I haven't posted any new gloats in a while and cpowell made the comment it was about that time of year, and he was right. I got the bug with Woodcraft closing and a couple of sales I found on Amazon, so off I went.
Here is a baby power feeder I bought from dancam here on the site. I don't think he ever used or mounted it. I put it on my shaper, and although it works, it was kind of a pain to get adjusted right and didn't have enough power at 1/8th HP. I have since taken it off the shaper and plan to put it on my router table.
Here is a pic of my new power feeder installed and ready. It is a 1/4 HP 3 wheel as I couldn't stomach the current prices for a 4 wheel 1 HP. Aligning it is a breeze and it has plenty of power for what I have tried so far with it. If anyone is thinking of getting a power feeder, do it, just don't get a baby feeder/versa feeder. It is amazing how easy the new one is to adjust and how smooth it works.
Next I found Amazon had all of their paint and finishing equipment at 20 percent off. I had gotten hooked on spraying HVLP with a conversion gun, but I wanted to step up so I got the Fuji Q4. It is a 4 stage turbine and is supposed to be able to spray almost anything. I went ahead and got some of the accessories with it mini-cup set, whip hose, and additional needles since it was all 20 percent off. It is quiet, and I hope to spray thinned paint with it as well, but I expect I will wait to do that until I get an extra gun. Jmauldin's recommendation on not using the same gun to spray finishes with that you spray paint with has stuck hard with me. Should have bought the extra gun while it was on sale.
LOML complained enough about how many packages were coming one more wouldn't have been a big deal.
Then I went to Woodcraft. Got a tail vise for building a new bench that I want to get started with.
Then I went bonkers on chisels and such. Got a nice set of bench chisels, skew chisels, a couple of mortising chisels, a small Starrett square, and a 24 inch Starrett ruler. Strangely enough, LOML had no issues with what I spent at the Woodcraft closing sale (I went twice on Saturday), but she had a fit over what I paid for the 24" ruler. Glad I didn' t buy the 48" precision straight edge I was considering at the time.
Bought a set of pilots and vix bits from Woodcraft as well. After using them, I wished I had bought them years ago. They are the make it snappy brand and work extremely well.
I did buy a bunch of router bits as well. Got a crown molding bit, and a multi bit after going by FredP's shop and his telling me how much he likes it along with a few others. That is about it. Hope to go to buy some wood in the next few days and make some saw dust.
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Congrats on the new toys. I'm building my birthday wish list as I type.
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