I have a dehumidifier that is always on. My garage is pretty water tight but in winter there is always the condensation issue.

I run several small dehumidifiers mostly overnight on the cheap rate but the workshop one is full time. They use about 180W when the compressor is running then drop to about half that on a roughly 50% duty cycle modified by the humidity setting. Once the temperature is up around 16c and they've got the humidity down they spend a lot of time off and test the air for a minute a few times an hour. I recon they collect about a litre a day when its damp and that is recovering the energy of vaporisation so I'm getting more heat than I pay for. Sometimes I will notice the workshop one come on a few minutes after I go in there as it senses me breathing out moisture.

I have been spending a lot of time moving wood around. In the fine weather I would have liked to do a lot of chainsawing and painting up a ladder but didn't like to do anything risky. Shifting a few 4ft logs 200 yds uphill over rough ground constitutes my daily exercise quota. I hardly seem to have achieved anything relative to the time I've had at home though.

That's an interesting set of "pliers" there David. Are they special wire drawing grippers ?

For me, I tidied the workshop and then trashed the whole place by planing down lots of walnut to make a cabinet for my grandaughter.

Actually, despite the 'visitation of the Pestilence' I'm busier than ever…….loads of jobs in the house that I should have done before (according to herself!)….helping to set up zoom sessions for members of Epping Forest Horology Club…..then theres my ongoing current clock build in which I'm reworking a Wilding design for skeleton clock……also, nearly done on a couple of pneumatic engraving tools I have made from 16mm stainless bolts/nuts…….and finally, seriously near to changing the tool post set up on my WM 180…

Like OP Stephen I too used to be a 'bandie' playing in brass bands for over 50 years….I'm still on the edge of the movement and have a couple of close friends still 'serving' who have effectively lost their bands due to the emergency as bfrass bands don't really transcrive to 'zoom' very well, unfortunately.

finishing off Suffolk Punch overhaul its a 1987 98cc mower. Have a number of suffolk engines, to old to work on cars so these are a good substitute

Mick 🇫🇴

That's one clean mower. Reminds me I must tackle the cricket club Balmoral. It cuts well but the carb is a pain and keeps dribbling or cutting out despite fitting a filter. We have been told groundsmen can work as one person on a whole cricket pitch achieves adequate distancing. Trouble is we have already missed several fundraising events and will be lucky to get a match in before September when it starts raining (even harder).

Almost finished a Parting off tool for the Quick change toolpost. Just a height bolt to fit & a good clean up. Pictures shown. Managed to break 2 small 2.5mm milling cutters. 1 on the go the 2nd , setting up the job & snagged it. At that point I told myself off & said time to lock up for the night. When you start messing up it's time. Was 11:45p.m though. I realise the positive rake will need grinding back to a negative rake. I assume the cutter was not meant for a little Myford.

Steve.

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That brings back some memories, Mick.

My Grandfather had one. It would have been around 1974/5, and I would have been seven or eight at the time.

Was the first powered vehicle I was allowed to 'drive'. Hours of fun being more or less dragged along behind it.

One thing I wasn't that keen on was, in order to stop it, one had to press a flap of steel onto the top of the spark plug. Gave me a healthy belt every time. From memory, it took me a worringly long time to discover that the employment of a piece of timber (dry), worked better.

Happy days.

ATB,

Daniel

Managed to break 2 small 2.5mm milling cutters. 1 on the go the 2nd , setting up the job & snagged it.

Excuse me for asking, but why were you using cutters that small? I see nothing that requires small, fragile cutters on that piece.

Not sure about what appears to be some awkward angles. I have a parting tool holder which holds the blade at an angle – it is so much of a PITA that it never gets used. A holder where one can extend, or retract, the blade without needing to re-set the cutter height is so much more preferable, IMO.

Have a look at this design for a saw table for these band saw that folds out of the way when using the bandsaw horizontally.

Les.

There is a 4×6 bandsaw group on groups.io which in the last week got a request from a chap at Rung-fu for suggested improvements. Rather unusual and a lot of people chipped in.