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11-15-20, 12:47 PM
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11-15-20, 12:48 PM
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11-15-20, 12:58 PM
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I used to really love vintage planes, and I still have a half-dozen or more nice Millers Falls, but good, new planes are so much easier to deal with out of the box. Yeah, you can fettle those ol' planes so that they'll perform splendidly, but it takes a lot of time to find a good candidate (at a reasonable price) and a lot of elbow grease and sandpaper. At this point, I'd rather save some pennies and buy a Veritas or Lie-Nielsen. Same with chisels.
. I’m almost embarrassed to say this, and they do chip if you look at them the wrong way, but I’ve found that Harbor Freight’s $5.99 set of chisels does an ok job if one’s ok with giving them a couple of swipes on the plates every 2-3 cuts. But again, I use them even less than I use the hand planes, so I’m ok with constant re-sharpening.
Bah, the day job hasn’t been leaving any meaningful time to do any guitar building, light wood working any way.
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11-15-20, 01:12 PM
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11-15-20, 01:47 PM
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Today is CTL = 100 day. 
Go ahead and laugh, ye golden youth.
Go ahead and laugh, ye golden youth.
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11-15-20, 01:53 PM
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I have a couple of nice old Stanley #6, 7 and one not very well setup #8. I use them exclusively for book matched joinery, so anything smaller is not much of regular use, since I already have an 8” standalone planer/jointer and a 13” ridgid planer. Of course that doesn’t stop me from lusting after Lie-Nielsens. .
I’m almost embarrassed to say this, and they do chip if you look at them the wrong way, but I’ve found that Harbor Freight’s $5.99 set of chisels does an ok job if one’s ok with giving them a couple of swipes on the plates every 2-3 cuts. But again, I use them even less than I use the hand planes, so I’m ok with constant re-sharpening.
Bah, the day job hasn’t been leaving any meaningful time to do any guitar building, light wood working any way.
.I’m almost embarrassed to say this, and they do chip if you look at them the wrong way, but I’ve found that Harbor Freight’s $5.99 set of chisels does an ok job if one’s ok with giving them a couple of swipes on the plates every 2-3 cuts. But again, I use them even less than I use the hand planes, so I’m ok with constant re-sharpening.
Bah, the day job hasn’t been leaving any meaningful time to do any guitar building, light wood working any way.
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11-15-20, 01:55 PM
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Got out for a short ride to keep me from getting too stir-crazy, Brutally windy at times and just warm enough to be damp-cold.
One nice thing about the studs - you rarely have to call out your approach/pass.
One nice thing about the studs - you rarely have to call out your approach/pass.
11-15-20, 01:58 PM
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Indeed. Love longer rides. My few friends that I ride with like 50-70 so I have been riding to/from start for bonus miles. If weather would stay warm I might even consider a double-metric but likely will wait for next year.
11-15-20, 02:04 PM
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I love the long rides, too, but prolly won't sniff even a metric 'til March or April.
11-15-20, 02:12 PM
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11-15-20, 02:23 PM
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11-15-20, 02:26 PM
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I noticed that I had one segment with a top-3 PR today. Wondering how I could have possibly done that, I clicked on the segment... which is when I noticed that the Local Legend has ridden the segment 176 times in the last 90 days. One hundred, seventy freakin' six times. And that's after taking 5 of the last 7 weeks off! Woof.
I looked at his ride history and he seems to be a COVID cyclist, with no rides this year prior to late April. Out of his 74 rides this year, all but 5 are laps around the same little lake that's 2.75 miles around. I ride to stay sane, but that would drive me crazy.
I looked at his ride history and he seems to be a COVID cyclist, with no rides this year prior to late April. Out of his 74 rides this year, all but 5 are laps around the same little lake that's 2.75 miles around. I ride to stay sane, but that would drive me crazy.
11-15-20, 02:28 PM
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11-15-20, 02:41 PM
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I try to do enough > 3 hr stuff to keep the fat catabolism and gluconeogenesis systems induced and because it’s fun, but my feeling is, especially at my age, long distances at a survivable pace are just training me to ride slow.
11-15-20, 02:44 PM
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What is the risk of damaging the bottom bracket on a plastic crabon bike when replacing bottom brackets?
There’s a used frame I might be interested in, but it comes with a sram dub BB. I’ll have to remove that and put a shimano compatible bottom bracket, and I’m weary of doing something that may damage the frame.
There’s a used frame I might be interested in, but it comes with a sram dub BB. I’ll have to remove that and put a shimano compatible bottom bracket, and I’m weary of doing something that may damage the frame.
11-15-20, 02:45 PM
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11-15-20, 02:47 PM
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Here's some work bench pr0n for motivation -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQtJsBZF50E
One of these days I'll finish my little split-top.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQtJsBZF50E
One of these days I'll finish my little split-top.
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11-15-20, 02:53 PM
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What is the risk of damaging the bottom bracket on a plastic crabon bike when replacing bottom brackets?
There’s a used frame I might be interested in, but it comes with a sram dub BB. I’ll have to remove that and put a shimano compatible bottom bracket, and I’m weary of doing something that may damage the frame.
There’s a used frame I might be interested in, but it comes with a sram dub BB. I’ll have to remove that and put a shimano compatible bottom bracket, and I’m weary of doing something that may damage the frame.
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11-15-20, 02:56 PM
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11-15-20, 02:58 PM
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Paul Seller's is a big fan of the chisels that pop up at Aldi once or twice per year for under 10 bucks. I picked up a set and they're workable. The fit and finish sucks, but they'll take a nice edge and hold it pretty well. That said, I bought a nice Veritas 1/2" chisel (my most used size) in PM-V11 - for something that will see the bulk of the work, it was worth it. That reminds me that I have a $100 gift card for Lee Valley from last Christmas... I might put it towards a LA block plane or something...
11-15-20, 03:07 PM
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I picked up a nice* wheel set on today's ride, from the 70s, likely. Five speed freewheel. It will go onto the 70s bike I'm giving away next week.
*It's the right age and thus great quality for the price(US$20). There will of course be a good bit of clean-up and an overhaul each. Saves me a trip to the city tomorrow.
*It's the right age and thus great quality for the price(US$20). There will of course be a good bit of clean-up and an overhaul each. Saves me a trip to the city tomorrow.
11-15-20, 03:09 PM
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11-15-20, 03:56 PM
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I noticed that I had one segment with a top-3 PR today. Wondering how I could have possibly done that, I clicked on the segment... which is when I noticed that the Local Legend has ridden the segment 176 times in the last 90 days. One hundred, seventy freakin' six times. And that's after taking 5 of the last 7 weeks off! Woof.
I looked at his ride history and he seems to be a COVID cyclist, with no rides this year prior to late April. Out of his 74 rides this year, all but 5 are laps around the same little lake that's 2.75 miles around. I ride to stay sane, but that would drive me crazy.
I looked at his ride history and he seems to be a COVID cyclist, with no rides this year prior to late April. Out of his 74 rides this year, all but 5 are laps around the same little lake that's 2.75 miles around. I ride to stay sane, but that would drive me crazy.
11-15-20, 04:16 PM
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