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Looks spicy!

Yeah but those little pixies can be REALLY angry!

I AM NOT AN ELECTRICIAN! Some motors have a wiring diagram on the inside of the electrical housing plate that should tell you all you need to know. In the absence of that, given that it's a single pole (110V), single phase motor, you only need to concern yourself with two leads - hot and neutral. It...

Nice! I'm definitely going to grab something larger one day, but that might involve inflating my workshop as well.

A follow-up to this thread, regarding my tempermental Delta 9" BS100: I figured out my problem... http://pipemakersforum.com/images/IMG_9315.jpg http://pipemakersforum.com/images/IMG_9316.jpg http://pipemakersforum.com/images/IMG_9317.jpg http://pipemakersforum.com/images/IMG_9318.jpg That's th...

No. You insert a drill rod blank into the airway, then press-fit/seat cut-to-length soft metal pins into the opposing holes, and stake all four ends into little mushrooms simultaneously with a single whack using a mallet & setting tool. Mechanical permanence in .001 seconds. :-D Fuckin fantasti...

Aside from toxicity, Zebrawood is really soft and not uniform - akin to pine in my experience. That makes it less than ideal for anything but non-functional adornment. Frankly, all woods have some various degree of toxicity and carry some amount of resins and stuff, which is why briar is processed t...

Thanks for the reminder! I did capture at least one operation of this, an inset stem, in the video I took of making the PITH pipe. I'll be sure to put this on my list of videos to shoot sooner rather than later.

Terrible photos, but it's finished: http://www.pipemakersforum.com/images/IMG_8996.jpg http://www.pipemakersforum.com/images/IMG_8997.jpg Just need to stamp it and give a final buff. Thanks to Premal for setting this up and giving us all a chance to stretch our legs! I did play it a little safe with...

It might have been Trever Talbert, but I can't find it. As I recall, it was an exercise in the Golden Ratio.

--K

Progress! Needs polished and the stem bent.

As per usual, I never start anything until the last moment. Here's my contribution, fresh off the lathe. http://www.pipemakersforum.com/images/IMG_8982.jpg http://www.pipemakersforum.com/images/IMG_8983.jpg Stem next, then shaping. And I am managing to take video of the process - just so everyone ca...

Nice! I love old hand tools! I have a nice (growing) collection of Millers Falls planes from pre-WW2, and all of them are a dream to use. I sometimes buy the crappiest old tool I can find, just to have the joy of restoring it to usable condition.

That sucks!

I bolted down my South Bend 9c, but that was necessary due to the way the drive is setup. But, even if it wasn't necessary, I think I would anyway.

Get a set of tower jaws, or specialized pipe making jaws. They will have no trouble holding that block. If you're using standard #2 jaws on your lathe, they don't really have the reach to grip anything securely except your typical lathe work (what we do is not typical).

Parts two and three are up on You Tube:

Well this is more of a Rudyard Kipling crowd, actually scratch that, this is maybe a Shel Silverstein crowd and quite likely Dr Seuss to be honest, but amongst the rabble there are a few educated cryptids. The Giving Tree will always be my favorite book. Where the Sidewalk Ends comes into the top t...

Yes, Kurt, the spinning up by hand is part of it. I could (and probably should) buy another 9” benchtop saw. There have been times, though, when I would have liked to resaw a board. There are some pretty negative reviews of the HF 14”, but it seems some of those may be down to horrible assembly ins...

I just uploaded the first in a series where I make this brass and walnut hand plane.



Watch on YouTube here:

I'm in the same boat with my 9" Delta. I have to spin it up by hand - it's a wonder I have any fingers left. I bought a Harbor Freight "portaband" saw several years ago for cutting steel, and it's still going strong. It cuts wood, just veeeeerrry slowly (but accurately). I'm also inte...