Shockproof? Really?

Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:11:15 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Wood swells that much when you breath on it. 8-) *

I wants one because I wants one. For the same reason people get a Ronco pocket fisherman, or a Henry Taylor #7 Spoon Gouge. Because I think it will solve a problem.

"Think of the flame thrower. Someone had to think to themselves "I want to be able to set stuff on fire - way over there." and then work all the bugs out.

tschus pyotr

• co-worker told of working in a woodworking store, guy comes in wants a block of wood 100 cm on a side, to .001. "Sir, wood swells that much just by breathing on it. Also - a block that large is going to be impossible to find."

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:12:49 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Snerk - more like (squinting at mic) 'That's .2" and not "that's .002 plus two times .250". Nerts.

I cut it off twice and it is still too short!

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

Measure twice, cut once, weld and repeat.

Hmmmmm...I could sell my scrap cutoffs of 6x6 deck posts as kits to make the Platonic Solids.

Gunner Asch on Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:17:18 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Yeah - precision guesswork. B-)

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

"Jim Wilkins" on Tue, 6 Mar 2018 15:07:25 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Sound like it might have possibilities.

Especially when considering what is being sold...

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

I'm still using guard rail post cut-offs that I collected in 1980!

So does metal.

Ayup. float = boat

I like the way you think, Pete. VBG

Nah, just chop down a redwood or any old-growth pine/oak/etc. It'll stay within that 0.001 (in one place) for at least a few minutes in a small temp/hum-controlled space. I wonder if he meant 100mm...

Larry Jaques on Wed, 07 Mar 2018

iirc - Scot asked - he meant a meter.

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

I bought the contents of the pipe threader scrap bin at Home Depot once, for stock to turn sleeves and hubs and bushings. Some of the pieces were only a crude approximation of "round".

"Jim Wilkins" on Thu, 8 Mar 2018 20:19:00 -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

"Round - for some value of 'round'."

I have studied GD&T one several occasions. Flat, level, round, perpendicular - for some value of same, this complies. I mean a LP album is "flat" at one level, "not flat" at another..

tschus pyotr

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

That's why I initially said redwood/old growth, which would be large enough for a cubic meter of wood, but you never know with the public. They get these odd tidbits of "news" from CNN and they're off and running.

You can buy long brad point bits.

I forgot to mention dowel centers. You drill holes in one board, put the centers in the holes, then match up the other board to it and tap against the points, marking the second board precisely.

You realize this is stretching even my old memory. Ancient wood tech, y'know? It's all biscuits and kreg now. Unless you're rich and can afford a Festeringtool Domino, a li'l $960 kit. Want a $1,000 shop vac? Oops, I mean "dust extractor") They have 'em.

Larry Jaques on Sun, 11 Mar 2018

Will have to look into those.

My problem is: no means to be sure I've the axis of the second hole aligned with that of the first. So long bits, drill one long hole and cutting it in half (or thirds,with the extra hole can be used in handles or other projects.)

thanks

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

Larry Jaques on Sun, 11 Mar 2018

I worked with some Festtool sanders, seemed to be a good tool for the intended use (finishing up imitations stone countertops.)

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

If the hole is square to the surface a Portalign works well.

A more general approach is to lay out and center punch both ends of both holes in a straight line, then drill with the work resting on and aligned by an upright point on the drill press table in line with the spindle axis.

If you don't have a drill press, get one. Or (less ChaChing) get a drill guide (the tool you strap onto a VSR drill, great if you have a second drill motor)

I have the old 90-degree model, a PortAlign. I could slide the base up and have the rods align with the plane of the board while centering it.

(I have absolutely no idea what that meant.) OK, 4th read--guessing you're talking about drilling a single board and then ripping (with grain) down to 2 or 3 pieces? How could an extra 1/4" (or larger) hole work for a handle?

That they are, but the overpricing sticks in my craw. I loved their plunge saw setup, but it would have cost me $750. The same setup I got from Makita was $426, plus $43 an extra 55" rail and $35 for a pair of clamps.

"Jim Wilkins" on Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:25:00

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My problem is - I don't have a "drill press". I had some, but can't find them. Argggh.

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."