WC Weekend Accomplishments....

Oh what a...

John K Jordan

... beautiful morning!

It was dark when I went out to feed the horses but changing quickly as I walked up the hill to the house:

The baby peacocks started flying up on the roost this weekend - a milestone!

Rebuilt the starter on one of my old 4-wheelers. Now it starts without pulling the rope! I accidentally waited until the evening of the day my wife went out and bought a new one for her to ride since the electric start on this one didn't work. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

A fellow woodturner came to the shop Saturday for help with turning finials, skew chisel lessons, and sharpening instructions. (And to see the llamas and peacocks!) We spent over six hours in the shop - good fun. I forgot to take a picture.

Finished my third and largest threaded box. These are my first three tries at threading. I found it tricky to figure the dimensions but very easy to thread. Ebony and ebony. No finish, just polished.

Made a handle last night for a carbide burnisher rod I got from the incredible Sir Robo the Hippy. This is for burnishing the burr on turning, hand, and cabinet scrapers. Osage Orange.

JKJ

Re: Burnishers

William Duffield

Do you know where Ed sources his carbide rods? I have made several scraper burnishers, but am always looking for a cheap, reliable source for rods. I don't mind buying them in bulk, eg., 10 or 50 at a time.

I think burnishers work better with ferrules, since the carbide is very short, and there is a lot of lateral pressure, which makes it easy to split out the handle. Are they 6 mm or 1/4" ø? I prefer Imperial dimensions, because they fit the brass compression nuts I use.

carbide rods available many places

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

I get them from Misenheimer, Morristown for just a few dollars. They are blanks for milling carbide end mills for CNC.

Any machine shop supply place has them. Probably any place that makes tooling for wood has them.

Re: Burnishers

John K Jordan

>>>Do you know where Ed sources his carbide rods? I have made several scraper burnishers, but am always looking for a cheap, reliable source for rods. I don't mind buying them in bulk, eg., 10 or 50 at a time.

I think burnishers work better with ferrules, since the carbide is very short, and there is a lot of lateral pressure, which makes it easy to split out the handle. Are they 6 mm or 1/4" ø? I prefer Imperial dimensions, because they fit the brass compression nuts I use.

These are from Reed Gray - he bought 100 and has (had?) a bunch extra he was selling for cost - $2 I think. I bought 20 to share with club members. I think they are 3/16". He might have enough for you.

The rods are short but I don't think I need a ferrule. 1, I sunk it tightly into Osage Orange and epoxied it after roughing up part of the rod for the epoxy to stick. It does have sideways forces but the way I use these there is not really much pressure, probably not enough to deform basswood let alone osage. I've been using a rod with a larger diameter and this smaller diameter should take even less force. We'll see!

JKJ

Re: WC Weekend Accomplishments....

Jesper, Denmark

5th session Docetaxel Chemo for mCRPC on Friday. No significant side effects, so #1 son's 50th birthday party Saturday and leaving for a week holiday in the Greek sun on the island of Crete today.

If you have to go through this cr*p, don't sweat it - it is nowhere as bad as the warnings you get about it - and it's not the end.

Re: WC Weekend Accomplishments....

Hank Knight

Jesper,

I'm happy to hear your chemo is going well. I hope you finish soon and with a positive outcome. Enjoy the sunshine.

Hank

Re: WC Weekend Accomplishments....

paul in AZ

Good news.

Here's hoping that getting sunburned and ouzo's toxicity are the worst things you have to deal with.

Re:  "Time"

roger lance

You're lucky Alan.....sorta the opposite of "Cats in the Cradle"......