140mower
Don
I think I make three....I think you and I are going to have to share some notes to progress faster
I have an old Alexander cutter grinder with the unobtainable 16mm? collets.
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Grinder for sharpening metalworking and woodworking tools- low speed or normal speed?
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I have an old Alexander cutter grinder with the unobtainable 16mm? collets.
I think I make three....
I have an old Alexander cutter grinder with the unobtainable 16mm? collets.
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Did you mean "take" or "make"?
That grinder is beautiful!
So is that old wooden chest next to it!
Blouin55
Michel
Do you go had free or with a jig?
What size of paper do you use for hss tool grinding on the belt grinder...
You do it free hand or with a jig?
140mower
Don
I think "make", as I have a lot of learning to do to be able to use it.... Trying to make a fixture for grinding lathe and shaper tools....
Yes, it's a nice old chest, still not sure what is going to live in it though.....
Blouin55
Michel
What grid
Makita makes a nice planer blade sharpener with Japanese water stone. Relative slow speed (~500 rpm), water reservoir over the stone dribbles water over it - can get "mirror" finishes and never burn anything. I've sharpened up to 15" planer blades on it. I actually have 2 of them, one with the water stone for conventional knives, chisels etc., the other has a diamond wheel mounted for carbide.
free hand, messed up many tool bits until I got the hang of it. I mostly use carbide inserts for lathe work, so most tool sharpening is done for drill bits, HSS parting tools, and HSS boring bits. I tend to go 80 or 120 grit belts, and if I need super-sharp I rough on the belt sander, finish on an oil stone, and diamond bonding stick.
Thanks for your suggestions @LenVW , my tentative plan is:
- dust collection for wood dust.
- exhaust for smoke from metalworking and objectionable other smells I make (personally and as a result of my actions…LOL) (I’m wondering if the dust collector can do this too?)
- metal shavings I’ll sweep up.
- shop vac for catching dust from using grinders. Yes there is a risk there, but I hope by the time any sparks travel along the 10’ shop vac hose that they are extinguished.
That sound’s like a good suggestion. I think I should also consider getting a dedicated workshop fire extinguisher, our’s is a bit far away to be retrieved in an emergency.
I’m fascinated by the Quorns, I think because they have so many controls…
And the honey wagon… (is that the same as the snake oil man…?)
I don't think so. The honey wagon guy literally sold honey, maple syrup, and other farm goods like sugar salt etc. Most people bought that at the general store but the odd guy did deliveries.
The snake oil guy literally sold snake oil to idiots. He also sold ointments, salves, extracts, boiled mushrooms, hair grease and all the stuff you would get at a naturpath joint today. None of it worked worth a crap but your old spinster aunt loved it and had to have some to help with her bunions, arthritis, and pendulous boobs.
If you live in the country, I assume you know what a honey wagon means today..... Those guys pump out your septic tank
"Sewer sucker".
don’t forget the Fuller Brush man.
When I was much younger, I said my retirement goal was to become one of those insane elderly Englishman who whittles steam engines out of blocks of metal. I have achieved most of these goals, as I suspect many of you have as well.
When I was much younger, I said my retirement goal was to become one of those insane elderly Englishman who whittles steam engines out of blocks of metal. I have achieved most of these goals, as I suspect many of you have as well.
deleted_user
Super User
I did that before I became an old man, because I didn't want to risk dying first
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
My grandpa was a Milkman, witha team of horses, delivering milk daily to over 400 homes in Hamilton, Ontario
deleted_user
Super User
When I first moved to Canada we had a milk man for the first few years. Borden's dairy was IIRC the last to deliver milk in Toronto's suburbs.
Our neighbourhood built in the early 1960s was one of the suburbs to have homes featuring milk boxes... or as we viewed them "emergency entrances"
A noble profession.
Doggggboy
Ultra Member
I was a door to door milkman with CO-OP dairy in Regina and Indian Head for 17 years starting in 85.
17 of us with CO-OP and 7 with Palm when I started.
The year after I left in 2002 there was 1 left for the whole city.