Cutting board is finished.

Two videos, replacing sand paper on the drum sander and test run for a disk sander. Shaft on the motor has about 1/8″ movement back and forth. That’s why the sander is so noisy. When I apply pressure to the disc (when sanding) it becomes very quiet. I am not sure yet how to fix it. Any ideas? Worst case, I’ll leave it as it is. Tomorrow I’ll start building the rest of the tool.

This is my first try in posting videos, which came with my new domain. It was slow, maybe because I was doing whole bunch of stuff on the computer at the same time.

 

This is a setup I made to take a video for furniture design contest. I will post video after we finish editing. I said we because I did the camera work but my daughter is going to do the editing for me.

I am making a new cutting board to surprise a friend on Thursday. I hope I will be able to finish it. Design and build in two days (you have to wait for glue to dry). Two end pieces a maple with bark left on. Next two strips are maple end grain and middle is acacia end grain. It is a small cutting board and it doesn’t look like much right now. We’ll see when it is completed. Hopefully tomorrow night. I am afraid that different types of wood and different cuts will react on temperature changes at different rates and create some cracks. It was very cold in the shop today so I brought it in the house tonight to see if any cracks show up.

 

This is new platen for disc sander. I glued black melamine on the front so the PSA sandpaper can be easily attached and replaced when needed.

I picked up two used motors. They are a lot heavier then I expected but anyway I will use one for disc sander instead of pump motor.

Here are a few photos I took with my phone camera in the Saltwater State Park.

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Today is not about woodworking. While taking some photos for this website and my Etsy shop RK Design Garage I started to learn more about macro photography. Here are some pictures using new lens.

and some more I am taking right now. I am not using tripod so photos are little blurry. Probably you can recognize where these details come from.

The plate with sand paper is mounted on the motor. It isn’t  balanced yet but it works. I ordered a few flanges to secure the plate to the shaft. Now I need to figure out the rest of the machine. Fortunately there is plenty info on the web.

Finish on the tray is drying and small box is done. I’ll have to put some kind of  handle on the box cover so it can be opened easier.

Cutting a plate for disc sander on the table saw. It is 12″ diameter, 2″ thick.

Put a few it a few coats of polyurethane on the tray. It is showing some scratches on the surface. It looks like more sanding is needed.

I plan to use this spalted maple to make a lid for a small box. Here I am trying to stabilize the surface with instant adhesive.we’ll see if that works at all.

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I am having some trouble balancing the plate for disc sander. Originally I planned to use the plate intended to be used as a disc sander plate on a table saw with 5/8 arbor. Pump motor has a 3/8 shaft so I tried different ways to make this transition. Plate is wobbly in every possible way. I’ll try couple of different ways to fix this. Here are some pictures:

Serving tray surprise is almost completed. I am working on final sanding following with a few coats af polyurethane.

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New tool is coming. It is ordered and I am waiting to be delivered. It will take a few days. Can’t wait!

The bandsaw I started to build will be completed as a mobile saw mill. I need to make some changes based on woodgears.ca “small bandsaw / sawmill”

I started to build a disk sender. Old pool pump motor will finally have a new life. I’ll post more info and pictures tomorrow.