• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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  1. TomTrees

    Question for you machinist folks about auxiliary sliding extrusion on tablesaw

    Whilst I spent a fair bit of time with some rod, hoking about to check for obstructions for the other bolt hole. Noticed some cast iron swarf was appearing, so went about taking apart the fence to see what I was dealing with. Didn't feel that with the pokie! No worries, I have just enough...
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    Question for you machinist folks about auxiliary sliding extrusion on tablesaw

    Might as well give ye an update on how things are coming along.. Had this nice, thin and crisp cornered angle iron which was from an old bed, and started cutting one of the rails up. Drilled both lengths, and also the underside of the lower one for access, whilst tapping the upper length...
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    Question for you machinist folks about auxiliary sliding extrusion on tablesaw

    Hi Wallace, to quote our Steve... (Steve Maskery for those new to the forum) "The low lip is so that I can get it under the guard if I need to rip anything very narrow." There's lots of stuff in this dated article which demonstrate this well, and yes indeed... some pictures seem to be lacking...
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    Question for you machinist folks about auxiliary sliding extrusion on tablesaw

    It's the European rules Duke, and worth knowing if the statistics are even a tiny percentage of the estimated figures. Of those estimated fugures, what's albeit a blanket term, those listed as "circular saw accidents", so that could be 99% handheld and other types of saws for all anyone knows...
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    Question for you machinist folks about auxiliary sliding extrusion on tablesaw

    Hi again, (might edit this with some photos later) I spent a fair amount digging through my folders, and a bit of searching online. It's very difficult to get an accurate impression of how much clearance one can get away with, regarding the low profile fence orientation... Regardless, I drilled...
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    Question for you machinist folks about auxiliary sliding extrusion on tablesaw

    Hello folks, getting back at working on my old Startrite 275 again, as I've acquired some materials what will get the job done... just about that is, as indeed there be some faffing involved as you would expect, lol.😅 Sorry didn't get a piccy of the skip, as it was a deep'un. Now I've got...
  7. TomTrees

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    I'd prefer the "tenting" method (where practical) for any paring jobs, and such an "aid" doesn't lend itself to... but could see the appeal for that jig used instead of knife marking basslines, but not used beyond that. All the best Tom
  8. TomTrees

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    I tried such whilst making a shooting board, which lead to much undercutting of the walls...and that was only a shallow trench. Might be alright for dovetails though, as seen below, not tried that. All the best Tom
  9. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    Epoxy-ing in some threadbar after tapping A bit of shim stock needed Might have been better off with a wear strip, and bending the shim stock for the runners... as things wern't easy to slide, as seen with all the scuffing. It slides fairly nicely now...after a bit of elbow grease...
  10. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    Well, that job took ages to get done... and it's not even finished yet! Spent the week using the remaining 6mm off cuts to make two runners. G-Clamped up a welding jig... using a bit of flat bar and some angle iron, used with the f-clamps to stop the metal contracting. I learned a lesson...
  11. TomTrees

    Hi I'm new here

    Welcome aboard Peter :) I've had the oppertunity to do a lash up turning job with an angle grinder for non precision stuff before, using a pillar drill to rig up this grinder to the chuck, and clamped the tool up to make it somewhat solid. I wouldn't recommend such for anything more than the...
  12. TomTrees

    Change of plan

    The way I'd look at it, if selling something you don't wish to sell... then is there an equal alternative? (knowing nothing about PT's) Should something be omitted on such, or needing to be seriously fettled... That could make the job of getting the machine from A to B, even, be it as tedious as...
  13. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    Hard to beat having an angle grinder Andy, especially with a new disc, and a nice new pair of safety glasses strictly kept in a box for the tricky jobs. This job at the moment in particular wouldn't have suited, as things went a bit bendy with the un-equal welding for a T track kinda thing...
  14. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    Getting closer to the final bit'o welding of the base...just need to figure out what to do about a prop for the auxiliary table, nothing planned yet as I'm plonking ahead making it adjustable. Forgot to post some pics of some earlier work. Some brackets for the table... and sized things up...
  15. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    Perhaps Kirk, fingers crossed, as I've not tested it yet to find out if it'll work out... Another little job done since was getting a new platen stop sorted. Drilling and tapping for some M12 stainless threaded rods... And a new "keeper" bracket to suit Which required a little motor...
  16. TomTrees

    Garden Table

    Just thought I'd mention, since you're tooled up in the metalworking department... I find using a plate of aluminium with some graphite scribbled on works great for paring walls, though if you had some cast iron, it probably would be far better, since the graphite would remain, instead of...
  17. TomTrees

    Anyone repair their own shoes?

    Well, me other nice brogues didn't last too long, though they got a good send off whilst digging ditches. Plonking a foot into the half dug soak pit was final straw for them. Don't suppose I'll be doing much walking in these yolks :confused:... but at least they'll be somewhat more comfy than...
  18. TomTrees

    How is this used

    Here's another interesting saw setting tool. (which thankfully I had tucked away in a folder) Thanks for that wee snippet Andy.
  19. TomTrees

    Retirement Project--New Interior Trim

    New term to me also, very nice work Kirk. Tom
  20. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    A little more work done since, turns out some "beefing things up" was starting to making sense, so some linkages from the old couch were put to good use (which I thought would never get used!) Another wee job was making a new belt guard, seeing that the belt pulley was in danger of getting a...
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