Thread: Shed Make over

Originally Posted by Mr Brush

"held over until further cake" you mean....?

Hope the lathe makes it home soon

A cake a week of late all good as some can attest to, seldom do I eat it myself, they know who I mean

Lots of work yet to be done but I am getting there


Still waiting to see your photo's of your lathe and turning Mr Brush.

Ray,

I'll have to take some happy snaps...

For the time being I've got the lathe set up on the end of an old office desk which serves as the outfeed table for my saw. Not perfect, but it seems to be stable and of the correct height. Slightly higher than elbow height, but I prefer that.

One question for you though. I've been practising using fairly soft timber, for which I've had no problems getting the point of the spur drive in far enough to grip the timber. The other day I tried some spotted gum......big problem getting the spur drive far enough in. Are you supposed to centre punch a deeper hole for the spur drive point, drill a small pilot hole, or what? With the JET spur drive I notice that the point is removable - are there smaller points for harder timber??

I'm off to Trend this week to get me a Tru-Grind jig for my slow-speed grinder - can't do much with blunt tools !!

Originally Posted by Mr Brush

Ray,

I'll have to take some happy snaps...

For the time being I've got the lathe set up on the end of an old office deskwhich serves as the outfeed table for my saw. Not perfect, but it seems to be stable and of the correct height . Slightly higher than elbow height, but I prefer that. Sounds familiar

One question for you though. I've been practising using fairly soft timber, for which I've had no problems getting the point of the spur drive in far enough to grip the timber. The other day I tried some spotted gum......big problem getting the spur drive far enough in. Are you supposed to centre punch a deeper hole for the spur drive point, drill a small pilot hole, or what? With the JET spur drive I notice that the point is removable - are there smaller points for harder timber?? BS a crosscut X in it or knock the spur drive into it then mount it.

I'm off to Trend this week to get me a Tru-Grind jig for my slow-speed grinder - can't do much with blunt tools !!

Yo can do lost with blunt tools John just takes longer to do it Happy shopping

A manual or automatic hole punch . . .

[QUOTE=Mr Brush;1239295I'm off to Trend this week to get me a Tru-Grind jig for my slow-speed grinder - can't do much with blunt tools !![/QUOTE]

The Tru Grind is great! Much to my father's disgust (who was a tool maker and fitter machinist) I can't hand sharpen anything - he can sharpen different profiles on drill bits with his eyes closed.

The Tru Grind is great - just write down the settings you need to get the profiles you prefer, and they will always be repeatable.

Nathan.

Nathan - I need all the help I can get !!

I looked at several other sharpening jigs (e.g. Nova), but most are only available from the US. The Tru Grind seems to get good reviews everywhere, so I figured why bother trying to bring in an exotic alternative from a US supplier?

I ended up getting the slow speed 8" grinder from Carbatec, which was on special during the recent sale. As far as I can tell the alox wheel on it is 120 grit (good for touch up sharpening), so I''ll probably replace the other (grey) wheel with a more aggressive alox wheel for tool shaping, etc. Something around 60 grit should suffice.

Cheers

I am glad I cancelled the shed make over this weather has put a damper on a great deal of things.

Not so with the next stage of the cabinet. Fletty cut draw fronts from Pine some significant historical stuff ( I reckon he scoffed it out of as skip) but looks great. He chose the handles SS and suit me and my hands well, although they became APIA to fit the last one. Those dam break away threaded bolts .

Some minor adjustment required a bit of planing and a finish the cabinet will look beaut.

Thanks Fletty.

So more room and easier to get to tools for me.

I haven't been to this forum for a long time. I am finally in a position to start building my shed. I will be building it roughly 10m x 4.5m and it will be used primarily for wood turning as well as making knives. I have no experience in either so I hope to learn as I go along. This site is an excellent resource for wood turning but has anyone got any tips on where I could go for how to learn to make knives.

Cheers and thanks in advance

Originally Posted by Cubjo

I haven't been to this forum for a long time. I am finally in a position to start building my shed. I will be building it roughly 10m x 4.5m and it will be used primarily for wood turning as well as making knives. I have no experience in either so I hope to learn as I go along. This site is an excellent resource for wood turning but has anyone got any tips on where I could go for how to learn to make knives.

Cheers and thanks in advance

There is a thread much better than this one on sheds all shapes and sizes sorry i can't locate it. It will create shed envy so be warned.

Ray

I have more room enough to bring the lathe home

I got to finish (well its out of the shed) a long stored project

See here https://www.woodworkforums.com/f187/4-years-ago-127950/

A few minor things to do, wood to tidy up and sort.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Thanks to all who have posted offers to help out with the make over.

Due to the lateness of the year and coming season and its habit of causing disruptions to best laid plans, the make over is to be held over until further notice.

Good

I'd heard on the grapevine about this shed reno/tidyup

Sons' sport has tied up my weekends til now (should a father be pleased when his son's team just misses out on making the finals? ) Yay to freeish sundays

but looks like I'm free on Sundays in the new year, and quite possibly saturday arvos.

So let me know when it's on. I can borrow a trailer to help you relieve the stress of having too much turning wood. (anything to help a mate)

One thing, I'm not sure whether my Sydney UBD covers the nor eastern suburbs of Goulburn

Can someone send me a map?

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Good

I'd heard on the grapevine about this shed reno/tidyup

Sons' sport has tied up my weekends til now (should a father be pleased when his son's team just misses out on making the finals? ) Yay to freeish sundays

but looks like I'm free on Sundays in the new year, and quite possibly saturday arvos.

So let me know when it's on. I can borrow a trailer to help you relieve the stress of having too much turning wood. (anything to help a mate)

One thing, I'm not sure whether my Sydney UBD covers the nor eastern suburbs of Goulburn

Can someone send me a map?

Those boys will be heart broken when they read this post Nick

Will keep you posted

Not to worry about timber it will all be moved locked up and guarded no need for the trailer unless of course your bring more wood

Goulburn is actually east of us Nick but follow Elizabeth Dr and you be there in 15min.
Google Maps

Make sure you have your Passport Navman International Drivers Licence also.

Shame you're so far away Ray, I could have called in, lent a hand or just poke some fun around.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Shame you're so far away Ray, I could have called in, lent a hand or just poke some fun around.

I think you are actually closer then me