{"id":2477,"date":"2009-01-05T18:23:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T23:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2009-01-05T18:23:10","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T23:23:10","slug":"never-do-things-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2477","title":{"rendered":"Never Do Things Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

You Will Pay in the End<\/em><\/p>\n

I become more amazing every day.<\/p>\n

I had three bolts broken off inside the wall of the tube on my table saw. How the previous owner managed to break them is a mystery. I had to get them out. I drove to Home Depot and bought an extractor.<\/p>\n

I drilled a hole in the end of a bolt, planning to use the extractor. As soon as the bit went through (the bolt remnant was very short), the bolt popped through the bolt hole and disappeared. I guess it caught on the bit, and the bit turned it. Same thing happened on the second bold. On the third, I decided to be safe and use the extractor. I opened a hole, stuck the extractor in, started turning…and it snapped, leaving a piece of hard steel embedded in the bolt. Nice.<\/p>\n

This is what I get for doing something right.<\/p>\n

The great thing is, this gave me an opportunity to use my diamond rotary bits. I can’t remember how I ended up with them. Ebay, I guess. They’re for rotary tools like Dremels. I experimented with several, and finally, I found one I liked. I opened a nice big cavity in the bolt, hopefully with no extractor bits left in it, and I went to work with the drill again. Pretty soon the bolt disappeared, just like the others.<\/p>\n

This is the beauty of having too many tools. You can almost always find something that will do what you want.<\/p>\n

I got the saw set up (rails but no extension), and I tried a saw-calibrating method I had heard of. I crosscut a piece of wood with an X drawn on it, and then I mated up the sides, turned one piece over, and mated them again. The wood was about three inches across. I think there may be a tiny error of a small fraction of a millimeter, but it’s so small, I’m not sure. I put the pieces of wood together and checked them every way I could, using a square and straightedge. I noticed that the miter gauge from my Ridgid portable gave a better result than the nicer of the two gauges that came with the Powermatic 66. I guess it’s possible that the error came from the miter gauge.<\/p>\n

The Corian blade made a very nice cut, but it seemed slow.<\/p>\n

I was able to park the saw next to the wall with the rails on it, but I discovered that I was no longer able to open the car door. So things had to be reorganized. But now that the saw is on wheels, I don’t really care. Wheels seem to be the secret to successful small workshops.<\/p>\n

Things are looking up. It’s pretty clear that I can put enough stuff out there to be able to tackle most problems and projects. I may even steal my cousin’s plans and build a cyclone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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