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Since I found SCARY SHARP, I have not used anything else. I have a piece of marble with all the paper grits glued to it in my shop. mounted this on a turn table and it hugs the wall when not in...

Glad I got the new furnace for my shop . It is from10 to 18 degrees F here in Michigan USA. so revel in yoour heat. Bob:burnt:

It is snowing like everything 23 degrees F no wind . snow about 6 in today. very nice out. bob

When you step out the door,in a wind chill setting, your breath is whipped away with the velocity of the wind . Any exposed skin is cold!! your nose begins to hurt ant your throat constricts, the top...

I really hoped someone would be where it is warm,. 88% furnace is government registered to be 88% efficient in the use of the amount of gas used, To the amount of heat gained.Our newest furnaces are...

After a long kind of dumb summer, I got the shop cleaned up,installed an 88% natural gas furnace. The new heat is great,except that my shop is about 25 YDS from the house. Winter when it finally set...

Looks like I will get a3/4 2tpi blade and let the teeth hang out, Apparently these saws run faster than a wood saw,so will reduce the speed to match my craftsman band saw. going to pour a pad for it...

Went out to measure the step in the wheels, suprise they are steel and flat . No crown . may have to depend on adjustment to keep blade on.no kind of tire either. ??? Bob Holton:?

Thank you, Your reply jogged my memory some. I had a small table top band saw that ran that way,but that was 40 years ago. I will measure the ledge in the blade and get a blade a bit wider, I intend...

I have an elderly butchers shop bandsaw, the wheels apparently did not use a tire tyre, It seems that the blade was allowed to ride along the edge of the wheel with the teeth overhanging the edge. I...

Birdie It takes one like you to balance one like me Bob

I finally found the floor in my shop, now to find the top of the saw and other flat places. Does anyone els have this problem??? Bob:D

The thing with the punch action,could be for punching nail holes in slate roofing. Bob

What the heck is it? uses? source? never heard of it. Bob:D

Buzza; I can hang pictures! and they hang streight!!!! I just love a challange like that. making chair parts that were an open spiral was fun too. Seabees can do anything. except figure out how to...

Apparently no one gives a rat on how to cheaply drive a slave clock!!!!!:rolleyes:

I bought a slave clock at auction,6.00 bucks. works face hands and glass rim. With no idea how they worked,I started with apparent age ,1900 +/minus. and decided six volt. A quick check showed me...

The sign that says "Old age is not for sissies" makes sense. Bob:rolleyes:

Has anyone converted a butchers bandsaw to wood cutting. I have a butcher Boy saw. cant keep blades on it! It looks to me that it was made to run without tires on the wheels. I can understand this if...

I have an older clock that the former owner screwed up, It appears that I will not have my buttons cut off ,or be drummed out if I use ball bearings ,just to make it run. I intend to build one from...

What are the feelings about using ball bearings in wood clocks????? I am going to rework an old thomas clock that runs and rumbles like a box of rocks rolling down stairs. My thought is that ball...

I have setteled onbaltic birch for big ones and cherry for pinions. Thanks Bob:U

See OWWM for pic # 40-440 1943.

It is not a boat anchor !!!!!! so there ! and I wish I knew how to send pictures!!!!! But it is like a tabletop jig saw on steroids and viagra. clean nice heavy four speed pully quiet smoothe running...

I was happy to snag this one speed is variable and can hold sanding boards or files too.
and the price was right, must be that beauty is in the eye of the owner. Bob:-

Hi ; At a farm auction I scored! I purchased an old Delta jig saw, cast iron on a well built stand with wheels, four stage pulley's, motor, and some blades. Heavy as a dead sinner. took three of us...

Star ; It works just fine, only problem is making a holder for files, but got that whipped now too. thanks for your input. Bob

Thank you Mr Ninefingers. You are a savior, I took the Saw turned it upside down in the vise, Grabbed some small flat files , ground the tang so it would grip in the saw clamp, lined the file up 90...

Has anyone come up with a really neat way to sand the teeth and inside holes in wood clock gears? So far my dermel with a metal cutting burr works ok but hard to control. Bob:cool:

I am looking for a source of clear transparent shrink tight plastic covering. Like the ugly blue stuff used for boat storage covers only transparent. Anyone got any god sources??? Bob:cool:

I found one in ebay that someone had started and had given up on, some gears were missing. thomas clocks provided the plans on download. I have cut two of the gears, the escapment gear and second...

What do you fellows use for wheel wood if not baltic birch ?:? Bob

I have discovered that baltic birch is hellish expensive and hard to find. Has anyone built their plywood at home ? Like out of cherry or walnut ,by simply crossing layers of the same wood cut to...

Rhys; Thanks for the help, It is a Thomas grandfather clock, missing about 6 wheels and other parts, The guys from clock mechanics sold me a set of instructions and drawings. My clock may be an...

one really quick fix and not permenant is to soak the chair joints, they will swell. otherwise if the gap is too big ,fox wedges can be used with animal glue for an invisible joint fix Bob:wink:

After reading all the neat things other people mentioned, The gears are laminated, the clock appears to be a thomas clock but not having the front and back sawed away, Not knowing exactly what wheels...

The pictures are in my album "Big Clock". Do you know whose plans these were and how to find them? Bob

If any of you saw the really big clockworks on ebay, I bought it! Man oMan is it a whopper. appears to be kit built and in poor repair. some gears appear to be missing. If anyone has a plan for this...

Does anyone have or want to sell or give away or swap ,an english small bell movement. Dont like chimes. Bob Pm me Please

Tasmanian oak might be a devil to work.yuk yuk yuk Bob

Trevor; The little bear mill in Michigans Upper Peninsula, The roof looked like it had been starffed, junk in trees and a golf gourse where I worked ,the lombardy popker s were full of golf balls....

I was working up a piece of tiger maple for a gunstock, while ripping I hit a 2in x 6in bolt laying paralell to the cut and invisible in the 3 in plank. the 10 in carbide blade went about 2in into...

Does or has anyone used mock orange for gears? Just wondering Bob

The stuff is used as hedgrows here and is heartily dammed by anyone using a chainsaw. It will burn up chains unless kept super sharp. Has anyone used it for gears.??? Bob

Sycamore, platinus, or planetree? This is not much used in the States, not even for potato crates. It never seems to quit moving warping shrinking and takes finish poorly. What brand of sycamore do...

I am starting to begin to get stuff around to build one. looking for plans drawings and such. Lots of kits out there, but i want drawings. i have a ww clock in poor shape,just the workd with the...

That is refreshing to hear. We only hear what wonderful gun control you have. Is it any wonder that Yanks and Aussies got on so well . I started building fire arms at 15. and still at it My project...

Even my pictures might be frightening, but maybe I should make wooden guns, ? lol:wink:

Jerry ,you are Bad! Bob

Sometime ago I saw a picture of a clock that looked like an old man. He was quite a dandy, tail coat striped pants spats, vest bow tie and a rather human face with mustash etc, a watch chain an d...