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On 11/27/2020 at 11:29 AM, kurtvd19 said:

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25% sounds great.  Now just have to choose the correct beginner setup/brush

Dave, it works great on the Byrnes table saw and the disk sander.  I have not yet needed to try it out with the thickness sander.  I will give it a go this weekend.  I tend to do the thickness sanding in the garage were it is less of an issue but if it works out I may leave it in my shop so I don’t have to carry everything up there. Previously I had used a cheepo no name wet/dry shop vac and that one is significantly less powerful than the festool (and significantly louder).  A buddy of mine has one of the cyclone over a large vac and it seems to work well but is pretty inconvenient to move around different machines.

edit: I am pretty sensitized to cedar so I will run some western red through it this weekend to see.  It will be pretty easy for me to tell if it is doing it’s job

On 11/23/2020 at 6:27 AM, mnl said:

I was thinking of this one at $350

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/festool-ct15e-hepa-dust-extractor.aspx

 

To put it in perspective, a HEPA Meile vacuum cleaner, also nice a quiet, is $699.

 

This is the one that I have. I really like it. It is great for our hobby sized tools (Byrnes).  I especially like the auto on off feature. The only weirdness is the end of the hose connection to the tools where you have to use an adapter. Other than that I really like this unit.

Looks great!

16 hours ago, davec said:

I'm a little disappointed.  Was hoping there might be another Echo cross section in the works.

It is definitely in the works but I am only "allowed" to get one power tool for the shop a year I wanted to go with some better dust control this time.  The thought of cutting all the frames by hand seemed a bit much.  Next one up will be a scroll saw of some type.

I know the new festool I just got is significantly quieter than the old dewalt it replaced

Depending on your particular situation I would recommend something for dust control. Depends on your shop but proper dust control is really important. I personally just got a nice shopvac with a HEPA filter on it which will help quite a bit and for Christmas I think I’m gonna end up with a actual air filtration system.

Nice ladder looks like it fits perfectly 

Those margin planks look really nice.

23 hours ago, VTHokiEE said:

Your log is simultaneously making me want to build the Cheerful and scaring me off from building the Cheerful all at the same time 😂

I have been contemplating this quite a bit recently

That looks really good Ryland.  Even though I know the lines are temporarily installed they do look very nice. I like the way they don’t sag or have weird bends in them.

It’s really coming together. Are you using the liver of sulfur stuff or some other product?
 

On 11/10/2020 at 11:20 AM, davec said:

did you decide what you are starting now that the Queen Anne Barge is complete?

think I am going to try the Cheerful next

looking very nice.  it really bring the stern together

Great progress!  

It looks great.  When I was building the Pygmy kayak I usually made the thickened epoxy about the consistency of peanut butter.  The problem is the bigger the globs the more you have to sand/carve the extra off.  With a clinker hull that would be harder to do.  I ended up using one of these things and it worked out pretty well.

nice point to go onto something else for a bit,  looking forward to your square tuck

Very nice work.  Are those 'foot rope supports' (not sure of correct term) just regular line?  Are you stiffening them with anything to keep them straight up and down?

The steps look really nice and the contrast between the woods looks great

The guns look very nice.  It is always nice to take a break and do something else for a spell

9 hours ago, allanyed said:

Vikings seem to be a more and more popular subject.   Maybe due to the Last Kingdom series???

I willhave to check that one out.  I very much enjoyed the Vikings show from the history channel

Very nice I am also always hesitant to cut into pristine work but yours came out really nicely 

Really shows what an outstanding piece of equipment it really is

Looking good it is nice to some progress especially with your little helpers there

Welcome! there are many nice kits available for someone to begin learning with.  We have many example in the build log section to see what you may be getting into with a particular kit

Welcome!

Welcome looking forward to seeing more of your work