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
I’ve had the Lee Valley / Canvas Apron for a month and have been pretty happy with it so far so I thought I’d share my thoughts on it. To test the concept of using a shop apron I had been using a cheapo model from Menard’s but I really disliked the neck loop. However I… Continue reading Veritas Canvas Apron Review
There’s one advantage to a fixed head lathe; the source of dust and chips is always in the same spot! Given a dust hood that can cover 10″ you’re set for most projects. Given a sliding headstock lathe and now your dust collection needs to be a lot more flexible, it will have to travel a few… Continue reading Telescoping Lathe Dust Collection Arm
Over the year that I’ve owned my sliding table saw I’ve really come to appreciate the convenience and safety of having a built-in crosscutting & ripping sled. I just finished a set of tapered legs which on a normal cabinet saw one would use a taper jig to cut. In this post I’ll show how… Continue reading Repeatable Taper Rip Cuts with a Sliding Table Saw