New Tools ...

Family gatherings are for work. So for this gathering Dad finished the Fret Bender while I got pizza for the rest. Yes, it is bigger than a Stew Mac model and made completely out of aluminum.



We spent an hour finishing out the $28.95 grizzly arbor press with a hole and set screw to accommodate the new fret pressing cal.



I found a few minutes to grind and polish my new fret pullers, since I lost my original set a few years ago.



The old man brought a 14" band saw to live in my shop that needed help. The deck brace broke. It is now patched up and awaiting some new blades and a fence. I setup my new planar table for my drill press and tuned up the Wagner Safe-T-Planar. Nice piece it is.



I still need to finish sharpening my scrapers but overall I cheated Stew Mac out of a couple hundred dollars. Not bad.