Rudimentary Wood Working

Bob La Londe · 2014-04-22T23:53:43+00:00

I had my dad bring me a section of log the other day. Not particular big. Maybe 7 inches in diameter, and 2 and a half feet long. A neighbor of his wanted it split in half with flat faces to paint on. Doesn't seem like a big deal on the face of it, but it turned into a little project. My dad tried to split it on my bandsaw... that was a mistake. It went bad almost instantly. Finally I built an square MDF frame around it, and screwed the frame to the log. We cut it on the table saw, and then flipped it over and cut it thru from the other side. There was hardly any ridge n the middle at all, but there was a nasty bevel on one end of one side from the bandsaw. I set each half fram ont eh mill, and milled the two pieces flat. Then I removed all the screws and removed the two log halves from the frames. Viola! It got me thinking how much we have gotten dependent on atleast partially preprocessed wood. I know some of you guys can take a broke off cherry twig and whittle it into an armoire with a pocket knife, but it still made me appreciate even rough cut lumber.

Apr 22, 2014 27 Replies

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Morgans 12 years ago

"Lew Hodgett" wrote

Oh, and I would rather take an *ss woopin than sand fiberglass. I have learned to hate the stuff!

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John Grossbohlin 12 years ago

I think in this case it refers to a specific model of PC belt sander that looks sort of like an old locomotive. Yes Lew?

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Lew Hodgett 12 years ago

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------------------------------------------------------ "John Grossbohl> I think in this case it refers to a specific model of PC belt sander

------------------------------------------------ You got it.

The PC-504 no longer in production but shown below.

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BTW, mine is for sale if anybody is interested.

Lew

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Swingman 12 years ago

Dayum! Looking at your pictures I actually had an olfactory flashback and could literally smell the fiberglass cloth and resin. Dad and I built an

11', flat bottom, plywood/fiberglass boat for hunting ducks in the Gulf Coast tidal marshes using the same basic materials some 56 years ago.

Nicely done ...

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Morgans 12 years ago

"Lew Hodgett" wrote

How many amp is that choo choo?

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Lew Hodgett 12 years ago

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9 A per nameplate.

Lew

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Morgans 12 years ago

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in

I think my Milwaukee is 13. It really does pull like a choo choo.

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Puckdropper 12 years ago

"Morgans" wrote in news:ljfd6o$g16$1 @speranza.aioe.org:

Install couplers on it and test it out! I wouldn't be surprised to find it pulls more than a similarly sized G gauge locomotive.

Puckdropper

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