Finally finished!!! DeWalt GWI RAS

[Jerome Hanby]

Thanks for the information. Sounds like even I could set that up. Hmmm, seems like I remember seeing a spindle shaped turning blank in Rosewood at Woodcraft last time I was up there...

I took 2 nuts of the correct size and ground them down and then put a couple of flats on them. I epoxied them into an appropiate sized hole. I used an appropiate sized bolt (head cut off) held in a chuck to hold the wood while I turned it. I doubt you would find inserts for most of the sizes.

[Cary Falk]

Thanks for the information. Sounds like even I could set that up. Hmmm, seems like I remember seeing a spindle shaped turning blank in Rosewood at Woodcraft last time I was up there...

I used a 2"x2"x13" Rosewood blank from Woodcraft and was able to get all of the knobs out of it. It cost me $13 IIRC.

[Jerome Hanby]

I used a 2"x2"x13" Rosewood blank from Woodcraft and was able to get all of the knobs out of it. It cost me $13 IIRC.

Sweet, I've got a key in the mail from WC for some chance at a give away that I think occurs this Saturday. I may see if I can grab a similar piece.

[Cary Falk]

[Ryan Hellmer]

Looks fantastic. I'm about to start a GK (it's a little bigger than the GWI). Did you restore or replace the badges and scales? If replacement, where did you find them?

Thanks

Ryan

[Gordon Eyre]

Very nice job, I'm impressed.

[Cary Falk]

Looks fantastic. I'm about to start a GK (it's a little bigger than the GWI). Did you restore or replace the badges and scales? If replacement, where did you find them?

Thanks

Ryan

The Dewalt badge on the arm and base are orignal. They were in pretty good shape. The bevel gauge cleaned up with some silver cleaner and brasso. My ripscale was pretty beat up. I used a piece of brass and printed out an Excel replica of the scale on Avery bumper sticker paper and stuck it to the brass. I then coated it with some crystal celar paint. The miter scale is printed from Excel and sized in photoshop. I printed it out on bumper sticker paper as well. The Dewalt keep blade sharp sticker is from a file on the OWWM website printed on bumper sticker paper also.