Hello All:
The other day I FINALLY got around to mounting a little 400 grit sandpaper
to my miter gage. Oh man what a difference! Total control!
So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did it,
you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
Cheers,
Jim
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On 6 Oct 2003 10:01:58 GMT, Michael Burton <mhburton@zzz|moment.net>
pixelated:
>Larry Jaques wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> On my last shop, painting it white. WHAT a difference!
>>
>> On the new shop, painting the floor white as well. 5
>> dual 4' fluors now light it very well.
>>
>> Now to get OUT there...
>>
>
> I have been debating with myself on doing my floor white. I bought
>some White, one-part epoxy type floor coating that can be tinted with
>regular paint tint, from some industrial supply house a while back. I
>was wondering whether it would be a little too much white and thought I
>might tint it a shade of blue, or maybe "desert tan" or something.
No, pure white is the best reflector and looks good. I need to build
tool storage cabinets and am probably going to use ply so I can paint
them white. I don't want to lose the light.
As a test (to see how much light would be lost if I used nice
wood for the cabinets) I opened up a cardboard box on one wall.
It opened to 50x84 (replacement Tenex chair mat box). Having it
on the wall took the effectiveness of the lights down by a good
15%.
> One thing about the white, it would have a very clean look when the
>shop was clean. :-)
As if that would ever happen to any of us in real life...
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"Jim Martin" <[email protected]> wrote ...
> So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once
> you did it, you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
Patching the hole in stucco where I ran into the house with
my wife's Bobcat. Far easier than I thought. But we couldn't
quite get the stud that was displaced back to where it came from.
In terms of shop tools, getting a Unisaw. Compared to my
former can't-hold-a-zero deflecting-fence contractor's saw, it's
a whole different world.
OTOH, one thing I wish I hadn't done: waited to get a DW735
until after I read the review in October's Wood mag. Now I've
missed the $100-rebate deal (ended last month) and no one has
local them in stock. I could have gotten one the day before they
were officially released, now I'm still waiting ...
BTW, Sears had the DW734's on sale for $299 two days ago.
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"Nova" <[email protected]> wrote ...
> "Dennis M. O'Connor" wrote:
>
> > Patching the hole in stucco where I ran into the house with
> > my wife's Bobcat. Far easier than I thought. But we couldn't
> > quite get the stud that was displaced back to where it came from.
>
> Your wife's Bobcat? As in "excavator"? Neat!
Skid-steer loader, actually. F-753. Mainly, we mow the
back field and irrigation ditch with it (6' Midwest Mower
hydraulic mower). Also moves dirt, digs holes, and so on.
Oddly, our other "riding lawnmower" is a "Bob-cat" too.
But it's a Ransome, not an Ingersol-Rand. It weighs
about 4000 pounds less than the F753.
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> Hello All:
>
> The other day I FINALLY got around to mounting a little 400 grit sandpaper
> to my miter gage. Oh man what a difference! Total control!
>
> So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did
it,
> you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim
Finally installing one of those $5 plastic tool holders on the wall near my
workbench for all those fiddly little woodworking items and tools that
didn't quite fit anywhere else!
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> On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 13:35:17 -0700, "Jim Martin"
> <[email protected]> Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:
>
>
> >So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did it,
> >you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
>
Insulate and air-condition the shop. Moved in to our present house
over 4 years ago, the shop was stud walls with a garage door and regular
door. Endured the Tucson summer heat (got chased out by the monsoon
season humidity last year starting in July) for the past 4 summers using
fans. This summer I decided I needed better sheet good storage, but "if
I'm going to do that, I ought to insulate and put up wallboard on that
wall so I don't have to move the sheet good storage later when I do the
whole shop." Well, that cascaded into, "may as well use up the
insulation" to "may as well go to the cabinets" to "I'm committed now,
may as well do the whole thing". Then, "since I'm doing this, may as
well take out the garage door like I planned and put in patio doors for
light -- and that's just the right place to put in a 2 ton window air
conditioning unit." Finished a few weeks ago and started reconfiguring
this past two weekends. What a difference white walls make! Even with
a total of 12 sets of 4' flourescent lights, the walls were a black
hole, the whole shop seemed dark. Now, the walls burst with light and I
can see the 1/64" markings on the square again.
Oh, and the air conditioning is great also.
I still have the peak of the ceiling trusses down the middle to
insulate and put wallboard over, but that can wait until this winter.
Bought a cabinet saw a little over 3 years ago.
"Jim Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello All:
>
> The other day I FINALLY got around to mounting a little 400 grit sandpaper
> to my miter gage. Oh man what a difference! Total control!
>
> So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did
it,
> you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim
>
>
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eating at the Cheescake Factory.
dave
Jim Martin wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> The other day I FINALLY got around to mounting a little 400 grit sandpaper
> to my miter gage. Oh man what a difference! Total control!
>
> So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did it,
> you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jim
>
>
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Cheesecake Factory, that is...
Bay Area Dave wrote:
> eating at the Cheescake Factory.
>
> dave
>
> Jim Martin wrote:
>
>> Hello All:
>>
>> The other day I FINALLY got around to mounting a little 400 grit
>> sandpaper
>> to my miter gage. Oh man what a difference! Total control!
>>
>> So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you
>> did it,
>> you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
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>
Larry Jaques wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On my last shop, painting it white. WHAT a difference!
>
> On the new shop, painting the floor white as well. 5
> dual 4' fluors now light it very well.
>
> Now to get OUT there...
>
I have been debating with myself on doing my floor white. I bought
some White, one-part epoxy type floor coating that can be tinted with
regular paint tint, from some industrial supply house a while back. I
was wondering whether it would be a little too much white and thought I
might tint it a shade of blue, or maybe "desert tan" or something.
One thing about the white, it would have a very clean look when the
shop was clean. :-)
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Thunderbird Hardwoods
Llano, TX
mhburton at moment dot net
Jim Martin wrote:
> So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did
> it, you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
Crosscut sled. Why, oh why didn't I make one of these five years ago?
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could run a skid-steer...That's just cool, man.
-Phil Crow
"Dennis M. O'Connor" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "Nova" <[email protected]> wrote ...
> > "Dennis M. O'Connor" wrote:
> >
> > > Patching the hole in stucco where I ran into the house with
> > > my wife's Bobcat. Far easier than I thought. But we couldn't
> > > quite get the stud that was displaced back to where it came from.
> >
> > Your wife's Bobcat? As in "excavator"? Neat!
>
> Skid-steer loader, actually. F-753. Mainly, we mow the
> back field and irrigation ditch with it (6' Midwest Mower
> hydraulic mower). Also moves dirt, digs holes, and so on.
>
> Oddly, our other "riding lawnmower" is a "Bob-cat" too.
> But it's a Ransome, not an Ingersol-Rand. It weighs
> about 4000 pounds less than the F753.
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 13:35:17 -0700, "Jim Martin"
<[email protected]> Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:
>So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did it,
>you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
building a tennoning jig for the TS...a bunch easier than setting up
the dado blade, and messing with the fence,,,
Traves
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 22:32:41 -0500, "Greg O" <[email protected]>
pixelated:
>Sure white would brighten things up, but I would hate to try keep it clean.
>Greg
Heh heh heh. Try keeping the grey floor clean when you paint
the walls. -My- drips never show. ;)
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 13:35:17 -0700, "Jim Martin"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hello All:
>
>The other day I FINALLY got around to mounting a little 400 grit sandpaper
>to my miter gage. Oh man what a difference! Total control!
>
>So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did it,
>you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
Making a proper sharpening rest for my low-speed grinder per Ian
Kirby's book. I can sharpen the world now, planes, chisels,
screwdrivers!
Barry Lennox
"Jim Martin" >
> So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did
it,
> you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
>
Still in process. Talked about doing so for three years. The garage is
partially insulated. 1/4 is done but the sheet rock is not up yet. I'm
going to paint it either white or a very light color. The foam insulation
is white and makes a big difference in the brightness of the room.
Ed
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 13:35:17 -0700, "Jim Martin"
<[email protected]> pixelated:
>Hello All:
>
>The other day I FINALLY got around to mounting a little 400 grit sandpaper
>to my miter gage. Oh man what a difference! Total control!
>
>So fess up guys: What have you FINALLY got around to that, once you did it,
>you couldn't believe you had put off for so long?
On my last shop, painting it white. WHAT a difference!
On the new shop, painting the floor white as well. 5
dual 4' fluors now light it very well.
Now to get OUT there...
.-.
Life is short. Eat dessert first!
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"Michael Burton" <mhburton@zzz|moment.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>
> I have been debating with myself on doing my floor white. I bought
> some White, one-part epoxy type floor coating that can be tinted with
> regular paint tint, from some industrial supply house a while back. I
> was wondering whether it would be a little too much white and thought I
> might tint it a shade of blue, or maybe "desert tan" or something.
> One thing about the white, it would have a very clean look when the
> shop was clean. :-)
>
I just did mine with epoxy. Went with a light/medium Grey for color. I was
afraid it may be too dark, but it sure brightened to place up. I have been
parking the wife's car it there and it does not show the dirt from the
tires. The downside is now I really need to paint the walls white again. The
walls looked a bit dingy before, now with the nice floor, they look like
hell!
Sure white would brighten things up, but I would hate to try keep it clean.
Greg