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You have the makings of one of the sanders on this link. Scroll down about 2/3's of the way. http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewtopic.php?t=10157 I made one like it, used a 2x4 mounted on the wall, with big L brackets holding the wheels out from the wall. Then used pulleys and a jackshaft to adju...

This is the place for Klingspor. http://www.woodworkingshop.com/ I buy once a year, I always order more than I predict to use in a year. Their shipping is really a decent price, but I hate paying shipping, so I stock up with only one order. I also get my sanding belts from them. I make sanding pads ...

I only use Klingspor and Norton Gold, I use sandpaper like some else is paying for it. I also believe that sandpaper is a tool, buying cheap sandpaper is like buying cheap tools, you will regret it. TI have found some of the lessor quality sandpapers having a poor quality control in the grit departm...

Mine is a simple system, I use individual buffing wheels with my lathe collet chuck. That gives me the dust collector and variable speed capability. I made extra long shafts for the wheels so I can work on both sides of the wheels. I also went to Caswell Platng and used their suggestions on what are...

As a beginner the best thing you can do is educate yourself by reading a lot of the old threads. As you go through a thread there will be things that you will think are important. That info you should save in what I call electronic notes. Electronic notes are copy and pastes of the info and a copy a...

Sanding cord. https://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/mi52000/

I use a Dorman rubber freeze plug, I can stick in the bow, then tighten the bolt the rubber expands and it holds the stummel. The handle is then held in my vise. Where the nut is, I have a piece of angle iron as my "handle that goes into my vise. They come in all sizes and you can find them at ...

Look like a real team made them!

The issue is that this will be used on wood, not steel, not even brass, copper or aluminum. The wood won't wear it down like milling a chunk of steel. Another issue is this is a an error that he is trying to correct, a one time mistake not something that he plans on doing all of the time. This might...

I think you will find these cheaper. Pilot  https://drillsandcutters.com/1-8-x-3-32-pilots-for-counterbore/ Counterbore https://drillsandcutters.com/1-4-x-3-32-hss-aircraft-counterbore-1-4-shank/ At these price points they are all imports, either Chi-com or India. I've used MSC for years. Their sel...

I think you will find these cheaper.

Pilot  https://drillsandcutters.com/1-8-x-3-32 ... unterbore/

Counterbore https://drillsandcutters.com/1-4-x-3-32 ... 1-4-shank/

I would use a 1/4" counterbore with 1/8" pilot. My first stop would be a machine shop and ask if they have one or if they will order one for me. But then I don't know if they make that size, I would think they make them. The 1/8"pilot will guide the 1/4" cutter and should keep ev...

This is what RD Powell used, or something similar to it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Buffing-Wheel-A ... SwnQhXo73L

Both my grandpa and great-grandpa smoked a pipe, their choice of tobacco was homegrown, out of the filed onto a drying rack in the barn. This was not from the tobacco fields from back east, but from west Texas cotton country. This was 60 plus years ago and granted it was not the quality of the "...

We'll still sell pipes as long as there is a disclaimer that says "for marijuana use only" and if somebody insinuates they plan on smoking tobacco out of them you don't sell to them. Most states, where MJ is not legal, have drug paraphernalia laws. How would you circumvent those? Corn sil...

Check out the American Long Rifle Forum, I remember seeing that they dye horn. But simply, they use Rit Dye or ferric nitrate.

The threads look like 1/2-20.go to a hardware store and ask for a nut that is 1/2-20TPI. Take it home and try it, I say this because it could be bastard sized threads. If the 1/2-20TPI nut works by a drill chuck like this one. http://www.amazon.com/Metal-3-16mm-Capacity-2-20UNF-Mount/dp/B008OUMAVK/r...

What type of drill bits are you using? Are starting your drilling process by drilling with a center bit? Then drilling with your bit? Or just drilling with your drill bit? Does the drill bit shank have any burrs on it, rough spots so that it will not seat true in the drill chuck? First I would chuck...

I am not a pipemaker, I make game calls, but I read the forum daily looking at the new threads and post to pick up hints to improve my woodworking and callmaking. Pipemaking is a lot like callmaking, we use lathes and do some carving on hardwoods to create duck, turkey and predator calls. This forum...

You can buy counterbores with interchangeable pilots that can do the facing. If you have machinist background, you might want to set down with a machinist and get them to help you order what you want. Enco's online catalog has them individually on page 69 and 70. Here is a set, the pilots are on the...