estesbubba Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Looks like a fun build. What's the bigger item on your sharpening station? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Hope your buddy picks up on all aspects of woodworking this quick! You could have a permanent shadow on all your future builds! Sent from my SM-P550 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Looks great man. This will be a fun build to follow along.Question: does his fiance know he's building it? If not, whats his excuse for being over at your place so much after work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Looks great man. This will be a fun build to follow along.Question: does his fiance know he's building it? If not, whats his excuse for being over at your place so much after work? Yeah. If this is double secret what are your cover stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Looks great man. This will be a fun build to follow along.Question: does his fiance know he's building it? If not, whats his excuse for being over at your place so much after work? He's clearly at Eric's house helping with the basement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted September 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 He's clearly at Eric's house helping with the basement.That would be a good excuse and probably could have used it...for a week or two.I asked him the same question at the start...what are you gonna tell her about being gone all the time for a couple months straight? He kind of shrugged like he hadn't even considered it. He said she's finishing some post-grad college courses so she's gone evenings all the time anyway. I told him he should just tell her he's working on a "surprise" for her, that he'll be gone frequently for a while, and leave it at that. That's what he did and apparently it's a non-issue. So it's really only single secret but double secret is more fun to say. We are building two of them if you wanna get all technical about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 This evening we completed round one of milling. I'm pretty impressed with Joe...he seemed to get the jointer right away after a very brief and basic overview. A lot of people simply cannot understand what this machine does, how it does it, and why it's necessary. I let him watch me mill my parts, then I handed the reigns to him and he tore right through it without a glitch. He put the boards down on the correct face, applied the appropriate amount of pressure in the right places at the right times, fed at a reasonable rate, and produced some dead flat sticks. This thing may turn out to be not nearly as difficult as I first imagined. He might just have the right aptitude for wood working. He works with his hands on the day job and knowing what he makes, I would guess that attention to detail is important to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Well, the fun never ends. The jointer threw its pulley key. Set screw is missing as well. Guess the project is on hold until I can get Grizzly to send me some new garbage parts for their garbage machine. With as much Grizzly equipment as I have in my shop, it's a good thing we gave ourselves until June to complete this project. We may need every last week available. I am not happy at the moment. I have to say...I spend a totally unacceptable amount of time dealing with Grizzly mechanical failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 That sucks man - sorry for the bad luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Happens so often to guys in this forum that I think I might mild grade loctite my set screw after verifying perfect alignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Well, the fun never ends. The jointer threw its pulley key. Set screw is missing as well. Guess the project is on hold until I can get Grizzly to send me some new garbage parts for their garbage machine. With as much Grizzly equipment as I have in my shop, it's a good thing we gave ourselves until June to complete this project. We may need every last week available. I am not happy at the moment. I have to say...I spend a totally unacceptable amount of time dealing with Grizzly mechanical failure. LOL. Don't mean to laugh man, but I literally just had the same exact issue a few weeks ago (posted about it here, I believe you saw it). Someone else also had this issue on a Grizzly TS. The set screws holding the key on are total garbage. Good luck man. At least their CS department is good and will probably send you parts quickly. How many times have you headed over to powermatic.com today?I'm reasonably happy with my Grizzly jointer, but the more I take it apart and interact with the internals the less impressed I am with it. I got a lot of jointer for the money, which is good I guess, but I don't think I'd buy another big Grizzly machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southwood Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Great just great, was planning on ordering that jointer here soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 ==>Grizzly to send meLocal hardware store, auto garage, NAPA, etc. It'll be metric, but they'll probably have both the key stock and set screws... My local ACE/TrueValue has all that stuff... Or McMaster-Carr.... You may have to get key stock and cut it to size, but that's no big deal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Yeah McMaster Carr will get it to you tomorrow, but you'll have to pay shipping. My local hardware store has a pretty wide selection of key stock. Trip is right - give that a shot tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Always remember, LocTite is your friend.... 242 or 243 are your best bet... Actually, anything from the blue series would work... In a pinch, 222 or 223... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Yep, drop of blue loctite on the set screw, and some key stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I remember years and years ago, before outboard motors had clutches, they had shear pins. And you darn sure kept several in your tackle box (or my dad did), cause you're a long way from Mc Master Carr when you need one. Eric, is that an 8" jointer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 How many times have you headed over to powermatic.com today?Zero. But only because I made the commitment to this machine a few months ago when I bought the Byrd head. I'm pretty much stuck with it now. One thing I am dead certain about though...if I ever lose a Grizzly for any reason, it's gonna be replaced with something that doesn't have a stupid bear on it.These machines...they work fine when they work. But there's just way too much failure in between. I don't put nearly enough hours on my machines to have as many issues as I have. Every month it seems there's something else.==>Grizzly to send meLocal hardware store, auto garage, NAPA, etc. It'll be metric, but they'll probably have both the key stock and set screws... My local ACE/TrueValue has all that stuff... Or McMaster-Carr.... You may have to get key stock and cut it to size, but that's no big deal...Good idea, I may try that. Eric, is that an 8" jointer?Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Buckle your seatbelts, y'all...you're in for a long ride. This kind of thing is exactly why I hesitate to start journals...indefinite endings. Not that this one won't end, but......anyway, the seemingly minor jointer issue has unfolded into a complete debacle. So, lest I bore you all to tears, suffice it to say there will likely be no new developments in this journal until around Thanksgiving.Stay tuned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 12" jointer on the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Did you order a powermatic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted October 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Not yet. I'm gonna wait for the Black Friday sale. And no Mike...it will not be 12". Aside from the ridiculous price tag, I simply don't have the space for it. As awesome as it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eric. Posted December 8, 2015 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Two months and one week later...back in bidniss. Forrest and Bubba showed up exactly when they were s'posed to. Wheeled that heavy bastard all the way in... Some grunt work later... While I was waiting for Black Friday I did a little bit of upgrade-orgo. Added another Gladiator cabinet and another lumber rack with some integrated scrap storage. Not that I need to hold on to any more scraps but it's just wasted space otherwise so why not... And I also made the big and bold move of swapping the lathe and bench. This is where my bench used to be and I like it a lot better here. There are pros and cons to both configurations but at least this way my bench is right next to my tool cabinet and I think that trumps everything else. It feels great to be back to normal. Joe is coming over tomorrow and we should be able to make some progress finally. Deep breath in, deep breath out... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Wow, looks beautiful. Is it all calibrated? Run any boards over it yet? How'd you get it in place? Couple buddies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Have not run a board over it yet. We had a number of adult beverages this evening so I'm gonna save that for tomorrow. My buddy wired it up and we turned 'er on and off a few times. Purrs like a kitten. I checked the tables and fence with my straight edges and everything looks great. Maybe a thou dip in the middle of the infeed table...I can see a trace of light but can't get even a one thou feeler gauge under it. Fit and finish is outstanding. I'm very very happy so far. We're gonna put it through its paces tomorrow for the real test. Fingers crossed.Uncrating and getting it off the pallet wasn't too bad actually. Just kind of pivoted it a few times and there it was. Easier than expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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