Dennis Atwood » Tools

4×6 Stand

Dennis — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:31:31 +0000

My birthday was a few weeks ago and I took the day off work to do some fabricating at the Asylum. The weather finally got warm enough for me to paint my project. Here are a few pictures of it…

The stand for my metal bandsaw

The stand that comes with this saw is [...]

Moving In

Dennis — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:53:39 +0000

This weekend I moved my toolbox into Artisan’s Asylum so I had something to put my lathe on.

Here are some pictures…

Weighing the G0602

Before hoisting the lathe onto the box, I took the opportunity to weigh it. It turns out Grizzly’s manual is spot-on – 330lbs.

330lbs on the nose

Right or wrong, I found [...]

New lathe

Dennis — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:51:49 +0000

I just bought a Grizzly 10×22 lathe (model G0602) from craigslist. Here are a few pictures.

Stabilizers for the lathe

Before I left my apartment, and upon some excellent advice from the 10×22 yahoo group, I cut a couple 2×4’s, drilled and countersunk holes, and put some 0.5″ x 3″ long carriage bolts through. [...]

Harbor Freight 4×6 bandsaw

Dennis — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:05:13 +0000

This is an update from the post I made back in June 2009.

I still love this saw, but it is certainly not industrial-grade. Here are some tips for anyone who owns or is looking to buy a Harbor Freight 4×6 bandsaw…

First, don’t pay more than about $160 for it. I’ve seen this go [...]