I wish I would have seen that...
bloggstein Woodturning 17 8,093 05-12-2020, 10:38 AM
  0 Thread: Questions about Vacuum Chambers
Post: RE: Questions about Vacuum Chambers

If it helps anyone else, this is the sort of stuff I used for my gasket - https://www.amazon.com/Silicone-Durometer-Smooth-Backing-Thickness/dp/B00LY2DTOM/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=silicone+1%2F8&q...
bloggstein Woodturning 17 8,093 05-12-2020, 08:23 AM
  0 Thread: Questions about Vacuum Chambers
Post: RE: Questions about Vacuum Chambers

iclark Wrote: (05-11-2020, 01:59 PM) -- The comment about hockey-rink plexiglass has me thinking about how to access the panels that they have to take out of service. Wasn't there someone here whose ...
bloggstein Woodturning 17 8,093 05-11-2020, 03:49 PM
  0 Thread: Questions about Vacuum Chambers
Post: RE: Questions about Vacuum Chambers

I use something like the Harbor Freight paint pot.  I don't recall anymore where I got it at, but very similar.  I use it with a small electric vacuum pump that is also very similar to the ones HF sel...
bloggstein Woodturning 17 8,093 05-11-2020, 11:21 AM
  0 Thread: Question on center finding device
Post: Re: Question on center finding device

[blockquote]MsNomer said:[hr][br][br]Check HF. Plastic version works fine. $5 maybe. [br][br][hr][/blockquote][br][br]Did you mean they had something like my original question, or something like wha...
bloggstein Woodworking Hand Tools 3 4,735 01-03-2016, 11:28 AM
  0 Thread: Question on center finding device
Post: Re: Question on center finding device

Nice work, jgrout. Unfortunately, the jobs I need this for is too close to the ends of my pieces for that type of design.[br][br]Derek, I think that little contraption you posted just might work, tho...
bloggstein Woodworking Hand Tools 3 4,735 01-03-2016, 05:18 AM
  0 Thread: Question on center finding device
Post: Re: Question on center finding device

if it helps at all, I quickly drew what I remember it to basically look like.[br][br]This is a view from above. http://imgur.com/abPQCBi (http://imgur.com/abPQCBi)[br][br]This view shows how the jaws...
bloggstein Woodworking Hand Tools 3 4,735 01-02-2016, 10:58 PM
  0 Thread: Question on center finding device
Post: Question on center finding device

A long time ago I used a center finding device and I would very much like to find one like it again, but I have no idea what it was called or who made it and have not had much luck in my search and wa...
bloggstein Woodworking Hand Tools 3 4,735 01-02-2016, 10:21 PM

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