Re: Machinery Max: 2019-FELDER-FORMAT-KAPPA-400 - Toronto Canada
I hr remaining - CAD$ 14K
Imran
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On Dec 30, 2020, at 11:54 AM, James Zhu <james.zhu2@...> wrote: ? 45k CAD$ is 35K US$ based on the current exchange rate. I doubt Kappa 400 with the 12 foot sliding table would cost that much.
When I bought my KF700sp in 2016, I recall Kappa 400 was 30K+ CAD$ plus tax at that time.
James On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 11:46 AM Rob H < rhorton@...> wrote: That is a nice saw. in the ad it list the price new @?FELDER Model KAPPA 400 SLIDING SAW
ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE....APPROX $ 45,000 CDN
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Re: Mantle Build Question
I did 3 mantels out of large white oak timbers for our new house.? On one I used a block as described by others and it sagged a bit.? I ended up redoing
that and for all three I did French cleats out of hardwood.? Once in place a thin trim screw keeps them there. I cut a recess in the back 1” deep and 3” wide for the cleat.
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Subject: Re: [FOG] Mantle Build Question
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If the board is truly 7.5" thick/tall I'd suggest looking into special brackets like??.?
Otherwise, a clever method if the situation makes sense is to cut? the back of the board a good 1-1.5" from the back edge, and use it to mount directly to the wall with recessed anchors. Then use dominoes in an array to push the rest of the board against the
mounting slice, and the piece will be impossible for the next guy to figure out how you did it once the adhesive sets and the dominoes swell. If you dry fit the dominoes beforehand like you are supposed to, you can tweak the joint line to make invisible, which
shouldn't be too tough on ash given grain orientation. Fun project!
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Re: Mantle Build Question
If the board is truly 7.5" thick/tall I'd suggest looking into special brackets like??.?
Otherwise, a clever method if the situation makes sense is to cut? the back of the board a good 1-1.5" from the back edge, and use it to mount directly to the wall with recessed anchors. Then use dominoes in an array to push the rest of the board against the mounting slice, and the piece will be impossible for the next guy to figure out how you did it once the adhesive sets and the dominoes swell. If you dry fit the dominoes beforehand like you are supposed to, you can tweak the joint line to make invisible, which shouldn't be too tough on ash given grain orientation. Fun project!
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Re: Jointer giving a rough finish
Jeff,
For some reason the pic did not come thru last night for me. Cliff’s response made me look again and it is there. Anyhow, you got plenty of responses but looking at the pic, are you sure the 2nd piece is cherry. Some woods cut fuzzy and your bad board reminds me of sycamore.
Imran
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On Jan 6, 2021, at 9:49 AM, Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq. <rohrabacher@...> wrote:
?That's a rather dramatic level of rough finish.
I almost never consider the direction of grain and I've never seen
anything like that.
Best I can offer in no particular order
Run some other wood across it and see what you get. Maybe the one
board is screwy
reevaluate your set up blades their orientation their height
Rip that glue joint apart and flip that board or toss it in the firewood bin
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Re: Jointer giving a rough finish
That's a rather dramatic? level of rough finish.
I almost never consider the direction of grain and I've never seen
anything like that.
Best I can offer? in no particular order
?Run some other wood across it and see what you get.? Maybe the one
board is? screwy
reevaluate your set up? blades? their orientation their height
Rip that glue joint apart and flip that board or toss it in the firewood bin
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Re: Jointer giving a rough finish
It used to be that the two sided blades had an insignia on one side on right or left. They are ground with all markings on right or left so you want bro install all right or left to be in same cutting circle. You were definitely going against the grain so you need to watch that.? Proper Edging ?And facing takes a degree of skill, if your new to it practice practice practice. Bow up facing , bow down edging. Light pressure does it you want to change the shape not smooth ?and end up with the same crocked shape. ?Keep you eye on the out feed table that’s your guide to success . mac,,, Designing and building for 50 years
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On Jan 6, 2021, at 6:01 AM, Mark Kessler <mkessler10@...> wrote:
? Blades installed backwards? On Jan 6, 2021, at 12:33 AM, Jeff <jeff.lund.ca@...> wrote:
?I didn't feel and chatter. I was wondering about the feeding against the grain. I did a glue up of two boards and I didn't think about matching grain direction when I did them. Looking at them I may have glued one with the grain going one way and one the other so I may not have a "right direction" to joint that one. I have some other boards that need to be planed so I'll try that later this week and see what happens.?
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David B,?
I love your response! ? So much more elegant than my father and my expression, "why make something simple when you can make it complex?" The underlaying rationale are quite similar. ?We can all find someone else to make it cheap and of poor quality, but that is one of the reasons I love making as a hobbyist. ?If I’m not learning and improving and pushing my skill set on each project then it is simply less rewarding in the near term and crippling to long term skill development. ?
Thanks for sharing your response.
Anthony?
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On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:36 PM, David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote:
Perfect.?
As well, we’ll get you into the “Cambridge Split Infinitives Club” before much longer!!? ? Hahaha. ?Yes, I went through a re-branding phase. ?Current calling card - now that I’ve been inducted into the Oxford Comma Society, even this needs updating ? LOL.
On Jan 5, 2021, at 7:42 PM, David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote:
Nicely said David.
I prefer your later descriptive alias: “bon vivant et raconteur”. Isn’t that on your current business card?
I love it.? Cheers, ? I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. ?Here is my calling card from high school to prove it. ?So if you want to call me David Worst to distinguish me from the other David B, I am already trained to respond accordingly. ?We had a similar problem here with so many named Joe at one point.
<David Calling Card High School.jpeg>
Dave Davies, thanks for passing along your son’s comment. ?Just last week I experienced a bunch of flack on one of the machinist forums for not taking quick and dirty approach to things just to “get it done in the most expedient manner.” ?I felt compelled to respond - admittedly in a defensive tone, but I think it’s worth repeating here since many of us in this group share a similar dedication to doing things to high standards. ?Here was my reply to the hacks:
"We each have our own orientation in pursuing a craft such as this. For
me, this is a journey of continuous learning, problem-solving, and
perfecting skills. Taking the KISS approach often does little to enhance
those aspects.?
I am often equally baffled why someone pursuing a hobby or craft would
consistently take the cheap and expedient path. In so doing, they miss
an opportunity to experiment, grow, learn, and be rewarded with the
immense gratification of tackling and succeeding at something previously
beyond their grasp. In my avocational pursuits, faced with something
easy and something challenging, I will consistently pick the latter. To
do otherwise is a shortcut with hollow reward and bypasses the chance to
do something exceptional.
Perhaps, as the acronym KISS suggests, that renders me “stupid” in the
minds of others. So be it. I do as much as I can to live up to my
surname and rarely succeed. This path is not always easy or expedient,
but despite the hardships, frustrations, and occasional disparaging
remarks, I’m better for it. Paraphrasing one individual with greater
determination than my own, “We do it not because it is easy, but because
it is hard.” This, I believe, is the source of enhanced achievement.
As I said in an earlier post, to each their own.”
As we're gearing up to get our mill and lathe my son is becoming exposed to David Best and after going through his flickr albums he tells me he knows why he's not David "Good Enough". Dave Davies On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:43 PM David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote: Which David B. ?? There can only be one David B. on FOG I think, and that is surely David Best.? David Blehar, do you have a nickname?
I’m David L., but I’m glad I go by Lucky here. Too many David’s!!?
Warm regards, Lucky (David Luckensmeyer) ? David B,
Thanks for sharing the roller height calibration #s.
Imran ?perhaps the feed rollers need an adjustment beyond just the spring tension? Most of you guys in this forum seem have this info already, but the specs I got from Felder when I tuned up my AD741 were as follows:
The infeed roller should be 0.020" below the bottom most rotation of the carbide insert.
The outfeed roller should be 0.028" below.
+/- 0.004
Maybe if the infeed and/or outfeed rollers are set too high they're not engaging the material properly to pull it through?
David
-- Dave & Marie Davies
318-219-7868
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Re: Mantle Build Question
I wouldn’t bother going that deep for the mounting block - just enough to catch it with 2 screws from the top.
A 1” block standing proud of the wall mounted firmly would be plenty - the mantle is relying on the sheer strength/friction to the wall for the majority of its load in those dimensions.
Brian
Heisenberg Woodworking
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On Jan 6, 2021, at 12:16 AM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:
?After reading, I realized it would be better to screw the mantle to the blocking from top vs bottom.
Imran
On Jan 6, 2021, at 1:00 AM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:
?So a friend wants a live edge mantle from an Ash log. He already has the log cut on the band mill. It is 11” deep (sticking out from wall) and 7.5” tall (vertical). The mantle will be 5’ long.
I can run the 11” wide top on the jointer and then make the back 90 deg to it. Finally run it thru planer to get the bottom parallel to the top.
I need to return each end of the mantle so will need to cut 45s. I plan to do each 45 deg cut in two passes (due to 7”+ thickness) with material on one side of the xcut fence and then flipped and placed on the other side of the xcut fence. I have not done this so far.
Finally i can plough a recess on the back side on all 3 pieces for mounting purpose and process a piece of wood that fits perfectly in the recess. With this piece mounted on the wall the mantle can be pushed on it and screwed from bottom. I can easily plough about 3” deep. Is that deep enough for a 11” deep mantle?
I know there are many mounting options out there but would like to find out if what i described would work?
Imran
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Re: Jointer giving a rough finish
Blades installed backwards?
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On Jan 6, 2021, at 12:33 AM, Jeff <jeff.lund.ca@...> wrote:
?I didn't feel and chatter. I was wondering about the feeding against the grain. I did a glue up of two boards and I didn't think about matching grain direction when I did them. Looking at them I may have glued one with the grain going one way and one the other so I may not have a "right direction" to joint that one. I have some other boards that need to be planed so I'll try that later this week and see what happens.?
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Re: Mantle Build Question
After reading, I realized it would be better to screw the mantle to the blocking from top vs bottom.
Imran
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On Jan 6, 2021, at 1:00 AM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:
?So a friend wants a live edge mantle from an Ash log. He already has the log cut on the band mill. It is 11” deep (sticking out from wall) and 7.5” tall (vertical). The mantle will be 5’ long.
I can run the 11” wide top on the jointer and then make the back 90 deg to it. Finally run it thru planer to get the bottom parallel to the top.
I need to return each end of the mantle so will need to cut 45s. I plan to do each 45 deg cut in two passes (due to 7”+ thickness) with material on one side of the xcut fence and then flipped and placed on the other side of the xcut fence. I have not done this so far.
Finally i can plough a recess on the back side on all 3 pieces for mounting purpose and process a piece of wood that fits perfectly in the recess. With this piece mounted on the wall the mantle can be pushed on it and screwed from bottom. I can easily plough about 3” deep. Is that deep enough for a 11” deep mantle?
I know there are many mounting options out there but would like to find out if what i described would work?
Imran
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So a friend wants a live edge mantle from an Ash log. He already has the log cut on the band mill. It is 11” deep (sticking out from wall) and 7.5” tall (vertical). The mantle will be 5’ long.
I can run the 11” wide top on the jointer and then make the back 90 deg to it. Finally run it thru planer to get the bottom parallel to the top.
I need to return each end of the mantle so will need to cut 45s. I plan to do each 45 deg cut in two passes (due to 7”+ thickness) with material on one side of the xcut fence and then flipped and placed on the other side of the xcut fence. I have not done this so far.
Finally i can plough a recess on the back side on all 3 pieces for mounting purpose and process a piece of wood that fits perfectly in the recess. With this piece mounted on the wall the mantle can be pushed on it and screwed from bottom. I can easily plough about 3” deep. Is that deep enough for a 11” deep mantle?
I know there are many mounting options out there but would like to find out if what i described would work?
Imran
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Re: Jointer giving a rough finish
I didn't feel and chatter. I was wondering about the feeding against the grain. I did a glue up of two boards and I didn't think about matching grain direction when I did them. Looking at them I may have glued one with the grain going one way and one the other so I may not have a "right direction" to joint that one. I have some other boards that need to be planed so I'll try that later this week and see what happens.?
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Re: Jointer giving a rough finish
Was there chatter during feed? If it was hard to feed that would be a sign of dull blades. You can also check the chips. Nice curly chips indicate sharp blade.
You can also try planer and if that works fine then it is not blades.
You may already know this but look at the grain direction on the long edge of the board. Always feed wood with grain direction as shown below otherwise you are likely to get chip out. Same applies to planing.
Imran
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On Jan 6, 2021, at 12:05 AM, Jeff <jeff.lund.ca@...> wrote: ?Now that I've replaced the belt on my jointer and can use it again I tried a light pass (1/64th) on some cherry this evening and ended up with a very rough finish. Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong?? Is it me, the wood, or do I need new blades?
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Jointer giving a rough finish
Now that I've replaced the belt on my jointer and can use it again I tried a light pass (1/64th) on some cherry this evening and ended up with a very rough finish. Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong?? Is it me, the wood, or do I need new blades?
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Perfect.?
As well, we’ll get you into the “Cambridge Split Infinitives Club” before much longer!!?
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On 6 Jan 2021, at 2:00 pm, david@... via groups.io <david@...> wrote:
? Hahaha. ?Yes, I went through a re-branding phase. ?Current calling card - now that I’ve been inducted into the Oxford Comma Society, even this needs updating ? LOL.
David Best
https://www.instagram.com/davidpbest/
On Jan 5, 2021, at 7:42 PM, David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote:
Nicely said David.
I prefer your later descriptive alias: “bon vivant et raconteur”. Isn’t that on your current business card?
I love it.? Cheers, ? I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. ?Here is my calling card from high school to prove it. ?So if you want to call me David Worst to distinguish me from the other David B, I am already trained to respond accordingly. ?We had a similar problem here with so many named Joe at one point.
<David Calling Card High School.jpeg>
Dave Davies, thanks for passing along your son’s comment. ?Just last week I experienced a bunch of flack on one of the machinist forums for not taking quick and dirty approach to things just to “get it done in the most expedient manner.” ?I felt compelled to respond - admittedly in a defensive tone, but I think it’s worth repeating here since many of us in this group share a similar dedication to doing things to high standards. ?Here was my reply to the hacks:
"We each have our own orientation in pursuing a craft such as this. For
me, this is a journey of continuous learning, problem-solving, and
perfecting skills. Taking the KISS approach often does little to enhance
those aspects.?
I am often equally baffled why someone pursuing a hobby or craft would
consistently take the cheap and expedient path. In so doing, they miss
an opportunity to experiment, grow, learn, and be rewarded with the
immense gratification of tackling and succeeding at something previously
beyond their grasp. In my avocational pursuits, faced with something
easy and something challenging, I will consistently pick the latter. To
do otherwise is a shortcut with hollow reward and bypasses the chance to
do something exceptional.
Perhaps, as the acronym KISS suggests, that renders me “stupid” in the
minds of others. So be it. I do as much as I can to live up to my
surname and rarely succeed. This path is not always easy or expedient,
but despite the hardships, frustrations, and occasional disparaging
remarks, I’m better for it. Paraphrasing one individual with greater
determination than my own, “We do it not because it is easy, but because
it is hard.” This, I believe, is the source of enhanced achievement.
As I said in an earlier post, to each their own.”
As we're gearing up to get our mill and lathe my son is becoming exposed to David Best and after going through his flickr albums he tells me he knows why he's not David "Good Enough". Dave Davies On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:43 PM David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote: Which David B. ?? There can only be one David B. on FOG I think, and that is surely David Best.? David Blehar, do you have a nickname?
I’m David L., but I’m glad I go by Lucky here. Too many David’s!!?
Warm regards, Lucky (David Luckensmeyer) ? David B,
Thanks for sharing the roller height calibration #s.
Imran ?perhaps the feed rollers need an adjustment beyond just the spring tension? Most of you guys in this forum seem have this info already, but the specs I got from Felder when I tuned up my AD741 were as follows:
The infeed roller should be 0.020" below the bottom most rotation of the carbide insert.
The outfeed roller should be 0.028" below.
+/- 0.004
Maybe if the infeed and/or outfeed rollers are set too high they're not engaging the material properly to pull it through?
David
-- Dave & Marie Davies
318-219-7868
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I had a wall raising for my workshop. With the help of my friends mostly engineer coworkers, we raised 4 walls and braced them. Anyhow, since that day i am known as Mr. 1/64th
Imran
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On Jan 5, 2021, at 10:28 PM, david@... via groups.io <david@...> wrote: ? I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. ?Here is my calling card from high school to prove it. ?So if you want to call me David Worst to distinguish me from the other David B, I am already trained to respond accordingly. ?We had a similar problem here with so many named Joe at one point.
<David Calling Card High School.jpeg>
Dave Davies, thanks for passing along your son’s comment. ?Just last week I experienced a bunch of flack on one of the machinist forums for not taking quick and dirty approach to things just to “get it done in the most expedient manner.” ?I felt compelled to respond - admittedly in a defensive tone, but I think it’s worth repeating here since many of us in this group share a similar dedication to doing things to high standards. ?Here was my reply to the hacks:
"We each have our own orientation in pursuing a craft such as this. For
me, this is a journey of continuous learning, problem-solving, and
perfecting skills. Taking the KISS approach often does little to enhance
those aspects.?
I am often equally baffled why someone pursuing a hobby or craft would
consistently take the cheap and expedient path. In so doing, they miss
an opportunity to experiment, grow, learn, and be rewarded with the
immense gratification of tackling and succeeding at something previously
beyond their grasp. In my avocational pursuits, faced with something
easy and something challenging, I will consistently pick the latter. To
do otherwise is a shortcut with hollow reward and bypasses the chance to
do something exceptional.
Perhaps, as the acronym KISS suggests, that renders me “stupid” in the
minds of others. So be it. I do as much as I can to live up to my
surname and rarely succeed. This path is not always easy or expedient,
but despite the hardships, frustrations, and occasional disparaging
remarks, I’m better for it. Paraphrasing one individual with greater
determination than my own, “We do it not because it is easy, but because
it is hard.” This, I believe, is the source of enhanced achievement.
As I said in an earlier post, to each their own.”
David Best
https://www.instagram.com/davidpbest/
As we're gearing up to get our mill and lathe my son is becoming exposed to David Best and after going through his flickr albums he tells me he knows why he's not David "Good Enough". Dave Davies On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:43 PM David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote: Which David B. ?? There can only be one David B. on FOG I think, and that is surely David Best.? David Blehar, do you have a nickname?
I’m David L., but I’m glad I go by Lucky here. Too many David’s!!?
Warm regards, Lucky (David Luckensmeyer) ? David B,
Thanks for sharing the roller height calibration #s.
Imran ?perhaps the feed rollers need an adjustment beyond just the spring tension? Most of you guys in this forum seem have this info already, but the specs I got from Felder when I tuned up my AD741 were as follows:
The infeed roller should be 0.020" below the bottom most rotation of the carbide insert.
The outfeed roller should be 0.028" below.
+/- 0.004
Maybe if the infeed and/or outfeed rollers are set too high they're not engaging the material properly to pull it through?
David
-- Dave & Marie Davies
318-219-7868
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Re: KF700sp and AD741 used pricing
I've been hunting for used, local felder machines (and other woodworking machines) for 2-3 years. From the used sales I see, the tooling is worth as much or more than machines. If you don't need some, or most, of the tooling, sell it and recoup your initial investment.
If I had a pile of cash laying around for machines--and absolutely wanted a felder slider/shaper and jointer/planer, I'd offer something reasonably close to his ask and earn my money back selling those highly-desirable bits and pieces.
Offer him $12K for the machines and $6K for everything else. See if he bites or counters :-)
Let's be honest--people are selling 30 year old "refurbished" Shopsmiths for $1-2K on craiglist. Well, they're trying to.?
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Hahaha. ?Yes, I went through a re-branding phase. ?Current calling card - now that I’ve been inducted into the Oxford Comma Society, even this needs updating ? LOL.
David Best
https://www.instagram.com/davidpbest/
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On Jan 5, 2021, at 7:42 PM, David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote:
Nicely said David.
I prefer your later descriptive alias: “bon vivant et raconteur”. Isn’t that on your current business card?
I love it.? Cheers, ? I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. ?Here is my calling card from high school to prove it. ?So if you want to call me David Worst to distinguish me from the other David B, I am already trained to respond accordingly. ?We had a similar problem here with so many named Joe at one point.
<David Calling Card High School.jpeg>
Dave Davies, thanks for passing along your son’s comment. ?Just last week I experienced a bunch of flack on one of the machinist forums for not taking quick and dirty approach to things just to “get it done in the most expedient manner.” ?I felt compelled to respond - admittedly in a defensive tone, but I think it’s worth repeating here since many of us in this group share a similar dedication to doing things to high standards. ?Here was my reply to the hacks:
"We each have our own orientation in pursuing a craft such as this. For
me, this is a journey of continuous learning, problem-solving, and
perfecting skills. Taking the KISS approach often does little to enhance
those aspects.?
I am often equally baffled why someone pursuing a hobby or craft would
consistently take the cheap and expedient path. In so doing, they miss
an opportunity to experiment, grow, learn, and be rewarded with the
immense gratification of tackling and succeeding at something previously
beyond their grasp. In my avocational pursuits, faced with something
easy and something challenging, I will consistently pick the latter. To
do otherwise is a shortcut with hollow reward and bypasses the chance to
do something exceptional.
Perhaps, as the acronym KISS suggests, that renders me “stupid” in the
minds of others. So be it. I do as much as I can to live up to my
surname and rarely succeed. This path is not always easy or expedient,
but despite the hardships, frustrations, and occasional disparaging
remarks, I’m better for it. Paraphrasing one individual with greater
determination than my own, “We do it not because it is easy, but because
it is hard.” This, I believe, is the source of enhanced achievement.
As I said in an earlier post, to each their own.”
As we're gearing up to get our mill and lathe my son is becoming exposed to David Best and after going through his flickr albums he tells me he knows why he's not David "Good Enough". Dave Davies On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:43 PM David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote: Which David B. ?? There can only be one David B. on FOG I think, and that is surely David Best.? David Blehar, do you have a nickname?
I’m David L., but I’m glad I go by Lucky here. Too many David’s!!?
Warm regards, Lucky (David Luckensmeyer) ? David B,
Thanks for sharing the roller height calibration #s.
Imran ?perhaps the feed rollers need an adjustment beyond just the spring tension? Most of you guys in this forum seem have this info already, but the specs I got from Felder when I tuned up my AD741 were as follows:
The infeed roller should be 0.020" below the bottom most rotation of the carbide insert.
The outfeed roller should be 0.028" below.
+/- 0.004
Maybe if the infeed and/or outfeed rollers are set too high they're not engaging the material properly to pull it through?
David
-- Dave & Marie Davies
318-219-7868
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Nicely said David.
I prefer your later descriptive alias: “bon vivant et raconteur”. Isn’t that on your current business card?
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On 6 Jan 2021, at 1:28 pm, david@... via groups.io <david@...> wrote:
? I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. ?Here is my calling card from high school to prove it. ?So if you want to call me David Worst to distinguish me from the other David B, I am already trained to respond accordingly. ?We had a similar problem here with so many named Joe at one point.
<David Calling Card High School.jpeg>
Dave Davies, thanks for passing along your son’s comment. ?Just last week I experienced a bunch of flack on one of the machinist forums for not taking quick and dirty approach to things just to “get it done in the most expedient manner.” ?I felt compelled to respond - admittedly in a defensive tone, but I think it’s worth repeating here since many of us in this group share a similar dedication to doing things to high standards. ?Here was my reply to the hacks:
"We each have our own orientation in pursuing a craft such as this. For
me, this is a journey of continuous learning, problem-solving, and
perfecting skills. Taking the KISS approach often does little to enhance
those aspects.?
I am often equally baffled why someone pursuing a hobby or craft would
consistently take the cheap and expedient path. In so doing, they miss
an opportunity to experiment, grow, learn, and be rewarded with the
immense gratification of tackling and succeeding at something previously
beyond their grasp. In my avocational pursuits, faced with something
easy and something challenging, I will consistently pick the latter. To
do otherwise is a shortcut with hollow reward and bypasses the chance to
do something exceptional.
Perhaps, as the acronym KISS suggests, that renders me “stupid” in the
minds of others. So be it. I do as much as I can to live up to my
surname and rarely succeed. This path is not always easy or expedient,
but despite the hardships, frustrations, and occasional disparaging
remarks, I’m better for it. Paraphrasing one individual with greater
determination than my own, “We do it not because it is easy, but because
it is hard.” This, I believe, is the source of enhanced achievement.
As I said in an earlier post, to each their own.”
David Best
https://www.instagram.com/davidpbest/
As we're gearing up to get our mill and lathe my son is becoming exposed to David Best and after going through his flickr albums he tells me he knows why he's not David "Good Enough". Dave Davies On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:43 PM David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote: Which David B. ?? There can only be one David B. on FOG I think, and that is surely David Best.? David Blehar, do you have a nickname?
I’m David L., but I’m glad I go by Lucky here. Too many David’s!!?
Warm regards, Lucky (David Luckensmeyer) ? David B,
Thanks for sharing the roller height calibration #s.
Imran ?perhaps the feed rollers need an adjustment beyond just the spring tension? Most of you guys in this forum seem have this info already, but the specs I got from Felder when I tuned up my AD741 were as follows:
The infeed roller should be 0.020" below the bottom most rotation of the carbide insert.
The outfeed roller should be 0.028" below.
+/- 0.004
Maybe if the infeed and/or outfeed rollers are set too high they're not engaging the material properly to pull it through?
David
-- Dave & Marie Davies
318-219-7868
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I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. ?Here is my calling card from high school to prove it. ?So if you want to call me David Worst to distinguish me from the other David B, I am already trained to respond accordingly. ?We had a similar problem here with so many named Joe at one point.
Dave Davies, thanks for passing along your son’s comment. ?Just last week I experienced a bunch of flack on one of the machinist forums for not taking quick and dirty approach to things just to “get it done in the most expedient manner.” ?I felt compelled to respond - admittedly in a defensive tone, but I think it’s worth repeating here since many of us in this group share a similar dedication to doing things to high standards. ?Here was my reply to the hacks:
"We each have our own orientation in pursuing a craft such as this. For
me, this is a journey of continuous learning, problem-solving, and
perfecting skills. Taking the KISS approach often does little to enhance
those aspects.?
I am often equally baffled why someone pursuing a hobby or craft would
consistently take the cheap and expedient path. In so doing, they miss
an opportunity to experiment, grow, learn, and be rewarded with the
immense gratification of tackling and succeeding at something previously
beyond their grasp. In my avocational pursuits, faced with something
easy and something challenging, I will consistently pick the latter. To
do otherwise is a shortcut with hollow reward and bypasses the chance to
do something exceptional.
Perhaps, as the acronym KISS suggests, that renders me “stupid” in the
minds of others. So be it. I do as much as I can to live up to my
surname and rarely succeed. This path is not always easy or expedient,
but despite the hardships, frustrations, and occasional disparaging
remarks, I’m better for it. Paraphrasing one individual with greater
determination than my own, “We do it not because it is easy, but because
it is hard.” This, I believe, is the source of enhanced achievement.
As I said in an earlier post, to each their own.”
David Best
https://www.instagram.com/davidpbest/
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As we're gearing up to get our mill and lathe my son is becoming exposed to David Best and after going through his flickr albums he tells me he knows why he's not David "Good Enough". Dave Davies On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:43 PM David Luckensmeyer < dhluckens@...> wrote: Which David B. ?? There can only be one David B. on FOG I think, and that is surely David Best.? David Blehar, do you have a nickname?
I’m David L., but I’m glad I go by Lucky here. Too many David’s!!?
Warm regards, Lucky (David Luckensmeyer) ? David B,
Thanks for sharing the roller height calibration #s.
Imran ?perhaps the feed rollers need an adjustment beyond just the spring tension? Most of you guys in this forum seem have this info already, but the specs I got from Felder when I tuned up my AD741 were as follows:
The infeed roller should be 0.020" below the bottom most rotation of the carbide insert.
The outfeed roller should be 0.028" below.
+/- 0.004
Maybe if the infeed and/or outfeed rollers are set too high they're not engaging the material properly to pull it through?
David
-- Dave & Marie Davies
318-219-7868
|
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