PARTS ARE SOLD

1/28/24 - One more price reduction before it goes back on the shelf - $25

These are parts from a Jacobs 33B chuck that I recently disassembled. I have the 3 jaws, split ring and outside sleeve – all seem to be in good condition. I would prefer to sell as a lot and not split them up. I think these jaws would work for any 33 chuck variation – and maybe others. Let me know if you have questions or would like additional pictures.

Looking to get $75 plus shipping but, as always, I am open to reasonable offers.

Thanks for looking
Rick

   

   

Hello All!

My current outfeed table is large, has drawers and does double duty as a router table and storage. Space is getting tight and I am thinking about downsizing, but I still need a outfeed table... Any good ideas out there for such a thing?

Thank you!

HEATER HAS BEEN FOUND

I have a Cutler Hammer bulletin 9101 switch that needs a different heater. Looking for a Cutler Hammer H21 6.4 Amp heater. Needs to be the same configuration as the picture below.

I have been hunting for router planes for a long time, but as you may know the price of metal ones are skyrocketing, the wooden ones are not cheap either and usually lack proper setting mechanism. Some pure metal planes with beech like handles started to circulate not very long ago on eBay, but they look very odd and have very high price as well. However, before Christmas Aliexpress dropped an offer in my mailbox, with this cuteness at a bargain price of 31 USD for it. For that price, I could not let it go:

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It reminded me of the little Veritas ones, so it caught my attention right away. I worried about the build, though. But after it arrived, I can say it is a surprise. 

To understand why, let me describe what I had so far: very long ago I purchased a Record No. 71 with 2 cutters. It was one of my biggest tool disappointments. If you insert the cutter bits and tighten everything, the sole and cutting edge of the bit is not parallel with the sole. Either the bit is not true, or the machined square notch to receive the bit is not proper. Or both. Moreover it has an adjustable piece at the front that acts as a sole under the arch. That is not level with the sole either. Maybe the hole of the sole bit is not in right angle, or the sole bit is not true. So the whole stuff is resting on my shelf for 13 years waiting to be remachined. The only reason I did not sell it because it was only 30 USD back then and now it is too expensive.

But this little gem from Aliexpress: it is nice, feels good to the touch, nicely machined and painted, and the bit is flush. The adjuster mechanism has some kind of looseness when not fastened, I guess that thing is much tighter in a Veritas plane or a Lie Nielsen. But apart from that it is a very nice tool. It is cold now here, so still did not try it, but I tried it on a piece of wood held in my hand in the room, and it did cut even that way, too. The only weak point may be the fastener, that is a  screw and its thread hole, that may get dull after a while, but who cares I take a slightly bigger screw and recut the hole. If it ever happens.

If it works long term the Record no 71 will be on auction that is sure.

It is still available at a bit higher price, but not that bad at all even for that money:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005854673387.html

You can find advanced versions as well, but those are expensive, may not make sense at that price range.

I have purchased several hand tools and woodworking jigs from them for the past few years and have really liked what I received for the most part. I just received a Katz-Moses KM-17 Pro router plane plus the smaller cutter assortment and a 7-piece anodized aluminum setup gauge set that I am over the top with how well each of these tools look and perform. I was wondering if anyone else here has made any purchase, what was good or if it turned out to be a dud.

Snake walking stick

and she did a good job to!  Nice wood selection too.

Woodturning a lidded box with walnut, Ash and Milliput!

I have gone down the rabbit hole, an obsession my wife would say, to build a clock of my own design.  My wife also hates the tick-tock of typical mechanical clocks with pendulums, or similar timing mechanisms, so my primary objective was that whatever I build had to be very quiet.  During my investigations into different escapement mechanisms I found that one called the grasshopper is exceeding quiet.  It was developed by John Harrison, a brilliant English clock maker who developed the first clock that could keep time accurately at see, which solved the longitude problem that had plagued sailers since man started sailing across the open ocean.  Harrison started as a woodworker, so there's hope for the rest of us wood butchers.  

If you see a clock with a grasshopper movement you'll see it's very unique.  It's also not obvious how to design and make that movement.  Fortunately, Harrison wrote it down, more or less, and others have studied and interpreted his work so that us mortals can draw or calculate the key dimensions required for any particular size and number of teeth on the escape wheel.  I built a grasshopper movement and escape wheel just to see if my design actually worked.  I was amazed that it worked just as it's supposed to.



With that confidence boost, I set about to design the rest of the drive train of the clock.  I built a prototype, and then a second prototype to work out both the design and some technical challenges.  I had planned to use a typical weight drive and rewind system, but some what turned out to be unrelated problems, pushed me towards using an endless rope (remontoire, for those who might know about clocks) mechanism.  With the design I developed the remontoire weight drops nearly 12"/hour, so it would need to be rewound at least every 6 hours.  Well that's no good, so I incorporated an automatic rewind system that lifts the weight about once per hour.  This is done with a small motor, a relay, and two limit switches tripped by the weight, one to turn the motor on, the other to turn it off.  

I built the clock from walnut plywood that I made from shop sawn veneer.  The wheels are machined from cast acrylic and the pinions from cherry plywood.  The grasshopper itself was solid cherry.  Most parts were cut on my CNC, some several times to get them right.  Lots of handwork to fit shafts, bushings, alignment pins, and all manner of other pieces.  All in I must have somewhere around 300 hours in this, making it the longest woodworking related project ever.  

I used acrylic for the escape wheel because the one I made from plywood would always chip out on the tips of some of the teeth, and precise trips are key to the grasshopper working.  Here's what it looks like in acrylic, all 120 teeth.



The acrylic machines so beautifully that I decided to use it for all the wheels.  

Thanks for your patience.  Here's the clock. 







And here's a link to a video showing it running.  Video

What a great project.  And, yes, it's incredibly quiet, any background noise makes it silent.  

John

Couple of years ago I posted a thread about a generator for my new house and got some good advice about size, etc.

Wife's health issues got in the way and I'm just now picking up where I was.

Looks like a 20 KW unit is what I'll need for a long-term outage (also getting advice from professional installer).

How much propane should I anticipate using per day?  House is well-insulated, 1600 sf ground floor with half of the basement occupied. LED lights, heat pump.  I anticipate turning off water heater until needed, then turning off heat pump until we're clean and starting heat pump back up.

So who has some experience in fuel consumption of similar units?  What size tank is best choice? We've got good service out here.