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  0 Thread: Crosscut Sled Base Thickness
Post: RE: Crosscut Sled Base Thickness
Cooler Wrote: (11-23-2020, 08:58 AM) -- I used 3/4" melamine covered particle board.  It was (and remains) perfectly flat and it has a good deal of lubricity so it slides more easily than other optio...
 Mike67 Woodworking 12 4,802 11-24-2020, 05:02 PM
  0 Thread: Grandson
Post: RE: Grandson
Turner52 Wrote: (10-01-2020, 01:00 PM) -- 15 year old grandson has expressed interest in woodturning. Coming over Saturday morning for first lesson. I have glued up some walnut and oak for a mallet. ...
 Mike67 Woodturning 10 3,254 10-02-2020, 07:40 AM
  0 Thread: Using Trans Tint Dyes
Post: RE: Using Trans Tint Dyes
JTTHECLOCKMAN Wrote: (11-30-2018, 01:27 AM) -- May have been asked before but I could not find it so will ask again sorry. I want to use trans tint dyes to color some maple wood (small items) My ques...
 Mike67 Finishing 5 2,710 12-01-2018, 09:56 AM
  0 Thread: bandsaw blade took a bite out of me
Post: RE: bandsaw blade took a bite out of me
gear jammer Wrote: (11-30-2018, 04:02 PM) -- Opened a box with a new bandsaw blade, cut the quick ties  and the thing slipped away from me. Uncoiled and landed right above my glove and slid about 5 i...
 Mike67 Woodturning 10 4,682 12-01-2018, 09:52 AM
  0 Thread: Calabash Box
Post: RE: Calabash Box
Splinterz25 Wrote: (10-28-2018, 07:31 AM) -- My latest work Calabash Box 9.5" x 4.5" pommele sapele  Lacquer finish C&C welcome. -- Wow. That finial is really impressive.
 Mike67 Woodturning 15 7,846 10-28-2018, 11:17 AM
  0 Thread: Chips coming off fast, sting my left hand
Post: RE: Chips coming off fast, sting my left hand
Strokes77 Wrote: (10-28-2018, 10:26 AM) -- I'm sure I am doing something wrong. I'm new to turning.  Cut up a log to make a bowl.  As I start roughing, the chips coming off the roughing gouge fire...
 Mike67 Woodturning 13 6,384 10-28-2018, 11:11 AM
  0 Thread: Nova reversible chuck questions
Post: RE: Nova reversible chuck questions
Gregory of Sherwood ForestI'm looking at getting a Nova Reversible chuck but I don't see one available for a 1 1/4" spindle, only 1x8" Can an adapter be used with it without negating the reversibilit...
 Mike67 Woodturning 3 2,146 10-27-2018, 01:16 PM
  0 Thread: Dust Collection at Lathe Question
Post: Dust Collection at Lathe Question
Have been using a Ridgid shop vac with drywall bag and hepa filter for dust collection while sanding on the lathe. Seems to work pretty well. Recently got my hands on a harbor freight dc with a wynn f...
 Mike67 Woodturning 2 2,349 07-04-2018, 08:51 AM
  0 Thread: Curly ash question
Post: RE: Curly ash question
Dave Diaman Wrote: (09-22-2017, 07:56 PM) -- Hey guys. I scored a ton of this curly ash that I'm going to turn into turning blanks to sell eventually. My question is about the moisture content. Right...
 Mike67 Woodturning 5 3,253 09-23-2017, 12:22 PM
  0 Thread: Longevity of HFDC?
Post: RE: Longevity of HFDC?
Thank you!
 Mike67 Woodworking Power Tools 4 3,163 05-30-2017, 06:51 AM
  0 Thread: Longevity of HFDC?
Post: Longevity of HFDC?
Has anyone worn out a HFDC? I've had one for about a decade and it makes some squealing noises. Should I start looking for a replacement? Thanks.
 Mike67 Woodworking Power Tools 4 3,163 05-29-2017, 08:52 AM
  0 Thread: spray can lacquer recommendation
Post: RE: spray can lacquer recommendation
Hi, Budglo. I've used many cans of minwax and deft with the fan spray caps and they never clog. The only brand that did clog for me was watco so if using that one, removing and soaking the cap could b...
 Mike67 Finishing 10 8,211 03-08-2017, 09:12 AM
  0 Thread: spray can lacquer recommendation
Post: RE: spray can lacquer recommendation
Deft is good and available at Ace stores around here. Minwax - in a black can - is also very good and the borgs carry it but it usually costs a few dollars more than Deft. I find that both tend to haz...
 Mike67 Finishing 10 8,211 03-04-2017, 09:27 AM
  0 Thread: Mohawk lacquer question
Post: Mohawk lacquer question
Can anyone explain the difference between Mohawk clear tone finish and Mohawk finishers choice? Both, I think, are clear nitro lacquers. Thanks, Mike
 Mike67 Finishing 0 1,765 01-19-2017, 08:04 PM
  0 Thread: Heat for the Shop
Post: RE: Heat for the Shop
Have a Modine Hot Dawg gas heater in a two car garage in Vermont. Walls and ceiling are insulated but the doors are 50-year-old wood and not at all tight. The heater does fine if it's over about 20 ou...
 Mike67 Woodworking Hand Tools 33 19,307 12-19-2016, 11:24 AM
  0 Thread: Can you have too much DC?
Post: RE: Can you have too much DC?
Handi, that must have made a bang! Thanks for the input. Turns out my emails to the seller were going to spam so he wasn't seeing them. Trying to make arrangements to go get this thing. Fingers crosse...
 Mike67 Woodworking Power Tools 24 17,413 12-14-2016, 09:54 AM
  0 Thread: Can you have too much DC?
Post: RE: Can you have too much DC?
Thanks all for the good info. May be for nothing - I emailed the CL poster and haven't heard back. The DC is probably sold already (wish people would take down posts when items sell). This is good inf...
 Mike67 Woodworking Power Tools 24 17,413 12-11-2016, 12:34 PM
  0 Thread: Can you have too much DC?
Post: RE: Can you have too much DC?
Thanks again for all the input. AHill, the issue is with suck, not capacity. With both planers I get a good amount of chips on the infeed table after each board goes through. Its worst on the small p...
 Mike67 Woodworking Power Tools 24 17,413 12-08-2016, 04:37 PM
  0 Thread: Can you have too much DC?
Post: RE: Can you have too much DC?
OP here. Thanks so far. More detail here... Currently running the HFDC through a Thein separator in one of those big blue plastic barrels (works well), then about ten feet of 4 inch hose that I move ...
 Mike67 Woodworking Power Tools 24 17,413 12-08-2016, 01:00 PM
  0 Thread: Can you have too much DC?
Post: Can you have too much DC?
Currently using a HFDC with a Wynn in a garage shop, moving the hose to the machine in use. Works ok but can't keep up with the planer so have been thinking something with a little more suck would be ...
 Mike67 Woodworking Power Tools 24 17,413 12-08-2016, 11:09 AM

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