Rocket-Boy

Any reason why the shutterply is attached under the rafter beams rather than over it? I did the same thing in my garage but have the ply sitting on top of the beams screwed down into it.

^This, I did the same thing a few years back with some nylon rope which was intended to secure the bed for storage in the rafters. Setting up a pulley system with a few loops is fairly straight forward and it was just a case of pulling and end then tying it off and pulling the other end.

Bit more progress has been made, seems I can do a max of 2 rings per evening with a bit of shaping before gluing the first one. You can see the blade deflection in the bigger ring, its not an even cut from top to bottom so there are some gaps. Oak plug which forms the bottom of the bowl is in the one shot, it will be turned down when Im closer to finishing but for now its structural so dont want to remove too much bulk from it. Changed up the glue method for this next ring, it was easier to center this way then stack 3x 5kg weights on it. You can see a bit of rough shaping on the two rings below the newly glued one, I think it will look quite nice in the end.

Sad but true. In EL my choices are limited to Tork Craft or Tork Craft. I had some quick clamps I bought from them and one snapped in the first week. Bought a few from Gelmar for 1/3 of the price and they are all still going strong.

Some progress this evening, I took the smallest ring and cored out the center a bit so that it would fit my 50mm jaws in expansion mode. Then I took a square scrap of oak and turned it round and to fit inside the ring. It was left proud of the surface for a few reasons but the main ones are it is now the base and it makes a spot on the other side to grip in the chuck. I cant take a pic at the moment because things are busy gluing to that surface. Base ring and first ring glued to it. Using a board on the tailstock pressed up against the rings as a clamp. The rest of the rings still to glue. I ran out of bluegum so I used a piece of something brown, no idea what it was. Made two identical sized rings and swapped alternate pieces in them to add some contrast to the ring. It will be more apparent when the finish is on. Tomorrow evening I will do some turning on the current pieces to rough shape before adding more rings, its going to be some tight curves on the inside when its done so shaping earlier will help.

Honestly I have no idea, pants or one of the guys who buys wood often might be able to help.

I have noticed on youtube that they seem to cut very easily. Im probably going to order one from toolcraft and hopefully it will make things a bit better.

Ripping seems fine, the one redeeming feature of that saw is the fence is stupidly accurate. Its manly crosscutting that is a pain and I will thinking of getting a think kerf dedicated crosscut blade in 60t. That is where the real pain comes in... I have to disassemble the entire saw to change the blade! Its a terrible design, there is no cover to remove so you have to unbolt the base and then remove the cover plate to get to the inside. The blade is then changed from underneath so its not the most fun thing to do. *edit* having no cover plate around the blade opening means I cant make a zero clearance plate either, so I had to improvise there with the sled by clamping a piece of mdf on the opposite side.

Forgot to mention I miscalculated the length of wood needed for the big ring so had to make another piece to fit it, shouldnt be a problem though as the inside and some of the outside will get turned down in the end. Hard to believe but those few rings came out at 5.13m! which is a lot of wood. For the next one I should be able to make them narrower but being the first time I wasnt sure where it will overlap. Its going to take a while, its already been about 5 days of work with cutting, gluing and truing up the rings. Next is the glue up process which will take around 2 days because its a ring at a time and then some turning in between.

I have always wanted to try some segmented turning, it looks really cool and I like the idea of being able to use offcuts to make things from... at least that was the theory until I realised how much wood it uses. So I made the wedgie sled for my table saw. Im using a 12 segment ring for now because that can be set with a 30deg triangle which is cheap. The first test ring was absolutely perfect, no gaps anywhere and its absolute bliss to turn because all the endgrain is in the joints. I bumped into some problems with the actual rings I was making, I have possibly the cheapest/nastiest table saw you can get and it gets some blade deflection depending on the load. It meant the lines it was cutting were not always dead straight. So some rings were glued into halves which were sanded flush later. That isnt all of the rings, I found some of the steps between sizes were too big and so I had to make some intermediate sized ones to fit between. I came up with what I think is a cool trick for mounting it and making the base ring which I will post pics of tomorrow once its all glued up. So quick question for the guys who are old hands with table saws. Would a really high quality blade like a Freud pro make a big difference to cutting? Im using a cheap quality tork craft blade which is almost brand new but I get very unclean cuts and the deflection issue. I have checked the arbor and its running true so I think the flexing is caused by the blade.

I read in the press release that the quick release straps for the 5 will work on the 3. It was a while back though so cant find the article.

I have done a few AR's they are quite fun. Well they are fun as long as in not doing the nav that is, they become way less fun when I keep getting people lost!

Other than the deep sea fishing and drone flying that sounds like my life. Pity you are in JHB, nothing better than a marine tank with fish you caught yourself.

Learn to double-haul asap, it will help in the long run. My wife can cast really well but never wanted to catch anything so I wasnt allowed to put a hook on her line :/ Its just one of those things that when it clicks you find it really easy to do. Its been a while but I used to be able to get a standard line into the backing with 3 hauls.

Yup running is definitely still going strong, I do at least 10 running races a year and there are far more of them available. I really hope its just a slump, triathlon has always been my first love and the various running, swimming and cycling races I did around it were really just to boost my tri ability. Will probably spend the next year or so focusing on running and see how things go from there.

I think I might have reached the end of my triathlon days. I did a race yesterday, was just a sprint so nothing special. The problem was I just didnt enjoy it much, triathlon seems to be dying out in EL and there were less than 50 people who entered the race. The who spirit and vibe around it wasnt there either which is a shame. When I first started doing them around 12 years ago we had tons of people entering and it had a great vibe but over the years I have noticed the events thinning out. My friends who I used to do them with have all left SA too which doesnt help with the fun factor. It really seems to be a case of most people got into it and did a lot of racing, did a few 70.3's and then got over it. I honestly didnt think that would happen to me but I think Im at that point now.

I can well believe that, there are many times I think disco hosts off dialup too.

ok wow that was quite a crash. Man that must have been a shock followed by a lot of pain.

Maybe he is realizing that he is getting on so its easier to crash out then not win the stage

hmm not exactly sure but it looks like one of the big wood varieties...

Paging @Moridin ... https://www.toolcraft.co.za/collections/newest-products/products/sawstop-professional-cabinet-saw-250mm-3hp-no-fence?utm_source=BPM+Customers&utm_campaign=b7f4f9f464-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_11+-+Black+Friday&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9ca076802b-b7f4f9f464-95036479&mc_cid=b7f4f9f464&mc_eid=971ac274bc Just going to leave that there for you... Just add the incra fence and you have arguably the best table saw setup you could want.

Ahh cool, was about to order a bevel box from them so will lob one of those in with the order and try the same thing. Really like what you did with it.

Ah I wasnt paying much attention before, I blame trying to do 3 things at once though!

What Pants said^ If you are going to get the shop to do most of your cutting then make sure they leave you some room to use the hand tools to sneak up on final dimensions. The plus with hand tools is they make more shavings and less dust than power tools so its easier to clean up. If you are looking at chisels then Narex at toolcraft will be your best friend, the quality vs price is amazing and I love mine. I also have a japanese saw that I bought from them and I find I seldom reach for any of the other saws because the jap is just so accurate and easy to use.

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