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Leon[_7_]

On 3/1/2017 11:55 PM, wrote:
On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 10:29:44 PM UTC-6, DerbyDad03
wrote:

That's a nice story, but did you miss the fact that I suggested
starting the video at 20:00? I was posting about the wood working
shop and tools towards the end of the video, not the metal work at
the start.

OK, calm down. Your thread was already off the very first post after
you started it. It never stood a chance...

OTOH, I really got a kick out of that guy. It looked like he was
working in his living room, and looking at his lathe work, that guy
has some real skills. I like the video because watching him build
that table should be a reminder to all not to concentrate on the
tools themselves as a limit to the quality of your end product, but
to concentrate on using the tools you have to their limits.

One of the most influential guys in my history was the first guy that
that was teaching me woodworking/carpentry. He was a master and had
NO tolerance for excuses. I would have to build a one off cabinet, a
store fixture, some kind of built ins, etc., and if I was stumped by
thinking I needed a certain tool, he would yell at me and tell me
that I needed to learn how to use the tools I had because wherever I
worked I wasn't going to have a shop full of tools on the job site.
A lesson I never forgot.

But that guy... he knew that going in! Thanks for posting that.

Robert

I recall, about 35 years ago, using a rotary planer head attached to my
RAS to surface plane a butcher block surface with end grain as the
surface. Scary and I could possibly have done better with a chain saw.
But it got me there and after hours of follow up with a belt sander the
surface was smooth.