What came in the mail today?

[Tpt life]

I’ve removed diamonds, but never for windows where a new style couldn’t be used. 

[Von]

A couple near to me is liquidating their cabinet shop (they sold the property and are on a deadline to get out). Lots of beautiful tools I wish I had room for but all too big for my space. I ended up buying their router bits for about $1/bit...

As the guy honestly told me, everything from new to junk. I'm going through and sorting into what I want to keep, what is scrap metal, and what I think could be useful to someone else (e.g. big shaper bits, CNC bits). The older bits have a layer of shop dust, so it takes a little cleaning to discern what shape they are in. A few bits have enough of the superficial shop rust I've learned plagues Southern Indiana as to not be worth dealing with.

I plan on keeping about 20%, so I'm happy I've gotten my value out of the buy and this will go a long way to flushing out my bit collection. Probably about another 20% of bits are scrap metal. This leaves a good number I plan on giving away through my local woodworking club or otherwise helping them find a good home.

[Tom King]

That's might even be more than I have.  The ones with white bearings are probably for solid surface countertops.  The ones I have for Corian have Corian covered bearings so there is no markoff.

[Von]

On 5/5/2023 at 4:22 PM, Tom King said:

The ones with white bearings are probably for solid surface countertops.  The ones I have for Corian have Corian covered bearings so there is no markoff.

Yep, that's what I was told. I assume I could swap out the bearings for a traditional ones, but didn't find any that motivated me to do so, so they'll get passed along. Thanks for confirming.

[Tom King]

They work fine on wood too.

[Von]

On 4/4/2023 at 8:56 AM, GlennL said:

I ordered a metal 5 gal bucket with a clamp lock lid. When I connected it to my Festool CT 22, I had to reduce the vacuum speed to keep the bucket from collapsing when using a smaller diameter hose and sander. I'm going to modify the wood piece so the new bucket will just "drop" into place. This way I can move it off the shop vac setup, and switch to the Festool vac.

@GlennL I'm facing a similar challenge with my new set up when I use my sander (see below). From where did you get your bucket? TIA

[Von]

Found a Dustopper on ebay for a good price. I don't know it separates any better than the Taytools topper I had, but it is cyclonic, so maybe. And its inlet comes out horizontally rather than vertically, so it gets me a few more usable inches of hose and makes pulling the unit more smooth. 

As you can also see in my previous post in this thread, my Lowe's bucket was collapsing. My wife noticed the old joint compound bucket she was using for gardening that was significantly sturdier. I substituted it in and so far so good as it's shown no collapse with either the ROS or belt sander. No points for beauty though.

I  was a little bummed to figure out that my belt sander and the shop vac combine to >20A, which kept tripping my power strip, so second extension cord to another circuit required for belt sanding.

Hope everyone had a good mother's day.

[GlennL]

On 5/12/2023 at 7:17 PM, Von said:

@GlennL I'm facing a similar challenge with my new set up when I use my sander (see below). From where did you get your bucket? TIA

I got the bucket and lid off Amazon...

Bucket... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052P2PEW?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Lid... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052P1QBU?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

[gee-dub]

On the fourth try I got some workable inner filters to replace the now-no-longer-made JDS 750 ER ambient air cleaner.  They are a Supermax product as shown.

Previous attempts that claimed to fit this model were too large.

The Supermax product is a three bag versus the four bag original so there is less area of filter media BUT the frame fits in the housing which others did not.  The frame is very lightweight metal.  The original was a heavy steel filter frame enclosed in an outer U-channel frame of heavy gauge steel.

The Supermax seem like they will work fine.  I just post this in case any other JDS 750 owners have been having trouble locating a decent replacement.

[pkinneb]

On 5/16/2023 at 6:47 PM, gee-dub said:

On the fourth try I got some workable inner filters to replace the now-no-longer-made JDS 750 ER ambient air cleaner.  They are a Supermax product as shown.

Previous attempts that claimed to fit this model were too large.

The Supermax product is a three bag versus the four bag original so there is less area of filter media BUT the frame fits in the housing which others did not.  The frame is very lightweight metal.  The original was a heavy steel filter frame enclosed in an outer U-channel frame of heavy gauge steel.

The Supermax seem like they will work fine.  I just post this in case any other JDS 750 owners have been having trouble locating a decent replacement.

Thanks I have noted this since I have two of these in my shop!

[Agrund]

This guy showed up yesterday, A year and a half later.   An impulse buy, not sure where it’ll fit in to practicality, but it sure is a cute little guy

[JohnG]

A few Narex chisels

[drzaius]

I have those Narex mortise chisels. They have proven to good, stout chisels and a great bargain.

[Immortan D]

Picked up a bunch of Milescraft stuff:

I already used it to install two of these:

Also:

And this one came free with the drill guide:

Finally I went to the lumber yard and picked up some wood for my next project:

[legenddc]

On 4/16/2022 at 8:08 PM, BonPacific said:

I joined the club today.

 

How's everyone's air sensor holding up? My sensor has stopped working. The screen and temperature still works.

Looked for a replacement particle sensor but they seem to be $20 shipped or replace the whole thing for $40. It seems in the past year since a lot of us ordered these everyone from Amazon to Ikea has come out with them.

[Ronn W]

Bought replacement P100 filters for my respirator.  And, After looking up particulate sizes of wild fires, bought one for my wife just in case the wind tries to bring smoke to MN.

[Tom King]

A Wen wet sharpener showed up today.  My CBN wheel has been good for 11 years, but it's about had it.  I sold a Tormek soon after I started using it.  Some time later I figured out that I couldn't use the CBN grinder in the old houses I work on because of the mess it makes.  I switched to grinding outside only.

Since the wheel is worn out, I want to go back to a wet grinder, but didn't want to put the money in the current model of Tormek, so I've been waiting for the next model to come out.  I really want reverse for lathe tools.  I just like grinding lathe tools better going away.  The Wen has a reverse.

Needing something, I decided to put the $135 in a Wen wet grinder to see if it was any good at all.  To my surprise, it's really pretty good.  It grinds as good as a Tormek, and maybe better since it seems like it turns a little faster.

It's not something to change the bevel on a chisel with, with the time it would take, but it does just fine at cleaning up a chipped edge.

I don't really like the tool holder that comes with it, but it certainly is useable.  I'll probably replace it with the TE-77.

I don't like the angle gauge that comes with it either, so ordered the Tormek version.

If I go back to using unskilled helpers, I think they will be able to use it just fine and not risk burning the edge on something.

If you don't have a grinder for your chisels or plane irons, one of these is worth having.

Tormek sells a dressing stone for their wheel, but I don't think it's worth what it costs.  I tried a 24 grit tile rubbing stone, and the Wen wheel cuts almost like a bench grinder for a short while after using it. 

I think it's well worth the cost.  If I had seen the special edition Tormek before I ordered this, I may have been persuaded.  It comes with 600 grit diamond stone which I'm still not sure about being worth the cost with an undetermined life yet.

You need to keep an old towel close at hand, and some water to add.  The water disappears faster than it seems like it should.

You need a small adjustable cheap square for setting the bar parallel to the wheel working surface.

 

[Chet]

On 6/8/2023 at 1:36 PM, Tom King said:

The water disappears faster than it seems like it should.

Water stones like that will soak up a lot of water in use.  I have often thought it would be interesting to weigh the stone on my Tormek before and after a sharpening session to see how much water it took on.

[gee-dub]

New laptop. I got tired of carrying a pad of paper and pencil around the property.  The touchscreen and touchpad are nice but I still tuck a mouse in my pocket if I will be doing any large amount of work . . . I'm just a dinosaur sometimes.

[wtnhighlander]

@gee-dub, laptop touchpads are the bane of my existence. I will invariably activate one in the midst of typing, and either delete large swaths of text, or wind up with a jumbled mess from typing several words into the middle of a previously-typed paragraph.

[JohnG]

Or just efficient. 

On 6/11/2023 at 10:16 AM, gee-dub said:

I'm just a dinosaur sometimes.

Or just productive. Touchpads and touch screens on laptops are nowhere near as efficient as a mouse for most applications. 

[gee-dub]

On 6/11/2023 at 7:30 AM, wtnhighlander said:

@gee-dub, laptop touchpads are the bane of my existence. I will invariably activate one in the midst of typing, and either delete large swaths of text, or wind up with a jumbled mess from typing several words into the middle of a previously-typed paragraph.

 

On 6/11/2023 at 7:53 AM, JohnG said:

Or just efficient. 

Or just productive. Touchpads and touch screens on laptops are nowhere near as efficient as a mouse for most applications. 

I see I have twin sons from different mothers out there .  After 40 years as a geek one starts to feel pretty comfortable with new tech.  Somewhere along the way I got comfortable and would just like to stay in that happy bubble .

[Mark J]

Just try using Fusion360 or Sketchup with a touch pad.

[BonPacific]

On 6/8/2023 at 8:47 AM, legenddc said:

How's everyone's air sensor holding up? My sensor has stopped working. The screen and temperature still works.

Looked for a replacement particle sensor but they seem to be $20 shipped or replace the whole thing for $40. It seems in the past year since a lot of us ordered these everyone from Amazon to Ikea has come out with them.

Mine's been great, and seems to still be accurate enough (comparing outdoor readings to a nearby firestation's online measure).

[Chestnut]

On 6/8/2023 at 10:47 AM, legenddc said:

How's everyone's air sensor holding up? My sensor has stopped working. The screen and temperature still works.

I haven't had mine on. I used it to figure out some patterns and then have it on a shelf. I should have tried it while the smoke from fires was in the area.