What came in the mail today?

[h3nry]

On 11/10/2024 at 7:11 AM, Mark J said:

Cool.  Is that sewing machine model intended for canvas?

Yes, It doesn't have the long arm nor HP of a proper industrial machine ... but it's a real beast compared to my little Kenmore, which struggled badly with heavy canvas or upholstery work.

[BillyJack]

I use to look to buy an upholstery machine back in the day, but the prices  just keep climbing and passed…

[Tom King]

We have a couple of commercial sewing machines that we bought at auctions that work great.

[Tpt life]

I saw a sewing machine (in Italy, the machine, not me), made by Toyota. 

[Tom King]

One of ours came out of a cargo parachute factory that was closing.  I think it's a Singer model 75, but might not be remembering the model number correctly.  It was a high speed model originally owned by the Army for making tents.  The parachute factory had it geared way down to sew through multiple layers of thick webbing.  It will sew through anything.

I downloaded a manual from the internet.  At the end of the manual it shows where to hit it with a hammer if you're being overrun by the enemy to disable it so the enemy can't use it.

I think we paid $75 for it and had to buy a used single phase motor for it, but it's never needed anything but a few drops of oil to keep it humming smoothly.

It's only straight stitch.  Our other one is a zigzag Consew that you can adjust the zigzag width all the way down to straight.  Pam has that one set up in a room in the house that she uses for a sewing room.

[wtnhighlander]

In a previous life, I worked at a garment factory. Industrial machines were rarely multi-function, as there was generally a separate machine configured for each kind of stitch.

To relate this to woodworking, our low-volume "custom" line used maple end-grain cutting boards that came in 5'x20' sections. Fabric was laid on the boards and parts were cut using paper templates and a (very sharp) knife.

[Tom King]

I've had a search going on ebay for one of these Powermatic control rods and knob for I forget how many years.  My Reeves drive 1150 drill press has been missing one since I bought it.  One came up before but I didn't check in quick enough before it was sold.  This one came up very early in the morning a few days ago, so I jumped on it.  It's a little darker and more beat up that the ones on the machine, but I'm glad to get it.

It came yesterday.

Lug nuts for the aluminum wheels on the big water pump, but that's another story and ongoing project.

 

[legenddc]

Went to buy the dust collector floor vac and accessories from a guy for $35 and ended up with this Rockler taper sled for an extra $40. I don’t need 3 of the Rockler Dust Right handles but I can get rid of them later. 

[Mark J]

3 hours ago, legenddc said:

I don’t need 3 of the Rockler Dust Right handles but I can get rid of them later. 

Don't be too quick to part company with these. Rather than have one hose with one handle attached to the DC, and then have to climb under or squirm behind every piece of equipment to hook up the DC, I have a hose & Dust Right handle on every machine.  Much easier to attach/detach standing up at the DC.  When not in use the hose gets coiled on or under its machine.  Definitely a first world solution, but much easier.

[legenddc]

On 11/20/2024 at 4:47 PM, Mark J said:

Don't be too quick to part company with these. Rather than have one hose with one handle attached to the DC, and then have to climb under or squirm behind every piece of equipment to hook up the DC, I have a hose & Dust Right handle on every machine.  Much easier to attach/detach standing up at the DC.  When not in use the hose gets coiled on or under its machine.  Definitely a first world solution, but much easier.

I never would have thought to do that. Guess I'm keeping them for the time being. Will have to get more hoses at some point.

[legenddc]

Got my order from Starbond in today. Looking forward to trying out the pencil. Already used the marker kit to touch up the one scratch on our floor. 

[Mark J]

I just ordered the CMT Forstner set from Woodcraft.  $80, "regularly" $210.  I'm thinking CMT understands the meaning of sharp, so I thought I'd take a chance.  Hope this doesn't turn out to be too good to be true.

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/cmt-forstner-bit-set

[Von]

On 11/30/2024 at 3:55 PM, Mark J said:

I just ordered the CMT Forstner set from Woodcraft.  $80, "regularly" $210.  I'm thinking CMT understands the meaning of sharp, so I thought I'd take a chance.  Hope this doesn't turn out to be too good to be true.

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/cmt-forstner-bit-set

I've had this set for a while and been happy with it. I don't remember what I paid for it, but it wasn't ~$200 :-)

[Mark J]

Well, it came.  I can't say I'm too happy with how it arrived. 

[gee-dub]

On 12/6/2024 at 1:14 PM, Mark J said:

Well, it came.  I can't say I'm too happy with how it arrived. 

Man, you had to bounce that thing hard to make that happen.

[Von]

On 12/6/2024 at 5:44 PM, gee-dub said:

Man, you had to bounce that thing hard to make that happen.

Yeah, I've long since thrown that orange box away but I recall it having a pretty good grip on the bits.

[Von]

A couple of band clamps and a feather board for resawing to prepare for making some boxes. And a couple of cheap planes to hopefully make one usable scrub plane.

[Mark J]

On 12/6/2024 at 3:14 PM, Mark J said:

Well, it came.  I can't say I'm too happy with how it arrived. 

I should mention that when I opened the box all the bits seemed intact.

[legenddc]

Our local Rockler has Bessey clamps for 25% off this weekend. Picked up 2 50” parallel clamps for only $1 more than the 40” on Black Friday. 

[Von]

Garage/estate sale find. 

Can anyone educate me on what the plywood platform with the circular cut-out on the front of the bench grinder is for (besides holding the dressers)? I've seen similar platforms on other grinder searching about the net, but haven't found a photo/video/description of it in use. TIA.

 

[JohnG]

My guess would be to hold a container of water to cool parts. The staining around the large hole seems to support that theory. 

[Chet]

On 12/16/2024 at 8:44 AM, JohnG said:

My guess would be to hold a container of water to cool parts. The staining around the large hole seems to support that theory. 

I was thinking the same thing.

[Von]

And I forgot to ask, I plan to get replacement eye shields for the grinder (none came with it). If anyone has a suggestion, I welcome it.

[Botch]

Matt Estlea is now selling plane-blade screwdrivers made of exotic woods, but at $120-140 a pop they're a bit rich for my blood.  He mentioned in his video he sold an earlier design to Lee Valley Toolworks, and I sprang for one at $29 in walnut.  Not a necessity, but a nice-to-have.  

[Tom King]

I keep one of those from LV on my sharpening sink.  It gets left out all the time, and I'd call it close to a necessity for taking the cap off and putting them back on.  I also use it to tweak the tightening screw on the Eclipse guide.  I'd pay extra for one made out of stainless steel with a synthetic handle so it wouldn't suffer from getting left out all the time, but not for exotic wood.