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On the subject of sharpening stations and honing guides, I have a benchtop sharpening station with a horizontal honing wheel with a water drip and an adjustable-angle sliding tool rest/holder. While it's not quite as fancy as the Viceroy, it works well, and my planes and chisels are happier now with their bright new edges and backs, especially after I gave them a light touch-up with a finer stone. The adjustable orifice in the gravity-feed water drip works well, although the drip rate is more consistent if I keep the reservoir at least 2/3 full. I haven't used the left-side (dry) wheel yet, as I still need to order a replacement eye shield for it. The wheel guard for the left-side wheel can be rotated, and the tool rest/holder can be detached from the right side (horizontal wheel) and moved over and attached to a socket in the left-side wheel guard, which I think will be very handy for doing the initial grind on badly nicked blades. If I recall, the horizontal (wet) wheel is 1,000 grit, and the left-side (dry) wheel is 120 grit. I picked this up from a local bloke for $40 who was downsizing his operation.
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That does look like it! Was about '61 or 2 and the odd thing was that it arrived with a big woodturning lathe. Good, but those were the only power tools in the shop. Bit overkill, as I thought at the time. The lathe was fun, doubt they would allow things like that now for young guys. Even the so called woodwork master was a bit wary of it, but didn't stop us... It wasn't a 'subject' for me, but hobby time.
Thinking now, maybe a good salesman called?
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How will you get the magic smoke in whilst the glue sets?
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Man..How will you get the magic smoke in whilst the glue sets?
I thought you are specialists here.
got some black smoke from other machines….
That was quite easy.
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This caught my eye: https://www.bricodepot.fr/saintes-saint-georges-des-coteaux/touret-a-meuler-250-w/prod58000/On the subject of sharpening stations and honing guides, I have a benchtop sharpening station with a horizontal honing wheel with a water drip and an adjustable-angle sliding tool rest/holder. While it's not quite as fancy as the Viceroy, it works well, and my planes and chisels are happier now with their bright new edges and backs, especially after I gave them a light touch-up with a finer stone. The adjustable orifice in the gravity-feed water drip works well, although the drip rate is more consistent if I keep the reservoir at least 2/3 full. I haven't used the left-side (dry) wheel yet, as I still need to order a replacement eye shield for it. The wheel guard for the left-side wheel can be rotated, and the tool rest/holder can be detached from the right side (horizontal wheel) and moved over and attached to a socket in the left-side wheel guard, which I think will be very handy for doing the initial grind on badly nicked blades. If I recall, the horizontal (wet) wheel is 1,000 grit, and the left-side (dry) wheel is 120 grit. I picked this up from a local bloke for $40 who was downsizing his operation.
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Nothing like as good, but with a couple of jigs, the wet wheel can straighten up wood tools and Hss drills. My 40 year old cheepy bench grinder is getting a bit rough and getting fresh wheels would be close in price to the new one.
The slow wet wheel is wider than it looks in the pics
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Glad you sorted that, I was about to FedeX you some V high quality black pungent smoke. Works really well, if you know how to insert it...
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Had a play at TIG welding this afternoon and it occured to me that it might be useful (for some) to have a wee rack for their tungstens should they dip and contaminate it; this never happens to me, obvs, but I thought I'd make an example just to show what could be done. Happened to have a block of aluminium kicking about, so eight holes later...
Please feel free to use this design, royalty free, as I thought some might need more than one tungsten if they're doing a weld longer than a few inches...
Please feel free to use this design, royalty free, as I thought some might need more than one tungsten if they're doing a weld longer than a few inches...
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Not a bad idea until you trip and impale yourself with 8 sharp tungstens 
Stuck my curved bits together. Several cockups were made but some learning happened. 186A for tacking and 110A with filler. When I forgot to lower the amps, I melted 2 of the joints off.
Guesses what it was supposed to be? Not a kitchen impliement
Stuck my curved bits together. Several cockups were made but some learning happened. 186A for tacking and 110A with filler. When I forgot to lower the amps, I melted 2 of the joints off.
Guesses what it was supposed to be? Not a kitchen impliement
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That looks like a medieval torture device!Had a play at TIG welding this afternoon and it occured to me that it might be useful (for some) to have a wee rack for their tungstens should they dip and contaminate it; this never happens to me, obvs, but I thought I'd make an example just to show what could be done. Happened to have a block of aluminium kicking about, so eight holes later...
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Please feel free to use this design, royalty free, as I thought some might need more than one tungsten if they're doing a weld longer than a few inches...
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Yeah... well, those that need that many tungstens racked up deserve it.
You bitch.
Thought maybe you had pigeon problemsHad a play at TIG welding this afternoon and it occured to me that it might be useful (for some) to have a wee rack for their tungstens should they dip and contaminate it; this never happens to me, obvs, but I thought I'd make an example just to show what could be done. Happened to have a block of aluminium kicking about, so eight holes later...
View attachment 296455
Please feel free to use this design, royalty free, as I thought some might need more than one tungsten if they're doing a weld longer than a few inches...
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Don't get me wrong, I stack up a few double ended tungstens myself, but sitting flat on the table or on the back of the vise where they can do less murder...Yeah... well, those that need that many tungstens racked up deserve it.
I have personally witnessed @Tangledfeet 's ability to injure himself on seemingly innocuous objects. I think the most memorable one was a clump of grass...
With that tungsten holder, it's only a matter of time before there's a "I'm just back from A&E" post...
With that tungsten holder, it's only a matter of time before there's a "I'm just back from A&E" post...
Made - a slug to help press the bearings out of the casing! Took the Centec mainshaft to bits to replace the bearings as they have suffered from condensation 
It's nice having a press to take them out
So main casing now has a coat of red oxide, a bit more filler tomorrow and wait for the bearing quotes to come in
It's nice having a press to take them out
So main casing now has a coat of red oxide, a bit more filler tomorrow and wait for the bearing quotes to come in
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Don't get me wrong, I stack up a few double ended tungstens myself, but sitting flat on the table or on the back of the vise where they can do less murder...
Aah, but you've missed the obvious; I intentionally designed it to function in both the vertical AND the horizontal position...
Managed to get legs on the table saw today:
Other than a going over with the sander and fitting a riving knife and dust extraction and giving the top a coat of wax it's as good as finished. Although I might set to and make a wooden fence as I'm not overly enamored with the aluminium box section effort that was made in a Heath Robinson stylee... And at some stage making a crosscut sled is on the cards... And possibly extensions for the sides and the outfeed...
Other than a going over with the sander and fitting a riving knife and dust extraction and giving the top a coat of wax it's as good as finished. Although I might set to and make a wooden fence as I'm not overly enamored with the aluminium box section effort that was made in a Heath Robinson stylee... And at some stage making a crosscut sled is on the cards... And possibly extensions for the sides and the outfeed...
