What came in the mail today?

[pkinneb]

Off loaded some tools I don't use over the last month so I could purchase this new Peter Galbert Travisher. I look forward to using this on chair projects.

[fcschoenthal]

On 2/20/2025 at 12:02 PM, Mark J said:

I'm not a collector, no...I'm... ahh... I'm an accumulater.  Yeah, I accumulate compasses.

Mark, you got me nostolgic, so I had to go dig out my stuff. I got most of it in the late 60's.

[Mark J]

15 minutes ago, fcschoenthal said:

Mark, you got me nostolgic, so I had to go dig out my stuff. I got most of it in the late 60's.

That is some nice stuff. 

[drzaius]

19 hours ago, pkinneb said:

Off loaded some tools I don't use over the last month so I could purchase this new Peter Galbert Travisher. I look forward to using this on chair projects.

That tool is just beautiful.

[Von]

Anyone know what you are looking in the photo below? My web searching is failing me. TIA.

It's a Starrett 1" micrometer on the right and the on the left there is a missing piece which would fit in a 3/8" hole. Flea market impulse buy. Not sure if it came commercially like this or someone machined a custom body. Failing better information, I'll get a piece of 3/8" rod and making a working micrometer out of it to solve some problem I'm sure will come up.

[fcschoenthal]

On 2/21/2025 at 11:00 AM, Von said:

Not sure if it came commercially like this or someone machined a custom body.

To me, it looks like a homemade base. I can't imagine Starrett would produce something that looked like that. I also have no clue what it could be used for in it's current state, but I'm no expert at machine tools.

On 2/21/2025 at 11:00 AM, Von said:

I'll get a piece of 3/8" rod and making a working micrometer out of it to solve some problem I'm sure will come up.

You'll probably find it on a shelf in a couple of years and think "Oh yeah, I forgot I had this" like so many of us. 

[pkinneb]

Received a new plane today my wife bought me as an anniversary gift. At $79 probably the only Bridge City plane I will ever own but it is purdy 

I plan to use it to plane Kumiko strips prior to assembly so they are even as seen on Matt Kinney's Instagram channel https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8muLKRBDN/. The adjustable sides of this plane will make that a breeze.

 

[treeslayer]

I ordered the same thing @pkinneb, and you’re right, probably only Bridge City I will ever own, a friend has one and loves it, mine should be here by the end of the week, at half price I just couldn’t pass it up 

[gee-dub]

Some CA accelerator and the other replacement trunnion shoe for my drill press.

[Tom King]

How long did it take to get that Travisher after you ordered it?

My drafting machine, that I still use, is made by Vemco.  Looks a lot like this and I have the electric eraser shown on that page too.  All the houses I built came off the same drafting board.

https://www.metamorphosisdesign.org/2013/08/the-vemco-drafting-machine.html

 

[fcschoenthal]

On 2/24/2025 at 3:59 PM, pkinneb said:

Received a new plane today my wife bought me as an anniversary gift. At $79 probably the only Bridge City plane I will ever own but it is purdy 

I plan to use it to plane Kumiko strips prior to assembly so they are even as seen on Matt Kinney's Instagram channel https://www.instagram.com/p/DF8muLKRBDN/. The adjustable sides of this plane will make that a breeze.

I got one a couple of years ago for about the same price and you're right, it's probably the only BC tool I'll own. I've used mine more than I thought I would. Haven't tried Kumiko, but I guess now I can. 

I've used mine primarily to size inlays and then trim them almost flush using the side rails. One tip is to use a setup block underneath it to make sure that both sides are the same depth. I just set it on top of the block, lower the sides to touch and then tighten them up.

[pkinneb]

On 2/24/2025 at 4:39 PM, Tom King said:

How long did it take to get that Travisher after you ordered it?

My drafting machine, that I still use, is made by Vemco.  Looks a lot like this and I have the electric eraser shown on that page too.  All the houses I built came off the same drafting board.

https://www.metamorphosisdesign.org/2013/08/the-vemco-drafting-machine.html

 

About 2 months.

[Von]

On 2/24/2025 at 4:59 PM, pkinneb said:

Received a new plane today my wife bought me as an anniversary gift. At $79 probably the only Bridge City plane I will ever own but it is purdy 

I also impulse bought this plane while back when it was on sale and have been fairly happy with it. Used the depth stops a couple times successfully.

I also bought a honing jig I haven't used as much. Nothing wrong with it, I just gravitated to free hand.

[Mark J]

15 hours ago, Tom King said:

My drafting machine, that I still use, is made by Vemco.  Looks a lot like this and I have the electric eraser shown on that page too.  All the houses I built came off the same drafting board.

https://www.metamorphosisdesign.org/2013/08/the-vemco-drafting-machine.html

The blog was an interesting read.   That drafting table would be a great work space to have.  But I have no where to put it.  

[Tom King]

Mine is 37"x60" and hinged to a wall in a shop.  There are legs that drop down to put it at the angle I like from the wall.  When I'm not using it, it folds flat against the wall.  My first house was drawn on graph paper.   After I made a little money on that house I bought the drafting machine.  

I've been ordering parts for the rain system on the point.  Mainly schedule 80 pvc leftovers off ebay pretty cheap.  I bought a cheap check valve so the water doesn't drain back down out of the 8" suction pipe.  It was sold as an 8" but came today and is a 6".  Hopefully the seller will make it right.  At 200 bucks it's cheap for a big check valve, but not worth anything in the wrong size.

8" flanges for it under and beside it in the picture.  Some of the smaller fittings needed for the supply side in the background.  

The pump is a 6" intake, but I have a bunch of 8" pipe that was given to me years ago when they were putting in the county water system and the contractor just wanted to get rid of their leftovers when they finished.  I will have enough horsepower to run an 8" pump, so if I need to replace the pump I'll just go to an 8" and run a four inch line up to our pastures. 

All those schedule 80 fittings were bought for pennies on the dollar off ebay.  The ones in the background are 3" and 4", so not really small, but look small compared with the 8" parts.

[Coop]

I went to Rockler today for some Domino tenons and ARS. I needed a new 45* chamfer bit and having a balance on a gift card, I decided not to be frugal. Oh yeah, I need some 1/4” dowels to help in the alignment of the holes in the small seat tiles so I picked up some walnut ones. Could have been knotty pine as far as I was concerned. I looked at the receipt when I got home and the 36” dowels were $4.99 ea.. That’s a bunch of bucks per bf or even linear ft. 

[pkinneb]

On 2/25/2025 at 9:18 PM, Coop said:

I went to Rockler today for some Domino tenons and ARS. I needed a new 45* chamfer bit and having a balance on a gift card, I decided not to be frugal. Oh yeah, I need some 1/4” dowels to help in the alignment of the holes in the small seat tiles so I picked up some walnut ones. Could have been knotty pine as far as I was concerned. I looked at the receipt when I got home and the 36” dowels were $4.99 ea.. That’s a bunch of bucks per bf or even linear ft. 

Yeah that's a bit much for a dowel 

[Tom King]

I heard back from the seller of the wrong check valve.  They don't have an 8" to send me.  They offered a 50% refund or I could start a return process with ebay.  I started the return process.  They said I should get a shipping label by March 3....

I would take the refund and try to sell the 6" on ebay, but they take a big chunk and I don't want to bother with it or be responsible for it.

[wtnhighlander]

Diamond stones have become very inexpensive, at least those from brands other than DMT or Trend. I've been using a double-sided stone from Sharpal for a few years, the style having the abrasive bonded to a steel plate with some epoxy-like adhesive. Recently, the 'extra fine' side started peeling away, so I decided to gamble on this little beauty:

This one has the diamond embedded in a thin sheet of metal, laminated to a steel core, and backed with a non-slip mat. At just $27 retail from Amazon, if it lasts through a couple of honings for each plane and chisel in my shop, it will have more than paid for itself. I'll try to remember to post a review after a few uses.

[gee-dub]

Some wafer head 1/4-20 bolts that I will use with some Strong Tie flip toggle anchors when mounting the headboard, vertical piers.

[gee-dub]

One of those things I don't really need but for some odd reason WalMart had it on sale for cheap.  I just can't resist my dumpster-diver, bargain-basement roots.

Fits the Kreg 720 I picked up  on the cheap at Lowe's.  I guess the 720 just wasn't moving or was the last one.  Whatever, good deal for me .  Now I can do 1/2" material in the bench-mounted jig as well.  I don't pocket hole often but I do enjoy being able to get through it quickly and cleaning up easily.

 

[legenddc]

Went to a yard sale this morning and picked up everything below for $100. 

@Mark J is there a way to figure out which jaws these are besides matching them to pictures online? They don’t seem to have any markings on them. 

[JohnG]

The Chuck key says Nova on it. The other jaws and worm screw look like the Nova ones I have. 

Good find!

[legenddc]

It's a Nova G3 chuck for sure. The jaws are what don't have any markings besides 1, 2, 3, and 4, to match the numbers on the chuck.

[Mark J]

@legenddc, Nice score.  Those do all look like Nova jaws.  Just confirm that the screw holes in the jaws and chuck body line up.  Nova jaws are not labeled as to diameter, but you can often tell by looking.  The ones on the body look like 50 mm.  With the loose jaws the ones top right are 70 mm.  For the others I'd have to compare to pictures (and descriptions) on the nova website.   Or lay all 4 jaws of a set out and measure the inner and outer diameters.

The 1-4 numbers on the individual jaws should be matched up to the same number on the slides.  The jaws start out as a ring turned on a metal lathe, which is then sawn into quarters.  So (in theory) there could be slight differences in size.