Woodworks

Its Arbtalk so derails go with the territory haha. Not entirely off subject with this. Never made instruments but made quite a few guitar stands and a rather odd art-deco style cello stand which wasn't my taste but the customer was happy. The guitar stand below is all laminated rosewood and maple. The neck support curve was too tight to do with just lamination so steam bent the laminates first before laminating them.

Having a second closer look at the end grain there are medullary rays . They are slight but there. Also it has is quite close growth rings so not softwood IMO Think Woody Paul has got it spot on with Red Oak

Cant see any demos on the page. Edit hadn't scrolled down far enough Saw a luthier at a woodworking show and if I remember right he bent the wooden sides around a hot 'mandrel' ? Dont know the proper term but it was a shaped cylinder that was heated and he worked the wood against it to gently form into the desired curve. Guess steam may detract from the colour of the woods used? Only ever steam bent and laminated wood myself to form curves.

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Video now up.

Just be aware that CBN wheels are much wider and heavier (had to add some bungy cord to stop it dropping) than standard chainsaw grinder wheels. In that video you can see they have put a collet over the shaft presumably to avoid it fouling on the housing. I had to file a little bit off mine to get the CBN wheel to fit. Something that I did on mine and have seen on other home made sharpeners is having the blade forwarding arm pushing against the actual tooth that is about to be sharpened. The tooth spacing either side of the weld can vary so you can mess up a few teeth if the guide is either side of the tooth thats about to be ground. Hope that makes sense PS one more thing the there are no off the shelf CBN wheels that fit these grinders that I am aware of. I got one from Baltic Abrasives who drilled one out to the right size for no extra cost CBN band saw grinding wheels, cbn band saw sharpening wheels, mill band blade sharpening wheels - Home BALTIC-CBN.COM CBN band saw grinding wheels, cbn band saw sharpening wheels, mill band blade sharpening wheels

I got idea from this. Only available in 120volts though and pricy!

I will try and do a video later.

Let's look at this from another angle and forget any green agenda for a moment. Fossil fuels are finite. When they are gone they are gone. Oil is an amazing resource that we make loads of things from so let's not burn it when we dont need to. We have near limitless renewables available to us in sun, wind, tidal etc so let's use them where we can and save the oil for the things we really need it for. Products made from petroleum | Ranken Energy Corporation WWW.RANKEN-ENERGY.COM

So we dont bother because it inconveniences us now? Yes sod all future generations and just please ourselves now. Its how we got in this mess and why we probably wont get out of it anytime soon as we are such a selfish shortsighted species.

First off because it's the right thing to do! Secondly they are the biggest investors in renewables on the planet. Also it easy to be clean when we dont make anything like the UK who then import most of our goods from China

The CBN wheel came today and I have popped some pictures up in an older thread

I made up up a simple grinder system in the end. The CBN wheel arrived today and is fantastic. The profile is perfect for the Ripper blades and grinds effortlessly. Takes about 5-10mins to sharpen a blade so in the end well worth the effort and expense

Got mine from Stephen Cull who came highly recommended from comments on here. Not had to adjust tracking yet. As for sharpening I have built my own little system using a chainsaw grinder. Just waiting on a profiled CBN wheel from Baltic abrasives which is made to fit the profile of the Ripper blades. Going to buy the WM setter and wish I had got it with the mill as it would have saved a load of delivery costs Stephen Cull BladeMaster | Replacement Ripper37 Sawmill Blades | Wales WWW.STEPHENCULLBLADEMASTER.COM Get all your Ripper37 sawmill blades, bandsaw blade resharpening, Wood-Mizer sawmill servicing and sawmill...

Everyone seems to recommend the Ripper37s so thats what I have gone with. Cant say a lot about the WM that came with it as I wrecked it on one of the log stops within an hour!

Looks like too much sap for ash. I would go for some sort of oak but doesn't fit with no smell

Cladco sell (or used to) the plain flat galvanised sheet prior to it having the corrugations added. Plain flat steel this thin is quite tricky to handle though as its so flexible without its corrugations. As for the sink presuming you are sealing it well cant see Yew being a problem

There are several mills which look like the come out of the same factory with a few tweaks here and there. The other one is Rima I went with Woodland Mills because there should be decent backup

It's pretty easy to use. Even after the mods its slightly sticky on the rise and fall and find it best to set your hight by winding down a fraction too far and then lifting to the desired hight when its running as the vibration of the engine makes it settle. Be prepared for a lot of sharpening or paying for it. Getting about an hours running per blade on the douglas fir. I have gone for in house sharpening as I am tight git. Yes, saved a few from the logs pile and bought 12 tonne of 12' and 16' mill grade lengths off TCD for projects and making saleable boards. I am mainly looking to mill softwoods for construction as storing and drying hardwood will take a long time and take up too much storage space. Seems there is no expectation of it being dry for construction so just mill and go. Did my first paying job last week. Cutting materials for making a garden shed. Customer didn't want treated wood and his local sawmill had a few weeks waiting list. Chap gave me hand moving the logs and boards and I did 20% off the quote he had. Added it all up at the end and would conclude it was worthwhile but wont make my fortune with mill grade wood at the prices its at. Plus I am slow and learning the ropes as this took me most of the day but the logs were smallish diameter which makes it more labour intensive.

Mine works well but there is very iffy quality control. One of the box guides is welded on on the piss. Managed to adapt the guides to make it work but not ideal. On the other hand I would have had to pay a lot more for one of the European offerings and I may just be unlucky with the bit of poor construction Agree with others about RSJs for supports and might set mine up so it could be forklifted about as that sounds like a good idea

Belt sanders are far faster than random orbit sanders IME. Easier to mess up though as you can dig in on the edge if not careful. Some come with a frame to help avoid this. I have an old 4" wide Ryobi which has stood the test of time and didn't cost the earth. Narrower ones are more prone to digging in on the edge than wider ones Even sanded down a few floors with it!

An interesting listen on Radio 4 the other evening The Bottom Line - Business and Energy - BBC Sounds WWW.BBC.CO.UK How will soaring energy costs affect UK corporations?

Sure many things can be pointed to with clever use of graphs so I will forget the science and stats for a second. I have lived in the same place all my life. In the 70s we had a Landrover and during the winter months we always would keep snow chains in the back and used them in anger on many occasions. Blizzards snowed us in most years. We were often sent home from school early due to snow multiple times per winter. Never had temps in the 30s apart from 1976 These days snow is rare and being snowed in has happened twice in the last 20years. Our temps get into the 30s most years. Now I know weather patterns change and localised climate change is different from global warming but if I ignore the science/stats and just take it as I see it warming is far worse than the supposed 1C of warming since the 60s

So many variables but mainly climate. I read of many people leaving crates of logs open to the elements for most of the drying period. I tried it one year but they all went mouldy. Now I am sure this works for many but I live in very wet area where we had 1850mm of rain last year yet some parts of the country get less than a third of that amount. For us covering is esential for most of the year with the exception of spring which in recent years has been our driest season by some margin.

" I feel that we need to revisit this subject. One phrase I dislike is "The science is settled" The science should never be settled but always be able to answer questions when theories do not seem to materialise as predicted. Just to question any climate science labels you a denier in the same way as you might question the existence of particular God. I believe that the Earth is warming, but I am unsure of the cause and amount." I found this graph puts the warming V time period in to perspective. The speed of change is so dramatic and it makes it near impossible for many species to adapt to such rapid warming. xkcd: Earth Temperature Timeline XKCD.COM