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So a couple of weeks back I was working on something small on the band saw. The piece slipped and the blade caght, resulting in the shattering of the table insert. After much cursing I decided to do what any of us would do: waste tons of time making something I could order for 5 bucks! So here are my new inserts. One is installed, the other is upside down to illistrate the extra thickness I added to make sue I don’t get any more surprises. I used my drill press and a chissel to make these (still looking for a lathe). I’m not telling what the wood is, but will tell if you guess right. Enjoy!
-- I only WISH I could do this for a living. Problem is I don't want to sell anything I make!
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Delta356
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#1 posted 10-05-2010 04:10 AM
Thats a great fix, I would do the same. It gives the wood a use.
Thanks,Michael Frey
FREY WOODWORKING INC.
RonPeters
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#2 posted 10-05-2010 04:28 AM
Looks like cedar.
I’ve been thinking of doing this because the insert that came with my saw is plastic. It sits low too so when I push material it gets snagged. Really, $5? Hmmmmm….
-- “Once more unto the breach, dear friends...” Henry V - Act III, Scene I
NBeener
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#3 posted 10-05-2010 04:43 AM
Yeah. Ya’ GOTTA’ do it :-)
-- -- Neil
twokidsnosleep
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#4 posted 10-05-2010 06:36 AM
“waste tons of time making something I could order for 5 bucks!”
Oh, hey I have this disease!!
-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"
mafe
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#5 posted 10-05-2010 08:53 AM
I have the same disease also! And a mind and budget that think it’s wonderful to think that way.
Cool job.
Best thoughts,
Mads
-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.
Skylark53
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#6 posted 10-05-2010 11:18 AM
Good idea, I’m on it!
-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16
firehouse
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#7 posted 10-05-2010 12:09 PM
looks good to me i need to do the same thing to by band saw, thanks for the heads up. FIREHOUSE
-- duke 66 ocala fl.
anon
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#8 posted 10-05-2010 01:09 PM
wasting time is worth it when you get something so useful out of the process and enjoy the journey :)
good fix!
BTKS
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#9 posted 10-05-2010 04:22 PM
Good job and a neccessary task. If cedar isn’t right, I’m going to venture out and say hickory.
BTKS
-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)
Woodwrecker
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#10 posted 10-05-2010 05:40 PM
I like yours 100 times better then store bought!
RoundestRock
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#11 posted 10-05-2010 07:22 PM
Thank for all the great feedback! Turns out I like my new insert better than the one it came with anyway! It just fits better.
It’s NOT cedar or hickory. First clue: it’s harder than either!
NBeener, great minds! =]
-- I only WISH I could do this for a living. Problem is I don't want to sell anything I make!
juanabee
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#12 posted 10-05-2010 07:38 PM
Must be mesquite?
-- "Life's nonsense pierces us with strange relation." Wallace Stevens
RoundestRock
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#13 posted 10-05-2010 10:50 PM
No on mesquite (I WISH I could get mesquite!). Next clue: both inserts are the same material.
-- I only WISH I could do this for a living. Problem is I don't want to sell anything I make!
Boydman
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#14 posted 10-05-2010 11:02 PM
Great job—harder than hickory, it must be ipe?
-- Bob, Abilene Texas
RoundestRock
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#15 posted 10-05-2010 11:49 PM
No on the ipe. Ipe is likely harder than what this is, though I’ve never had the chance to try ipe so can’t say for sure. In fact I only know of ipe by reputation. I don’t even know what it looks like! Now I have to go get a sample. See what you did! =]
Next clue: both inserts are un-stained and un-finished.
-- I only WISH I could do this for a living. Problem is I don't want to sell anything I make!
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