Member postings for Michael Shields

by the way has any body got any ideas about venting out a microlene mc150 drum filter?

hi spent the day venting out my axminste rnv750 and i,ve started useing a trend air pro i'll see what happens.

hi everyone long time since posting but desperate measures call for expert advice. oer the last two months I have been suffering with severe dermatitis which may be down to the amount of time in my workshop woodturning. my eyes were heavily infected and the resulting pain very uncomfortable. I have dust control equipment. an axminster nv 750 ectractor piped into my two lathes removing dust at source and a microlene mc 150 air filter. last week I purchased a trend air pro. any ideas on what else I could do to help my situation

hello dennis

thanks for the reply I,ll certainly give that ago once ive sourced some micromesh any ideas.

mike.

hi guys a bit stuck at the moment sanding African blackwood, doing the grits from 60-120=240-400 all on a sandmaster at about 1200rpm. then 600 clothback and to finish with a micro paper. tried 3 or 4 times but keep getting very faint lines. all comments welcome.

regards mike

hi folks which blade tpi is best for cutting ply without splintering also which table saw blade is best for ply.

mike

hi folks seemed to of lost track on clamping up some oak boards. bearing in mind i.m only making a sink cover. i wanted to make it up out of three oak boards butted together. i first used biscuits and clamped up. i set the boards up to prevent cupping and after squaring up on the planner thicknesser it all looked ok.

the problem was next day after removing the clamps the the board wasn't flat.

any ideas?

mike

hi dennis lovely piece of work how long did it take to do?

mike shields

hi folks ive just spent the last month trying to prepare blanks for my woodturning. i aquired a an old record lathe for nothing and have now spent about £300 getting going. i put the word out amongfriends and family for wood and low and behold forests where offered. anyway after a bit of studying and trial and error i,m puzzeld with the preping of my blanks. i reduced the logs of oak , laburnum, silverbirch, sycamore to sizes i could get on my lathe and turned some to round after a few days i noticed checks and other craks appearing on the end grain and in some cases along the side, i put these to one side to see what was happening and these faults have now gone to centre. ok bought parrafin wax and prepared more blanks and i was amazed at how quick the cracks where appearing, ie overnight. i then got my process down to size from log, turn round, date and wax seal the sides leaving the end grain to vent out the moisture. my concern is how much will i lose of my stock and how can stablieze the moisture loss. some of the stock is fresh cut ie march, and some upto 2years ago. its over to you now i,m all ears.