Delta 36-510C table saw has a terrible fence. The fence clamps to an inclined front area, resulting in an inefficient clamp, which moves when you use it.
I have had my Delta 36-510C table saw for quite a long time. The saw is inexpensive and I had very little money and needed a saw. Little did I know at the time that the table fence that came with the saw was terrible. I’d set up the fence, lock it down as tight as possible, and half way through a cut the fence would jiggle free and mess up my cut. I would end up with cut wood with dimensions slightly off at the end. After 15 years of suffering I decided to research and build a DIY table fence that works, is accurate and stays put despite the vibration of the saw.
Western Digital WD1200 IDE 3.5 inch 120G disk drive, for a desktop, circa 2002, Made in Malaysia. The outer aluminum shell and cover. Besides the 6 perimeter screws remember the two screws hidden under the label. Photo 2 by Don Tai.
This IDE Western Digital WD1200 hard disk drive, we have had, for a very long time. I do not even think it was mine, passed down by a well intended soul with a “Could you get it to work?”. Well, no. It dates back to 2002 and at 120G, made in Malaysia, was large at the time. Alas there was a clicking noise from the disk and it stopped working. All data was lost. I thought that Little Weed and I would do a father and son device autopsy, just for fun.
Tempo baritone ukelele, unknown origin or date, Toronto, Canada. Photo 1 by Don Tai
This Tempo baritone ukelele came to me very broken, with the back ripped off the sides, both top and bottom, and discarded. I had to do a somewhat significant glue-up in order to stabilize the neck and get the action back to normalcy.
Chinese chair, Toronto, Canada. Photo 1 by Don Tai
Chinese furniture is pretty rare here. You can find them at specialty Chinese furniture shops within Chinese-only malls. This one came to me discarded and in need of repair. I thought it rare and interesting, so wanted to repair and document it.
The chair has no manufacturer marking on it anywhere. It is not of high quality. Seams are showing. There are painting errors, where the painter put too much paint on and left ghastly drips, right on the front of the back rest. A higher quality chair manufacturer would have sanded down the drip and repainted. Not here.
Legere Classic synthetic reed, 2.5, exchanged from a much harder 3.5, and sounds a lot better. photo by Don Tai.
You do not really know if a company guarantee is worth the pixels on their web page until you or someone else tries it out for themselves. Little Weed has been playing B flat clarinet in junior high and senior high school for a couple of years now. When we originally bought reeds we went the safe route and bought wood reeds, namely the Rico brand. This time we decided to try the Legere Classic synthetic reed, bought at a local music store, ten times more expensive than the traditional wood reed. Initially the reed was too hard, but after a free exchange for a much softer number, the synthetic reed was an immediate success.
Well known, is that smartphone use, specifically texting while driving and walking is dangerous to both the person and to all others either on the road or sidewalk. There is no question that smartphone use has an addictive nature and seems to be able to tap into something primal in the human spirit.
Recent news articles have come out to try to explain what is happening and why the addiction happens. Here is one on Texting and Addiction.
1. Sending a Text creates a “TR”, a novel brainwave in the prefrontal cortex on both sides of the brain, but only acting when sending a text, not receiving one, or talking on the phone.
Chamberlain LiftMaster 1355C garage door opener, idler bolt sheared off. Photo3 by Don Tai, Toronto, Canada
Impressed, I am not, when my garage door opener stopped working. I have a Chamberlain LiftMaster garage door opener, model 1355C 1/2 hp in chain drive. The failure of the idler bolt was catastrophic.
There is a metal gear on the motor, which moves a metal chain in an oval, opening and closing the garage door. At the door side, opposite to the door opener, the chain makes a 180 degree turn back to the opener on a plastic wheel, called the idler. The wheel is fine, but the metal bolt that keeps the idler attached to the metal rail sheared off at the threads.
My Birch tree has turned its leaves yellow already. We have had a couple of nights of near zero degree temperatures, signaling to the birch that it is time to go dormant. The cycle of life continues.
秋天桦树的叶子变成黄。
Birch Tree in Autumn, leaves turned yellow. Toronto, Canada
Viking Auto Dryer by the T. Eaton Company, 1995, front control panel. Photo by Don Tai
Dead it was, our dryer, a Viking Auto Dryer, from the T. Eaton Company, circa 1995, model number EDX22RW1181, front load, Toronto, Canada, hopelessly turning and turning, all without heat. Of course our clothes were not dry after an hour. Wife was not impressed and put the dryer at the top of my “to do” list. A solution was required before the next weekend load. Nothing stops for laundry or cooking.
Raining, it is today and 14C, but my new-to-me Toro CCR 2000 snowblower, last winter (2015), started once, sputtered and quit. I changed the plug but it did not restart, so I had to resort to my trusty Canadian Tire snowblower, which I do maintain. The Toro needs a carb clean, which I will do today.
