Test Equipment Anonymous (TEA) group therapy thread

[Specmaster]

Any UK members in the SE looking for a 60MHz scope, this just appeared on Shpock

https://www.shpock.com/en-gb/i/XkVOw0Y2fxDiXwpX/tektronix-60mhz-oscilloscope?utm_campaign=User+Alerts&utm_medium=mail&utm_content=alert&utm_source=alert

[Zucca]

FUUUU I just bought a Quick 861DW... I am so sick....

[tautech]

I am trying to tell myself I don't 'need' a #7 as I am only doing this for fun and home projects it most likely makes more sense than a planer/thicknesser in my case.

7's are cool but kinda more specialized than a 6. They share the same iron but the additional weight and length of a 7 makes for much easier truing of timber. The biggest job I undertook with one was a 8'x3' rough sawn table top and much of it was knotted so had to be tackled carefully and done like draw filing so to not lift the grain. It came out tops and still has pride of place as our dining table.

4, 5, 7, block and a router plane is a sensible set I reckon 

4's and 5's are dogs IMHO even though that's what we were issued as apprentices and I've much preferred a 3 and a 6 as the jacks of all trades. Another, a 4 1/2 IIRC was a novel thing very much like a 4 but with the iron right to the edge like a rabbit plane and it could do basic duty as such but you didn't have fences, edge scorer and depth gauge like say a 78. Never seen another one like the old chippy I worked with had but a few years back grabbed a 3 when I saw one pop up on our NZ Trademe.

Always room for a 3D printer too 

Nah, not going there !   

[beanflying]

My hands wouldn't fit into a #3 I would have to hold the body The 4 1/2 has a rabid fan boy base because X woodworking youtube head uses one  and some sheep buying uber Expensive new ones of them and has pushed the secondhand pricing up. Even the really rough Router Plane would have got me a Scope delivered in Oz with change  I have only used a #4 since school so the #5 has been a really nice thing for more serious use but for flattening slabs I can see where it lacks. The little Makita trim router covers me fairly well instead of the specials planes for a casual user.

You really really NEED a 3D printer 

[tautech]

My hands wouldn't fit into a #3 I would have to hold the body

If your mitts are really that big then just use ya fingers, yunno because it's gunna be that sharp because of that iron jig I sent ya !
No, really you'll hang onto a 3 just fine. My youngest spotted it and swiped the bloody thing and gave back my 4 that he'd swiped earlier but I know exactly where it is in his/my/our shed down the farm so it's a short hop to get it should I get the urge to fondle use it again.

You really really NEED a 3D printer 

Nope I don't. Nope, hope, nope ! 

[beanflying]

But if you team it with a Laser then you could make this really nice looking Router Circle jig  Stopper/pivot just came off the printer and now it has cooled down time to fire up the Laser and tomorrow put it to use 

[tautech]

But if you team it with a Laser then you could make this really nice looking Router Circle jig  Stopper/pivot just came off the printer and now it has cooled down time to fire up the Laser and tomorrow put it to use 

Router Circle jig 
I have a chainsaw !  In fact....several !

[Sam Spastic]

Several 5s, bunch of 6s, two 7s, an 8 with a broken/repaired cap, two 45s, two 78s, oh and yes a router. Almost had some more 7s when I was just starting to get into woodworking but I thought they were too pricey. They were not ,of course, and gone before I could get back to the sale.

I'm a horrible woodworker, a novice carpenter, my plumbing doesn't leak but the pro's stuff did. Journeyman electrician and of course TEA!

[tautech]

an 8

Never knew they existed. 
Are they a good jump above 7's like a 7 is to a 6 ?

[Sam Spastic]

Oh and I learned something from the Tek PCB video.  Gold as etchent resist, seems really costly. But of course the ferric chloride can't touch it.

[beanflying]

Chainsaw lacks subtlety and I think you have been on 'the farm' to long 

Several 5s, bunch of 6s, two 7s, an 8 with a broken/repaired cap, two 45s, two 78s, oh and yes a router. Almost had some more 7s when I was just starting to get into woodworking but I thought they were too pricey. They were not ,of course, and gone before I could get back to the sale.

I'm a horrible woodworker, a novice carpenter, my plumbing doesn't leak but the pro's stuff did. Journeyman electrician and of course TEA!

A bit like TEA it is nearly cheaper to buy planes from the US than locally. Sell me a #7 and buy more TEA 

[beanflying]

an 8

Never knew they existed. 
Are they a good jump above 7's like a 7 is to a 6 ?

Could be yours for the price of a 34401A eBay auction: #164052401095

[Sam Spastic]

an 8

Never knew they existed. 
Are they a good jump above 7's like a 7 is to a 6 ?

Another couple of inches longer and about half an inch wider.

[tautech]

an 8

Never knew they existed. 
Are they a good jump above 7's like a 7 is to a 6 ?

Another couple of inches longer and about half an inch wider.

Mother, you'd want a full plate of porridge for breakfast just to lift the thing let alone push it !

[tautech]

Chainsaw lacks subtlety and I think you have been on 'the farm' to long 

The one with the 3' bar can subtly place a 7' dia tree just where I want it. 

[BU508A]

I have a chainsaw !  In fact....several !

Then you are in good company:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hand+tool+rescue+chainsaw

 

[tautech]

I have a chainsaw !  In fact....several !

Then you are in good company:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hand+tool+rescue+chainsaw

 

It stemmed from another life when I fixed the things for a living and another bug bit me ! 
Chainsaws Anonymous !
Yes, I have a few but only a couple of the boat anchor type. 

[bd139]

Bench related toy. Got myself some decent seating finally. Beats the dining chair I've been sitting on for the last decade 



Now I need to get rid of the "school photo" wallpaper 

[BU508A]

Bench related toy. Got myself some decent seating finally. Beats the dining chair I've been sitting on for the last decade 



Now I need to get rid of the "school photo" wallpaper 

May I suggest some of these? 

https://www.google.com/search?q=wallpaper+70s&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiohKjo8tDnAhUKQkEAHdMfDmQQsAR6BAgHEAE&biw=1920&bih=923&dpr=1.5

[Specmaster]

Bench related toy. Got myself some decent seating finally. Beats the dining chair I've been sitting on for the last decade 



Now I need to get rid of the "school photo" wallpaper 

Nice chair, mine is similar, very comfy and glad to see that you have the computer in the best place, on the floor under the bench to maximise bench space 

[SilverSolder]

I have a chainsaw !  In fact....several !

Then you are in good company:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hand+tool+rescue+chainsaw

 

It stemmed from another life when I fixed the things for a living and another bug bit me ! 
Chainsaws Anonymous !
Yes, I have a few but only a couple of the boat anchor type. 

I have a small chainsaw...  around 16".   Bought when a tree fell down and blocked the driveway!  -  It has been surprisingly useful on occasion, mostly to clear up storm damage or perform surgery on dead trees etc.

I'm surprised how much you can cut with even a tiny chainsaw like this...  even if you have to take "chunks"...

[BU508A]

I have a chainsaw !  In fact....several !

Then you are in good company:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hand+tool+rescue+chainsaw

 

It stemmed from another life when I fixed the things for a living and another bug bit me ! 
Chainsaws Anonymous !
Yes, I have a few but only a couple of the boat anchor type. 

I have a small chainsaw...  around 16".   Bought when a tree fell down and blocked the driveway!  -  It has been surprisingly useful on occasion, mostly to clear up storm damage or perform surgery on dead trees etc.

I'm surprised how much you can cut with even a tiny chainsaw like this...  even if you have to take "chunks"...

I'm thinking about buying a Bosch EasyCut 12:



https://www.bosch-diy.com/gb/en/p/easycut-12-06033c9000-v40066

[Cerebus]

...
Now how many Stanley 45's do I have, at least a couple and in their original boxes. 
Plus a 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and a few assorted rabbit, block and bullnose planes.

"Rabbet", "rabbet plane" not "rabbit". Rabbit planes are strictly for psychopaths.

[xrunner]

Bench related toy. Got myself some decent seating finally. Beats the dining chair I've been sitting on for the last decade 



Now I need to get rid of the "school photo" wallpaper 

Now you can re-finish the wood floor there. 

[bd139]

Ahh yeah I hate that floor. Hate it. Haven't touched it for around 10 years. Will turd polish the damn thing when we move and leave it at that.

Apparently my copy of the X chapters is out for delivery, a day late but nevertheless hopefully it does turn up today.