Do it yourself

Quote: Fleastiff

You may recall my comments on that Side Hustle thread about a 24 hour access maker space rental site. Such places are oriented to computer geeks and 3d printers soldering irons, chip boards etc. This seems to be a more "industrialized" maker space. And it would definitely require on site administrators to enforce basic safety class attendance etc.

I'd have to look back at the for the comment.

This place is neat and yes, several people needed. One class lets you build a Bluetooth speaker box. $499 but you learn a lot of tools while doing it. Even has one of those water jet cutting things. I wish I had more ideas as it is sort of like living at Rick's Restorations, but without the crabby owner.

Quote: AZDuffman

I learned that I was not setting the saw blade high enough.

Would you expound on that a little? What type of blade, [up or down] and what did you learn?

Quote: petroglyph

Would you expound on that a little? What type of blade, [up or down] and what did you learn?

Sure. Table saws as you probably know adjust up and down. You want them as low as possible so there is less blade exposed and less danger to hands. etc. But I was setting the top of the blade just above the wood, whereas you want the trough of the blade even with the wood so the sawdust clears better.

Live and learn.

Quote: AZDuffman

Quote: petroglyph

Would you expound on that a little? What type of blade, [up or down] and what did you learn?

Sure. Table saws as you probably know adjust up and down. You want them as low as possible so there is less blade exposed and less danger to hands. etc. But I was setting the top of the blade just above the wood, whereas you want the trough of the blade even with the wood so the sawdust clears better.

Live and learn.

Thanks. I never got the pleasure of having my own table saw. A couple of radial saws [12 inch] was as far as I got. They are slightly more accurate then dynamite for fine cuts. I do so little now, I have guides for my circular saws. Table saws are the way to go.

Quote: petroglyph

Thanks. I never got the pleasure of having my own table saw. A couple of radial saws [12 inch] was as far as I got. They are slightly more accurate then dynamite for fine cuts. I do so little now, I have guides for my circular saws. Table saws are the way to go.

Table saws are great but they are space hogs. One thing, though, little feels manly as doing a proper rip cut. The sound of it, the sight of it, making a board fit with machined precision. Oh, yeah!

Mother of 4 buys a piece of land and builds her entire home from watching YouTube videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GqLfEIuNHs


Now, I'm embarrassed I haven't built a moon rocket or something.

Quote: rxwine

Mother of 4 buys a piece of land and builds her entire home from watching YouTube videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GqLfEIuNHs


Now, I'm embarrassed I haven't built a moon rocket or something.

My goodness what a sexist remark. (if you're a man) To the P.C. woodshed for you!

Quote: rxwine

Mother of 4 buys a piece of land and builds her entire home from watching YouTube videos.

She's kind of cute, I was expecting a hag.


A podcast I listen to the guy says if you want to lean skills this is the best time in history to be alive. This is proof, assuming it is 100% true.

New battery from Japan..... red is negative and black is positive. Want to learn skills? What about skills already learned: red is positive and black is negative.

Quote: rxwine

Mother of 4 buys a piece of land and builds her entire home from watching YouTube videos.

I guarantee she had help. No way, with
no experience, could she build a home
like that to code with no help. Just
getting the foundation plumbed right
would be a nightmare for an inexperienced
person, let alone the electrical. I've built
a building with an experienced person
and getting it to code was still a major
pain.