Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 IMG_0927.JPGMatching set of Kiaat salt and pepper grinders I turned sometime last year. Btw I have no idea why the uploader keeps turning my photos of the grinders on its side. ????Those are stunning Sniffie 1
Tromp Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) My apology upfront as I am looking for a solution not " directly " related to woodwork . I need to clad a wooden frame with corrugated sheets ( not IBR ). Question.....how do I neatly and accurately cut the said sheets with an angle grinder. The tops of the sheets needs to by cut at a slight angle.Scrapped 2 sheets already. Edited January 23, 2018 by Tromp
V12man Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 My apology upfront as I am looking for a solution not " directly " related to woodwork . I need to clad a wooden frame with corrugated sheets ( not IBR ). Question.....how do I neatly and accurately cut the said sheets with an angle grinder. The tops of the sheets needs to by cut at a slight angle.Scrapped 2 sheets already.build a saw guide for your angle grinder so that it looks like a portable circular saw- you can just clamp a piece of wood to the line and run the blade against it - but hang on to the grinder if it gets away from you it's a very dangerous thing. You will also find the thinner the grinder blade the faster and easier it cuts - So a 1mm 115 blade is easier to manage than a 4mm 355 blade. Don't forget goggles and gloves too. Pinterest and YouTube have good examples of how to build the bits for the grinder Pants Boy, Tromp and Rocket-Boy 3
Willie2011 Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) https://www.onedayonly.co.za/jig-k4-master-system-kit-with-5-9.html K4 Master System from Kreg R1899  OneDayOnly today Edited January 25, 2018 by Willie2011 Rocket-Boy 1
Rocket-Boy Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Thank you! I started making them as wedding, Christmas, and birthday gifts for family and special friends only. Soon started getting a lot of requests to sell some. I do sell them now, but on a limited scale. I am a farmer by profession, and if and when I get some time away from the farm activities and cycling I love to turn some grinders out on the lathe. Excuse the pun! Depending on the size, the type of wood, the difficulty of the design, whether it is a matching set or not, or a single mill I sell them from R450.00 for a single small ( about 180 mm tall) Kiaat mill to R1600.00 for a set of large (300 mm) Leadwood or American WalnutVery nice, I have been wanting to turn some of those for a while now. I just need to find some nice wood which is not very easy where I live. Sniffie 1
Rocket-Boy Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 build a saw guide for your angle grinder so that it looks like a portable circular saw- you can just clamp a piece of wood to the line and run the blade against it - but hang on to the grinder if it gets away from you it's a very dangerous thing. You will also find the thinner the grinder blade the faster and easier it cuts - So a 1mm 115 blade is easier to manage than a 4mm 355 blade. Don't forget goggles and gloves too. Pinterest and YouTube have good examples of how to build the bits for the grinderGreat advice, jigs/guides are always the way to go with these types of jobs.
V12man Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Great advice, jigs/guides are always the way to go with these types of jobs.They are indeed worth the effort to make sometimes - I am in progress with building a welding table top for myself (well - I have bought most of the material) - but other things keep getting in the way. But I have at least drawn up what I am going to build.  Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and Rocket-Boy 2
Hairy Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 They are indeed worth the effort to make sometimes - I am in progress with building a welding table top for myself (well - I have bought most of the material) - but other things keep getting in the way. But I have at least drawn up what I am going to build. IMG-20170630-WA0011.jpg IMG-20170630-WA0013.jpgso now...are you going to dim that drawing in SketchUp or export to dwg and dim from there in AutoCAD or some other software? SK sucks when it comes to doing dims!
Hairy Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 They are indeed worth the effort to make sometimes - I am in progress with building a welding table top for myself (well - I have bought most of the material) - but other things keep getting in the way. But I have at least drawn up what I am going to build. IMG-20170630-WA0011.jpg IMG-20170630-WA0013.jpgIf you do the short sides as full length members with the mid section cut shorter to slot within you will have less cuts and welding ... maybe even a stiffer overall structure.....and less chance of the main frame being out of alignment. Pants Boy 1
V12man Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 If you do the short sides as full length members with the mid section cut shorter to slot within you will have less cuts and welding ... maybe even a stiffer overall structure.....and less chance of the main frame being out of alignment.Yup - I could do that but I want the open long members identical with the end of the open member as female pieces for attachments - it's also easier to align and drill the holes on identical members.... (somehow that all sounds wrong ) I got lazy on drawing the connections but there is a way to make the slats perfecty flat without worrying to much about the frame's accuracy. So as to not keep you in suspense... here are the instructions.... have fun,.. but I don't need his level of accuracy... 0.1mm is fine for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjaSy_SmYsQ Hairy 1
V12man Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 so now...are you going to dim that drawing in SketchUp or export to dwg and dim from there in AutoCAD or some other software? SK sucks when it comes to doing dims!It is dimensioned in SK - but not presented on screen - I am not going to bother with that seeing as I am building it myself - and I am not paying for the bits that allow me to print it either - being strictly an amateur. Hairy 1
Hairy Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 It is dimensioned in SK - but not presented on screen - I am not going to bother with that seeing as I am building it myself - and I am not paying for the bits that allow me to print it either - being strictly an amateur.if you do need anything exported and dimmed in CAD just drop me a PM Tchjina! V12man 1
V12man Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 if you do need anything exported and dimmed in CAD just drop me a PM Tchjina!Luckily my best mate is an architect - and I have a copy of some other tools too - been playing with autodesk fusion 360 a bit Hairy 1
Rocket-Boy Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 They are indeed worth the effort to make sometimes - I am in progress with building a welding table top for myself (well - I have bought most of the material) - but other things keep getting in the way. But I have at least drawn up what I am going to build. IMG-20170630-WA0011.jpg IMG-20170630-WA0013.jpgI need to get better at sketchup, I always draw a basic design which I use for some measurements but can never really get the joints etc right. I really have to set aside some time and watch some tutorials on it.
Rocket-Boy Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 Anyone tried out the Luban planes that toolcraft is selling?I bought a spokeshave from them which is sitting in a box on my desk.Apparently they are the same as Woodriver but go by the name Luban for Europe and SA.Pricing looks pretty good, especially on the block planes. As an aside the owner of toolcraft seems like a really nice and helpful guy. Bought a few things from their online store and he popped me a mail afterwards to say thanks for the support and gave me some advice on tools. Im pretty sure I will be supporting them a lot more in future.
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