difalkner

Welcome to WTO, Eddie! Mineral spirits shouldn't hurt. I use compressed air and Naphtha. Does a great job and evaporates quickly, no residue. Nice looking boards, btw. David

In 1990 I bought a 3HP PM66 and still use it nearly every day. I don't recall a single time that I've wanted more power. This one can win a tug of war with me now if I use bad technique. Getting one that will throw a board into the next zip code just doesn't seem necessary for my little home shop. David

Haha! No problem. I've known some, as well. Good people and we've had some fun conversations. William Faulkner was originally Falkner but when he was 19 he changed it because an editor published some of his work and spelled his name wrong. He didn't want to rock the boat so he just changed it. I don't give in so easily and have been correcting it for 60+ years. I do have a double standard, though. You can write me a check and spell it any way you want. Again, no problem. I just enjoy the grammar part but rarely 'go there'. I participate in about 10 forums and most of what I read is pretty entertaining grammar-wise. David

Close. There is no 'u' in Falkner. We spell it correctly. Falkners' isn't correct but Falkner's is for possessive (apostrophe in wrong place in the first example). Now if the last name already ends in an 's', such as Simmons, it would be Simmons' for possessive. For pluralization of Simmons, then you add 'es' to the end - Simmonses. Even though this may look weird, because we're not accustomed to seeing it, that is the correct way of writing a name ending in 's' for pluralization. My goal was to make the sign plural rather than possessive, hence no apostrophe on the second version. While I'm certain there are exceptions the basic rule is no apostrophe for plural and use an apostrophe for possessive. David

Haha! On the first version I went with the grammatically incorrect but widely accepted way of doing a sign. When I did it the second time I decided grammar is still king over conventional norm. The apostrophe shows it to be possessive but I wanted plural. One could argue that possessive is correct because this is our house but my intention is the plural - there are two of us, so no apostrophe. I'll make the sign mount such that I can flip it over and have it both ways - David

I guess we can say a Woodpecker has been busy with it. David

Almost two years ago I fired up the CNC for the first time and right away decided to cut a sign with several bit changes, varying depths of cut on the letters, generated in one G-code, and no clue how to make bit changes once it took off. But, it was an inexpensive and soft piece of WRC so I let 'er rip. Well, I completely messed it up and kept the piece as a reminder as to what happens when you get in over your head. The other day I decided I would modify the file because I know a WHOLE lot more about Fusion 360 now and thought I'd see if I could cut the sign properly on the other side of the same board. Here's the one from Dec. 2016 - And the one from this week - I haven't decided whether to paint it, stain it, or just leave it alone. If I hang it on the house it will be out of the weather and away from the sun. You have my permission to laugh at my expense - I did! LOL! David

It was a very nice MINI, loved it but having to go 200 miles to Dallas for service got old. This was our second MINI and my guess is we went for service 20 times in about 7 years and I got stranded 3 times in small towns. Our two MINI's had to be taken via flatbed back to the mother ship each of the 3 times I was stranded. Finally had enough and switched to the Tacoma. I still like MINI better, though! And the exotic wood find was/is phenomenal. Brazilian Rosewood, Canary Wood, Jatoba, Purpleheart, Bolivian Rosewood from a shop that was getting out of the business and moving into something else. The man is 80 years old and starting his 4th business, didn't need the money, and had two CNC's costing north of $150k each, 52" wide belt sander, 24" planer, 16" jointer, 5 large dust collectors, all in an old outlet mall he bought. His shop is about 30,000 sq. ft. I would guess and he rents out the rest of the mall. Anyway, I'm rambling and chasing rabbits on someone else's thread... sorry! LOL! David

This is something I came up with a while back and have made a few but I thought I'd post a few photos of this one. It's a marriage, wedding, or anniversary sign (plaque?) in Walnut with a Maple cross. This can be hung on a wall or set on the easel I also designed. It's got one coat of Nitrocellulose sanding sealer and one coat of gloss. Enjoy! David

Sometimes you just have to get creative. Here's an exotic lumber haul back when we had a MINI Countryman - But we traded the MINI in on a Tacoma so now we can really haul some lumber! David

Are they on TV or YouTube? Haven't watched TV in at least 5 years - cancelled our service and I don't keep up with social media. I'm picky about what I watch on YT, too. I watch April Wilkerson and Frank Howarth - enjoy both. David

We have been using Kaspersky Total Security for 3 years and haven't seen any ads on YT since installing it. Even the unskippable ads don't play - the video just starts as soon as I click on it. I have no idea whether or not April's videos or Frank Howarth's videos have ads. David

I've been watching her videos almost from the start and thoroughly enjoy them. Her energy and enthusiasm is very good. Yet in all the videos I've seen there hasn't been a single thing I've wanted to replicate, methodology to incorporate into my shop, or project that I was just dying to go build. I admire her drive and dedication whether she's doing 'fine woodworking' or not. If I had her income and the opportunity and space to build a shop that size it would be entirely different in layout and purpose but she's built the shop she wants and I look forward to her future videos and projects. David

Very clean and nice work - good job! David

Fantastic work, indeed!! David