tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26898991428059213112024-03-12T22:37:26.711-04:00Spirit Hill WoodworksWood Goods for the Kitchen by Jim DillonJim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-15719298965280178802023-12-10T21:08:00.001-05:002023-12-11T09:38:47.880-05:00ABOUT US<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Spirit Hill Woodworks</b> is named after the place I grew up, in northern Wisconsin. The north fork of the Spirit River rises in the Town of Hill, an unincorporated rural township that includes Wisconsin's highest point. I grew up roaming the woods I was living in, on foot, bike, and skis. I became a woodworker partly as a way to stay connected to the forest where I grew up, and the people I grew up among, many of whom made at least part of their living from the forests around us.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I have made<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> kitchen cabinets, furniture, garden gates, funerary urns, you name it! But what I love most is making kitchen items like bowls, cutting boards, and spoons: things that people will use every day, and that will hopefully bring a little beauty and uniqueness to somebody's living space. My wife and I, and my extended family, use my kitchen wares every day. Some are special because of spectacular wood grain. Others, especially our spoons, become special to us as they develop a patina through years of use. We hope you enjoy them like we do.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The wood I work with comes from two main sources: my family property in Wisconsin, and salvaged urban wood from Atlanta, where I live. If you see me in person, and ask, I can probably tell you where every piece of wood I've turned into a bowl or spoon or cutting board came from. Sometimes I even knew the tree before it came down.</span></p>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-10980266926210958852023-12-10T20:49:00.001-05:002023-12-11T09:38:07.851-05:00USE AND CARE OF OUR KITCHEN GOODS<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>USE and CARE of Our Cutting Boards, </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Bowls, and Spoons</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks for buying one of our kitchen wares. We use the same items in our kitchen every day, and we hope you enjoy them like we do.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>BASIC:</b> </span>After use, DO wash briefly in warm, soapy water. Rinse and dry. DO NOT put into dishwasher. DO NOT soak in water for longer than is required to loosen food residue.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ADVANCED:</b></span> Cutting Boards, especially end grain<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> butcher blocks, will absorb water and then release it through evaporation. If only one face of a board gets wet, that face will swell. The other face, if it remains dry, will stay the same size. Result: warping. When washing a cutting board, wet both faces evenly. Think of it like an algebraic equation: whatever you do to one side, do to the other. Same goes for drying: don't set a wet board flat on a countertop; the bottom face will dry more slowly than the top side, and the different moisture levels will result in warping. Allow cutting boards to dry while resting on edge, with good airflow. If warping happens, it can be corrected somewhat by wetting the "cupped" or concave face and putting it face down on a countertop. Keep your eye on it until it flattens out. But it's best to just keep each face with the same moisture level. Balance: the key to a long, happy life. Some of our end-grain cutting boards are 20 years old and still going strong.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>OIL and WAX:</b></span> Our kitchen goods are made for use. Over time, all wood wears, dries out, and fades. Whenever you feel like it, refresh all the wood in your kitchen (cutting boards, bowls, spoons, knife handles) by wiping with oil or an oil/wax blend marketed for cutting boards. <a href="https://bowlmakerinc.com/product-category/mahoneys-finishes/" target="_blank">Mahoney's Oil Wax Finish</a> is an excellent example. Wipe it on, let it soak in for a few minutes, and wipe it off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>WHICH OIL?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Best: Flax oil a/k/a linseed oil</b></span>. Flax oil dries to form a tough protective substance in the wood's pores. The best flax oil is in the refrigerated section of a health food store or Whole Foods. Spectrum is a fine brand but only one example. Flax oil has an aroma some people don't like, but once it's on the wood it fades within a couple days. Don't use the "boiled linseed oil" in a can from the hardware store.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Second Best: Walnut oil.</b></span> Walnut oil is available in most grocery stores among all the other vegetable oils. (Read the label, make sure no other oils have been blended with it. You want pure walnut oil.) Walnut oil has a very faint, mild aroma. Like flax oil (a/k/a linseed), walnut oil dries to form a tough substance that protects the wood inside its pores. However, it dries much more slowly than flax oil: about three months in my tests, compared to just a few days for flax oil. "Mahoney's Utility Finish" is marketed to bowl makers and available locally at Highland Woodworking as well as online.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Distant Third: Mineral oil.</b></span> Mineral oil gets used a lot on cutting boards and kitchen utensils. It has no odor and is completely nontoxic. However, unlike flax or walnut oil, it doesn't dry to form long-lasting protection; it just dissipates over time. However, it looks just fine when you put it on, and once you've used it, it's fine to switch to something better later on. Some people prefer not to use petroleum products, and mineral oil is a petroleum derivative. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Honorable Mention: Tung oil.</b></span> Like flax/linseed oil, tung oil dries to a tough protective substance. It's a totally natural product, made from a nut. I don't use it because it's a tropical import and I don't know how sustainably it's produced. I also don't like how it smells. I know that flax/linseed oil is sustainably grown all over the northern hemisphere, and it's affordable, so that's what I prefer to use.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Also Ran</b></span>: Hemp, Coconut, Grapeseed, and other plant oils get used by some folks. That's fine; however, like mineral oil, these oils don't dry to a protective substance, just dissipate over time. So if you use them, you'll need to reapply frequently to keep your wood looking good.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">MORE INFO: if you're into the chemistry underlying natural processes, read up on "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_oil" target="_blank">drying oils</a>." And</span></p>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-33091348565724325392022-05-02T08:36:00.001-04:002022-05-10T08:34:05.349-04:00New Video: Modifying Scrub Plane for Coopered Lid Fairing<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Currently, the project getting most of my woodworking time is a pair of small pieces, not sure whether to call them large boxes or small chests! Anyway, they have coopered lids. I'm duplicating an antique the client <span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">owns. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Technically, the hardest part of the project has been fitting the curved ends of the box to the inside/bottom of the coopered lid. I haven't done it before. I also haven't previously glued up coopered panels, but that turned out to be plug & chug once I figured out how to make angled clamping cauls. Fitting the lid gave me fits. I even resorted to digging out my 20-year-old packet of carbon paper, to transfer black marks onto the places that were rubbing, so that I could iteratively bring the two pieces into mating.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peCjc9ckDhI&lc=UgxdZg36zP9MHZC-C1l4AaABAg"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peCjc9ckDhI&lc=UgxdZg36zP9MHZC-C1l4AaABAg</span></a></p>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-35970724927178944692021-06-02T07:51:00.001-04:002021-06-02T07:51:10.303-04:00Online Saw Sharpening Resources<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is a set of links on saw sharpening. I have sharpened rip teeth fairly well for 25 years, but I have never been happy with<span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> my crosscut sharpening. I have invested in a <a href="https://toolsforworkingwood.com/store/item/GT-SAWV" target="_blank">Gramercy saw vise</a>, and some <a href="https://www.edroyproducts.com/magnifocuser1.html" target="_blank">Magni-Focuser</a> glasses, and I hope to practice on crosscut saws until I can sharpen them well enough to please myself.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These links are presented with no annotation and in no particular order. Just jump in and read around. Paul Sellers has several YouTube videos on saw sharpening, and as with all else in the Paul Sellers woodworking universe, he exhorts you to forego fancy jigs or painstaking study of the theory, and just dive into it. I cannot argue with his results, but I think his approach works best in an apprenticeship situation, where a more experienced worker offers a steady stream of correction and encouragement. Still, his saw sharpening videos are the best I've seen online for getting a good look at what the experience of sharpening saws <i>should</i> be.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://blackburntools.com/articles/saw-tooth-geometry/index.html#breasting" target="_blank">blackburntools.com/articles/saw-tooth-geometry/index.html#breasting</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/primer/sharp.html" target="_blank">http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/primer/sharp.html</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.badaxetoolworks.com/Filing.php" target="_blank">http://www.badaxetoolworks.com/Filing.php</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/86/title/Saw%20Spectra" target="_blank">https://toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/86/title/Saw%20Spectra</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-9022091134957037622021-02-21T18:29:00.000-05:002021-02-21T18:29:00.843-05:00Yet Another Use for 1-2-3 Blocks<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I was making a rolling rack for plywood and other sheet goods. The base required me to rip frame parts with a four degree bevel along their lengths, so that the plywood will lean back safely against the center of the cart and not tip over.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DnccdkC63C0/YDLrCMnuajI/AAAAAAAAKWU/RvLfI6PnwJYdp3MX0lqX9x2b9TAhFYadwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DnccdkC63C0/YDLrCMnuajI/AAAAAAAAKWU/RvLfI6PnwJYdp3MX0lqX9x2b9TAhFYadwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6367.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I needed the central frame members (joists?) to be narrower than the outer ones, to accommodate the four degree slope. As luck had it, the inner joists needed to be one inch narrower. Easy! Just move the fence over an inch for the last two cuts . . . except . . .</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My old Unisaw tilts right, so for a long beveled rip like this, I prefer to put the fence to the left of the blade, so that the workpiece won't get pinched and kicked back if I inadvertently lift it a little, or if I release some tension wood as I cut and the two parts spread apart from each other. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The challenge is that there is no tape measure for the rip fence to the left of the blade. So I got out my 1-2-3 blocks and did this:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ddenHSy6hPs/YDLqpRPxBmI/AAAAAAAAKVw/vepmLZe1Uy0CSsHGx7K2aMQxPlts7J_cQCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9R5s8G-Faq0/YDLrdc43WfI/AAAAAAAAKWc/2m-OcU1V9fo1MEnIt4ggIgPBlmjDtvWIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9R5s8G-Faq0/YDLrdc43WfI/AAAAAAAAKWc/2m-OcU1V9fo1MEnIt4ggIgPBlmjDtvWIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6361.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kr10jqbW8iw/YDLqpqwcB_I/AAAAAAAAKV0/FtRbrdt577sQ3A45-i3goIV36wPZL8PwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kr10jqbW8iw/YDLqpqwcB_I/AAAAAAAAKV0/FtRbrdt577sQ3A45-i3goIV36wPZL8PwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6363.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u8naMtVREdM/YDLqph9f46I/AAAAAAAAKV4/gZefImkFzuQZqmoEL7cCUaUaYUy6nW8lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u8naMtVREdM/YDLqph9f46I/AAAAAAAAKV4/gZefImkFzuQZqmoEL7cCUaUaYUy6nW8lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6364.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJUQabbp98M/YDLqqYyfrqI/AAAAAAAAKV8/GELkCGi-4eIy0-Atg7L3N_EbyZW_irtnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJUQabbp98M/YDLqqYyfrqI/AAAAAAAAKV8/GELkCGi-4eIy0-Atg7L3N_EbyZW_irtnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6365.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Obviously, there are other ways to solve this specific problem. This was quick, easy, simple, and didn't involve any measuring with numbers.</span><p></p>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-35835322261918335122021-02-14T20:59:00.000-05:002021-02-14T20:59:52.659-05:00Mobilizing a Dust Collector Part Two<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In <a href="https://thousanddollarshop.blogspot.com/2020/10/mobilizing-dust-collector-part-one.html" target="_blank">this previous post</a>, I had started mobilizing an old, wall-mounted, Oneida cyclone system. I have now been using the system for a few weeks and an update is in order.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sZ_yXMxIaIA/YCnN_DHsonI/AAAAAAAAKUk/cg_pidZrEXoeAKTT35osVKDxV7JvQuYpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6349.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sZ_yXMxIaIA/YCnN_DHsonI/AAAAAAAAKUk/cg_pidZrEXoeAKTT35osVKDxV7JvQuYpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6349.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The above photo shows<span><a name='more'></a></span> the unit attached to the jointer. I am using a 6" flex hose to connect the collector to the machines, so most of my machines will be getting 6" dust hookups. Table saw, bandsaw, router table, jointer and planer already have them. The photo below gives you a sense of how big the 6" pipe is compared to the 4" outlet that's standard on most machines. That 15" planer has a 4" outlet.</span><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BuLmoIv5ADc/YCnODrmvLRI/AAAAAAAAKU0/l-4zqGlOF2UogNlaMe4yQpM_30Jcn_J2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6354.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BuLmoIv5ADc/YCnODrmvLRI/AAAAAAAAKU0/l-4zqGlOF2UogNlaMe4yQpM_30Jcn_J2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6354.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">This setup works as well as or better than any dust collection I've ever used. My impression is that when you have the jump in size from 4" to 6" diameter, you create a pressure drop which coaxes the shavings out that much more emphatically. It's a real pleasure to run a board through the planer and watch the steady stream of shavings go up the clear tube and into the cyclone!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_jg_O-crlxE/YCnOHBkVwDI/AAAAAAAAKU4/JyUA6lzitT4fARBh4mOW3t_tKQrwffSZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6355.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_jg_O-crlxE/YCnOHBkVwDI/AAAAAAAAKU4/JyUA6lzitT4fARBh4mOW3t_tKQrwffSZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6355.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here's a little Drew Langsner touch, a section of aspen sapling with a branch/crotch used as a hanger for the power cord. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cUtCrB_VQqw/YCnOHtgGKPI/AAAAAAAAKU8/brLP45U_1dEoh5VgvBS0K_lyXYbKqpFowCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6356.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cUtCrB_VQqw/YCnOHtgGKPI/AAAAAAAAKU8/brLP45U_1dEoh5VgvBS0K_lyXYbKqpFowCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6356.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GeqbfXbdc-4/YCnOj2kugpI/AAAAAAAAKVc/TdQRRgC-tQoBi3jk6PBNRG4ZigKWxNr6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6351.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GeqbfXbdc-4/YCnOj2kugpI/AAAAAAAAKVc/TdQRRgC-tQoBi3jk6PBNRG4ZigKWxNr6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6351.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The mother ship/daughter ship arrangement for emptying the barrel works . . . okay. In practice, the two sets of casters DO interfere with each other. I might make the under-barrel platform smaller to create more clearance. You'll also notice I have a couple of 2x4 under the barrel to raise it to the right height. I found that the section of hose connecting the bottom of the cyclone with the top of the barrel isn't as flexible as I thought. I may replace it with new hose, which would have the added benefit of making it easier to empty the barrel.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n_zKLVCb8mA/YCnODGhcyII/AAAAAAAAKUw/ttHgXO9Tm6skzs3ZjO0rfu8R-yXH0-9IACLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6353.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n_zKLVCb8mA/YCnODGhcyII/AAAAAAAAKUw/ttHgXO9Tm6skzs3ZjO0rfu8R-yXH0-9IACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6353.JPG" /></a></div><br /></div><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here's another little . . . adjustment. More weight was resting on the two wheels on the cyclone side of the unit. So these granite counterweights restore balance. It's easier to steer the unit with the counterweight.</span><p></p></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Finally: One thing I need to add is a handle of some sort for pushing the thing around. I've been moving it by gripping the conical section of the cyclone. Awkward. When I complete that, I'll show you.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Overall, so far, I give myself a B+ for this project. It works, but it's not as slick, convenient, or finished as it might be. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Stay tuned!</span></div>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-79141213541649891502021-01-24T21:17:00.004-05:002021-01-25T14:40:10.929-05:00All I Have Is a Hammer<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">As a long-time woodworker, when I need to do or make something, my first thought about approaching the challenge is usually in the form of wood. (Within reason. Show me a clogged drain and I'll get the plumbing tools.)</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dIE7-F1bHdw/YA4p6GetVyI/AAAAAAAAKTU/kA5larRjWHU-B8xha0b9osHj2Rrje_eqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dIE7-F1bHdw/YA4p6GetVyI/AAAAAAAAKTU/kA5larRjWHU-B8xha0b9osHj2Rrje_eqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6328.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Recently my challenge has been mounting a variable </span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">frequency drive and a</span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">start/stop switch on my tablesaw. At the same time, I needed to cover a big hole the prior owner cut in the left side of the saw's cabinet. The standard approach, I assume, would be to screw, rivet, or weld a piece of new steel over the hole, buy an “enclosure” for the VFD, and run the various cords through knockouts in the switch box and drive enclosure, with “cord grips” screwed in to the knockout holes to provide strain relief. I looked around my shop and saw wood . . . mostly. The new stop/start switch (actually, it's two momentary contactors that activate the VFD) came in a single-gang box with knockouts, so I ordered a cord grip from McMaster-Carr. The hole in the saw's side was covered with a piece of plywood, and the VFD got screwed to that. Then I made a couple little “strain relief” clamps of wood. Now if I snag the on/off cord, or the saw's power cord, as I walk by, I won't yank out the cable. </span></span><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kqQZxv9LolQ/YA4kuQXjSDI/AAAAAAAAKTM/-xDMhdJA1a0T74ie1UcDC03dNOog38DrwCPcBGAYYCw/s1350/IMG_6334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kqQZxv9LolQ/YA4kuQXjSDI/AAAAAAAAKTM/-xDMhdJA1a0T74ie1UcDC03dNOog38DrwCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/IMG_6334.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-naCDPbJAR3U/YA4ktOsYieI/AAAAAAAAKTE/Lnll0F-fn7s30lDSmNvgV3GaXYbFLb2lwCPcBGAYYCw/s900/IMG_6333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-naCDPbJAR3U/YA4ktOsYieI/AAAAAAAAKTE/Lnll0F-fn7s30lDSmNvgV3GaXYbFLb2lwCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/IMG_6333.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I am sure this isn't up to code. We'll see what happens when the electrician comes in this week to wire up my 3-phase jointer.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Since I'm sure this isn't up to code, let me add: I would only recommend this approach for temporary, emergency use. In fact, I am not happy about the dust already accumulating on top of the VFD - - I think I might need to make or buy a real enclosure, with vent fans and screens, to keep it both dust-free and cool. Still, I think sharing this possibility merits a blog post.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BwBo6gtXG6s/YA4krQoZJSI/AAAAAAAAKTE/jU6uNcNJqDYfD0vIRy68d5bJsYFMukb-gCPcBGAYYCw/s900/IMG_6329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BwBo6gtXG6s/YA4krQoZJSI/AAAAAAAAKTE/jU6uNcNJqDYfD0vIRy68d5bJsYFMukb-gCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/IMG_6329.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RGVOzo_0qRY/YA4ksVsodGI/AAAAAAAAKTM/4PJSud28ahwLo46WvmBceMh8QYtT4T-kACPcBGAYYCw/s900/IMG_6330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RGVOzo_0qRY/YA4ksVsodGI/AAAAAAAAKTM/4PJSud28ahwLo46WvmBceMh8QYtT4T-kACPcBGAYYCw/s16000/IMG_6330.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>It's often easier, when chamfering and planing small parts like this, to clamp the plane upside-down in the bench vise, and run the parts over the inverted sole as if it's a miniature jointer.</span><br /></span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I made the notches in the clamp bar just slightly smaller than the diameter of the cord, so that the bar is bent slightly as the screws are tightened. Only slightly though! Perhaps someday you'll need to jury-rig some wiring just for the weekend to get a job done.</span></span></p>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-86631321057321738432020-10-11T17:42:00.004-04:002020-10-11T17:42:39.793-04:00Mobilizing a Dust Collector Part One<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shop Report</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's something I'm working on at the moment. No fine joinery, nothing very pretty, I'm just making a big old dust collector mobile. I expect to be done sometime in the next few days. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wt_fFFKo79Y/X4N47cYS1zI/AAAAAAAAKM0/8kIyQLnut8E6N7vkv-2F9mamhsE2NksZACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/IMG_1144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wt_fFFKo79Y/X4N47cYS1zI/AAAAAAAAKM0/8kIyQLnut8E6N7vkv-2F9mamhsE2NksZACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1144.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And now here's some background and a few<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> more progress photos.</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The dust collector is a 2 horsepower Oneida Air system from the first decade of the century. I think it's about 16 years old. Oneida's offerings have changed quite a bit since then. For instance, the body of this cyclone is made of heavy, galvanized steel. It also has a filter cartridge inside the cyclone. Oneida still offers replacement filters. I will give this one a test period before I decide whether to replace that filter, or further modify this unit by installing an external filter.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I bought this system used, from a hobbyist who has aged out of woodworking. It was wall-mounted in his shop, and my purchase included all the ductwork he had installed throughout his shop to service each of his machines.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f2_sVY4fS7Y/X4N5LGrD4uI/AAAAAAAAKM8/3a7I3qJKKXs5phbB2vwB_o44sLO8OB5cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_1121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f2_sVY4fS7Y/X4N5LGrD4uI/AAAAAAAAKM8/3a7I3qJKKXs5phbB2vwB_o44sLO8OB5cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1121.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My own shop situation has recently changed. I'm in the process of setting up shop in a dedicated space I'm renting nearby. Beautiful, flat concrete floors. High ceilings. A big garage door. 3-phase power. Not your average hobbyist's shop! But opportunity knocked at the right time. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I decided against installing ductwork for several reasons. First, I have the room to move a dust collector from station to station. Second, I work alone in my shop: I don't need to collect dust from two machines at once. Third, permanently installed ductwork has some downsides: it gets dusty on top! every joint you add is another place something can go wrong! rearranging your shop requires rebuilding your duct system! long runs of ductwork reduce suction! (I guess I cheated by saying “Third”!) I'd rather keep things simple: the dust collector on wheels, pulling in chips & dust through a short run of flexible hose.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The prior occupant of the shop left behind a pile of used 2X construction lumber, much of it nice and straight. Since it was plentiful and free, I decided to make the rolling stand with it. Once I had a rough drawing and parts list sketched out, I cut the 2X4 parts to rough length, and ran them through my planer, to get a good clean surface to gluing, and also to get everything to the same dimensions. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The framework was glued and screwed together.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dWULtDI5TJc/X4N5gjYJZ6I/AAAAAAAAKNE/aLWpk9V0Ersywym_qFqJDyhZuoflURZiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_1131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dWULtDI5TJc/X4N5gjYJZ6I/AAAAAAAAKNE/aLWpk9V0Ersywym_qFqJDyhZuoflURZiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1131.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BTglMG8VXR4/X4N5hYhdO4I/AAAAAAAAKNM/BqS8lzKj0zQn4W0LaRVyU-6v7S3eLjOfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_1132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BTglMG8VXR4/X4N5hYhdO4I/AAAAAAAAKNM/BqS8lzKj0zQn4W0LaRVyU-6v7S3eLjOfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1132.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L-yntmpkOsc/X4N5hBwwZsI/AAAAAAAAKNI/sNvlBv6IeNQHJb-81l9FmJhAaKzmMCLmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_1133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L-yntmpkOsc/X4N5hBwwZsI/AAAAAAAAKNI/sNvlBv6IeNQHJb-81l9FmJhAaKzmMCLmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1133.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qx-ZUdbgclM/X4N5iGMEuEI/AAAAAAAAKNQ/6k4epc927ycigUpNuKrvZCPqWiGDTl2-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_1134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qx-ZUdbgclM/X4N5iGMEuEI/AAAAAAAAKNQ/6k4epc927ycigUpNuKrvZCPqWiGDTl2-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1134.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cCK8Bii1kMc/X4N5j9PaMYI/AAAAAAAAKNU/82nibLNwGwYdW8cGlvYAS6uY5Pp0WxzbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/IMG_1136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cCK8Bii1kMc/X4N5j9PaMYI/AAAAAAAAKNU/82nibLNwGwYdW8cGlvYAS6uY5Pp0WxzbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1136.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yQMABnP2hI/X4N5kO9VFKI/AAAAAAAAKNY/NCFrkmdXdTYU2HMnJ-TVoCp_KJH084YogCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/IMG_1139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yQMABnP2hI/X4N5kO9VFKI/AAAAAAAAKNY/NCFrkmdXdTYU2HMnJ-TVoCp_KJH084YogCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1139.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For rigidty, I added some steel shelf brackets I had lying around. I also screwed on some 2X and plywood spreaders to minimize flexing, and I added a pair of 1X4 diagonal braces to the two uprights. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OumWFiVbJpg/X4N5wz16bKI/AAAAAAAAKNc/Apw7o_QbT7YTN3m08I3uiwJlWkmvCyG0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/IMG_1140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OumWFiVbJpg/X4N5wz16bKI/AAAAAAAAKNc/Apw7o_QbT7YTN3m08I3uiwJlWkmvCyG0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1140.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made sure that the area near the top where the Oneida mounting brackets are attached have solid wood where the lag screws go.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The hardest part of the project, since I was alone, was lifting the assembly upright, since I mounted the very heavy motor/impeller/housing with the rolling cart tipped over on the floor. In the end, I fastened my Maasdam Power-Pull winch to the ceiling and hoisted the beast up. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you can see, I'm not done. The lower cone has to be installed, but before I do that, I need to clean and install the filter cartridge. At that point, I can wire the thing up and flip the switch. I have decided against paint or finish. Let's see how this thing holds up before putting in the extra hours! I may need to modify it once this idea of mine meets reality in the form of working life.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lXEk-_XQBBg/X4N5_q6r__I/AAAAAAAAKNs/OaTljimhegU1tUOTDWdOHwexYj94S9B6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/IMG_1144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lXEk-_XQBBg/X4N5_q6r__I/AAAAAAAAKNs/OaTljimhegU1tUOTDWdOHwexYj94S9B6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_1144.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>The drum where the shavings are collected is on its own set of wheels. Before building this, I worried that the two sets of casters would interfere with each other, but it's quite easy to roll the whole assembly around the shop - - - and attaching the drum to the bottom of the cyclone will only make it easier.</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I'm looking forward to having good dust collection available.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">PS) If you'd like a bunch of used ductwork, including some really high quality blast gates and wyes, hit me up.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-52635812363108731022020-09-27T17:00:00.001-04:002020-09-28T11:34:40.830-04:00What I Did on Summer Vacation 2020<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On Friday I got home from my place near Rib Lake, Wisconsin. Since the autumnal equinox happened during the last few days of the trip, technically we can call it a late-summer visit to the woods. Temperatures were warm for September. A few nights were cool enough that I was comfortable inside my shack with a fire in the stove, but most nights were fine to sleep outside in the hammock.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Despite the warm temperatures, the sun was no longer high in the sky, as in July. Daylight hours are shorter, and the leaves turned color while I was there. Early on there were patchy bits of color here and there:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--H630zK5sJU/X3DqePQWytI/AAAAAAAAKI4/5u2iMxM9ZmQ_xhs06t-4GNkXWuzwCu9owCPcBGAYYCw/s900/IMG_6213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--H630zK5sJU/X3DqePQWytI/AAAAAAAAKI4/5u2iMxM9ZmQ_xhs06t-4GNkXWuzwCu9owCPcBGAYYCw/s16000/IMG_6213.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">. . . but by the time I left we had sights like<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> this everywhere:</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nco6PEaJeY0/X3Dt1yeYEEI/AAAAAAAAKJk/bx2LICBWyigRLYLjZedkjy0ean6IALUkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nco6PEaJeY0/X3Dt1yeYEEI/AAAAAAAAKJk/bx2LICBWyigRLYLjZedkjy0ean6IALUkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6200.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zQ5UxYx2VIY/X3Dt256dXWI/AAAAAAAAKJs/NYqP3bZgQFINqcT-Hy2JYO02yjXYGJKOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6285.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zQ5UxYx2VIY/X3Dt256dXWI/AAAAAAAAKJs/NYqP3bZgQFINqcT-Hy2JYO02yjXYGJKOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6285.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ENvGE_QLtp8/X3Dt2rzihQI/AAAAAAAAKJo/ApCteJC_-5EjBMHV900qgko0PVFoOnSLACLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6286.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ENvGE_QLtp8/X3Dt2rzihQI/AAAAAAAAKJo/ApCteJC_-5EjBMHV900qgko0PVFoOnSLACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6286.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As always, I walked in the woods and found things I hadn't noticed before, like this yellow birch perched on top of a rotting stump. I wonder if it will keep its balance once the stump is completely gone.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T8VbfWe7sFw/X3DuAjx2cwI/AAAAAAAAKJw/e48upSfKIGUrAYgVfsMGKosDuPYs50MUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6194.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T8VbfWe7sFw/X3DuAjx2cwI/AAAAAAAAKJw/e48upSfKIGUrAYgVfsMGKosDuPYs50MUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6194.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">A pretty good year for apples, </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">and I found a crabapple tree I hadn't noticed before because it was laden with bright-red fruit. I made a tiny batch of excellent jelly from these:</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFP_jypisQQ/X3DuLtiv7eI/AAAAAAAAKJ8/7zhxBzQpsGcVYuaOAkC9_E1iqEypb__WwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6173.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFP_jypisQQ/X3DuLtiv7eI/AAAAAAAAKJ8/7zhxBzQpsGcVYuaOAkC9_E1iqEypb__WwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6173.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But the winner this year is the hawthorns, many trees absolutely covered in fruit. No pictures to share of these, but I did infuse a bottle of vodka with them. The flavor is like sour apples. An experiment worth repeating!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Continuing with the hawthorns a moment. I make a point of harvesting at least a token amount of wood whenever I visit, so that back in Georgia I can work with my own wood. This time I brought back wood for two projects.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hawthorn for spoons:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DM8SZbzO3Cg/X3DugMDKO4I/AAAAAAAAKKI/yOwjYPCk0Q4tJ4YeMLR_z-zBGjNJ2si8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6261.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DM8SZbzO3Cg/X3DugMDKO4I/AAAAAAAAKKI/yOwjYPCk0Q4tJ4YeMLR_z-zBGjNJ2si8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6261.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EPtAdnH06D8/X3Dug40NP-I/AAAAAAAAKKM/OV95lEH68ZcTv2s-uDNoJegVWvfjQuaIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6264.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EPtAdnH06D8/X3Dug40NP-I/AAAAAAAAKKM/OV95lEH68ZcTv2s-uDNoJegVWvfjQuaIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6264.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And elm for a pair of low sawhorses like the ones in <a href="https://lostartpress.com/collections/books/products/country-woodcraft-then-now" target="_blank">Drew Langsner's <i>Country Woodcraft</i></a>:</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ljH0UqfdZKk/X3DunTcxRkI/AAAAAAAAKKQ/SBEV1eCIxdkxYUGH7eG0TvlFnhLIlTosQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ljH0UqfdZKk/X3DunTcxRkI/AAAAAAAAKKQ/SBEV1eCIxdkxYUGH7eG0TvlFnhLIlTosQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6238.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The other food news from this trip is about cooking, rather than harvesting. Most readers will find what follows so detailed as to be tedious. Feel free to just skim and look at the pictures. But I'm enthused about this, and I can't help bubbling over.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On my trip in May 2019, I built an improvised tandoor (clay oven), based on ideas from Paula Marcoux's excellent book <i><a href="https://www.powells.com/book/-9781612121581" target="_blank">Cooking with Fire</a></i>. An L-shaped arrangement of two clay flue liners is placed in a steel garbage can, so it can be insulated in vermiculite and sealed up with refractory cement (heat proof). At the time I built it, I found that tandoori chicken was easy, and delicious, but my attempt at naan was a flop. Literally a flop - - - when I slapped it onto the inside wall of the tandoor, it flopped down onto the coals.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When I arrived this time, I was pleased to find that the tandoor had survived 16 months unattended, 98% intact. One seam where the lower flue liner enters the can had opened a bit, and about half a cup of vermiculite had fallen out. I addressed that issue, and several small cracks in the refractory cement cap, with heat-proof caulk from the hardware store. So an important, encouraging lesson is that leaving the garbage can lid covering the top, and fastened with a bungee cord, is enough for this thing to survive a Wisconsin winter.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LJuWMITwN9c/X3D2wekpb5I/AAAAAAAAKK0/IrrR6L5EWl8Yosnq2F76cEfwnovnOhfqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6183.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LJuWMITwN9c/X3D2wekpb5I/AAAAAAAAKK0/IrrR6L5EWl8Yosnq2F76cEfwnovnOhfqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6183.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One of my goals for this trip was to get better acquainted with the tandoor, to see how many of my cooking needs it could meet. After working with it on this trip, I was able to conclude: a LOT. The tandoor will <span lang="fr-FR">saut</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span lang="fr-FR">é</span></span><span lang="fr-FR">e</span>, simmer, boil, roast, and bake. It won't cut potatoes into julienne fries, but I'm sure it could deep-fry them. My wok balances on top, inside the rim of the flue liner, at about waist level. With a hot fire down below, the wok heats up in a few seconds. Paula Marcoux uses the analogy of a rocket, and I found that quite apt. If you keep a hot fire under the wok, you can cook <i><u><b>fast</b></u></i>. I can't overemphasize how much faster this is than working on a home kitchen stovetop. So for high-heat techniques, like stir frying, the tandoor is far superior to what I have at home.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0bXXc_pMvI/X3Du5pmeWFI/AAAAAAAAKKY/a4q2lw0AaokqpxJCvQa3Ht2yLjDXIiSgACLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D0bXXc_pMvI/X3Du5pmeWFI/AAAAAAAAKKY/a4q2lw0AaokqpxJCvQa3Ht2yLjDXIiSgACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6244.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But can it simmer? Yes it can, but the way to do that is not as simple as turning the knob on the stove at home. For simmering, you want only glowing coals in the fire. You also need to damp down the air flow. This can be done both top and bottom: where the air goes in, stacking firebricks in front of the opening gives very fine control. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ih1KkE1ZmvA/X3DvDdCTuII/AAAAAAAAKKc/jp9QKoE5xCsNU--PYXkbfeEnNPE1Wy-JgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ih1KkE1ZmvA/X3DvDdCTuII/AAAAAAAAKKc/jp9QKoE5xCsNU--PYXkbfeEnNPE1Wy-JgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6250.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On top of the tandoor, a steel plate slightly bigger than the flue liner gives similar very fine control over the air flow. I was able to keep this dish of brown rice and lentils at a steady, low simmer for just over an hour by keeping the air flow very low, but did need to add fuel twice in that time. Each time, what I added was a scrap of hardwood about 1 x 2 x 4 inches. Compared to pieces of firewood for heating, quite small.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_mXEL9Cqq9g/X3DvKcZtqtI/AAAAAAAAKKk/BOHvs9s20Nw3EAJt8AUxBb2vUR_q-DASgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_mXEL9Cqq9g/X3DvKcZtqtI/AAAAAAAAKKk/BOHvs9s20Nw3EAJt8AUxBb2vUR_q-DASgCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6249.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The success with a long, slow simmer told me that the insulation does, indeed, allow the clay liner to absorb, retain, and then radiate the heat for some time. This made me optimistic about trying naan again. For the naan attempt, I kept a small fire going for an hour. I meant to thoroughly soak the clay liner with heat. Close to cooking time, I added about a dozen charcoal briquets. I figured they would last longer than wood. That turned out to be the case, and it's also easy to keep the tandoor stoked to naan-cooking temperature by adding a single briquet every 10 minutes or so. For the dough, I used Marcoux's simple recipe.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Her recipe yields 8 pieces. The first one fell into the coals immediately. I hauled it out, brushed off the ash, and inverted my wok over the hole. I have found that to be an excellent way to make other flatbread over fire, and it worked here too.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7-2xpJ8M3Fw/X3D3N3mAMyI/AAAAAAAAKLA/G9adexK-rZYraZbJW04eGuyIqDXkLCsYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6268.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7-2xpJ8M3Fw/X3D3N3mAMyI/AAAAAAAAKLA/G9adexK-rZYraZbJW04eGuyIqDXkLCsYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6268.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xiucJVWCwOg/X3D3MM8apZI/AAAAAAAAKK8/RtdznFs1uPYJTVnVSM9XFSMyGIQXTDU7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6271.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xiucJVWCwOg/X3D3MM8apZI/AAAAAAAAKK8/RtdznFs1uPYJTVnVSM9XFSMyGIQXTDU7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6271.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So I knew I could make flatbread, but I really wanted to make naan the way it's supposed to be. I thought about all the videos I've watched of professional bakers in India, and remembered that when they roll it out, they don't use flour to keep the dough and pin from clinging together. I had had to do that. Perhaps my dough was too dry? So I rolled out another one, put it on my oven mitt so it was ready to slap onto the oven wall, and then sprinkled some water on it. I slapped it onto the wall, and . . . it stuck!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YRVyy8WKIZU/X3D3oOGCoyI/AAAAAAAAKLM/9sb8ENYB4Y0SuCL46mFS4j_LHgzMilUpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6274.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YRVyy8WKIZU/X3D3oOGCoyI/AAAAAAAAKLM/9sb8ENYB4Y0SuCL46mFS4j_LHgzMilUpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6274.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jWNYjt8cKvo/X3D3ouhvIZI/AAAAAAAAKLU/Mjt3iWln970JX89c5hfIQyWm3oHcVOK1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6275.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jWNYjt8cKvo/X3D3ouhvIZI/AAAAAAAAKLU/Mjt3iWln970JX89c5hfIQyWm3oHcVOK1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6275.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4S_U8drFMgE/X3D3ovOTc2I/AAAAAAAAKLQ/Y1aHoBRFpNMi2JKnoN-cXwBHulA91VW2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6276.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4S_U8drFMgE/X3D3ovOTc2I/AAAAAAAAKLQ/Y1aHoBRFpNMi2JKnoN-cXwBHulA91VW2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6276.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6kpsy0HLZO8/X3D3yD_wnRI/AAAAAAAAKLY/pyNeWiqeuasNg9xYyFWBNfa4M-G7CR-ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6277.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6kpsy0HLZO8/X3D3yD_wnRI/AAAAAAAAKLY/pyNeWiqeuasNg9xYyFWBNfa4M-G7CR-ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6277.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qi3MF-o-syc/X3D3y6DXWFI/AAAAAAAAKLc/CrdrfsEEoNoYGH0CTAgTtb_RnnX7v8v0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1350/IMG_6278.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qi3MF-o-syc/X3D3y6DXWFI/AAAAAAAAKLc/CrdrfsEEoNoYGH0CTAgTtb_RnnX7v8v0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6278.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Moistening the dough just before baking was the trick. The rest of the batch baked smoothly. You slap the dough onto the oven wall, and wait, as the dough inflates, browns, and slowly pulls away from the oven wall. When it falls, it's done. You wait with your naan hook poised to catch it. As soon as it comes out, you quickly give it a light brushing of clarified butter. Then you stack it with its littermates.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here are two photos of the finished product, that help explain why it's worth baking the naan on the wall of the oven. Notice the charred edge on the left. That's the edge that is closest to the bed of coals, and like a well-cooked pizza, it tastes like burnt marshmallow. The rest of that surface was facing into the oven, and is lightly browned, like good pita bread.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6WnYEX4uz1E/X3D4GlpqgbI/AAAAAAAAKLw/pWIZimYJuOwtFz0sdrS1fd2oB6_2V-upQCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6279.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6WnYEX4uz1E/X3D4GlpqgbI/AAAAAAAAKLw/pWIZimYJuOwtFz0sdrS1fd2oB6_2V-upQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6279.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The next photo shows the opposite face of the same piece of naan. It's the face that cooked on the wall of the oven. You can even see the impression left by a crack in the flue liner. Notice this face is shiny. It is crispy, delightfully so. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oQbv1oBCgE4/X3D4SL8BjPI/AAAAAAAAKL0/YRPRXvSrgikvJuFfoUivH2eJ2bVn1Vk_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/IMG_6280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oQbv1oBCgE4/X3D4SL8BjPI/AAAAAAAAKL0/YRPRXvSrgikvJuFfoUivH2eJ2bVn1Vk_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6280.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The inside of the whole piece is fluffy and light, tender from being cooked by steam. Other flatbreads are nice and uniform, but naan has these four distinct textures and flavors going on.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I would have been happy to get edible naan. But what I found is that, like with home-grown tomatoes, the stuff you make yourself is worlds better than the stuff you can buy. I am inspired to make a tandoor to use at home in Georgia. I will make a few improvements to the design based on what I've learned so far. 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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just read Roger Deakin’s <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&kn=&an=deakin&tn=wildwood&isbn=" target="_blank"><i>Wildwood: A Journey through Trees </i>(Penguin, 2007)</a>. I give it my highest recommendation. Calling this book “nature writing” is like calling Bruce Chatwin's </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My favorite books make me want more. They make me want to re-read them; they make me want to read everything their author has published; they make me want to put the book down and try for myself what they describe. They make me want to write books like them. This is one of those. I want to re-read <i>Wildwood</i>, and as I read I want an excellent atlas alongside the book, so I can see where Deakin is going. I want a notebook alongside me as I read, to make a list so I can read all the books he mentions. I want to see work by the artists he profiles. I want to sleep outdoors amid fields and forests and riverbanks. I want to try my hand at laying a hedge. I want to build a little mobile bedroom. Not so sure about flying to Kazakhstan!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Yesterday I cleaned our deck and treated it with pine tar. I have been “experimenting” with pine tar to preserve outdoor wood for the past 5 years or so. I put “experimenting” in quotes because so far I've done no formal trials with control groups, no measurements or postmortems, I'm just trying it out to see how it goes. So far, I think it's working very well, and I'll be trying it in different ways going forward. Click through to see some before/after pictures of our deck.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Lots of reasons. I have a fair amount of experience with standard outdoor wood finishes and they almost all look great initially and don't age well at all. Some (many stains) look terrible immediately and get worse. So first of all, I'm on the lookout for something that works.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Second, the fact that it's a “natural” product is appealing. There's no petroleum in pine tar, which is produced by heating pine roots and other pine waste in a vacuum chamber and catching the thick liquid that oozes out as a result. Read more here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_tar">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_tar</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">(There's also birch tar, made from birchbark with the same method.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Third, although “natural” products are often less effective than their petroleum-derived or otherwise synthetic counterparts, pine tar was the wood preservative of choice for much of human history, even in maritime settings. Royal Navy sailors of the “Rule Britannia” era were called “tars” because pine tar, used to preserve rope, stained their hands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Fourth, not only is pine tar natural, it has low toxicity, and in fact has been used as a topical antiseptic both for humans and livestock. Then there's dandruff and eczema . . . check it out if you don't believe me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I have bought mine from a website called <a href="https://www.solventfreepaint.com/pine-tar.htm" target="_blank">solvent free paint dot com</a> for about 5 years now. Transactions have gone smoothly and shipping is prompt. Prices are not low, but not ridiculous, either, especially when you consider this is imported from Sweden. A 3-liter (.85-gallon) can costs $69, but it's more than enough to treat my 300 square foot deck, with about a quart left over. As the the Solvent Free Paint website directs, I thin the tar with about 30% linseed oil (that site also sells several types of Swedish and US-grown linseed oil). I also clean up with their linseed oil soap, a thick liquid soap that smells like linseed oil but does an excellent job of getting the pine tar out of my deck brush. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I said above that so far my experience is good. It is. But guess what? Pine tar starts out looking great, and gradually fades. The good news, though, is that when it gets gray or dingy, you can simply wash the deck with soap and water, and apply more pine tar. That's what I did yesterday. I guess you do that with the other products, too, but I really love the way the “light” pine tar and linseed color the wood. Our deck is developing a patina, and the color gets warmer and more mellow with each application. I don't think I've ever seen treated yellow pine decking look quite this good. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Our Georgia deck gets a lot of direct sunlight. Yesterday's treatment was the third one in 2 years. In Wisconsin, our deck is in the shade all day long, and its main challenge is moisture. That deck is 5 years old and has had 2 applications. So far, so good.</span></span></div>
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Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-65638102325023679912020-06-30T15:49:00.000-04:002020-06-30T15:54:01.358-04:00Videos Worth Watching: Making a Traditional Framed Ledge and Post Door<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1E0QwdyVzo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1E0QwdyVzo</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Such a relief to see a woodworking video by someone other than an "influencer."</span><br />
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Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-33541182144069210022020-04-12T16:04:00.001-04:002020-04-12T16:04:13.823-04:00File Files So Files Don't File Files<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We all know, or should know, to not let files and rasps bang against each other or against other metal tools.* They'll get dull, we're told. This is received wisdom; I admit I haven't ever questioned it, let alone tested it. But some of my Auriou and Iwasaki examples are too</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I keep almost all my files in a drawer in my main bank of drawers facing my bench. Some of them came in nice flat plastic sleeves, including hang holes - - - you see them hanging on pegboard in the hardware store. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Others were acquired at random, or came in packaging that was too flimsy (blister packs) or bulky (big plastic envelopes with snap closures) to use as protective storage. So I had a mare's nest of improvised plastic bags, cloth wrappings, etc. in that drawer, and unless the mess was arranged just so, it jammed the drawer above it, and I'd have to remove a drawer (or two) to rearrange the mess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I find myself at home more than usual this spring. My workplace is shut down, and I go in twice a week to do animal care, but otherwise I'm working from home, which includes lots of time in my own garage shop. So I am doing what I can to make the space more pleasant and efficient to work in. Thursday morning this was my project: making cardstock sheaths for all the files and rasps that had been wrapped in plastic baggies, or newspaper, or cloth. In less than an hour, I went from this:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pull open the screwdriver drawer and the file drawer comes with it.<br /><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used manila file folders for the raw material, and as soon as the file/file connection clicked in my brain, a sentence my kids would have loved when they were about 10 was there: "File files so files don't file files." In other words, putting files (the tools) into files (the organizers) so that they wouldn't file each other (work on each other) whenever the drawer went in and out and my paws rummaged through the drawer. This homophonic drivel made me smile all morning: a symptom of COVID cabin fever, perhaps?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not all the labels are complete or terminologically correct, but they'll work for me to choose what I need.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since I was filing, and I am a fan of <a href="https://www.powells.com/book/-9780142000281" target="_blank">David Allen's <i>Getting Things Done</i></a>, my Brother label maker appeared on the workbench before I got far. Mr. Allen suggests (among other things) using a "tickler file" to file one's "someday/maybe" ideas. I have warding files, saw files, mill and bastard files, lead floats, rat tail files, and even a couple of feather files, but no tickler file.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Other things we're supposed to know about files: 1) a file can be used for metal or for wood, but once it's been used on metal, you don't want to use it on wood, lest you impregnate your workpiece with metal filings. 2) don't drag the file along the work as you draw it backwards, you'll dull it! I imagine this applies far more to metal than wood. 3) always put a handle on a file. You don't want to have the tang jammed into your palm when the file comes to a dead stop in the workpiece. Even if you just ram the tang into a corncob or a scrap of wood with a hole drilled in the end, the handle adds a great deal of safety and control.</span>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-56809862089800124662020-04-05T17:05:00.000-04:002020-04-05T17:05:09.040-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Some pictures of planes. First a Record #07, late production with plastic handles and screw-type cap (as opposed to a "lever cap")</div>
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Next, a Miller's Falls #10 (equivalent to Stanley #4-1/2). Note the articulated lever cap, which seems to focus the pressure on the front edge of the iron more effectively than a plain cap:</div>
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<br />Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-63627433728047147852020-01-19T19:40:00.000-05:002020-01-20T13:55:12.872-05:00Tormek Motor Repair<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have used and loved Tormek grinders since 1999. My current machine is my second. (I sold the first one about 2008.) I acquired it from Highland Woodworking several years ago when they replaced it (the old "Super Grind 2000") with a new T8 in their seminar room. I use it for planes and chisels, carving gouges, kitchen and sloyd knives, and occasionally planer knives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I took the wheels and axle off to isolate the motor and make sure it wasn't something caught in the bushings the axle rides on, or the inside wall of the leather strop wheel where the motor shaft turns the whole works around. Nope, definitely a noise from the motor.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">hours online looking through the various user forums to see if anyone had experience either repairing or replacing the motor. No first-hand accounts there, only rumors, and a few mentions by Tormek employees that these motors hardly ever fail. I priced a replacement motor. Ouch, $300 or so! For that much money I think I'd try to find a local motor shop to rebuild it for me. That motor is a stout little brute, weighing over 10 lbs. despite only being rated for 1.5 amps ("FLA" on the motor's tag).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For the sake of ticking off all the boxes before giving up and spending money, I tracked down the contact information for Tormek support in Sweden. Maybe there was a secret lifetime warrantee on the motor (nope). Maybe their shop has a pile of salvaged motors on hand, so I could get a cheap replacement (I don't know, I didn't find out).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Within an hour, Mats from Tormek support emailed me back. To summarize his message: these motors hardly ever fail. The noise you describe sounds like bearing failure. Sometimes moisture infiltrates a bearing and causes corrosion. Please send a video so I can hear the noise you describe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I sent the video above. Next morning, the answer came back: yep, bearing failure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was the first good news in the story so far. I have replaced several bearings on my 15" planer. I have removed bearings from the Frankensaw's various donors. I have a small wheel puller. How hard can it be?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next stop, YouTube. I scanned several videos on replacing motor bearings. What I saw convinced me it was worth trying. One of the better I saw is from Mr. Pete 222 ("Your Internet Shop Teacher"). I've seen a lot of videos on that channel. Mr. Pete seems to be a retired high school metal shop teacher somewhere near Peoria in Illinois. They've got experience, knowledge, and a good simple approach to teaching. Yes, I recommend this channel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last week I had a session in the shop with my son, as he repaired an Ikea cabinet he'd found on the curb. During the pauses while he drove screws and didn't need my help, I took the motor off the chassis and removed the ends. Unfortunately I didn't take photos as I went, because of the distraction of having two projects going on in the shop at the same time. But what I found was encouraging. The bearings looked easy to reach. My wheel puller got the first one off without even needing to use a wrench to tighten it! The second one was too close to the windings for the puller to reach. I found, however, that a $10 "faucet valve tool" from the plumbing section at Lowe's reached in and did the job handily. I read the numbers on the bearings and went online. BINGO! the bearings are a very common size, available for $5 each including shipping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The bearings arrived Thursday and I put the motor back together that night, photographing as I went, so You The Reader can see what the guts looked like. So here you go:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These two photos show how my wheel puller and the faucet valve puller worked. They are out of sequence, posed after the fact with the new bearings installed, but you can see how simple the concept of the puller is. These are NOT expensive tools, and if you mess around with woodworking machines at all, owning at least one is a no-brainer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the motor's rotor. Note the circlip way inside there. There's one at each end, which locate the bearings. Typically this location is set with a shoulder turned on the shaft. I like that this circlip could, conceivably, be replaced far more easily than a machined, integral shoulder. But I'm pretty ignorant of the engineering and machining considerations at play. Anyway, we'll drive the bearing up against that clip, no further.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like that the new bearings came in candy wrappers. I found them on eBay, but then realized that McMaster-Carr has them for the same price (shipping not included, but when I order from McMaster I often get same-day delivery because their warehouse is nearby).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's a socket from my 3/8" socket set. I picked one that fit over the rotor's shaft while touching on the inner race of the bearing. You want all the force driving the bearing home to be focused there, not on the balls or the outer race - - - you could wreck the bearing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even this light (16 oz) dead blow hammer was plenty to install the bearings. Both the rotor shaft ends and the inner bearing races have chamfers to facilitate installation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ta-da! It was about 30 seconds later that I wished I'd taken pictures step by step as I tore it down!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each end cap has a bearing seat integral to its casting. One end has a spring washer, visible here at the bottom of the bearing seat. This keeps the shaft and bearings loaded so there's no axial play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Three small screws hold the end caps on the stator. The caps are essentially sleeves enwrapping the stator, and you tighten the screws until you feel them put a little tension in that spring washer. It would have been wise to mark the three big pieces for alignment before disassembly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The final result: it purrs like a tiny kitten once again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't take any photos of the electrical connections of the switch (3 wires, simple) or the gross mechanical attachment of the motor to the chassis (these are simple, obvious, and readily discernible in the exploded parts drawing you can find online). I did have to replace a crimped-on lug for the ground wire in the switch, but again, that's trivial.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sure, trivial, but it reminds me to remind you: here are some basic tools you'll need to do this job effectively and safely. None of these tools is dedicated to this job only, that is, they'll come in handy in other places:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now indulge me in a little meditation on the Tormek. The first thing we talk about when we talk about Tormek is the price. (The second is how slow it is compared to a bench grinder.) It's expensive compared to the alternatives. However, when I had the motor apart I saw that both the capacitor and motor plate had manufacture dates of 1993. This machine is roughly 27 years old, and it has not been babied. I know it's on its second wheel (at least), and it's been used and abused in the process of keeping all of Highland's teaching tools sharp, plus sharpening the tools of the thousands of students who have passed through that seminar shop. Then I invested a measly $10 in new bearings and 3 hours of work, and it's ready to go back to the daily grind. I will replace the wheel again, and I noticed the power cable could use a refresh as well, but I fully expect this machine will last me until I'm ready to put all my tools down. I'm 55 now. I don't think it's unreasonable to let me retire at age 70, 15 years from now. So this expensive machine (I think they were around $600 back in the late 90's when I bought my first one), if amortized over my (theoretical) 42-year career, would cost $14.28 per year, not counting the replacement of wear parts like the stone, the stone truing tool, electrical cords, and yes, bearings. My point here is that for the extra money (compared to Machine X), you get the kind of engineering that allows for repairs and replacement parts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sure, I'm smug. In my thank-you email, I told the service department of Tormek that this is the sort of incident that gives me confidence to keep buying attachments for the machine. Chances are, I'll still be using it another 15 years. It feels like an investment, rather than an expense for consumable shop supplies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first DSLR, used on this blog and to make videos for Highland Woodworking since 2016. Excellent shape. My new camera is a Canon T7i, I'll be excited to start sharing images made with it here.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">of July in a cabin on the farm of some friends. Instead of taking all my vacation in one lump, I worked short weeks and had long weekends all through July. Each weekend was its own mini-vacation and each had a distinct character. One weekend had a party centered around a wood-fired pizza oven. One weekend was mostly hiking and swimming-hole lounging. Two weekends had lots of socializing, and we spent two weekends alone as a couple. I recommend it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our friends asked me to do a little tuneup of the cabinet doors in the cabin: some wouldn't quite close, and none would stay closed. Would I trim the doors to fit, and add home-made wooden closures to keep the doors closed? So I had a small-scale project to execute almost entirely with hand tools, away from my shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And here's a bench hook of sorts. The larger piece of wood held to the porch rail by the clamps protects the rail from being sawn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The clamp heads hold the workpiece as I cut with the Japanese saw - - no clamping required, just let the saw's action hold the workpiece against the end of the clamp's jaw. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the way, I like <a href="https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/klemmsiacam-actionclamp7-34.aspx" target="_blank">these Klemmsia clamps</a>. They're not wood-crushingly powerful like F-clamps or C-clamps, but they hold quite well, grip nicely with their cork liners, and never mar my workpiece. I use them most often to reach way up into my mortising jig right near where the cutting happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is my favorite of the three improvisations: I drove a screw into the porch railing and it became a planing stop. The edge of the screw head bit into the end of the workpiece, and I found this functioned as well as a bench dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It worked so well, I'm thinking of incorporating it in my bench at home. I won't just drive a wood screw into the top of my bench; I'd add a screw to the end of one of my existing dogs. I think a screw with the head lapped until it has a nice sharp edge would be especially good for small and thin workpieces like those shown here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bonus photo: One day on the trail, we met the largest timber rattlesnake either of us has ever seen. We spent a few minutes looking at each other, then it went away.</span><br />
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</span>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-28276004765547929812019-06-19T08:27:00.000-04:002020-01-20T13:56:07.671-05:00Videos Worth Watching: Workholding Without a Vise<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is one of my 10 favorite woodworking videos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Mike Siemsen is clearly</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. The techniques involve minimal equipment. No expensive vises, no new products to buy except maybe a <a href="https://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/store/dept/TL/item/MS-HOLDFAST.XX" target="_blank">holdfast or two</a> - - which I promise you'll never regret buying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some recent progress on the never-ending Frankensaw project: A plywood base to hold the motor, and a <a href="https://www.homedepot.com/p/Delta-Universal-Mobile-Base-50-345/203293655?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CG%7CBase%7CD25T%7C25-9_PORTABLE+POWER%7CNA%7CPLA%7C71700000034127218%7C58700003933021540%7C92700041933824237&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtr_mBRDeARIsALfBZA5klAAmfB2OsNc2gKBdN6EHEVoM91FVH7oxlGDLzb6kIkG5h_8FRREaAusdEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">Delta universal mobile base</a> for it to move around the shop on. The Delta base seems to work well, there are only a couple spots in the garage where it rubs on the floor. It's also good & stable when the steering wheel is raised, but we'll see if that changes when the bandsaw reaches its full height!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Actually, I'm using my own planes (and wood, and shop) to make a video for Highland Woodworking, about <a href="https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/search.aspx?manufacturer=1118" target="_blank">Hock replacement irons</a> for planes. If you've been following along, <a href="https://thousanddollarshop.blogspot.com/2014/04/hock-kitchen-knife-kits.html" target="_blank">you already know</a> I'm a big fan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lately I've been following the "Finnish Vintage Axes" account on Instagram, and now I see what all those long-headed axes are for. It also looks like "mortising" axes have a more general use during the controlled riving.</span></div>
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Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-49054715447327295322019-04-05T10:43:00.000-04:002020-07-16T15:49:56.637-04:00Stacked Birch Bark Knife Handle: New Video<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I recently made and posted this video to YouTube: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The process of making the handle was quite enjoyable, and the result is wonderful. The handle is grippy, resilient, and warm in the hand. Even when wet! I will be making more.</span>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-74076026543009397302019-04-03T10:26:00.000-04:002020-07-16T15:49:36.739-04:00If I Should Die, Think Only This of Me: "How Much Can We Get for His Table Saw?"<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A better title for this entry might be "The Woodworking Aspects of Estate Planning." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been aware of <a href="https://www.gyst.com/" target="_blank">Chanel Reynolds</a> for a few years now. I get a monthly email from her that says, in essence, "Prepare To Die!" And someday I'll do that. Maybe this is the year I finally make my will!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One thing I have done as an initial, feeble, wobbly movement in Chanel's direction, is to start</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Which reminds me, someday/maybe we should have a little talk about <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30253818190&searchurl=kn%3Ddavid%2Ballen%2Bgetting%2Bthings%2Bdone%26sortby%3D17%26ds%3D20&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title4" target="_blank">David Allen's <i>Getting Things Done</i></a>. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My "In Case of My Death" file contains a list of my assets, including account numbers and who the beneficiaries are, and a long letter addressed to my sons. Eventually it will include a copy of my will and further documentation about my assets and my online accounts, including Google/Blogger . . . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What matters for this entry is the letter to my sons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Part of that letter deals with my woodworking stuff. I tell them which of my tools have significant value, which tools mean a lot to me personally, and suggest a way they might divide them up. I also let them know that there are no hard feelings if they don't want ANY of my tools, wood, or supplies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the important part: I tell them how to liquidate my tools and lumber with the least fuss. I name several individuals whom I trust to know approximately what my stuff is worth, and how to sell it. I instruct my sons to hire one of these people to sell the tools and lumber, or help them find someone to hire. I recommend a 25% commission (or was it 50%?) be paid to whoever takes on the job. I tell them to expect the proceeds to be minimal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why bother with trivia like rusty chisels in a letter that opens with "If you're reading this I must be dead"? Because several times, I have been involved, either peripherally or directly, when the woodworking stuff of a deceased woodworker has been liquidated. I've seen it done well, and I've seen it done poorly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Done poorly, it leads to bad feelings all the way around. People who aren't woodworkers tend to have an exaggerated notion of the value of old tools and dusty lumber. This is natural - - the stuff is rarely seen in normal daily life, and the survivors most likely have clear, fond memories of the dead woodworker lavishing their tools with love, attention, time, and careful maintenance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope to short-circuit such expectations with that letter. I'll also talk to both sons about the issue, I hope, before they read the letter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This topic scares up several additional thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1) Personally, I hope my "ICOMD" letter is only used if my death is unexpected. If I live long enough, I hope to pass on all my stuff, not just the tools, personally to people who will appreciate it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2) There was a tradition in England, beautifully described by Jim Kingshott in one of his books, that when a cabinetmaker died, his tools would be auctioned off to members of the guild to raise funds for his widow. The idea was not to get a bargain on tools, but to bid everything up to ridiculous prices, in order to support the widow. Having a tool formerly owned by an older worker you had looked up to during your apprenticeship was also of great value. I never met Jim Kingshott, but I miss him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3) The mere thought of a detailed inventory of my tools exhausts and depresses me. Chanel Reynolds's GYST program will spur me to divest myself of lots of stuff I no longer use (I hope). Go read some <a href="http://www.chipstone.org/article.php/142/American-Furniture-2002/Manuscripts,-Marks,-and-Material-Culture:-Sources-for-Understanding-the-Joiner's-Trade-in-Seventeenth-Century-America-" target="_blank">probate lists of 17th-century woodworkers</a>, and think about working with that toolkit. Most woodworkers have too much stuff. </span>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-87534691616799772262018-11-12T21:53:00.000-05:002020-01-20T13:58:18.683-05:00New Video: Torsion Box<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not a detailed how-to tutorial, just a quick check. We've heard they're rigid, and they FEEL rigid, but can we measure it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I compared a very simple torsion box to a pine 2x10 by putting them across a 30" span (one at a time) with a dial indicator underneath, and stood right above the indicator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Results? Torsion box deflected .03 inch, 2x10 deflected .1 inch. So yes, torsion box is nice & rigid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like torsion boxes.</span>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-7269354641365353182018-11-03T07:32:00.002-04:002019-06-27T08:24:00.686-04:00Maple and Birch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I tend to think of maple and birch as the same color, but here they are side by side, red maple and white birch, unretouched, no filters, side by side in the light of a July afternoon in Wisconsin.</span>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689899142805921311.post-46795989747362034402018-09-22T11:34:00.000-04:002019-06-27T08:23:28.327-04:00It's Satire, Folks<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have posted a new video on YouTube. It is a joke (literally), but there's a serious point behind it. Lately I've seen a lot in the social media woodworking world about whether somebody's work is "art" or "craft" and even some stuff about what art is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the link: <a href="https://youtu.be/rclk1Sqbbt8">https://youtu.be/rclk1Sqbbt8</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And almost always, the person making the pronouncements as though they're deep original thoughts has never read anything on the subject, let alone spoken with anyone halfway informed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It bugs me, so I made this video.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you follow wood craft communities online, you'll eventually hear some talk about "art." 99.9% of this talk is pure blather, even when it's from a skilled, experienced artisan, making beautiful work day in and day out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">WOODWORKERS!!! I beg you: if you're tempted to opine about your process or the nature of what you're making, take some time to read what others have said before. Collingwood's <i>Principles of Art</i>? Risatti's <i>Theory of Craft</i>? Those are probably too abstract as starting points, but they are excellent once your reading brain is firing on all cylinders. Maybe start with Yanagi's <i>Unknown Craftsman</i>, or Pye's <i>Nature and Art of Workmanship</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But don't stop reading. NEVER stop reading! Who wants to hear an endless series of monologues where each speaker starts from scratch and makes it up as they go along? Not you, and not your Instagram followers! Far more interesting is to overhear a dialogue, a dialogue carried on in print and on social media and in person, where someone from 1940 gets to put her two cents in and then someone making bowls NOW responds to her but then, suddenly, Aristotle pokes his head in the door and bellows "But you're not accounting for . . . !" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What I'm asking is, PLEASE, join your own voice together with the best of what the rest of humanity has figured out. You don't start your woodcarving practice by mining your own ore, making the steel, and forging the blade; why would you do that with your understanding of your craft? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this video, I am thinking about Art and Craft. I will make another, and (I promise) crank up the volume, when I have something new to add to the discussion.</span>Jim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09793788789446338672noreply@blogger.com0