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Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop *PIC*
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 2/14/2011, 11:57 pm
In Response To: Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop (Matt Brammer)

: Very cool, Malcolm. And you covered the slip nicely. I think a lot
: of us would have dropped an f-bomb or an s-bomb. Well, at least
: I would have. The small work and the finish work would be
: manageable inside (if I was single!) but how do you manage dust
: control with the big initial cutting & shaping? Or it is all
: by hand (shudder)?

: Thanks for sharing that,
: Matt

: :

Hello Matt,

All the sawdust making (the big stuff) is done outside except if I need to fine tune something small on the bandsaw which goes well enough with the 5hp shop vac. The bandsaw also rolls outside on casters if I need to do any serious cuts. I have a Ridgid portable contractor saw and a portable thickness planer. All butt-joints and miters are done by hand and I sweep up after each one. Pretty much once I rip the wood to size I use hand tools from there on.

I have in the past glassed inside but never again. Epoxy fumes are not good for ya!

Here's what I did to cover my mistake- I just epoxied the hole and then ran the existing inlay around the leash cup, which was what I was contemplating anyway. I rough-cut the abalone, mounted it to a dremel mandrel, and spun it on an emory board to make it perfectly round, then I rough cut the center and used a dremel to dress it up to fit just right over the leash cup. I goop on some epoxy and then once it cures I file it down flush and then final sand the board.

Messages In This Thread

Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/14/2011, 10:23 pm
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Farback -- 2/14/2011, 11:01 pm
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Matt Brammer -- 2/14/2011, 11:15 pm
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop *PIC*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/14/2011, 11:57 pm
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2011, 1:43 am
clarification- not a pilot hole, a vent hole.
Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/14/2011, 11:22 pm
Re: clarification- not a pilot hole, a vent hole.
Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2011, 1:50 am
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2011, 1:41 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/15/2011, 9:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/16/2011, 12:39 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/16/2011, 9:33 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 1:33 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/17/2011, 8:52 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 12:58 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/17/2011, 1:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 1:33 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/17/2011, 1:57 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 2:55 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/15/2011, 4:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/16/2011, 12:41 am
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John Roberts -- 2/15/2011, 7:51 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 2/16/2011, 6:35 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/16/2011, 11:59 am
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Fred Gasper -- 2/16/2011, 1:10 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/16/2011, 11:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 1:36 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 2/17/2011, 4:53 pm
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/16/2011, 11:12 pm
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 1:39 am
Re: Shop: You do need a system
ancient kayaker -- 2/17/2011, 6:02 pm
Re: Shop: You do need a system
Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 7:10 pm
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2011, 1:34 am
Re: Shop: You don't need a big workshop
Scott Baxter -- 2/20/2011, 7:28 pm