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  1. MIGNAL

    More Bandsaw issues

    My cheapo 12" wheel bandsaw wasn't cutting great so I decided to give it an inspection. First thing I noticed were the thrust bearings. The top bearing (it's just a hardened disc) had a deep groove in it, so it had obviously stopped spinning. Almost certainly dust getting into the spindle...
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    What have I here?

    Memory is going! It must be 10 years ago since I bought these but never got around to using them. Presumably these are a blade conversion kit to pinned? Have I got two kits though? and why is the square holder proving so damned hard to tighten and hold a pinned blade, It holds the blade but it...
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    Fancy a workout?

    With one of these?
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    Moulding.

    Anyone put a name to this type of moulding/carving (as in dentil, egg and dart etc.) Searched the usual engine but if you don't know what it's called. . . you don't know what it's called!
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    Vinyl junkie.

    You know the revival is complete, especially when a supermarket starts selling spinning platters. Pity they ain't doing a thermionic valve amp but I guess you can't have everything: http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?id=981
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    Gold plating.

    No, not the real stuff. That cheap, blingy, nasty coating they put on metal objects to imitate gold. Will an antiquing solution work on it? or anything to dull the blingy shine!
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    Medullary ray.

    I have a piece of Spruce that shows a fairly distinct medullary ray pattern. At the very end of one of these rays is something that looks like a tiny pin knot. Except I guess it isn't a knot. Does it have a name? I can't say I've seen this before although it must be a known feature, if somewhat...
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    Royal Mail.

    I've just spent 15 minutes trying to track a parcel that I sent to the Netherlands. None of the number codes are accepted by their tracking box. I've just discovered that their small parcel 'Royal Mail international tracked & signed' service. . . . . doesn't include tracking. :shock: Which is...
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    Handsaw comparison.

    Handsaw comparison with Paul Sellers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrqGxRsO1NE I actually bought a couple of those cheap Spear and Jackson (one is a tenon saw) four or five years ago. I think the tenon saw came with some sort of universal sharpened teeth. I resharpened and set it to x-cut...
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    No. 3 Plane

    Who uses one and why? Sounds a provocative question but I've only just realised that after 40 years of Woodworking. . . I've never actually had the pleasure of using one! I think I saw one in the flesh once.
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    Inca Bandsaw.

    May seem a strange question but how light/heavy are the Inca bandsaws? I do very little with the bandsaw (I'm virtually all hand tool) and instead of buying another dust extractor I thought I could use a table top style and carry the thing into the garden on a nice day (like today!). I can't do...
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    14" Wooden Jack.

    My very recent aquisition: Not quite as pristine as that picture suggests. No markings on the plane. It obviously saw very little use. In fact I don't think any sort of finish had ever been applied to the plane. It came with a Marples iron (not very accurately made) and an I.Sorby...
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    Meths

    Meths! no longer contains methanol and hasn't since late 2013. No one told me. :roll: The UK version of denatured alcohol was usually a small percentage of meths, around 5%. The vast majority of it being ethanol. Now the new formula has substituted the meths content with Isopropanol and MEK. A...
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    My brilliant idea !!!

    Well OK, I nicked it from astronomer Jim. I bought the ratan handled x-cut Kataba a couple of years ago but bought a spare rip saw blade to go with it. I figured that whenever I needed to rip material I'd just swap the blades. It's increasingly become a pain to do so. I've finally got around...
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    14" (or so) vintage wooden planes.

    14" (or so) vintage wooden planes. Perhaps razee style. Why are they so (relatively) rare? I see 9 " smoothers, 22" + jointers, 17/18" wooden jack planes galore but not so with the smaller 14" wooden planes. They do exist of course but seemingly not that many. I find it a bit odd, surely the 14"...
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    Rolling stock.

    I'm no supporter of HS2 but this one made me laugh. :shock:
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    Sellers and his Frame Saw.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4LohjmskEk Not seen very often in these parts, save for the turn saw version.
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    Web design.

    I'm not much good at this stuff but I can manage with a relatively simple design editor. I have a rather old and very outdated free awardspace site that is badly in need of a revamp. I think I did the site in frontpage but it's so long ago I can't remember! Another of my websites was done in...
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    Brace drilling.

    3/4" auger/jennings using a hand brace to a depth of 3" in hardwood. Not very deep but it would be nice if I could drill accurately i.e. popping out the other side within 2 mm's (ish) of square. What are the options, is there some type of guide that can be used?
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    Transitional: the smoother.

    Another intensive 2 day build. I bought a Stanley No.4 off the auction site, cracked casting. For my £15 (including postage) I got a usable frog, blade, chipbreaker, lever cap and of course the rear handle. I didn't see the point in discarding the handle, so a bit of work with a small scraper...
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