Jerry Bennett’s Wedgie Sled is a wonderfully simple and elegant solution to the problem of cranking out trapezoids for segmented turning. If you’re not familiar with his idea, visit his site and watch his video series. The only hard part is what to do about setting the angle between the two fences; here are a few… Continue reading Angle Setup Blocks for Making Wedgie Setup Templates
Gouges on the left, scrapers on the right, with skews, parting tools, and a drill on back. It’s nice being able to put my grinder and tools right where I want them while turning and then tuck them away when doing something else. However the lower shelves are only moderately useful because they’re short and… Continue reading Lathe Sharpening and Tool Cart
The thin profile of Veritas’ Striking Knife makes it pretty versatile but at the same time hard to sharpen. It’s very small so there’s little bevel to “feel” for and the blade material is bendy so it’s hard to keep in the exact same orientation while sharpening. Consequently over time mine will loose its nice pointed… Continue reading Veritas Strking Knife Sharpening Jig
Using a cheap USB microscope I took some closeup shots of the scratch pattern and burr on a HSS bowl gouge through three sharpening methods. Here’s the full album of images For the purpose of woodturning it seems like the fineness of the edge doesn’t matter a whole lot. While the burr looks very nasty, and… Continue reading Gouge Sharpening Through a Microscope
Introduction Over time the outfeed table on my Rikon 25-210H worked its way out of adjustment, gradually creeping its way close to the cutterhead. I found out about this one day by the one cutter slamming into the table when I turned on the machine. So I was able to move the table back out of… Continue reading Hitting the Reset Button on my Jointer/Planer
I just got Jet’s 2HP cyclone dust collector as an upgrade from Grizzly’s 2HP canister unit. My main driver was to get a more quiet dust machine with a side benefit of it being easier to empty. So while I had both machines on hand I measured their sound levels and air volume throughput. The… Continue reading Jet JCDC-2 vs. Grizzly G0548ZP Showdown!
This past weekend I assembled my new dust collector, Jet’s 2HP cyclone unit. The whole process took about two hours, most of which was spent getting the “head” (motor/impleller) mounted onto the frame. That part, when done according to the instructions was honestly hard to do. As you can see in the photo I used… Continue reading Jet JCDC-2 Cyclone Dust Collector Assembly
Over the last few months I’ve noticed the buttons on my dust remote starting to flake out. Some days they would require a few clicks to work, other days they would be fine. Well today the on button totally died. Because the buttons were getting more and more unreliable over time I had a pretty solid… Continue reading Grizzly T26674 Button Repair
Over the last year or two I’ve gradually accumulated 6 of DMT’s 8″ continuous diamond sharpening stones. I started with Coarse, Fine, and Extra Fine per Paul Seller’s recommendation with a leather strop plus green compound for a hair-popping edge. Then curiosity compelled me to get the Extra Extra Coarse, Extra-Coarse, and Extra Extra Fine models. I… Continue reading DMT Dia-Sharp Stone Roundup
I recently finished a new workbench with a face vise on the left and Veritas Inset Vise off on the right. Most of my bench work is on the medium-to-small size and I wanted a means to secure those pieces to the bench top without clamps. Most operations will be things like holding the work for… Continue reading Veritas Inset Vise Review