From wiki:

Quote:David Ellsworth (born June 25, 1944 died 16 June 2025) was an American woodturner known for his tools and techniques for creating thin-walled hollow wood vessels.

Remember when we used to talk about these???

https://www.infill-planes.com/

I have the Rapidair system for the garage. Or the Rapidair Home Garage System. I want to move a line. So I need about 6 feet of the nylon 1/2inch line to extend it, not the Maxline. Which I bought the Maxline not knowing they were different. So now I’m back to square one. Looking for a short piece of the 1/2 inch nylon hose that excepts the Rapidair push on connectors. I was thinking about putting a mic on the hose and then getting a 1/2 hose from the big box store. But I’m afraid it will collapse. Any suggestions

Qualspray spray gun (LVLP version) with 1 qt. pressurized cup.
Includes 1.0mm, 1.3mm and 1.5mm NN setups and all accessories.
Used 3-4 times and no longer needed.  Sprays great.  Bought new from 
Homestead Finishing.  Sells new for $399.  Asking $225.
Located near Cincinnati. Ohio.
   
   

As I reported on 5/19, one of my good, Made in USA, routers died.  I'm ready to replace it with a good corded 1 1/2 to 2 hp router.  I have the 18V Makita (disappointed in the poor grip of the router bit), another made in USA PC, a 3 1/4 hp PC in the router table, and an old Craftsman.  Even though I own only three Milwaukee tools, I am very impressed with the quality.  All of that build up to ask, what do you think of the Milwaukee 5619-20 router for $199?  What would buy?

Shop notes Magazines  starting from issue # 1  total 67 issues, all in binders
$ 60 plus shipping

Attached Files

Thumbnail(s)
       

I do some CNC work for a guy who makes all kinds of things to sell up in the Adirondack Mountains in NY during the tourist season. He's a really good artist and wood sculptor, and a fair woodworker. He brought me a serving tray he had made that someone else had carved the word Adirondacks into several years ago and asked if I could match the font. Sure, most likely, and I also can make the ends for those trays with an integral handle. I'll make some for you. Later, when I looked at the tray more closely, I saw that he had assembled it by gluing and screwing the ends to the end of the solid wood bottom. Rut ro, no good. I decided I'd make him a complete tray and use more appropriate joinery.

Here's my version. Sorry, no photo of the one he brought me, but it's mostly the same except for the two-piece ends.




I cut the end handles on my CNC, the rest in the conventional way. The four frame pieces are butt glued together, and then 1/4" dowels are added to each corner, with another at the middle to keep the panel from slipping around.



I found the font after some searching. The process is pretty simple. Carve the word, clear coat the word and area around it to seal it so the paint won't bleed, paint in the letters with a small brush (or spray), then sand the top surface back to bare wood when it has dried.



A simple project made so much easier with the CNC.

John 

Can you recharge a window A/C anymore. It's 6 years old 24000 btu.

How many of you here still remember Pat Warner aka Router Man? I still have his custom router bases and use them regularly. Needed to route a 6" disc and recalled that the elongated base he did for me included centering holes to do 2" to 6" circles in 1" increments. 

However, I always used the base on my fixed router base. Wondered if it would go on the plunge base and lo and behold it worked! I cannot do 2" or 3" circles but 4" to 6" are no problem.

Said a silent prayer of thanks to Pat for his engineering and foresight. Miss his cryptic post and vast knowledge of routers.  

RIP Pat! You left this world a better place.

  The cedar siding on my house, built in 1971, was showing its age and I had the house re-sided with Hardie fiber cement boards. The crew that did the residing was putting Hardie cutoffs into the dumpster, and I felt it would be a shame to have what could be used destined for a landfill and asked the crew to simply put the cutoffs asside for me to sort through. About 40 years ago I'd built an A-frame structure to support solar collector panels to help with heating in the winter. It's also used for storage of outdoor power equipment. The exposed end of the structure had remained in an "unfinished" state, and I decided this woiuld be a good place to use up the salvaged cutoffs. 

Attached Files

Thumbnail(s)