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Unfortunately, Ted
is just getting ready to move his shop, so there are no instruments in
progress as we go through his collection of tools and setups.
Ted's shop is a big place,
jammed with all manner of power tool:
He says it's often much cheaper
and easier to buy and modify a tool for a special purpose, rather than
to design and build the tool from scratch.
Here's a simple example.
It's an old table saw with a dado blade:
He uses this tool only for cutting
the notch at the intersection of the top braces.
Ted shows off a simple modification
of a big industrial tool:
He bought this huge old pin
router, but found that it vibrated too much at high speed. So he simply
replaced the machine's head with a modern router. Now he has a heavy duty
router mounted in a totally vibration-free environment. With this unit,
he can duplicate parts with incredible accuracy.
Check out the old bandsaw
behind him.
The whole shop is a feast
of tool modifications, setups and cool ideas.
On cold days, he fires up
this old wood stove:
It heats the big room reasonably,
but look up above there:
At the upper left, there's a
box fan mounted near the ceiling above the heater. The fan blows hot air
into that long serpentine cloth tube draped the length of the shop.
Dry, heated air is delivered
right to the air intake of his spray booth:
Simple, and so efficient.
Ted does his own welding,
and made up this four station buffer:
Top and back construction
begins with his pantograph carver:
It's a tool Ted designed and
built after trying out and being dissatisfied with a commercial unit.
He has tensioned cables which
keep the linear bearings aligned:
The idea for the cables came
from those old drafting machines, with its self-aligning squares and rules.
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