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I'll give this a try. Thank you Glenn

I cut some soft pine boards today and my bandsaw blade is now packed full of soft pine debris. What is the best way to clean this off?

I have an oil filled electric space heater. I have been leaving it on 24/7 in the winter. It does a very good job. If I need more heat, I have a small bench top ceramic heater I can turn on for a quick heat up, but I don't usually have to run it more than about 15 minutes once I enter the shop...

Here is a photo of my progress to date. It's starting to come together. Maybe in a few more months it will start to make some sound.

This was very confusing to me as well when I started it. Now that it is completed the concept is actually just a way of directing "stored air" to a designated pipe.

The insurance companies applied to the state for permission to raise premium rates due to the high cost of claims in California, but the state told them no... that they could not raise rates.... that's why 8 out of 11 insurance companies left the state. You can't expect companies to lose money...

It's been a few weeks since my last update. I've been working on a part called the "Bass windchest". It works as a separate air storage area that will send air just to the base pipes when needed. I've never built a windchest before and the whole concept was unknown to me. Basically, there are 5...

I just read through this whole thread. Darren looks like it has really been a great project. Your in the home stretch now. Well done!

This is beautiful Gail. Well done.

I had all day to work in the shop today. First thing I did was glued a part on my organ project. Really needed to wait for that glue to dry so I took a break....headed back to shop an hour later and needed to drill some holes and battery on drill went dead and had to wait for that to charge...

Here is a quick video of the bellows.

I'm always on the lookout for wood to throw on the lathe. Fellow forum member Steve Ramsey recently contacted me and asked if I would like to have some fresh cut Cherry that he had just cut down on his property. Ummm....YES! Steve lives just a few miles outside of town from me so I drove out to...

Hopefully I took a step forward today. All three bellows and the reservoir got their leather covering.

Ok....you got me. I actually thought it might be real because I've seen things made with it....not musical instruments but things like lathe turned items like bowls, rolling pins etc. that actually look nice. So, call me gullible on this one though.

How does it sound Vaughn? I would think it would have sort of a dead sound but then if it did you probably would want it so therefore, I'm guessing the sound is pretty good?

Wow, nice repair. Your many years of experience at work.

Got back out into the shop this morning. I'm preparing to get my bellows and reservoir re-covered after my horrible attempt at it several weeks ago. I attached the hinge material both inside and out and this morning I cut new leather and glued on the cardboard "stiffeners" onto the leather. The...

Seems like I used either grommets or rubber o-rings. I've got to look around the shop tomorrow to see what I have on hand that I can make work.

Work on this organ project stalled for a few weeks but I'm feeling much better now and trying to get back at it again. I decided that I was very unhappy with the way the bellows cloth turned out, so I took it all off and have new leather to cover the bellows and reservoir with. I hope to start...

I'm back home recovering from my surgery. All went well and I'm hoping to be up and around and able to get back out in the shop probably by next week. This organ isn't going to build itself, so I need to get back to it. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.