2015 POTD Thread Archive

[chevydyl]

After my stupid accident I remember my dad telling me "you better not let that skil saw scare you" and I didnt, but i have respect for it. And if I have a questionable cut to make, I clamp it down

My issue with double post is that when I hit the post reply, it starts thinking then does nothing, I hit refresh and it's not there, like yesterday, so I hit it again, and then there's two, might be cause 90% 9f my posts are from my phone in desktop view, can't effin stand mobile view of forums, or any website for that matter. Especially ebay, the one problem I have with ebay and desktop view is that I can't look at car parts, it locks up the tab haha

 

[road]

Oh ya and JRS is not an impatient type nooo ......

 

[road]

It's been a long time since I have posted on potd.
I had some help from JRS to fix my bent lead screw last week, now I am correcting a few alignment issues with the change gear set up on my little lathe. Had to make a couple of new parts. ( they are not done yet ) I even ran out and purchased a few new number drills F, H & I

 

[Franko]

My father died when I was 4, so I never had anyone show me how to use tools. I am completely self-taught. Whirling blades have always scared me and rightfully so. They are dangerous.

My fear of them matured during a project when a friend and I finished out a restaurant. Miles of trim and wainscot got to be too casual and repetitive and I found myself getting a little too casual with cuts. I'm a big fan of push sticks and sliders and any fixture that will keep my fingers away from the blade.

One of the best push sticks I've discovered is a 2x4 with piece of lattice nailed to the end. I fashioned a push stick that uses the same geometry from baltic plywood and cut a handle patterned after my grandfather's very old hand saw, shown with the small slider I use with a non-ferrous blade for cutting large and small aluminum and Delrin parts. The length holds stock from rising up on the blade. T-slots on the slider allow the use of clamps.

I also have a large slider for squaring cross-cuts on wood up to 32" wide. A slider is one of the very best safety gizmos for a table saw.

 

[extropic]

After my stupid accident I remember my dad telling me "you better not let that skil saw scare you" and I didnt, but i have respect for it. And if I have a questionable cut to make, I clamp it down

My issue with double post is that when I hit the post reply, it starts thinking then does nothing, I hit refresh and it's not there, like yesterday, so I hit it again, and then there's two, might be cause 90% 9f my posts are from my phone in desktop view, can't effin stand mobile view of forums, or any website for that matter. Especially ebay, the one problem I have with ebay and desktop view is that I can't look at car parts, it locks up the tab haha

IMO, you've touched on the important issue there. "Questionable" is based on our judgment and experience. Sometimes one needs a significant occurrence (bad experience) to develop better (good?) judgment.
When I was 13 YOA I got the first knuckle of my right index finger run through a sprocket/roller chain. There was one neurovascular bundle left intact so the Doc decided to sew the finger back together and see if it would take. The finger healed, with a partial nail and I have feeling in it. Even the knuckle works. Anyway, the experience got my attention and I'm certain that because of it, my judgment and attention to being safe has served me pretty well for more than 50 years (knock wood). I know that we all hope for everyone to develop good judgment without significant injury. That's why it's so important not to display unsafe conditions/practices. The unknowing may mimic.

 

[extropic]

That pusher is a beauty Franko. The best part, I bet you think about your Grandfather every time you use it.

 

[Franko]

Thanks, EX. I never saw him cut anything with it. Somehow, I ended up with it. He was in his late-eighties while I was just a pup and passed in his mid-90s. My memories of him are mostly him sitting in his chair next to a smoking cabinet with an old radio he listened to Paul Harvey, his pipe stand and one of those perpetual motion birds that dips its beak in glass of water. I also ended up with his smoking stand and a couple of his pipes, one shaped like a bull with horns.

The saw is a beauty. They don't make them like that any more, though I never mastered cutting square with a hand saw.

 

[rwm]

I have had some funny experiences with woodworkers who had no experience with metal working machinery. They assumed that the woodworking machines were inherently safer than the metal working machines since they were designed to cut softer material!
Has anyone else run into that?
R

 

[johnnyc14]

Well my PM932 mill is sold so I spent the morning taking it down off the stand and moving the Ferro mill into it's place. Here are a few pics.

The shop started the day looking like this.





To move the big mill I screwed the leveling feet down through the base as far as possible to raise the base enough the get my floor jack under it. I removed the jack pad and the front wheels from the jack so it would fit under the base frame of the mill. I raised it one side at a time enough to get my heavy duty wheels under it, threaded onto the leveling bolts.





It's amazing how easy a 2500 lb machine moves with the right wheels under it. I rolled it about 5 feet forward to get access to the PM mill with the engine crane.



I removed the power feed motor and the motor that moves the head up-down and put them into the little wood pallets that came with the machine. I lowered the head as low as I dared and used a tennis ball under the spindle to hold the power feed motor in the box. The 2 little pallets are held down with T-nuts and studs. I also removed the X and Y axis handles.



I wrapped a 5000lb strap around the head where it fastens to the column and used my engine crane to lift the machine off the base and lowered it onto some cinder blocks where it will rest until the new owner comes to pick it up.







Then I maneuvered the big mill into the space where the PM machine was. This really gives me a lot more space.





I used the jack again to remove the wheels and install the leveling feet and get it leveled. There's only about 6" of clearance under my furnace but that won't be a problem unless I have to remove the motor from the mill.









The new owner of the PM mill is from Calgary and is going to pick it up Thursday evening. It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes to load it and get him on his way.

 

[Round in circles]

Patients guys the internet is not instantaneous!

You would be amazed how many forms I have had to fix at work, so people can't submit it multiple times by accident.

I wish there was an impatient persons fix for teenagers .. Our 13 yr old Munchkin has a Mac book pro for school , homework and leisure , the WIFI printer cops it almost every time she tries to run off a print as she won't wait the 15 to 20 seconds for the memories to fill up and start printing.