In that case, the bench hook is the must have accessory in your workshop/work areaTiger6 wrote:You are forgetting that I have 2 wet noodles for arms, Rob, it doesn't take long to wear both of them out
Sawing aid.
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Re: Sawing aid.
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Re: Sawing aid.
Nah, band saws are much easier!
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Re: Sawing aid.
But I don't have one of them, but what I do have is a couple of vibro sawsRobW wrote:Nah, band saws are much easier!
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Re: Sawing aid.
I remade my shooting board today. Which is kinda like a bench hook, but for sanding and/or planing at a precise angle.
Next to the main board is a lower section that is at a 90degree angle with the stop at the end. In that groove your plane (or in my case my sanding blocks) ride. The sanding blocks are 50x50mm square aluminium tubing with various grits of sanding emory cloth bands stuck to the with carpet tape.
I had one of these for aaaages but I managed to lose it somewhere. So I remade it, with a few add-ons I always wanted to do with my old one. I sank in a few Tee Nuts into the base at strategic locations, and I will be making a couple of plates at various useful angles from some HPL scraps I have somewhere. Already made a template for the 45degree plate from cardboard as you can see.
Man, I love making my own tools...
TTFN,
Rob
Next to the main board is a lower section that is at a 90degree angle with the stop at the end. In that groove your plane (or in my case my sanding blocks) ride. The sanding blocks are 50x50mm square aluminium tubing with various grits of sanding emory cloth bands stuck to the with carpet tape.
I had one of these for aaaages but I managed to lose it somewhere. So I remade it, with a few add-ons I always wanted to do with my old one. I sank in a few Tee Nuts into the base at strategic locations, and I will be making a couple of plates at various useful angles from some HPL scraps I have somewhere. Already made a template for the 45degree plate from cardboard as you can see.
Man, I love making my own tools...
TTFN,
Rob
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Re: Sawing aid.
Unfortunately I was told I had to do graphic design for my 'fun' design and technology lessons *yawn*
I'm a heating engineer now so have made up for the lack of practical skills not learnt at school.
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Re: Sawing aid.
"I'm a heating engineer." So you design HVAC equipment and systems? From the '50s to the '80s my father built the largest HVAC installation company in Wisconsin and my late father-in-law designed air-conditioners. However, it's not in the blood: my career was as a Professor.
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Nope that's air conditioning.
In the UK a heating engineer is someone that deals with natural gas/LPG/oil boilers and heating systems (radiators, hot water tanks, pipework including gas and water) in domestic and commercial properties. I only do domestic stuff.
We don't have many domestic properties fitted with air conditioning systems so the HVAC guys are mainly commercial.
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In the UK a heating engineer is someone that deals with natural gas/LPG/oil boilers and heating systems (radiators, hot water tanks, pipework including gas and water) in domestic and commercial properties. I only do domestic stuff.
We don't have many domestic properties fitted with air conditioning systems so the HVAC guys are mainly commercial.
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Re: Sawing aid.
Good point about the difference: "hot" weather in the UK is around 20C+; here in the US, even in Wisconsin, it's about 32C+. H[eating]V[entilation]andA[ir]C[onditioning] was primarily commercial and residential heating only here in the northern US until the 'fifties. In fact, in 1957 my parents had a house built and my father had it air-conditioned by a used commercial air-conditioner out of a movie theater. So from age 5 on, I grew up in an air-conditioned home, rather a rarity at the time.
Ahem, now back to your home made wondertools!
Ahem, now back to your home made wondertools!