MIMF

Today I made a measuring wheel. It’s a very old tool used to measure curved surfaces that a regular rule can’t. It’s a quick project and can be made simply or ‘dressed up’.

https://youtu.be/UDK452juoss

Thanks. Hopefully it will help someone else.

I know this could be a little flashier (maybe later), but it works. I can use this handy little jig to accurately set my fence to a thousandth of an inch. As well, it works to calibrate the fence so that it is parallel to the blade.

https://youtu.be/XHGwqWWHwXY

Thanks. Kind of spur of the moment thing but it worked out ok.

I definately will be doing more of this!

https://youtu.be/kzBPjJTofp4

I've had different jigs and methods to do scarph joints. My latest does so much more. It wasn't hard to make, didn't take long, makes me wonder why I didn't do it sooner.

https://youtu.be/cVPjIvQGOt4

There seems to be a never ending list of essential tools and they are almost always beautifully crafted, well designed, and expensive. Never buy what you can borrow, never borrow what you can make.

https://youtu.be/SWZ8fP7niDA

Clamping neck blanks for shaping is tricky but I just found a simple way. I'd be interested to know how you all accomplish that. Here is what I just figured out:

https://youtu.be/5J68M1_ByTA

Sheaths for chisels. My kydex sheets sit right next to my chisel tool chest and it never even occured to me...

This week I've been experimenting using Kydex as a custom shaped sanding block. Fun stuff!

https://youtu.be/m8SGECLXemw

My workspace? It’s where I go to be ‘Socially Distant’.

https://youtu.be/_ycEF7zwVUw

This project was so easy and quick and useful, that I don't know why it took me so long to make it. It also has a lot of possibilities for expansion - some that I'm sure I haven't even thought of yet. Here is my quick video of it:

https://youtu.be/cVPjIvQGOt4

I also have a few other jigs that I made that might be of use. One is a jig that I use on my hand belt sander that can sand down wood to the thickness of veneer. Of course you can't do wide stuff like a guitar top, but it's good for narrow pieces.

Already having the templates, you have a good reason to build the jig. I am going to attempt to make templates out of lexan I think.

I probably would have gone with O'Brien jig but I wanted this for some other projects besides guitars.

I made this jig initially to accurately route the mortise & tenons that join a guitar neck to the body. But I have other uses for it too. These kinds of cuts can't be done with a hand held router or a router table because the router/work piece would be too tippy, inaccurate, and unsafe. There turned...

You don't HAVE to have a clear top on the filter cleaner, but watching the dust fly out of the box and into the vac hose makes me feel good

I recently found a cyclone dust separater for my vac that really works great. For $40 it came with the extra required hose and just needs a 5 gallon bucket. Before I was always emptying the vac and cleaning the vac. Now I just empty the bucket. Seems to work great.

https://youtu.be/4LoSsIV37hM

I would lube them with a heavy grease. Light oil is good for cleaning but doesn't stick around very long.

Today I got to spend more time in the shop and use the Resp-O-Rator longer. It pretty much did what I hoped it would do. First off, I kept it in my mouth for a long time after the saw cuts just because I was focused on my work and not the respirator, so I forgot it was there. Dust floats around the ...