| Author | Message | ||
     Blake |
Bomber, Where/how do I get one?!  | ||
| Bomber |
Bro Blake www.eastwoodcompany.com EEZIBLEED BRAKE & CLUTCH BLEEDER KIT $ 39.99 Item-no 49070 I admit,I'm tempted by the reverse bleeders that motionpro has, but they're a bit too rich for me right now . . . . . this thing works very nicely, although, you will have to sacrifice a resevoir cap and seal . . . gotta popp a 3/8 hole in them to attach the fitting from the eezibleed (gotta love that name) .. . . . | ||
| Blastin |
Here's a way to fix that pesky speedo problem Sigma Sport BC-800 There are a lot of things at your local bicycle shop that will cross over very nicely to motorcycles. jerry | ||
| Blastin |
Here's another one Under $30 | ||
| Henrik |
Electrical Power Tools: Which brand(s) would you guys recommend for electrical power tools; good quality for the avid home user? I'm looking for a compromise between price and performance (of course  ) leaning toward good performance and durability. Milwaukee DeWalt Metabo Porter Cable Makita Craftsman Pro Series Craftsman std. Etc. Woodworking tools: NBC - No Buell Content  I was sanding down a hardwood tabletop w/ heavy gouges and staining. My POS multi sander was useless, so I used an electrical drill with an 80 grit sanding disc. Result is ok, but the surface did not come out entirely flat - slight "wavy" feeling as I run my fingers across the surface. Now, what would have been the correct tool for good stock removal while retaining a flat surface? What can I do to get the surface flat at this point? Belt sander Random orbit sander Bench plane ??? Thanks Henrik | ||
| Pilk |
Electrical as in impact? Portercable or Black and Decker industrial are the best. Drills Milwaukee or DeWalt, same for cordless. Wood problem, planer. You might be able to fix it with a belt sander if the belt surface is big. Remember to sand with the grain of the wood. Orbital sanders are very good for body work or if you intend on filling and painting the wood, but will raiase the grain of the wood, making for a poor finish. A sanding block and lots of elbow grease will do the job also. Remember WITH the grain. Pilk | ||
| Loki |
Henrik, (the following is but a humble opin) You got money go with porter or milwaukee stuff. Stuff is built to last. If the budget isn't so high go with Dewalt. If you are thinking craftsman for its warranty, think again. They changed the policy concerning power tools. As for the table.... belt sander and start with 120 to knock the now high spots down. switch to about 160 for a couple passes and go with the grain of the wood. finish it off with the random orbit and a fine grade of paper. now the buell content for those real heavy duty jobs. remove rear fender and install studded tire. this will remove most stubborn objects. for finishing switch to a dunlop street tire and fore the final step use a race slick. | ||
| Pilk |
Good advice Loki. Pilk | ||
| Peter |
Henrik, I have two Metabo drills that I used lots when I was plumbing. One is a hammer drill. Both have given absolutely no problems. I also have a 9" Makita angle grinder. Also no problems. Makita is very popular in the building industry in Australia. PPiA | ||
| Henrik |
Thanks for the advice guys. This is really a great place and a great group of people I'll pull out the "Big Book" (MSC Direct) and make out a wish list. Henrik | ||
| Reepicheep |
I just got a DeWalt drill and abused it BADLY building a playset for the kids (lots of 5/8" holes through 12" of wood and 1" countersinks). Seemed to hold up very well given the abuse. My last craftsman drill was blowing molten globs of metal into my hands while I was trying to finish a last hole late at night after the stores were closed... The hole and the drill were both forever finished at the same time. The warranty only counts for hand tools. The DeWalt was the cheapest of the expensive brands at my local home supply store... There was a set of drills in the $20 to $45 range, then another set in the $80 to $150 range. I think mine was around $80. I am happy so far, I really was abusing it with those 1" and 1.5" spade bits. | ||
| Blake |
Henrik, Flat is way over-rated. Put a couple more smoothly integrated low spots into the table top. It adds character and interest to an otherwise same as the rest flat table top. I'm serious. Of course if the table is of ultra formal design, the informal nature of a wavy top may not work. | ||
| Henrik |
Reepicheep: thanks for the feedback. I see a lot of DeWalt tools in semi-industrial use around my neighborhood. Good to know it holds up. Well, Blake, you've seen my (our) place, and know that we don't own a single "formal" piece of anything , and your point is well taken. I guess it's just my personality that's shining through - and if I could use that as an excuse to buy more tools, then ...  The table top is actually a little bit of history for us; the building we're in used to be a fabric factory, and the table top is part of one of the old cutting/inspection tables that I got my hands on. 2 1/2" thick hard, heavy wood with marks from years of use. I'll be using one half for a dining table, the other half is just dying to become a workshop table - if only I had a garage Henrik | ||
| Blake |
Then beat on it with a hammer too. You gotta pay extra for that "distressed" look at the local furniture store.  | ||
| Ocbueller |
Henrik, Check out the Ryobi deals at the local Depot. Some nice features and good prices. SteveH | ||
| Xgecko |
Buying tools is always a good thing. Thankfully my wife is of the same opinion. | ||
| Bomber |
Henrik . . . .. if the table top is very wide, the chances of your acheiving a very flat surface with hand-held tools is small . . . . the chances, of course, get smaller the larger the surface is (I know that woodworkers often get near-machined flatness with planes and other hand-held tools, but I get the feeling you don't have 20 years of excperience in this area, and just want something your you can look at without getting cranky) if there is a serious woodworker in your neck of the woods, they could run the top through a surfacer planer, or, if they are so equipped, use a huge belt sander on it (floor mount tool, that allows the workpiece to be mounted on a traveling table under the belt . . . . .) just a thought (or three) . . . . . me, I'd be tempted to work it over with a hand-held belt sander down to about 300 grit (as the man said, with the grain), and then oil the heck out of it | ||
| Henrik |
Bomber: good guess - my woodworking experience if from my time in the garage with my dad, and although I consider myself a "Jack of all trades", I'm certainly no master of wood planes The "waviness" is not even visible - I have to run my fingers across the table to feel it - still bugs me a bit. So I may try out the belt sander idea. I think a local hardware store rents out power equipment. Thanks for the ideas. Henrik | ||
| Blake |
Watch out for those belt sanders. They can have a mind of their own and can remove wood like a binging beaver with carbide teeth. They make LOTS of dust too. Be sure to cover the Mac. You ever watch "Home Improvement"? ![:]](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/proud.gif) | ||
| Leeaw |
Henrik, I took a few woodworking classes and have some tools to boot. A belt sander will only get you in trouble. It would probably create you more problems than you think. That said, either you need to run it through a huge thickness planer or get someone with the skill to use a hand plane. They have big planes (I forget what number) that are used for make flat surfaces, are nearly 1 1/2' long and are expensive and probably just as tricky. I would leave it alone. | ||
| Bomber |
Henrik . . . .like they said . . .a hand-held belt sander, and the very large floor mounted machine I desribed are different animals, but both can make your slightly wavey table top look like a topo map in no time . . . . . . if it's slightly wave, any improvement MAY very well come at the hands of a pro . . . . .the very large planes Lee mentions are similar, but will take slightly more time to ruin your table . . . . btw, I'm no woodworker, but have acted as dumb-grunt labor for a couple of aces in that area, as well as having butchered some wood myself . . .. I'm a great source on what NOT to do ;-} | ||
| Blake |
Think of this... If you ever spill your wine, you will be able to lap it from the unobtrusive low spot rather than watch it spill to the floor. Hey, just had a stroke of genius... Bring the table to the salt; turn it upside down and have Richard tow you on it behind the S2. There may even be a class record to be had for that.  | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Guy's The way the old timers got those incredibly flat surfaces was by planing and then hitting the high spots with an old fashioned scraper. If you get the burr edge hook set correctly you only remove a few thou per pass and leave a extremely smooth surface that doesn't need sanding. Very tedious and time consuming. Also, not may places around anymore to purchase scrapers and burnishing tool. Brad (Me Gramps was a master cabinet maker, I was an observent child) | ||
| Xgecko |
Those scrappers are very hard to find I used to use them for prepping the bottom of snowboards when they came out of the press. Now the snowboard industry is large enough that special sanders (balloon sanders) have been made to do the job. | ||
| Court |
Few things, ranging from diasaster to famine to crime, could drive me from New York City. Henrik, armed with power tools, prompts me to consider Utah. | ||
| Xgecko |
A true story about women (in this case the one I love) and power tools. At the time I think I had said something like don't use any of my tool that I haven't shown you first. It this case the only tool I had demonstrated was a cordless drill. So I wasn't worried...wrong thing to think I came home from work and my wife of (at that time) 4 months has a black eye and what looks to be a broken nose. "Honey what happened" I ask. Her reply which to this day I remember "well you said not to use any tools that you haven't shown me so I tried to cut these dowels with the drill" "And the black eye and your nose are from???" I asked very carefully "Well the dowel slipped and then went round and round" She answered very seriously as I worked as hard as I could not to break out laughing. I didn't which is why I am still alive today. I had to explain that my worries were only about the power tools and that she could have used any of the hand saws that I had. She answered me quite adamantly that she didn't know how to use a saw but she knew how to use a drill. You can't argue with logic like that. I now teach her to use every tool I buy. | ||
| Bomber |
Xgecko . . .you, sir, are a shining example to us all! | ||
| Xgecko |
BTW that policy has garnered me more tools than I could have expected...and good ones too, Porter Cable, Dewalt, Delta, Bosch. Hell she even buys good tools for herself that I get to use...the Rotozip is a lot more useful that I gave it credit for but I still love my Bosch Jigsaw. | ||
| Bomber |
I cut a deal whereby if I do a job, I get to spend 50% of the savings over jobbing it out on tools . . . .. and it is not written that the tool has to have something to do with the job I did . . . . . . deck sealing = good torque wrenches running gas line for stove = brake bleeder and so on . . . .. . lemme see, I need a welder . . . . perhaps it's time to powerwash the house siding? | ||
| Henrik |
Thanks guys for all the info and attention with regards to my woodworking problem. I have actually spent a bit of time with scrapers, foot'n a half long planes and belt sanders. My dad used to do quite a bit of hobby woodworking, and I guess I was an observant kid as well Long plane; if set to cut *really* shallow could work and would be less likely to gouge the wood. Belt sanders are tempting, quick stock removal, but as mentioned, have a tendency to "dig in" and really mess things up. The scraper is a great tool, but I can probably achieve the same result with a good size sanding block and sand paper. Oh, Blake - no chance I'm doing any of this in the apartment. I did the work in the loading dock, and *everything* around (and on) me was covered in a thick layer of sanding dust. I'll keep you posted on my progress - I'll continue the work this weekend. Henrik |
