Lathe tool rack.

[Retired]

Hi,

Many thanks Colin for the ladder link. These are exactly what I'm after and I'll buy a set mid week because we will be home later in the week to receive them. I have seen these on eBay so I knew the price and was going to compare at Rufforth; buying at Rufforth would be slightly more convenient because then I wouldn't have to wait in for delivery but the ladder stall is never there at Rufforth when I need it; I think both the ladder and paint stripper stalls must know when I want to buy these items?

Thanks David; I well remember the stallholder telling you to be very careful with the Paramose paint stripper you bought at Rufforth saying it was vicious stuff. If you recall David on one stall the Paramose was £20 but on another stall it was £25? It would still be a bargain at £25 compared to buying Nitromors which costs around double? Thanks also David for the links; JC Penny are a top online store for traditional wood finishing products; I buy my hide (pearl) glue from them and this hide glue is top class stuff suited to my needs; what isn't commonly known is that hide glue is available in lots of grades each having its own characteristics as to initial tack and open time; Penny's hide glue is the tops and not expensive.

I too dislike using wire wool; I always end up with a sliver sticking in a finger giving me electric shocks and such slivers are difficult to remove. I agree David that abrasive paper doesn't lend itself to being formed inside curves and this will be why the guy is using wire wool. I've not tried it David but would the UPOL abrasive pads you introduced me to at Rufforth and which I now have a good stock of be a good replacement for wire wool? The UPOL pads I have are in two grades these being fine and super fine. These pads are absolutely brilliant for rubbing gloss paintwork down as they do it so quickly without becoming loaded with paint unlike abrasive paper which quickly loads up rendering it useless. Using wire wool on bare open grained timber like oak is just asking for trouble.

Thanks David for your kind comments regarding the rack; yes I have a nice assortment of thread chasers; these were from a school and had never been used in fact I bought them without handles. My woodturning tools were bought as funds allowed and from a number of manufacturers so I knocked all the handles off and enjoyed turning lots of new beech handles; only a small point but I think it makes them look better although it doesn't make them cut any better. I'm picky when it comes to my tooling. I've had a go at cutting threads and think I will succeed with practice?

Well said Big Al; sticking fingers inside anything revolving at speed can result in a nice "Barley twist" to two fingers?

It's incredible isn't it David just how much heat is generated during sanding with the lathe in motion; this heat very quickly makes its presence known whilst using abrasive paper and on a good day can make finger tips glow. I confess David that whilst turning on my small Record DML 24" I seldom change speed because of the reason you mention; it's a pain moving the belt over on the pulley's.

Thanks for adding the picture Joe; please show it gain when finished; I assume you turned this on your engineering lathe and if so very well done.

Pink paint Big Al; it's red. The camera reproduction of the colour leaves a lot to be desired. You couldn't pay me to move to Brighton. Bron and I visited Brighton many years ago and apologies to any member living in Brighton but we considered Brighton to be a dump compared to Eastbourne. Also once we drove into Brighton we couldn't seem to find our way out again? I went through my late life crisis Alan aged 11 when I started secondary modern school.

You are so right David in that I'm hopelessly colour blind but I know this is red because Bron told me so; it's actually a gorgeous colour and we never tire of it; it changes shade as the day progresses and at night when it's dark outside and we are watching a downloaded movie on TV without any lights on it looks wonderful in the light from the TV. I could always say I'm tight and bought a bulk lot of this colour but in this instance Bron and I love it; it gives a lovely warm feeling to our bungalow. Thank you David for your kind comment; yes the new tool rack blends in very well indeed and I've already cut more plywood panels for wall mounting with pictures to follow once they are in place. Now I'm adding racking the workshop is coming together slowly; I want to do some decent work in there so it must be comfortable and functional; the three strip lights and wall lights do a good job and as back up I now have a LED floodlight; all strip lights were switched on hence the colour looks much lighter in the pictures. MP3 is laid on via the Sony Mini Hi-Fi and a nice big central heating radiator takes care of heating. It's even got compressed air laid on courtesy of a brand new SIP compressor together with brad nailer. Eventually I'll also install double glazing.

If the workshop had been twice the size that it is I think I would have spent time designing and making solid oak cabinets and racking to house my many hand and power tools; I get as much enjoyment out of setting up the workshop as working in it. Power tools these days come in specially designed plastic cases which are excellent for keeping the tool and all its attachments together but it can be a pain having to keep opening these cases just to use the tool for a few minutes; if I had the space all my power tools would be arranged in purpose built cabinets giving instant access. I'd also like decent dust extraction but it's not Doctor Who's tardis?

I've rambled on enough so after dinner time to get cracking once again; the workshop won't sort itself out.

Kind regards, Col.