I like the Super 77 for my Scary Sharp system, but that's about all I use it for.
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What's happening in your shop this winter?
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I too love my One+ circular saw, just put a new blade on it after using the original one for 7 years. The only One+ tools I've managed to kill is the angle grinder, blew the gears out and the vacuum. My original drill is the 1/2" chuck hammer drill and it is going on 8 years old now. Last year bought a set of drill and sawzall with two Lithium batteries and charger, but otherwise I have a double charger for the Ni-Cads. I'll still buy Ni-Cads over lithium as long as I can get them. Even my table saw is Ryobi.
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1956 tool advertisements
I hadn’t scrolled around from that ad for the Skil Saw, but a Canoe Tripping friend just called me laughing about the other advertisements in that link.
The Skil Saw ad is hard to beat, a guy in a dress shirt cutting cabinet boards in the kitchen while the missus looks on approvingly.
It is worth scrolling down, at least to the “As little as $53 (full price) buys a 1956 Chris Craft boat Kit”, or a twin sleeper cabin cruiser for $352.
dang, there are some wonderful ads in that collection of 1956 Popular Science collection. We had that 9x9 hardwood parquet flooring in our farmhouse and I was still using a 1950’s Toro garden tiller into the 2000’s.
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Admitting my ignorance I had heard the Scary Sharp term before, but never looked into it.
http://dans-woodshop.blogspot.com/2009/01/sharpening-with-scary-sharp.html
Oh heck yeah, I’ve got glass and sandpaper and Super 77. I will give that a try someday.
I recall reading that some adhesive spray can be used when cutting especially fray-prone fiberglass or etc, lightly sprayed to hold the cut edge together without affecting the resin, but I don’t recall is that was Super 77 or something else.
Pretty risque for the 50's. Is it just me or does one of the folds of her shirt make it look like a button was left open and that if you turn your head to just the right angle you might see something. Accident?
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I found 50+ sheets of Plate glass years ago and at that point sandpaper became cheaper then Waterstones and Diamond Paste
Hard at work in the shop and I think I have a design for a canoe stand that will work for 14 or 15' canoes.
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Sweeper that is a pretty neat stand. It would be good to bring to a show when displaying a boat. Where did you get all the wine barrels?
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Thanks Jim, thats what I saw them as, more of a display stand than a work stand.
I work with a guy that primarily makes Adirondack style chairs out of old Wine and Whiskey Barrels. We only use about 2/3 of the staves and almost none of the metal hoops so I'm working on new pieces from our extras. I trying to get myself out of production and into R&D.
The wood circles in the back are cut outs for Lazy Susans.
I work with a guy that primarily makes Adirondack style chairs out of old Wine and Whiskey Barrels. We only use about 2/3 of the staves and almost none of the metal hoops so I'm working on new pieces from our extras. I trying to get myself out of production and into R&D.
The wood circles in the back are cut outs for Lazy Susans.
We get them broken down, on pallets from California. Some have just be emptied and have a great wine aroma, that turns to a vinegar smell and then to a urine odor before disappearing as they dry out.
We are now working with a local brewery that's in the second out growing of their building. They buy used whiskey barrels that are black with charcoal. Their barrels are used once by the whiskey makers and once by them.
We are now working with a local brewery that's in the second out growing of their building. They buy used whiskey barrels that are black with charcoal. Their barrels are used once by the whiskey makers and once by them.
This winter I'll be building a few SOF kayaks and probably another canoe depending on time. I'm also building custom kitchen counters and restoring/converting an antique cabinet into a disguised entertainment center. Both for a regular client of mine.
Here's the beauty shot. I cut the ends of the legs to 35˚, sanded and stained it
Here's the beauty shot. I cut the ends of the legs to 35˚, sanded and stained it
Very nice!
Just a heads up for you Ryobi Li-on 4ah users, HD has buy one get one free packs for $89. There was one left in my local HD, but oped for a Brad Nailer instead of the batteries.
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Nothing major on the burner right now. I’m still searching for a dumpster-ready canoe to rebuild. No luck so far, and I’ve turned to smaller projects.
I’ve got another FarmerSexual shovel blade soaking in a salt and vinegar bath, and meanwhile I’m working on my anal retentive calendar for 2016.
I have a well-annotated calendar in my shop, and another in my traveling gear. The annotations are many; friends birthdays (and, increasingly, death days), dates and info for meteor showers or eclipses, rocket launches from Wallops or Canaveral (someday….), even the Jeep Safari week so I know when not to end up in Moab.
One Christmas tradition, the boys and I go through our tripping photographs and come up with 12 photos to use in making a calendar. Actually three copies of that photo calendar; one for my wife’s office, one for the kitchen and one for my shop.
I’ve kept those old calendars for the past 8 or 10 years. The photos are printed on 8 ½ x 11 photostock and I have at least 100 photographs to choose among from previous calendars.
We also have a couple of 4 foot x 8 foot DIY tabletops used as temp tables at parties or events.
By golly I think I have another shop project. Select the best of those photos and glue them to one of the tabletops. Maybe cover them with a sheet of plexiglass.
Methinks the boys and I are going to have fun with this.
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I picked up these two Royalex Mad River Legends that are in some need of some TLC, the gunnels where really rough so today I finished up the new ash gunnels.
Boy, you'll have plenty of gas money for a NW Ontario trip. Mind you, if you came to Manitoba gas is down to 79 cents a litre ($2.98 a US gallon).
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