Arbortech Turboplane Blade - A new workshop tool!
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2018
- I met Axminster at Makers Central this year and I managed to get a bit of work in on the chair that they were making at the show. Using the wood carving and cutting attachment for the angle grinder, the Arbortech TurboPlane and with what could be achieved with it. Its taken my skillset a bit further forwards and im able to produce work that I wouldnt have been able to do.
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Its a very well engineered attachment, it spins smoothly, theres no wobble that i can feel through the machine. It takes away a lot of material at a time and you can easily create curves.
Youll learn how to move and flow with the angle grinder the more you use it. Ive not had to sharpen it yet and im being pretty careful with it not to damage the exposed blades.
Youre going to approach this with caution, it can grab on occasion and run away, it grabbed on me pretty much straight away although now ive got about 5 or 6 items done with it it doesnt do that so much so im putting it down to user error in not holding the blade to the wood correctly. As well you can see that im pretty lazy and rarely clamp my wood down which is highly advisable to do. The fact that i dont clamp my work down means that it still turned out a good piece and the attachment works extremely well.
It comes with a reducing spacer so you can use it on a smaller sized arbor angle grinder which leads me onto the next bit....
Im using a Makita grinder that I bought as a combo set with the 9 inch one a few years back. Its doing well, It does get warm on the gearbox end after using it for a few hours so I do also recommend getting a decent grinder to use with the blade, i wouldnt put this attachment on a B&Q pp grinder for instance as i reckon the pressures and force would soon destroy a lesser made unit.
Amazon link to makita grinder, not a bad price for the uk at £47 amzn.to/2ukwaw8
Thanks for watching, crack on and make something :) - Jak na to + styl
Kevin Inksters invention! Lived in the same town as him in West Oz (Nannup) when he invented this! Worked on his house. Great guy, great inventor. He and others in the local wood working fraternity (It was a timber milling town), were all having some weed, wine & cheeese, and discussing how hard it was to carve out the inside of free form hardwood Jarrah burl bowls with the nose of a chainsaw bar due to kickback destroying the odd bowl.
Kev came up with the idea of using one half of a Volkswagen alternator pulley, on a 4 inch Makita angle grinder, and he bronze welded chainsaw chain teeth to the rim of the alternator pulley half, & proceeded to carve with it successfully!
Arbor tech was formed & never looked back!
Kev designed & built the hover scooters used on stage in the opening ceremony of the year 2000 skidknee Olympics and many other great inventions like the vibrating brick/ masonry wall chasing tool.
Really nice guy who never forgot his origins in the bush!
The town produced many very talented lads like Kevin, for e.g. Dave Lewis, inventor of the Lewis saw portable sawmill (Ecosaw on Google search these days), and Patrick McMahon, the US Neil Diamond cover singer.
For a town of barely 1000 population, it’s produced some remarkable people who have left their intellectual mark on the wider world, but non moreso than Kevin Inkster, inventor of the Arbor Tech wood carver, & other fine tools! 👍
What a great story, thanks for providing some great background and info. He sounds like a solid chap to have around the place when you need a solution to a problem. Your town sounds like a good hub for creativity and invention, im putting it all down to the timber milling :) or possibly lead pipes carrying the water, its a fine line between inventing and eccentricity ha ha
And yourself Ian? You sound like an interesting chap yourself, what are you up to these days?
thepoultrypeople Who me? What am I up to these days?
I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill us both for “knowing too much!” 😂😂😂
Ask your Emm Eye Six, what I’m up to, they seem to go out of their way to keep an eye on me via “echelon” & other more “overt” methods. 😜
I love how you followed the instructions to "Keep work area safe, clean, and well lit."-- shuffled a couple of tools around, brushed a little sawdust off the table, and muttered "That's okay." I had to pause the video to give you a thumbs up just for that! 😄😄😄
Very nice for a first try! Thanks for sharing how to use the tool
Hey Bongo, I have the same Makita grinder, just used it today to cut some ceramic floor tiles, incredibly hard material. I want to get the Arbortech ball gouge as well as this attachment you just demonstrated. I have a lifetime supply of ash thanks to the borer beetle that is killing every single ash tree in my area. I’ve already taken down about 15 of them and have a lot more than that to eventually remove. ☮️💚🍎
cool little moggy loves the old herbals,nice job..!
Good to see a review by someone who gives an honest opinion. Seems they may actually meet the marketing hype. Great looking bowl.
Wow that was AWESOME! It came out BEAUTIFUL💕 Thanks for sharing~ I am just grtting into power wood carving, I have the chainsaw disk from Harbor Freight I have been using, looks scary but it works great😁 removing a lot of material fast eager to try tool you just demonstrated🤞 thank you so much for sharing💕
Youd recommend the chainsaw disk? I bought one but it was the wrong size for the grinder. Thanks for the kind words. What have you been making yourself?
Nice work and nice cat, greetings (and meow) from Spain
Carefull of the kickback. I recall watching an arbortech video a few years back where the guy now always wears a leather apron after having his guts cut open by kickback.
Ok, thanks, ive been using it and can feel where that could happen, ill have to see if i can get hold of some used chainsaw pants or something.
That would be great, protect your junk so you can keep making videos :)
Hiya from Orlando Florida
@@thepoultrypeople , yes. I'm glad someone mentioned this because I saw it touch your t-shirt. You were unbelievably lucky it didn't grab your shirt in a second and completely gut you. It's that serious. I hope you got a heavy leather apron. Please be careful. I liked the video.
If Butters had seen it before you filled it with rocks, he would have probably claimed it for a cat bed. The 4 1/2 high speed grinder is one of my favorite tools. Over here in the U.S. they make a good selection of abrasive discs for steel, concrete/brick/stone, & wood. So uses for it are only limited by your imagination, & skill. A quick way to make a depth guide is to just measure, & tape off a boring bit from the tip, back to your taped depth stop mark. When you've ground down to the bottom of your drill holes, your there. Nice to see your still at it, & good job on the bowl.
What a fab thing. I must get me one.... Thank you for this, always love your videos. X
Nice to take a piece of firewood and make it into something crafty :) It it fails, it's still useful for firewood. Nice work and thanks for the demo!
Really good Video Bongo! Thank you for sharing . Markus
Top vid/make always a pleasure to watch you make, good to see butters is still crazy
Nice! Makes for really nice and smooth work. After you tasted timber that is, LOL. Makes you wonder what tools might be invented next. Thanks Bongo!
Wow...it sure made quick work of that wood.....excellent tool...cool end result Bongo.....
every time i watch a bongo video i think what the hell is he making now then by the end i am always amazed great work bongo thanks for sharing you are a true artist
That turned out really cool .
Cheers
Tim from Wood 4 Nothing
Great tool it seems! Butters is looking like his old self!
Butters is great, we had quite a fight yesterday though, he wanted to hunt me, im not having that.
thepoultrypeople WHO WON BROTHER.
love my Arbortech planer, mini was works great too! get the sanding attachments, they make such a difference
hey Bongo great to see you using an Australian product, I used the mini carver for years till someone stole it, never sharpened it once it was awesome
Its a great product, gutted to hear of your mini carver though.
A tip i use is i have a wooden dowel sticking up on the back corner of my work bench that i slide the hollow side handle of the grinder onto when i put it down when the wheel still slowing to a halt but out of the way.
Keep the vids coming mate I like your stuff.
That is a nice bit of kit
I find planer blades like this cut a little faster on somewhat slower speeds. If you have a variable speed grinder you might try dialing it back a little because it seems like at slower speeds it has more time to get slightly larger slices of wood which increases the removal rate.
That came out awesome! Iv been past yours today but didn't want to pester you again. (I'm the guy with the big blue van )
lol you might have had cake! feel free mate next time :)
Nice bit of kit!!!
Sweet tool!
Safety gloves?! Ive always been taught to never wear gloves with rotational tools, but I could be wrong.
Quality bongo. Wouldn't mind one of them bad boys myself!
I so want one of them
careful to mind loose clothing at 6.27 the thought went through my mind. Very nice
Made easy work of that slab! Need to start growing my own catnip for Bella !
your beard is the air filter
Can you tell what dust / face mask he is wearing please
Butters is high as a kite on catnip.
The technical terms is 'mashed potatoes' :) Hes been mashed potatoes all summer the little scamp.
nice one Bongo, just placed my order on ebay. I've been looking for something like this for 12 months to hollow out a large log for a coffee table
Superb, its a good item and youre going to enjoy playing and exploring what you can rip out of chunks of timber with it. There is pretty much no such thing as firewood anymore :)
Sweet
Hey Bongo would you consider making an air rifle wall mounted rack or one for bow and arrows or both..?
Thank you for a brilliant chanel.
Do old tools get warm because the bushings need adjusting or replacing?
Seeing that tshirts so close to the blade scares me....
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What brand & model of mask are you wearing in this video?
Sorry for late reply, its the
AXMINSTER APF 10 EVOLUTION® POWERED RESPIRATOR
www.axminstertools.com/axminster-apf-10-evolution-powered-respirator-101809
@@thepoultrypeople Thank you very much!
Cool
Cool man!
I see the rodent destroyer hasn’t kicked the habit!!! Hahaha 👍
GREAT JOB GREAT TOOL WHAT ARE U USING TO SEAL THE WOOD.BUTTERS IS LIKE OUR BLACK RABBIT EATS EVERY DARN THING LOVES WOOD.
Do your neighbors like you lol
Great tool ..bahaha on butters , he's stoned as fuck
I've just received mine in the post, early Christmas present along with the ball gouge. Thanks for the video, I'll be searching for more, more, more. I have to ask what breed is your lovely cat? and what is it eating? My sis breeds Burmese and maybe she should grow some herbs for the cats.
Thanks, hes a Sphynx x Seal point siamese, hes eating catnip, definitely encourage her to get some seeds and grow some, its a real cat treat.
How are you getting on with your cutter?
@@thepoultrypeopleMy sis has a Sphynx x Burmese they have high ears and those round eyes. The cutter is still in it's packaging while I wait for my Worx vice bench due on Monday. I'll do myself an injury if I don't have the wood fixed down. My plan is to make a carousel horse but I'll probably just make sawdust! Thanks for great videos, you are inspiring. I'm new to woodwork, my grand father was a carpenter and general all round clever guy I wish he was here to teach me. He would have loved CZcams!
Id like to see your sisters cats, they sound an interesting mix.
Which worx bench did you go for? The pegasus? A carousel horse? Keep at the woodworking, the more you make the better you get.
thepoultrypeople I didn’t know there was a choice of models. My husband ordered it as a surprise so I’ll find out tomorrow when it arrives. I have no idea how to add a cat photo to this comment ....
thepoultrypeople It has arrived! It just says Worx Jawhorse model WX060.1
My dental hygienist has one
Great tool if you can afford £125.00
Yes, its not cheap, horses for courses, i paid more for a planer thicknesser and its my least used tool.
Alidi did a similar one last year if they come back they are worth a try.
I doubt if many of us can just buy this on whim. If you really want it you'll save up and get one, like most of us will have to do.
.... dont need a dust mask.... lol