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General Category => Ask Steve a question. => Topic started by: Northerner on December 01, 2011, 02:47:25 pm

Title: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: Northerner on December 01, 2011, 02:47:25 pm: i was watching one of your videos and i wanted to ask about a couple items you have
near your saw, one was a little yellow motor with a sanding drum on the right side and
a sanding mop on the left. it looked like a nice little compact unit and i was curious who
makes it or where to get it?

the other item was a calculator looking thing on your light that must be used for a time
clock for how much time you have on a project i would guess? where did you get that and
what exactly is it called?

thanks for any help you can give!

(http://i39.tinypic.com/w6y2s5.jpg)
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: tux_linux on December 01, 2011, 04:05:41 pm: Maybe I can already give some tips:

the "calculator" is a stop watch. Steve recently has started to have an eye on the time he spends making his wood work. Good Idea, got me thinking about the time I spend on the things too. It helps setting a valuable time.

The sanding device - it's yellow, so I assume it's a DeWalt tool. Those sanders come most times with sanding stones:
DeWalt DW 758 @ amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DW758-8-Inch-Bench-Grinder/dp/B0000224J4/ref=sr_1_24?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1322773495&sr=1-24)
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: julief on December 01, 2011, 04:21:34 pm: The sanding devise is a guinivere sanding system.
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: tux_linux on December 01, 2011, 04:24:03 pm: ah - ok, learned some to. Thanks Julie!
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: dgman on December 01, 2011, 07:21:29 pm: Yup, he did a review of it a while back: http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2009/04/guinevere-flexible-finishing-system.html
Scroll down to "Daily post starts here".
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: Northerner on December 02, 2011, 02:59:35 pm: thanks for the link dan.
kinda spendy but might have to start buying the different parts
little by little. anyone have any info on the portable time clock thingy?
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: dgman on December 02, 2011, 04:55:36 pm: I'm sure you can find this type of thing just about anywhere: http://www.amazon.com/Presto-04213-Electronic-Digital-Timer/dp/B001CQG618
Look in the kitchen department at Walmart or Target.
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: tux_linux on December 03, 2011, 04:33:26 am: You don't need a stop watch there.
I'm always listening to the radio in my shop and I have a small clock on a shelve. I use to check the clock from time to time and have a feeling for how long I'm working on an item.

Also do you need to consider the additional time - it's not just the cutting. You prepare and you finish the parts. That time needs to be measured too.
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: lwsjc on December 03, 2011, 11:07:01 am: I got mine at Radio Shack.

Larry
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: Northerner on January 16, 2012, 02:38:22 pm: i put this on the back burner for a while but im still looking for a cheap
count up timer (time clock) like the one steve uses. i was hoping he
would post what he uses or if someone else knows exactly or has one
that works.
i dont want an electronic timer, they just countdown from like 99 minutes.

i want a timer that counts up, can be stopped and started again to continue
adding minutes.
thanks
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: GrayBeard on January 16, 2012, 04:27:23 pm: If you are using a "Foot Switch" you can out an analog clock in the saw circuit so it only runs when you step on the foot switch!

~~~GB~~~
Title: Re: steve, need help with a couple items on your bench.
Post by: J,Hamilton on January 18, 2012, 04:46:54 am: That is a good idea GB. I have an old analog sitting on the shelf that just may end up wired in.