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  1. BadBob
    They do have some dust collection. All of the rotary tools throw a lot of dust. If I am using mine for heavy sanding, I hold it near my dust collection, and that gets the bulk of it.
  2. BadBob
    Do you own one of these? https://katools.com/guinevere/ I see many projects here that this could be used for. Bowls and Intarsia for sure.
  3. BadBob
    I like these toy cars a lot. I originally made two of each color, but some of them were gone before I thought of making a group photo.
  4. BadBob
    I knew this would open a can of worms.
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    I don't know my favorite so that I will go by volume. I have made a few thousand animal cutouts. I taught myself to use the scroll saw making these. Kids love them; several sets are still in use after 40 years. I keep patterns ready to go in the shop, and when the pile of cutoffs gets high, I will cut animals from these odd pieces.
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    I have known about this for years preweb and Bob Flexner is probably where I got it from. I used to subscribe to an industry news magazine for woodworking, and he had a regular column there that I always read. I also have his books.
  7. BadBob
    I've seen many posts over the years about finishes and tried all sorts of things. I watched this yesterday and thought it might be of interest.
  8. BadBob
    Just out of curiosity, I checked my local Florida big box stores to see what the current price for alcohol was. Neither Lowes nor Homedepot have any. What is up with that, I wonder? Ace Hardware has it in 5-gallon cans, and I can buy it in gallons on Amazon for $30. I need to check the price for Everclear.
  9. BadBob
    My pegas came with one of the Seyco magnetic mats. I hated it. Wood slides much better on waxed steel or cast iron.
  10. BadBob
    Use 91% isopropyl alcohol if you can get it. Everclear (95% alcohol) is perfect though expensive. You can buy Everclear at a liquor store. There are lots of others that may work, but they may damage your project. Everclear is a brand name for rectified spirit, also known as grain alcohol or neutral spirit, produced by the American company Luxco. It's made from grain, typically corn, and bottled at various alcohol-by-volume (ABV) levels.
  11. BadBob
    I made A large pile of blocks for my grandson after he started taking pieces of wood from the shop to build with.
  12. BadBob
    And they can usually be repaired.
  13. BadBob
    They last a long time. I made the train in this photo more than 40 forty years ago. My granddaughter is the train's third owner. This is a photo of the original batch of trains sitting on my workbench. The rest of the trains went to nieces and nephews. Some of this are still being played with.
  14. BadBob
    Here is another batch of ornaments. All but one, the heart, are made from what I think is spruce. The heart is some mystery plywood I picked out of the cull lumber bin at the Big Orange store. They are finished with Zinsser Bulls Eye clear shellac.
  15. BadBob
    You might want to think about some of the competition shooting. Rifle or Pistol Silhouettes would be easy, I would think. Steel Challenge, Coyboy Action, and Trap would be good too.
  16. BadBob
    Or the same thing.
  17. BadBob
    I It was sometime this fall.
  18. BadBob
    I free had everything on my sanding mop. If it does not catch, it will be fine. Even if it does catch, it probably will not break unless you have a death grip. I have lost some small pieces. Some went into the dust collector, I'm sure.
  19. BadBob
    I posted the Woodworker And His Dog Ornament in a Shopsmith group because the tool looks like a Shopsmith. Some of this may be coming from there.
  20. BadBob
    They don't look anything like a mop. They often put inappropriate words in titles to get things to appear in searches. You can see this all over Amazon and eBay. Chinese sellers are the worst.
  21. BadBob
    This is what Harbor Freight calls an abrasive ball. I have been considering trying one.
  22. BadBob
    This is a Mac Mop in my shop.
  23. BadBob
    I think we need to clarify. This is a sanding mop in my shop.
  24. BadBob
    I also have my mop in my drill press and running at the slowest speed. I also use a coarser Mac Mop to knock off sharp corners, etc. I was skeptical of the mops, especially when I saw the price for a good one. I would not be without one now that I have used one for a few years. I have found that a good fence helps a lot when something catches. Most of the time, the part will fly off the back of the table, and a fence will catch it. A large table is also beneficial. I added a net to my dust collection to prevent these flying pieces from winding up in my vacuum.
  25. BadBob
    They don't beat them up. If you are aggressive and put too much pressure on them, you might have a problem. You must be careful about how you hold that piece, or it can catch and get thrown across the room. I sand fretwork with mine no problem.
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