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James E. Welch

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  1. James E. Welch
    Does everyone's saw have a spot in the speed adjustment where vibration is worse? I've gotten almost all the vibration out by bracing and supporting and while it's minimal, there's still a spot right around 3/4 speed that vibrates more than any other speed. Once past this spot it's still again. Through many adjustments I've gotten this spot to as small of a spot as I can and all and all I'm very happy with it. I'm just wondering if everyone has this spot in their speed adjustment. It's almost like it's the perfect harmonics in this one unsweet spot.
  2. James E. Welch
    Mine is cypress. Here in south louisiana the stuff is everywhere. Thankfully it's a pretty wood just polyurethaned. Sent you a message on Facebook by the way. In case you don't see that message though, thanks for shouting out my dust collection fitting. I appreciate it.
  3. James E. Welch
    Sounds good to me. I've got finish drying on mine and I'm working on a fretwork piece right now. I might try another spoon after. I do like that they fit nicely on scrap wood and the shaping is fun.
  4. James E. Welch
    You took it up a notch. Nice work. I feel a little one upped. Lol
  5. James E. Welch
    Nice work. This is inspiring me to try some intarsia.
  6. James E. Welch
    That looks great !! Impressive
  7. James E. Welch
    I like it. Nice job.
  8. James E. Welch
    Nice work !
  9. James E. Welch
    Nice work !
  10. James E. Welch
    I'm glad passing on the idea helped someone. I'm with everyone else, plug everything into a power strip that's connected to your foot switch. The clock is going to be pulling very little amperage. You should be fine.
  11. James E. Welch
    This is going to sound crazy but I hooked mine to a spliter on my foot switch. It never even occurred to me that I could have used a power strip. Oh well, it works both ways.
  12. James E. Welch
    I can't take credit for the idea, I saw it on YouTube some time ago. I think it was Jim's fix-it shop or something like that. Anyway, I finally set mine up. I know some will find it silly or not at all useful but I think it's neat. It's an analog clock that is attached to my foot switch. When the saw is running the clock is running. I can simply set it to 12 and count how long I've worked on a project. I can take a break, eat a sandwich, take a nap and when I get back and start again the timer goes again. I suppose you could use this to price your work, but for me it's more curiosity. I just want to see how long certain projects take. I found the clock on ebay for $10 so to me it was worth it. I will say that there weren't many analog clocks on ebay when I got this one though so it could be hard to source. It has to be analog because digital would reset every time you killed power to it.
  13. James E. Welch
    Exactly the same way I felt when I'd fixed my chair. Like why didn't I do this sooner.
  14. James E. Welch
    I do watch them thats what inspired me to try it. I got the plan by just googling love spoon pattern.
  15. James E. Welch
    It's not finished but this is my first attempt at a love spoon. I scrolled out all the shape of it and used a combination of knife and rotary tool for the shaping. I need to do some more sanding and shaping to get it right.
  16. James E. Welch
    Take the time to set up your workspace for comfort. I've been scrolling away with my butt going to sleep after several minutes of sawing. Today, I finally had enough and took my barstool apart and replaced the foam in the seat. The stool is probably 20 years old and the foam was basically disintegrated. A trip to Walmart and $20 in foam and it's so much better. Not sure why I put that off for so long.
  17. James E. Welch
    Nice solution
  18. James E. Welch
    I'm in Louisiana, I definitely understand the pollen issue. Between that and this heat it has been terrible lately.
  19. James E. Welch
    I'm not sure about coasters specifically but I use polyurethane on most projects and it seems to do well.
  20. James E. Welch
    I don't know about southern hemisphere but here in Louisiana we are cooking currently. It's brutal.
  21. James E. Welch
    Are you getting the smoke from those Canadian wildfires? I the pictures I've seen make it seem pretty bad.
  22. James E. Welch
    I added these lights (I added 2 but one would probably be sufficient) to my setup recently. I use them for extra light to see my cut lines by sometimes but mainly what they are useful for is fretwork. When threading the blade up through the bottom I can maneuver one of these bad boys around and I can see under the work. I found that it's usually dark under my work piece since it blocks all the light. They have on off switches at the head of the light to so you can move them out of the way and switch them off in one motion. I know everyone has their own solutions and this may not be the best one but I thought I'd share in case it helps anyone. Reading LED Light for Bedside Bedroom Wall Mount Adjustable Gooseneck https://a.co/d/eWzEmzE https://a.co/d/80eTh4A
  23. James E. Welch
    I understand. Thanks for the tip. What do you think of the part? Still working as expected?
  24. James E. Welch
    Send me a message with your address and I'll send one your way.
  25. James E. Welch
    Does anyone know if the dewalt saws have tables that a magnet would stick to? A.k.a steel. Or do they have aluminum beds? Wondering if a magnetic fitting would work on those to.
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