The Weekend Hobby Thread

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Good afternoon and thank you for stopping by The Weekend Hobby Thread. It seems like every time it is my turn to write this thread I end up buying another tool. This past week a new 10" portable table saw ended up here at Casa Misanthrope.

I hope that my first dealing with this item is not a harbinger of bad things. It turned out that once I got the saw out to my company car, it would not fit in the car. Fortunately for me I carry a knife and I was able to slit the box and put my new tool in the car.

As I write this thread I have not put it together yet. But, I've been busy watching YouTube videos.

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My goal is not to earn the nickname Stubby.............

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It won't be long and I will not need an alarm clock. But, until that time perhaps I should build my own. Now that's a hobby project.

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We have a couple of southern Morons who seem to be fascinated by ice and/or frost and submitted the following photos:

Screenshot 2023-03-16 at 5.28.17 PM(1).jpg

Good afternoon,
A pic for consideration, just incase no one else believes AZ gets cold.
AZ deplorable moron

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I wish I used a better camera for this, but maybe you can use it. This is about as frosty as it gets here.- fd

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Our final item today comes from our pal Polynikes. This piece is entitled "Walking The Beach In Puerto Vallarta". It is 12"x16" in oil. I for one think it is a very good piece. And I thank him for letting the Hobby Thread show it off.

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What do you do in your spare time? Would you like to share it with us? The list of hobbies is endless. Feel free to share your hobbies with us. You can submit photos, tips, stories, 20/0 fan brushes, Jenkins Green acrylic paint to petmorons at gmail dot com.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 05:30 PM

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1 My goal is not to earn the nickname Stubby.............

Well, just think, MisHum. If you did, there's already a stubby index finger song for you....

BTW, should I be expecting something in the mail?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:35 PM (Angsy)

2 That is a nice piece of equipment. I wish I had room to purchase those items. Maybe my next house in the country.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 05:36 PM (LN7ig)

3 Nice painting, Poly. Now why isn't something like that worth more than a Biden??!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:37 PM (Angsy)

4 I got my first power tool two years ago, just used it for the first time last month.

Maybe I'll use it again....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:38 PM (Angsy)

5 Hmm, guess it's just you and me here, Poly.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:39 PM (Angsy)

6 Or not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:40 PM (Angsy)

7 Hello in here.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:40 PM (Angsy)

8 Hmm, guess it's just you and me here, Poly.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:39 PM (Angsy)

Yeah . I used to feel that way when I went to happy hour early in college to get the free buffet.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 05:41 PM (LN7ig)

9 Garsh, this is embarraskin....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:41 PM (Angsy)

10 >>>What do you do in your spare time?

Read AoSHq?

Posted by: m at March 18, 2023 05:41 PM (CQE5S)

11 Well, I'm still here too, from pet thread. Poly, love your painting!

Posted by: skywch at March 18, 2023 05:41 PM (uqhmb)

12 Love that painting by polynikes. He caught the light on a beach, the perspective, even the way he shows the two figures with simple swatches of paint. I'm impressed. And envious.

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 05:42 PM (7EjX1)

13 It turned out that once I got the saw out to my company car, it would not fit in the car.
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That's when you should have realized you needed to buy a new truck for the new tool.

Posted by: Weasel at March 18, 2023 05:42 PM (RG6z4)

14 Did you make a pusher stick yet MisHum? That can save you a finger or two.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2023 05:42 PM (iayUP)

15 Love that painting by polynikes. He caught the light on a beach, the perspective, even the way he shows the two figures with simple swatches of paint. I'm impressed. And envious.

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 05:42 PM (7EjX1)

The only weak point of wet on wet. Getting light like that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:43 PM (Angsy)

16 I worked on the upstairs bathroom today. Drywall. We hates it.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2023 05:44 PM (iayUP)

17 Several years ago I was checking on an exhaust fan in my garage during a rain storm, in the summer, wearing flip-flops and lost my balance... sticking my hand INTO the fan.

I almost lost 3 fingers. It was bad. My dominate hand too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2023 05:45 PM (Q4IgG)

18 Trying to write again. That's about it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 18, 2023 05:45 PM (Angsy)

19 Polynikes that is awesome
New hobby is chainsaw dead trees, but also picked up my last ingredient sulfur to make my own black powder, but it's kn the back burner right now

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 05:46 PM (xhxe8)

20 I nooded over on the gardening thread, in case gardeners want hobby stuff, too.

Posted by: m at March 18, 2023 05:46 PM (CQE5S)

21 My table saw is near 'bout old as me. It's portable too, but you need two people. And a dolly.

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2023 05:46 PM (iayUP)

22 Welll my arthritis in my thumb joints has severely curtailed playing any stringed instrument, so learning to play piano.

So I got that goin' for me.

Also tore out fireplace and making a reading Nook in the space.

Posted by: Just sayin at March 18, 2023 05:46 PM (bewti)

23 Haven't done much sketching this week but I've been having fun with water soluble graphite pencils: a tree trunk, a woman's eye and nose, attempts at flower petals, etc.. Just trying to learn more about using a brush and the amount of water needed to achieve a certain effect.

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 05:48 PM (7EjX1)

24 17 Several years ago I was checking on an exhaust fan in my garage during a rain storm, in the summer, wearing flip-flops and lost my balance... sticking my hand INTO the fan.

I almost lost 3 fingers. It was bad. My dominate hand too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2023 05:45 PM (Q4IgG)

Aw, man. Sounds like one of those disasters that get relived and relived. Maybe someone else will learn from your story.

Posted by: m at March 18, 2023 05:48 PM (CQE5S)

25 What do you do in your spare time?

Well. It's for damned sure not being able to hit a friggin' 4 iron.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2023 05:48 PM (anj39)

26 Well, I'm still here too, from pet thread. Poly, love your painting!
Posted by: skywch at March 18, 2023 05:41 PM (uqhmb)

Thanks. I have finally set up a website for my work. Not to sell on spec just yet. Just doing a few commissions. Anyway I posted it on the morning art thread earlier in the week and I'll post it now just once . Don't want to push it on aos even though I'm not selling anything. I'll be adding 4 new paintings next week. Two abstracts, an acrylic landscape and an acrylic 'other' . I should be thanking MH for posting my stuff. Not him thanking me.

Stuppleart.com

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 05:49 PM (LN7ig)

27 I almost lost 3 fingers. It was bad. My dominate hand too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Gloves. Always for things outside. Even if fin'g home depot doesn't have my glove size because I'll make it work...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 18, 2023 05:49 PM (jzzG8)

28 Here is the second game from my last week Cold Wars Historicon, a Revolutionary historical skirmish in the other side of my county, blamed the British side
https://tinyurl.com/yckfsytr

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 05:51 PM (xhxe8)

29 It turned out that once I got the saw out to my company car, it would not fit in the car.
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That's when you should have realized you needed to buy a new truck for the new tool.
Posted by: Weasel at March 18, 2023 05:42 PM (RG6z4)

Also for when you pay for the assembly charge which I would do.😀

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 05:51 PM (LN7ig)

30 Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 05:42 PM (7EjX1)

Thanks JTB. Still would love to see your sketch progression.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 05:52 PM (LN7ig)

31 Haven't done much sketching this week but I've been having fun with water soluble graphite pencils: a tree trunk, a woman's eye and nose, attempts at flower petals, etc.. Just trying to learn more about using a brush and the amount of water needed to achieve a certain effect.

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 05:48 PM (7EjX1)

Let me know when you find a nice pocket size piece of Ivory. I've got an idea.

Posted by: Sarah Goodridge at March 18, 2023 05:54 PM (Angsy)

32 29 It turned out that once I got the saw out to my company car, it would not fit in the car.
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That's when you should have realized you needed to buy a new truck for the new tool.
Posted by: Weasel at March 18, 2023 05:42 PM (RG6z4)

Also for when you pay for the assembly charge which I would do.😀
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 05:51 PM (LN7ig)

And delivery!

Posted by: m at March 18, 2023 05:55 PM (CQE5S)

33 Love the painting polynikes!!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at March 18, 2023 05:56 PM (wagHN)

34 Yea... gloves and no flip-flops when dealing with actual shit that needs attention. The fan in question needs work.. a new insect screen to keep them out but I'm actually a bit afraid of getting near it again. But... it needs to be done and I'll get to it soon enough.

A scary bit to be sure.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2023 05:56 PM (Q4IgG)

35 Posted by: Sarah Goodridge at March 18, 2023 05:54 PM (Angsy)

I think it's spelled "gOOdridge"

Posted by: m at March 18, 2023 05:56 PM (CQE5S)

36 My grandfather, a master machinist and tool maker, drilled all his grandsons on safety with a table saw. And it worked. No dangerous kick backs, not even close calls. The only time I got hurt was changing a blade on an unplugged saw. My hand with the wrench slipped. Needed a few stitches in my thumb for that one.

Hand tools are our friends.

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 05:57 PM (7EjX1)

37 The one piece of advice my surgeon gave me, after rebuilding two fingers I chopped off in an engine: "Never use a table saw." Then he showed me pictures of table saw accidents.

Never use a table saw.

Posted by: wooga at March 18, 2023 05:57 PM (OQLo+)

38 Well Misanthropic Humanitarian you're in luck, I noticed there's maybe a million YouTube videos on improving your table saw. A few thousand on making a sled for it alone.
I spent the afternoon breaking apart an old ugly mid-modern dresser for the hardwood to make a couple machinist toolboxes. I'm going try to match this guy's craftmanship, he's amazing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZVG4t-8fM

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 05:58 PM (76Foq)

39 Thanks. I have finally set up a website for my work. Not to sell on spec just yet. Just doing a few commissions. Anyway I posted it on the morning art thread earlier in the week and I'll post it now just once . Don't want to push it on aos even though I'm not selling anything. I'll be adding 4 new paintings next week. Two abstracts, an acrylic landscape and an acrylic 'other' . I should be thanking MH for posting my stuff. Not him thanking me.

Stuppleart.com
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 05:49 PM (LN7ig)

You're clearly very talented.

Posted by: N. Lurker at March 18, 2023 05:58 PM (eGTCV)

40 Getting ready for the bathroom remodel I've been putting off for some time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 18, 2023 05:59 PM (+yi++)

41 Poly- I combined your hobby with mine and came to the conclusion that I would love to do a jigsaw puzzle of your beautiful painting. I have a habit of putting artwork in the context of puzzles these days, mostly because I buy so many of them at art museums. I currently have Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” half-finished on my dining room table.

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 06:00 PM (rbKZ6)

42 I've seen my carpenter friend use a hand power circular saw above his shoulders and other weird positions. What's amazing is he has all of his fingers.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:01 PM (LN7ig)

43 37 The one piece of advice my surgeon gave me, after rebuilding two fingers I chopped off in an engine: "Never use a table saw." Then he showed me pictures of table saw accidents.

Never use a table saw.
Posted by: wooga at March 18, 2023 05:57 PM (OQLo+)

Yikes.

Posted by: m at March 18, 2023 06:03 PM (CQE5S)

44 Now that First Spring is starting here in MT the Columbian Ground Squirrel's thoughts have turned to procreation. Completed my first round of feeding them today, which is a euphemism for poisoning the little furry s.o.b.'s. This hobby will keep me busy through late August.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 18, 2023 06:04 PM (2NHgQ)

45 I've been using power tools for my entire life, I've never even cut myself worth noting. I think the key to any work like that is focus and sharp tools. Not that I don't daydream while I work but I'm also capable of paying close attention to what I'm doing.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:05 PM (76Foq)

46 I currently have Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” half-finished on my dining room table.
Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 06:00 PM (rbKZ

Thank you for the compliment . You guys are too kind.

Van Gogh my favorite artist by far. Any Van Gogh fan should pull up the 4K YouTube of the virtual tour of the Van Gogh museum. About 15 minutes long.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:07 PM (LN7ig)

47 31 ... "Let me know when you find a nice pocket size piece of Ivory. I've got an idea."

God, I'm slow today. Took a minute to get the joke. (Good one, by the way.) Might have to do some extensive research to get the proportions right. :-)

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 06:09 PM (7EjX1)

48 I bought a Craftsman table saw and a joiner planer back around 1980. I remember them as pretty decent. Had to sell when we moved into a house with no garage.

Posted by: Javems at March 18, 2023 06:09 PM (AmoqO)

49 i really like the painting.

Thank you for sharing, polynikes.

Tables saws: I have a nephew who gave himself a permanent "rock on" look using a table saw.

...darn right I'm going to use it to justify purchasing a SawStop.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 06:09 PM (2YtOq)

50 The arrival of Spring here in SoCal means humping it down to the marina with brushes, bucket, and rags. It's time to clear the winter's accumulation of sea lion shit from the decks, canvas and freeboard.

Those who don't have a convenient ocean may be surprised to learn that sea lions unload with a firehose-like blast that spreads their watery dung across a wide radius. And guess what? They're federally-protected!

Anyway, after three hours of steady scrubbing the wee vessel is looking presentable, at least for now.

Alcohol may be next on the agenda.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2023 06:11 PM (8KS2l)

51 I love watching Flea Market Flip except I think I've seen every episode at least two times now. And if you like skinny women ( I'm not opposed to them at all 😀

Lara Spencer is a cutie. She likes wearing short shorts .

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:11 PM (LN7ig)

52 I've been using power tools for my entire life, I've never even cut myself worth noting. I think the key to any work like that is focus and sharp tools. Not that I don't daydream while I work but I'm also capable of paying close attention to what I'm doing.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:05 PM (76Foq)

This. 1000X this. Nothing but THIS.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:11 PM (VwHCD)

53 Not cut myself bad, amost got right kneecap with a chainsaw barely took first layer. Did bounce a 16d nail off my left index finger with a nailgun.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2023 06:12 PM (MF3yS)

54 The best thing you can do for that table saw is a good blade. Diablo makes a nice 80 tooth that won't break the bank. You use a shit blade on a table saw and hell will come to breakfast.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:13 PM (VwHCD)

55 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2023 06:11 PM (8KS2l)

Is covering your boat not an option?

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:13 PM (LN7ig)

56 I've been using power tools for my entire life, I've never even cut myself worth noting. I think the key to any work like that is focus and sharp tools. Not that I don't daydream while I work but I'm also capable of paying close attention to what I'm doing.

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I've never cut myself, but I'd love to know how many feet of boards I've wasted by cutting something wrong because of in attentiveness.

Posted by: Remember when BBC reported WTC7 had fallen due to fire 20 minutes before it collapsed? at March 18, 2023 06:13 PM (5OcwI)

57 I've been busy today. What's the latest Trumpfoonery ™?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 18, 2023 06:13 PM (DhOHl)

58 A good bench saw is a treasure.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at March 18, 2023 06:13 PM (yQpMk)

59 Table saws tend to spiral cut your hand, which is almost always unfixable. They are also so incredibly easy to use that it makes people careless. In contrast, your brain tends stays focused in "danger" mode when you use a handheld circular saw, making you less likely to have a catastrophic accident.

That's why I now use my circular saw for everything while my table saw became a 600 pound granite workbench.

Posted by: wooga at March 18, 2023 06:14 PM (OQLo+)

60

My hobbies are golf, strangling animals and masturbation...

Posted by: Harry Baggot at March 18, 2023 06:14 PM (qkngI)

61 The best thing you can do for that table saw is a good blade. Diablo makes a nice 80 tooth that won't break the bank. You use a shit blade on a table saw and hell will come to breakfast.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:13 PM (VwHCD)
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Diablo's thin kerf glue line blades are outstanding.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 06:14 PM (2YtOq)

62 Van Gogh my favorite artist by far.

- before the new Dr who turned completely to woke crap they had an episode with him as a main character. I remember enjoying it.

Posted by: Remember when BBC reported WTC7 had fallen due to fire 20 minutes before it collapsed? at March 18, 2023 06:14 PM (5OcwI)

63 Mis Hum, did you find the drill bits you needed for your drill press?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 06:15 PM (WRLnK)

64 My hobbies are golf, strangling animals and masturbation...
Posted by: Harry Baggot at March 18, 2023 06:14 PM (qkngI)

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Hopefully not all at the same time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2023 06:16 PM (8KS2l)

65 before the new Dr who turned completely to woke crap they had an episode with him as a main character. I remember enjoying it.
Posted by: Remember when BBC reported WTC7 had fallen due to fire 20 minutes before it collapsed? at March 18, 2023 06:14 PM (5OcwI)

I saw the clip of the episode where they took him to the museums. It was very well done.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:17 PM (LN7ig)

66 "I've never cut myself, but I'd love to know how many feet of boards I've wasted by cutting something wrong because of in attentiveness."

I've done that, maybe not from attentiveness but just having a brain fart. Mark or measure something wrong, realize what you just did, then go do the exact same thing again.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:17 PM (76Foq)

67 Not sure this qualifies as a hobby. I've been combining different pipe tobaccos to develop The Blend. (This is a quest with no end since pipe smokers often prefer different tobaccos at different times.) Best result so far is a medium strength English blend with a black cavendish. The rich flavor of the English is mellowed with the sweetness of the cavendish.

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 06:18 PM (7EjX1)

68 Hmm, 10" table saw? A 60 tooth would work good.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:18 PM (VwHCD)

69 Is covering your boat not an option?
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:13 PM (LN7ig)

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No. The hull gets the worst of it and there's no way to put canvas down to the waterline. I see sailboats with a lot of canvas topside but not one that is completely covered.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2023 06:18 PM (8KS2l)

70 I've done that, maybe not from attentiveness but just having a brain fart. Mark or measure something wrong, realize what you just did, then go do the exact same thing again.
Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:17 PM (76Fo

I've cut the opposite angle that I needed more than once. I'm not dyslexic but my brain plays that trick on me time to time.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:19 PM (LN7ig)

71 My hobbies are golf, strangling animals and masturbation...
Posted by: Harry Baggot at March 18, 2023 06:14 PM (qkngI)

Better than masturbating animals and strangling golfers.

Posted by: Javems at March 18, 2023 06:20 PM (AmoqO)

72 Nice stuff!

Cool miniatures there Skip....give 'em hell!

I think you can get iron gloves to use when you use that there saw MH.

Oh look! Manhattan Time! One cherry only please...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 18, 2023 06:21 PM (R/m4+)

73 I broke down and bought a tile saw. Nice little unit, a "factory blemished" from the home depot outlet (factory tools direct). Came with the normal Ridgid lifetime warranty and everything.

I Iook forward to not having to use the little handheld any longer.

Posted by: Remember when BBC reported WTC7 had fallen due to fire 20 minutes before it collapsed? at March 18, 2023 06:21 PM (5OcwI)

74 Diablo's thin kerf glue line blades are outstanding.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 06:14 PM (2YtOq)

Yeah I became a big believer in their blades. My brother is still in the field, and he said they were the only blades that don't gum up as fast and last a long time. I started using them and they never fail me. I put an 80 tooth on my 12" miter saws, and a 60 on my table saw and the cuts are like a laser did it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:21 PM (VwHCD)

75 Doctor: ”I have the results of your test. You're gonna have to stop masturbating.”
Me: ”Oh no! Why doctor?"

Doctor: ”Because I'm trying to talk to you, and it's very distracting.”

Posted by: Hey this isn't the ONT! at March 18, 2023 06:21 PM (DhOHl)

76 I still have all my fingers

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 06:21 PM (xhxe8)

77 >>My hobbies are golf, strangling animals and masturbation...
Posted by: Harry Baggot

I guess they all involve the proper grip.

Posted by: Aviator at March 18, 2023 06:22 PM (HQ9Sl)

78 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:21 PM (VwHCD)

Do you utilize your table saw for the string instruments you make ?

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:23 PM (LN7ig)

79 I'm always slow to come around to new stuff but 15 years or so ago I bought a carbide tip combination blade for my table saw and it hasn't been removed since. Cuts like butter; oak, plywood, everything. I don't even know what brand it is anymore but it's amazing.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:23 PM (76Foq)

80 Watch out for kickback on the table saw. It's a rookie mistake- never stand behind the piece while it's being cut

Posted by: Tom c at March 18, 2023 06:24 PM (wW832)

81 "I still have all my fingers
Posted by: Skip"

Yes but are they still attached?

Posted by: fd at March 18, 2023 06:24 PM (iayUP)

82 46- Van Gogh my favorite artist by far. Any Van Gogh fan should pull up the 4K YouTube of the virtual tour of the Van Gogh museum. About 15 minutes long.
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:07 PM

I did the Van Gogh art show that has been touring the nation when it stopped here. It’s actually still open for a few more months. It was amazing! Not a single piece of original art but you felt like you saw everything. The Virtual Reality segment at the end was the best. I got the jigsaw puzzle there.

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 06:24 PM (rbKZ6)

83 I've never cut myself, but I'd love to know how many feet of boards I've wasted by cutting something wrong because of in attentiveness."

I've done that, maybe not from attentiveness but just having a brain fart. Mark or measure something wrong, realize what you just did, then go do the exact same thing again.

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Trim is the worst. Every wrong cut is $5-$15

Posted by: Remember when BBC reported WTC7 had fallen due to fire 20 minutes before it collapsed? at March 18, 2023 06:25 PM (5OcwI)

84 "I still have all my fingers
Posted by: Skip"

Yes but are they still attached?
Posted by: fd at March 18, 2023 06:24 PM (iayUP)

I was going to snark 'what kind of jars do you keep them in?'

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:25 PM (LN7ig)

85 Not sure this qualifies as a hobby. I've been combining different pipe tobaccos to develop The Blend. (This is a quest with no end since pipe smokers often prefer different tobaccos at different times.) Best result so far is a medium strength English blend with a black cavendish. The rich flavor of the English is mellowed with the sweetness of the cavendish.
Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023

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JTB, I've been exploring all kinds of tobaccos since I picked up the pipe again in Jan. '21. I've pretty much found that I like burleys and Virginias, both not too strong. Not a big fan of Latakia, though I will smoke an English now and then. Pretty sure perique is not for me. I bought a tin of Haunted Bookshop, partly because of the name, and thought I'd lit a cigar both times I tried it. I gifted it on to another pipe smoker.

In your experience, are there pipe shapes that go best with certain blends? I've read, and have experienced, that Virginias do well in tall narrow bowls, and burleys in any kind of bowl.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 18, 2023 06:27 PM (omVj0)

86 Trim is the worst. Every wrong cut is $5-$15
Posted by: Remember when BBC reported WTC7 had fallen due to fire 20 minutes before it collapsed? at March 18, 2023 06:25 PM (5OcwI)
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this is why you buy your own cherry blanks and carefully route the trim to your desired shape. That way, you'll spend even more money getting it wrong...

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 06:27 PM (2YtOq)

87 Name field switch

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 18, 2023 06:27 PM (5OcwI)

88 Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 06:24 PM (rbKZ6

Was that the Van Gogh Experience with the digital light show on multiple screens and music?

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:27 PM (LN7ig)

89 New hobby is chainsaw dead trees, but also picked up my last ingredient sulfur to make my own black powder, but it's kn the back burner right now
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 05:46 PM (xhxe

Don't light the burner, or you will really stink up the house.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 06:27 PM (tkR6S)

90 I saw a couple of Van Goghs in person. Amazing.

Posted by: Javems at March 18, 2023 06:28 PM (AmoqO)

91 I've always been tempted to get a table saw, but have feared that within 15 minutes of using one I would be a bilateral amputee, fit only for use as second base.

Posted by: Noam Sayen at March 18, 2023 06:29 PM (/lMGb)

92 That's a nice saw MisHum, you must have a small company vehicle. Ours are Ford Explorers but I'd probably be in trouble for picking up a tablesaw at Lowes.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2023 06:30 PM (MF3yS)

93 I think pipe smoking is a hobby.

I want to say again how much I've gotten fond of my corncob pipes that I intended to be backups for the boat, vehicles, etc.

Those things are great and easy smokers.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 18, 2023 06:30 PM (5OcwI)

94 I'm in a procrastination mood today. Well, every day really.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 18, 2023 06:30 PM (4I/2K)

95 Do you utilize your table saw for the string instruments you make ?

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:23 PM (LN7ig)

No, maybe for some jigs that I'll build, but usually I use the band saw for the guitar stuff. I use the table saw for furniture, or interior remodeling.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:30 PM (VwHCD)

96 Recently got my dad's craftsman tablesaw, still need to stop by and get the scroll saw and anything else he is giving away.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 06:32 PM (xhxe8)

97 And I am taking a beer break from hanging siding boards on the south gable end of the house. Two more to hang on the West side, and I run into a big patch of conduits running up the wall from the service panel, and into the interior attic. I will probably box around them with some redwood 2X3's I have, and side over that. Want to avoid creating a ledge where the asshole doves can perch or nest.

Used up all my new shiplap, so I am butt-splicing boards together to get the requisite lengths. Two passes on each piece with a router nets me a 3/4" wide lap joint, and 3 screws and some Gorilla Glue make the joint sound enough that the "new" plank can be handled.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 06:33 PM (tkR6S)

98 I saw a couple of Van Goghs in person. Amazing.
Posted by: Javems at March 18, 2023 06:28 PM (AmoqO)

The Met has about 10 that I saw well before I started painting and thus breezed by them relatively speaking. The Houston museum has just one that I have studied closely. Even though it's a lesser known piece ( The Rocks) it is still amazing. I wish I could redo my tour of the Met but I don't think I'll ever be in Manhattan again.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:34 PM (LN7ig)

99 88- Was that the Van Gogh Experience with the digital light show on multiple screens and music?
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:27 PM

Yes! It’s called “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience”. There are three segments if you pay the VIP entry. Music plays in the background throughout and there might be some spoken narration. The first is like a traditional walk through a museum where pieces of art and personal history is presented. In the second, you go into a massive room that projects his art on all four walls and you sit in cabana chairs at ground level. The third segment is the virtual reality piece.

There’s a Monet show like it that’s supposed to be coming out this year.

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 06:34 PM (rbKZ6)

100
My wife bought me a rather modest DIY table saw a couple of decades ago. I used it a lot then but not so much recently. Dismantled it, made sure no one else could ever use it again, then placed at the curb.

Within a few days needed it again. Oh well, I have a wet saw that does pretty much the same thing, just slower.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 18, 2023 06:35 PM (enJYY)

101 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:30 PM (VwHCD)

Yes of course . I should have known that.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:36 PM (LN7ig)

102 I think pipe smoking is a hobby.

I want to say again how much I've gotten fond of my corncob pipes that I intended to be backups for the boat, vehicles, etc.

Those things are great and easy smokers.
Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 18, 2023

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Collecting pipes, trying or mixing different blends, certainly that's the hobby aspect. The pipes are like little hand-fashioned bits of wooden furniture.

I've bought one corncob and one hardwood pipe. As yet I'm not used to them; I've always been a briar smoker. Back in the '80s I did have a meerschaum, but I don't know what happened to it. Broken in one of my moves, I guess.

I didn't have time to smoke a pipe this am, and no inclination this pm. Tomorrow, I guess: some Virginia flake in a small straight billiard I call "the captain's pipe" because of the 4 narrow gold rings, like a captain's uniform braid, on the stem.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 18, 2023 06:37 PM (omVj0)

103 Poly, that painting is really lovely!! My hobby is trying to stay warm and performing concierge duties for the pudgy princess. I'm better at the latter than the former. It's cold AF here right now.

Posted by: Peaches at March 18, 2023 06:38 PM (14URa)

104 Even though it's a lesser known piece ( The Rocks) it is still amazing. I wish I could redo my tour of the Met but I don't think I'll ever be in Manhattan again.
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:34 PM (LN7ig)

I'm red/green colorblind but still, the colors just almost knock you down.

Posted by: Javems at March 18, 2023 06:38 PM (AmoqO)

105 I am going to have to make.my own tongue and groove that I need for my barn renovation. None to be had around here.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 06:39 PM (lK7Ex)

106 "Recently got my dad's craftsman tablesaw, still need to stop by and get the scroll saw and anything else he is giving away."
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 06:32 PM (xhxe

I was just thinking about you and your scroll saw the other day, I mentioned I never had one, used the bandsaw for everything. Then last weekend my neighbor friend gave me his, he never uses it anymore and he knew I was a woodworker. I don't know what make it is but it's old, I'll have to do some research but I would guess 30's or 40's.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:39 PM (76Foq)

107 Hey polynikes, that's a very pleasing composition that you painted. Thanks for sharing it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2023 06:39 PM (8KS2l)

108 I've always found that the potential for losing a precious body part concentrates the mind wonderfully.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at March 18, 2023 06:40 PM (QNv15)

109 Very nice piece, polynikes. I really should take up sketching/water color again, and move onto acrylic etc. In my yute I was somehow assessed to have some talent in this stuff and did some but dropped it.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2023 06:40 PM (OTzUX)

110 Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 06:34 PM (rbKZ6

Okay I went to that in Houston. I have to be honest and say I was more than disappointed in the music they played with the projected paintings. Otherwise very cool. I wonder if they change up the music occasionally or it stays the same wherever the show is.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:40 PM (LN7ig)

111 Collecting pipes, trying or mixing different blends, certainly that's the hobby aspect

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I would add the actual smoking, too. I smoked cigarettes for years. It was something that was done with nervousness or desire to fit one in before class started or before you had to go to work. People took five minute smoke breaks.

Five minutes doesn't even get me seated and my tobacco properly packed. I love pipe smoking because it is so much the opposite of smoking cigarettes.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 18, 2023 06:41 PM (5OcwI)

112 Recently got my dad's craftsman tablesaw, still need to stop by and get the scroll saw and anything else he is giving away.
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 06:32 PM (xhxe

I have a big old Rockwell Beaver nine-inch table saw here, that I brought down from Canada. Very old-school, and it has big chrome slide rails for the fence, and table extensions. It has a 220 volt, single phase 1 HP motor on it, and it's on a metal stand fitted with a pair of wheels, so it can be moved.

I will give it to anyone in the Horde who asks for it. You would need a pickup truck or Suburban-type vehicle to haul it.

My little old Harbor Freight 10" saw suffices for the little amount of wood butchery I plan to do here in Arizona.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 06:42 PM (tkR6S)

113 "They intend to crash the banks" - I've never used a corncob (nor have I worn the crushed Army cap, to complete the MacArthur look). But I have a nice simple Turkish meerschaum and a nice simple briar pipe just waiting for me to fire up the aromatic stuff I bought from my cigar store.

But I have this very long list of cigars to try and never get to my pipe. Soon. Sit on the back porch, enjoy the view (including the Ireland-like green hills of this desert area, at the moment), and contemplate the national decline. And what amusements I might escape to as a "response".

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2023 06:42 PM (OTzUX)

114 I am waiting for warmer weather so I can take a nightstand outside and découpage the front.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 18, 2023 06:43 PM (CkwCP)

115 I don’t remember the particulars of the music at all!

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 06:43 PM (rbKZ6)

116 well, the guy is nutz using a lightweight table saw in such a manner but it's his grabber not mine

watched a little

right off the bat, the guy didn't oppose the growth rings when he was gluing his material up, so you know he has no idea what the fuck he's doing

and when you glue wood up on edge, if you know what you're doing, you don't need a mechanical advantage such as dowel pins. However, if you use dowel pins, you should size them. A sizer can be easily mabe from a scrap of iron

and when you are gluing shit up, use wax paper in between stuff you don't want to stick together. Make the clean up a lot easier too

I'll watch the rest some other time

and for table saws, even if you coulda got my old Tannewitz in a car, the car could not support it, much less go anywhere

Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2023 06:43 PM (us2H3)

117 Trim is the worst. Every wrong cut is $5-$15
Posted by: Remember when BBC reported WTC7 had fallen due to fire 20 minutes before it collapsed? at March 18, 2023 06:25 PM (5OcwI)
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this is why you buy your own cherry blanks and carefully route the trim to your desired shape. That way, you'll spend even more money getting it wrong...

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 06:27 PM (2YtOq)

Ain't that the truth. The crown molding I used on the kitchen cabs was around $750, it was made from cherry by the cabinet company. I had a shit ton of miters to do. I said to Mrs B, its time for a new miter saw. She asked what was wrong with my other ones. I said here's the deal, this crown is tall, I need a miter saw with GOOD crown stops, or else its not going to be right, so here's the choice, ether watch me blowtorch this place after ruining and having to buy another $750 in cherry molding, or we just spend the money on a better saw out of the gate and everything comes out flawless. We're going to spend that money either way, you want it neat, or hell on earth? I...won. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:45 PM (VwHCD)

118 "They intend to crash the banks" - what do use to light? I've always used wooden stick matches. There are pipe lighters, but nah, I think I prefer matches.

Never smoked cigarettes, but yes a pipe is a very slow focused thing. Only really used to smoke one in winter time, and not that often. Best was outside in the cold, on winter sports trips to New England or Canada. Something about the smell of the aromatic in that clean cold air.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2023 06:45 PM (OTzUX)

119
Five minutes doesn't even get me seated and my tobacco properly packed. I love pipe smoking because it is so much the opposite of smoking cigarettes.
Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 18, 2023

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Exactly. I never smoked the white sticks -- amazing, considering my mother did, and so did my boyhood fictional heroes like Ellery Queen and James Bond. So I have no comparison, except that I much prefer the smell of pipe tobacco. (Sniffing an unlit cigarette is sort of pleasant, though.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 18, 2023 06:45 PM (omVj0)

120 That painting is beautiful. I had to see it on a bigger screen. Nice details.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 18, 2023 06:45 PM (CkwCP)

121 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2023 06:39 PM (8KS2l)

No thank you guys for allowing me to and the compliments. Motivates me to continue.

I'll know how much people like my work shortly. I have a piece I did for a fund raising auction at Strake Jesuit private high school in April. The Parable piece I have on my website.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:46 PM (LN7ig)

122 Weeding, other yard projects, and brass prep for reloading will probably take all the "hobby" time for a while now. And complete disassembly and cleaning of the Garands and 1911. Spring cleaning!

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2023 06:47 PM (OTzUX)

123 This is one of the Van Goghs I saw in person. Images don't do them justice.

https://tinyurl.com/2zrhz3uy

Posted by: Javems at March 18, 2023 06:47 PM (AmoqO)

124 We're going to spend that money either way, you want it neat, or hell on earth? I...won. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:45 PM (VwHCD)

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Score one for The Patriarchy

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 18, 2023 06:47 PM (8KS2l)

125 104 Even though it's a lesser known piece ( The Rocks) it is still amazing. I wish I could redo my tour of the Met but I don't think I'll ever be in Manhattan again.
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:34 PM (LN7ig)

I'm red/green colorblind but still, the colors just almost knock you down.
Posted by: Javems at March 18, 2023 06:38 PM
Never cut the red wire.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2023 06:47 PM (MF3yS)

126 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:45 PM (VwHCD)

Hah!

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:47 PM (LN7ig)

127 Oh - and I'm going to try to document/annotate/add info as much as possible to my sister's late FIL's WWII history, based on what I have and can dig up. I've been putting snippets in some comments threads from his war diary, in very weak response to Muldoon's excerpts from his father's detailed war diary with the field artillery in Italy.

Any suggestions for (preferably free) software on which I can do map presentations of his missions in Europe (I have most of the basic info on them) very welcome.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 18, 2023 06:50 PM (OTzUX)

128 on thing you can say about table saws

they make great work tables and the glue pops right of of them

Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2023 06:51 PM (us2H3)

129 105 I am going to have to make.my own tongue and groove that I need for my barn renovation. None to be had around here.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 06:39 PM (lK7Ex)

Too bad you are so far away.

A mill up the road makes awesome basswood T&G and really reasonably priced.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 18, 2023 06:51 PM (aA3+G)

130 We're going to spend that money either way, you want it neat, or hell on earth? I...won. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:45 PM (VwHCD)
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The biggest problem with cheaper miter saws, and I say this as someone who has an inexpensive miter saw: repeatability. Of course, once one moves the blade around, if one wants square cuts, expect to spend time making sure the blade is squared up properly.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 06:51 PM (2YtOq)

131 I have a big old Rockwell Beaver nine-inch table saw here, that I brought down from Canada. Very old-school, and it has big chrome slide rails for the fence, and table extensions. It has a 220 volt, single phase 1 HP motor on it, and it's on a metal stand fitted with a pair of wheels, so it can be moved.
I will give it to anyone in the Horde who asks for it. You would need a pickup truck or Suburban-type vehicle to haul it.
My little old Harbor Freight 10" saw suffices for the little amount of wood butchery I plan to do here in Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 06:42 PM
AOP, Mrs. E inherited one of those from her Dad and we hauled it her to ETEX from Colorado. Takes 3 men and fairly good-sized boy to move it.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2023 06:52 PM (MF3yS)

132 A mill up the road makes awesome basswood T&G and really reasonably priced.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 18, 2023 06:51 PM (aA3+G)

Another check mark on the positive side of the ledger for living where you do.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:53 PM (LN7ig)

133 14 Did you make a pusher stick yet MisHum? That can save you a finger or two.
Posted by: fd at March 18, 2023 05:42 PM (iayUP)

One came with the saw and I bought a Grrr-ripper doodad

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 18, 2023 06:53 PM (aA3+G)

134 "well, the guy is nutz using a lightweight table saw in such a manner but it's his grabber not mine
watched a little
right off the bat, the guy didn't oppose the growth rings when he was gluing his material up, so you know he has no idea what the fuck he's doing"
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2023 06:43 PM (us2H3)

There's only a handful of YouTube woodworking guys that know what they're doing. And they're the guys no watches. Catspaw Customs for pure talent and an English guy i like, Paul Sellers, for no frills handtool work. The rest just like to show off their tools/toys.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:54 PM (76Foq)

135 I keep looking at these jigs that will turn your chainsaw into a
mini saw mill. I think they are probably worthless.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 06:54 PM (lK7Ex)

136 Another check mark on the positive side of the ledger for living where you do.
Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:53 PM (LN7ig)

Well, I am running out of places to put the snow.
I believe we've hit the 200" mark this weekend.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 18, 2023 06:55 PM (aA3+G)

137 You can get a T&G router bit set, I have one from a floor restoration job quite a long time ago.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 06:56 PM (xhxe8)

138 Well, I am running out of places to put the snow.
I believe we've hit the 200" mark this weekend.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 18, 2023 06:55 PM (aA3+G)
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One winter in MN, we had to dig out the house. So much snow was piled around the house, we had to move it out, away from the house, for fear the basement would be flooded.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 06:57 PM (2YtOq)

139 AOP, Mrs. E inherited one of those from her Dad and we hauled it her to ETEX from Colorado. Takes 3 men and fairly good-sized boy to move it.
Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2023 06:52 PM (MF3yS)

I put this one a metal stand, and fitted the stand with a pair of 4" pneumatic tires. Welded 1 and 1/4" square steel tubing to the sides of the stand, and made long handles of smaller tubing that slip in, with lock pins. I can trundle it pretty easy. But it's too wide to fit through a 32" door.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 06:58 PM (tkR6S)

140 Brought up before, I have a chainsaw attachment for my 4" angle grinder, used it a bit in my wood carving but haven't used it since.
It's a moster and scary to use

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 06:58 PM (xhxe8)

141 Not really a hobby, but I've pulled all the pipes out of my house (old galvanized pipes are filled with disgusting gunk) and am knee-deep in pex right now. A pro would already have completed this project, but I have a long way to go and many mistakes yet to make.

Posted by: 496 at March 18, 2023 06:58 PM (EmHqo)

142 "Well, I am running out of places to put the snow.
I believe we've hit the 200" mark this weekend."
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at March 18, 2023 06:55 PM (aA3+G)

That's gotta get old.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:59 PM (76Foq)

143 I thank the lucky stars no snow to shovel this year

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 06:59 PM (xhxe8)

144 Posted by: 496 at March 18, 2023 06:58 PM (EmHqo)

What do you think your cost will be?

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 06:59 PM (LN7ig)

145 135 I keep looking at these jigs that will turn your chainsaw into a
mini saw mill. I think they are probably worthless.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 06:54 PM (lK7Ex)

no, you should get one

Posted by: local emergency clinic at March 18, 2023 07:01 PM (us2H3)

146 Skip, I have that bit and fortunately tunately I only have to replace a few boards here and there. It just slows down the whole project

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 07:01 PM (lK7Ex)

147 Remember a combination blade is not a ripping blade. If you plan to rip a lot of long boards, or anything really, invest in a quality ripping blade and put it on every time you rip. Your wood cutting experience will be safer and pleasure greatly enhance.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 18, 2023 07:02 PM (0Qrr3)

148 I keep looking at these jigs that will turn your chainsaw into a
mini saw mill. I think they are probably worthless.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 06:54 PM (lK7Ex)

Probably OK for squaring up logs into big timbers. Kind of wasteful for cutting planks under 3 inches.

If I had to make 1-by lumber into tongue and groove, I would get a spindle shaper or a router with a table...and a fence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 07:03 PM (tkR6S)

149 147 Remember a combination blade is not a ripping blade. If you plan to rip a lot of long boards, or anything really, invest in a quality ripping blade and put it on every time you rip. Your wood cutting experience will be safer and pleasure greatly enhance.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 18, 2023 07:02 PM (0Qrr3)

this is correct

Posted by: local emergency clinic at March 18, 2023 07:03 PM (us2H3)

150 There's at least 3 Amish/Mennonite sawmills within 5 miles of me, I never seem to need them but they do a ton of work. They made a killing when the lumber shortage hit.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 07:03 PM (76Foq)

151 135 I keep looking at these jigs that will turn your chainsaw into a
mini saw mill. I think they are probably worthless.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 06:54 PM
Did you ever utoob those
Russian/Eastern-Yurp guys cut six foot diameter stuff with a traveling chainsaw? Many OSHA violations, but hey in Russia laws violate you.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2023 07:04 PM (MF3yS)

152 Fabulous painting, polynikes! Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Lola - free Jacob Chansley at March 18, 2023 07:04 PM (GshMh)

153 I don't do a ton of ripping. What I do do I can clean up with my jointer.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 07:05 PM (76Foq)

154 Brought up before, I have a chainsaw attachment for my 4" angle grinder, used it a bit in my wood carving but haven't used it since.
It's a moster and scary to use
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 06:58 PM (xhxe

Is it a circlet, or a mini bar&chain that fits on there? That is one case where I would keep the assist handle in the grinder, and maybe invest in chain-mail gloves, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 07:06 PM (tkR6S)

155 Another fun hobby kind of is 7:49pm the international space station cruises by, should go see it. Often go out in yard but if drove to a school it's clear unobstructed area.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 07:07 PM (xhxe8)

156 AOP, I have a bunch of mature mesquite I would like to make 4x4's out of.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 07:07 PM (lK7Ex)

157 well, time for doggie walk but one more thing

sanded wood and glue will dull the fuck out of your tools

Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2023 07:07 PM (us2H3)

158 It's a circular chain that gets sandwiched between 2 plates, as angle grinder has no speeds its balls out the whole way.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 07:09 PM (xhxe8)

159 sanded wood and glue will dull the fuck out of your tools
Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2023 07:07 PM (us2H3

That's what she said.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 07:09 PM (LN7ig)

160 We're going to spend that money either way, you want it neat, or hell on earth? I...won. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 06:45 PM (VwHCD)
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The biggest problem with cheaper miter saws, and I say this as someone who has an inexpensive miter saw: repeatability. Of course, once one moves the blade around, if one wants square cuts, expect to spend time making sure the blade is squared up properly.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 06:51 PM (2YtOq)

I have an older 10" cast iron makita. Its super accurate for normal miters and small crown. I have a 12" Ridgid compound that works great, but you can't put crown stops on it, so I usually lay a strip of tape across the bed as a guide, but this crown I had to deal with is really tall. I said screw this, time for a new saw, so i went and got the dewalt 780 with the cut line system and the crown stops. Glad I did, those miters are like god did them. Not one bad cut. 38 miters, all perfect.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 07:10 PM (VwHCD)

161 there's guy near me that has an old monster 2 man chainsaw

5 foot bar

Posted by: REDACTED at March 18, 2023 07:11 PM (us2H3)

162 I have been trying to restore an outdoor bench.
The wooden slats had rotted.
I was moving along fine until I started to replace the bolts into the cast iron leg/side units.
Took me a few tries and a couple of weeks to find out the original builder had used metric bolts with metric threading. I didn’t even know it existed.

Posted by: SMOD at March 18, 2023 07:13 PM (RovqD)

163 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 07:10 PM (VwHCD)

I just hope we continue to have craftsmen who have this mindset. I don't want to get to the point a lot of second and third word countries have.

Good Enough

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 07:13 PM (LN7ig)

164 there's guy near me that has an old monster 2 man chainsaw

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Get the hell out of there!

Posted by: Jamie Lee Curtis at March 18, 2023 07:13 PM (8KS2l)

165 AOP, I have a bunch of mature mesquite I would like to make 4x4's out of.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 07:07 PM (lK7Ex)

This is the first item I found when I searched "inexpensive portable bandsaw mill":

https://www.hud-son.com/product/hunter-sawmill/

I expect it would be safer than a chainsaw mill, not as noisy, and waste less wood as sawdust.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 07:16 PM (tkR6S)

166 If you are fortunate enough to meet Bers at a MoMe, ask to see the pictures of his kitchen. The guy is a master craftsman

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 07:16 PM (lK7Ex)

167 My table saw looks like that except all the safety do dads are stored in a box somewhere, and the stand has two sturdy wheels and quickly folds everything up 90 degrees so it fits inside garage against a wall when not in use.

The only time I’ve clipped a fingertip was trying to choke intake on an R/C plane with said now sharpened index finger.

Posted by: epador at March 18, 2023 07:17 PM (h8s0C)

168 There's only a handful of YouTube woodworking guys that know what they're doing. And they're the guys no watches. Catspaw Customs for pure talent and an English guy i like, Paul Sellers, for no frills handtool work. The rest just like to show off their tools/toys.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 06:54 PM (76Foq)

No kidding. Most are content creators and are lucky they can make a shoe box.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 07:17 PM (VwHCD)

169 You can get metric bolts and nuts at Lowes or Homey Depot
I restored a park bench from my FiL using mahogany and stainless steel bolts and screws as it sits outside all year.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 07:18 PM (xhxe8)

170 Old timer we stayed with had one of those. He used to like to fire it up in the house to show it off. Had a lot of old chainsaws and every car he'd ever owned. Case of leaky dynamite upstairs. When you are a batchelor, you can do stuff like that.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 18, 2023 07:19 PM (6lj/r)

171 It's a circular chain that gets sandwiched between 2 plates, as angle grinder has no speeds its balls out the whole way.
Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 07:09 PM (xhxe

If a tooth digs in, and tears the grinder out of your hand, your balls might be the next target.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 07:19 PM (tkR6S)

172 Ben Had, a good utoob is Wranglerstar for chainsaw sawmilling.

Posted by: Eromero at March 18, 2023 07:19 PM (MF3yS)

173 I bought a cheap miter saw years back, never would work for a pro or someone making a lot of cuts. I just use it to get my angle close and finish with a hand plane and shooting board. Takes a little time but makes a tight enough fit my work.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 07:19 PM (76Foq)

174 As long as I wear hearing protection so no one distracts me, just work slow and methodically plus wear safety glasses and use pusher stick,

Posted by: epador at March 18, 2023 07:20 PM (h8s0C)

175 Polynikes, I had to look twice to realize that your creation wasn't a photo. Nice work!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 18, 2023 07:22 PM (pdlHj)

176 Eromero, thank you. I'll check it out

Posted by: Ben Had at March 18, 2023 07:22 PM (lK7Ex)

177 I had a couple little 1940s Craftsman table saws, sold those when I was given a Delta. Carpenter grade really but you can get decent shit out of it with care.

Came with a pile of accessories some of which I haven't even figured out.

But it's loud man does it scream. You can't be within 25 feet without serious ear protection.

Posted by: JEM at March 18, 2023 07:24 PM (8erNz)

178 As long as I wear hearing protection so no one distracts me, just work slow and methodically plus wear safety glasses and use pusher stick,
Posted by: epador at March 18, 2023 07:20 PM (h8s0C)
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I've actually taken time out to think about the best way to use a pusher stick on a project while working with the guards. I much prefer the stick and the guards get chewed up, as opposed to my hand.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at March 18, 2023 07:24 PM (2YtOq)

179 "No kidding. Most are content creators and are lucky they can make a shoe box."
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 07:17 PM (VwHCD)

And the arrogance of some of them, I've never seen so many 25–35 year-old guys with 50 years of experience.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 07:24 PM (76Foq)

180 This isn't the food thread, but cooking is a hobby. I have a nice fish stock simmering at the Fortress of Legal Solitude.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2023 07:24 PM (Wnv9h)

181 85 ... Hi Wolfus

I haven't found that bowl shape effects the tobacco. Maybe some feel it makes a difference but that isn't my experience. Since I smoke slowly, I seldom have a problem with the bowl getting too hot. I do prefer larger, thicker bowls because they fit my hand better. Nording free hand pipes are a good example.

One of the nice things about pipe tobacco, and cigars, is there is room for personal preference. For instance, I don't usually enjoy oriental blends. Quality tobaccos well processed, aromatic or English, makes a difference, the rest is individual taste. One reason I enjoy Alan Harrelson's Pipe Cottage videos on YT is when he discusses a tobacco blend he likes he says why it appeals to him. He doesn't make a universal standard. (I also share his taste in poetry, philosophy, and literature.)

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 07:25 PM (7EjX1)

182 I'm going to sell off my vintage, cast-iron Craftsman 10" table saw. Not because it's not a great tool, which it is.

But because I can't keep up with keeping the top rust-free in this salty Galveston air.

I'd suggest any buyer run it by a machine shop and have the top and wing-tables milled and re-trued, to get past the corrosion layer. Even keeping it waxed, it's been a losing battle here. Next one will be a Bosch folding contractor's table saw. It's about the most stable one to use that I know.

And I think I'll have photos to MisHum in time for next week's thread, a set of newly made and installed gates for the 100" distance between my detached garage and the fenceline between that and my neighbor's house. It's about 98% done now, and shaping up nicely. Gonna let the rain chances and colder days go by before jumping back in to finish it off.

Kudos to Polynikes for the painting. Would Hang!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2023 07:26 PM (e6UQI)

183 I just hope we continue to have craftsmen who have this mindset. I don't want to get to the point a lot of second and third word countries have.

Good Enough

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 07:13 PM (LN7ig)

I hate that. I learned hand tools first, then went into power tools. I'm a hybrid wood dude. Hand tools for instruments, power tools for renovations. I do use handtools on renovations some times for real fine finish work, but what you'll never see me do is ripping an 8 foot piece of wood with a frigging hand saw. Thats just insane. My thinking is you really need to know both. I do think there are more shit carpenters out there than good ones these days though. Some are keeping it alive, but we might be a dying breed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 07:26 PM (VwHCD)

184 Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 07:25 PM (7EjX1)

Love the smell of pipe smoke. Cigars not so much.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 07:27 PM (LN7ig)

185 Somewhere maybe, I bought a pipe while in Germany, probably not hand carved but looks like it is., Haven't seen it in years.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 07:27 PM (xhxe8)

186 93 ... "I want to say again how much I've gotten fond of my corncob pipes"

Agree about the corn cob pipes. My two favorite Missouri Meerschaums are their Mark Twain model and their Cobbit Elf. The Cobbit is a semi churchwarden style and it is a very comfortable smoke.

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 07:30 PM (7EjX1)

187 And the arrogance of some of them, I've never seen so many 25–35 year-old guys with 50 years of experience.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 07:24 PM (76Foq)

lol right? I like watching the salty old bastards, like graham blackburn just to see the old tools.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 07:30 PM (VwHCD)

188 182 I'm going to sell off my vintage, cast-iron Craftsman 10" table saw. Not because it's not a great tool, which it is.

But because I can't keep up with keeping the top rust-free in this salty Galveston air.

Magic eraser? 400 grit sanding sponge? Maybe you're more perfectionist than I.

Posted by: JEM at March 18, 2023 07:30 PM (8erNz)

189 Also on Table Saws. I rid mine of the blade-guard and anti-kick-back knife. I've seen more accidents with wood on a table saw BECAUSE of those devices.

Use push sticks, feather boards, and just stay the hell away from the blade. My motto when working the Table Saw is: "this bastard IS trying to kill me..." and work accordingly.

Also. Use ONLY sharp and true blades, and use the RIGHT blade (tooth-count, kerf width), for the material(s) at hand. Very different blades for Rock Maple vs. Pine, and again, plywood is it's own animal altogether. Crosscut n' Rip cuts factor in, as well.

*counts fingers* Yep, still gotz'em!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 18, 2023 07:31 PM (e6UQI)

190 This isn't the food thread, but cooking is a hobby. I have a nice fish stock simmering at the Fortress of Legal Solitude.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2023 07:24 PM (Wnv9h)

A hobby and an art. My cooking would be compared to a 2nd graders finger painting. Watching an expert prepare and cook is mesmerizing to me.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 07:31 PM (LN7ig)

191 Hey Bers have you heard the Extreme Rise solo that everyone's talking about yet? Rick Beato even did a video on it and I wondered what you thought

Posted by: MAxIE at March 18, 2023 07:31 PM (twxj3)

192 New hobby is chainsaw dead trees

Same. I spend the winters scavenging firewood from whatever's fallen down. Gotta be on the ball to get to the ash in time, though. That stuff rots fast.

Don't know why I do it, it's just fun.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2023 07:32 PM (CaJIi)

193 NOOD! Music thread! Yippee!

Posted by: Moonbeam at March 18, 2023 07:33 PM (tlnjl)

194 Yeah, Graham Blackburn, another guy nobody watches but should.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 07:34 PM (76Foq)

195 I have a really nice delta cast iron top table saw with the uni-fence system thats still in storage. I still need to move it and get that down in the basement. The contractor saw that I used on the jobs is OK for what we were doing, but on a cabinet saw version the blade is set much farther back and is just more accurate.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 18, 2023 07:34 PM (VwHCD)

196 They intend to crash the banks" - what do use to light? I've always used wooden stick matches. There are pipe lighters, but nah, I think I prefer matches.
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I like matches but I was given a Zippo pipe lighter that I've really come to enjoy. It's nice to have in the pocket, and if you're on a boat or other outdoors (breezy) situation it's reliable every time.

My pallette isn't sensitive enough to notice the lighter fluid, although I'm told some people can. I have to assume they can taste matches but are just keeping quiet about it.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 18, 2023 07:34 PM (5OcwI)

197 I have my great grandfather's pipe. A quarter bent squat bulldog. It has to be well over a hundred years old.

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 07:35 PM (LN7ig)

198 On pipes, always wondered what the German clay very long stem pipes did. White clay I assume, in many paintings in the Napoleonic and earlier period. Seydlitz tossing his over his shoulder before a charge in the 7 years war.

Posted by: Skip at March 18, 2023 07:35 PM (xhxe8)

199 Well, back to the salt mines for a couple more siding planks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2023 07:35 PM (tkR6S)

200 Alberta Oil Peon is always working on something, sometimes he makes me feel lazy, but it passes.

Posted by: lowandslow at March 18, 2023 07:38 PM (76Foq)

201 I have a Bosch table.saw because it can take a.5/8" stacked dado. Dewalt makes the best portable saws because they have the best fence. I have a hypoid Makita and the Bosch track saw. Festool is a rip off.
I.dropped a 3/8" chisel on my toe that went thru my sneaker and hit the bone. Once, i turned a 1/8" chisel towards me and damn near sliced open my wrist.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at March 18, 2023 07:39 PM (Eeb9P)

202 196 ... "I like matches but I was given a Zippo pipe lighter that I've really come to enjoy. It's nice to have in the pocket, and if you're on a boat or other outdoors (breezy) situation it's reliable every time.

My pallette isn't sensitive enough to notice the lighter fluid, although I'm told some people can. I have to assume they can taste matches but are just keeping quiet about it."

I've read about using a Zippo pipe lighter and how disagreeable the lighter fluid taste is. I use one and have never noticed any such taste versus matches or butane. I think people who say it matters are full of crap or hypersensitive.

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 07:43 PM (7EjX1)

203 197 ... "I have my great grandfather's pipe. A quarter bent squat bulldog. It has to be well over a hundred years old."

polynikes,
I hope you treasure that pipe, even if you don't smoke it. It must be so cool having an item like that.

Would it make a good prop in a painting? Perhaps a vignette of a setting from your great grandfather's time?

Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 07:49 PM (7EjX1)

204 Would it make a good prop in a painting? Perhaps a vignette of a setting from your great grandfather's time?
Posted by: JTB at March 18, 2023 07:49 PM (7EjX1)

That's a good idea !

Posted by: polynikes at March 18, 2023 07:51 PM (LN7ig)

205 The first thing you do after buying your home table saw is to remove that stupid anti-kickback guard.

Posted by: Gobagoo at March 19, 2023 08:38 AM (p6YZo)

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