The Video Where I Talk About My Sanding Block and other Fascinating Topics
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- čas přidán 25. 02. 2023
- Plastic! It's everything, everywhere, all at once!
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Plastic! It's everything, everywhere, all at once!
Except the grocery bags.
Why they don’t offer paper bags anymore is beyond me.
Edit: Tried to buy a box of toothpicks. Nope. Only thing available was a 2 pack of teeny plastic dispensers for $2.49 instead of 50 cent a box
My assumption is they (our local trash service) has issues with the plastic bags jamming things up. Think about it, these things are very thin and can get into cracks and crevices we don't think about. Just a guess mind you, but that's what I think is causing them to be banned. Like you, we're going to have to figure out another way to do things we've used them for and most likely it won't be healthy for the environment..
My assumption is that when you need to make excuses for an action, you'll find plenty of willing participants. Especially ones that are also government employees or who get the bulk of their revenue from the government.
Fact is, recycling plastic isn't a viable business unless it's subsidized by public funds. It only exists because we all are paying extra for it.
@@IBuildItScrapBin Yuuup.
Zealots need to feel like they're "doing something", even if it's worse than doing nothing. Sacraments of the cult.
I actually made your latest version of the sanding block today out of some Tasmanian oak, works rather well, will be making a couple more of them
Shopping bags and drinking straws!
Hi. From México!! I've been following it since 2018 before the pandemic and now at the makermobs, greetings from Mexico
I made your original tapered dovetail sanding block and it works for me. My only regret is that I should have made more than one so I wouldn't have to change the paper, but it only takes a moment.
I agree this generation is the one complaining about all the plastics, yet they are the ones that brought it one. We never had water in bottles, we had water from the tap in a glass or even straight from the garden hose.
End view of the block reminded me of a box of Diamond Matches.
Back when they were strike anywhere.
Before everything was ruined for ‘safety’ and lemon detergent said ‘do not use for cooking’.
Additional thought: Airbags for the brain lacking common sense
Did you ever sit down hard on a box of “strike anywhere” matches ?
@@CrimeVid Nope. I’m quite a bit smarter and more careful than that.
I use plastic bags to bring my lunch to work in. I also use them to hold the cat litter in when scooping poop out of one place and put to another.... the bags with holes I use for lunch.. the ones that aren't compromised are used to make the cat litter better transported.
Think about the amount of plastic in the reusable shopping bags. And it’s a manufacturing process that is much less optimized than the disposable ones. I’m all for saving the planet and eliminating waste but I think our priorities need to be rearranged.
The drill press build sounds tasty. I'm looking forward to that.
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Yeah, just walk down the aisle of any store and marvel at all the "one time use" plastic of the blister packs. Often as much plastic in the blisters as the product.
I saw your sanding block video earlier today and will be trying it myself. I still begrudge needing to find a screw driver. But I like how easily made the blocks and strips will be. So a fair compromise between quicker switching but rapid production? We'll see how it goes.
One idea I'm going to keep in the corner of my head is if I find that the paper creeps at the ends. If it does I'm thinking rather than two screws per side go with slightly building up the triangles at the end with some durable tape or relieve the middle a touch. That way the initial contact and more of the pressure will be at the ends. But that's only if I find it needs the extra help and work.
That was brilliant indeed, John. I may try to make a version of it... But one sided and with a good handle.
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Looking forward to the drill press build
It IS ludicrous, yes indeed.
Mustard, relish, ketchup used to be in glass, so did pop. That or aluminuim. How about meat on a styro platter with the diaper inside wrapped in plastic. We used to get that wrapped in paper. I am with you on this one John. Wait! .... what about plastic garbage bags? Designed specifically for one use, and that is to be thrown away!????
Once in a while I need to get something from the grocery store but it's way past closing time except for one store called Sobey's which is open 24/7. Every time I go there I forget to bring my own bags and end up buying their one time use sh***y paper bags which always end up ripping and go right into the blue bin as soon as I take the stuff out of them.
We've let these politicians become the experts in various fields when in fact they are idiots who don't know how things really work. Even the smartest politician with the smartest people around them with no external agenda cannot run society. It takes normal well adjusted average people who are experts in their chosen field to make society run well. There are too many variables that are constantly changing for one person or a small group of people to understand. A good essay that explains it in simple, easy to understand language is "I, Pencil" by Leonard E. Read. A short read that I've recommended to very left and right leaning people who look at the world differently now.
Love the new sander. What if you put a handle on the top of the sander and then it would get in tight areas, and may even be more comfortable.
At work tucked away a bit we have an old drill press with a vise ( adjustable in depth) on it in stead of a table. ( originally not altered) . So if you still have your old homemade bench vise ( the one made with a scaffold leveler) , that would be a nice revival of that vise and probably be a better fit for it in my opinion because of construction of the vise, but like always i’m curious what you gonna come up with. 😀
That type of vise doesn't have an opening through the middle like a twin screw vise, so you can't clamp longer material in it vertically. That's why I want to use my gear connected vise.
And I gave the old wooden vise away a few years ago.
Next project… Gatorade bottle crusher!
Ha! Smacks of a DIY Builds video brad did
@@jakematic Trust me. I saw a guy on CZcams do it.
Hi John have you seen the drill table upgrade that Marius Honberger released that went far and beyond of a simple table.
Your v-block sanding block is a very nice invention, I'll build a couple of those. I wonder about using a wood screw for an item that gets opened and closed occasionally so I was thinking you could put in brass inserts and use a bolt. Then I thought you could make a bolt with a knob on it so you wouldn't have to find a special wrench to change the sandpaper... then I realized that a knob sticking out would get in the way. Oh well, I'll build mine with normal wood screws.
Maybe use a through screw with a knob nut on one side only.
It would take literally decades for the screw threads to wear out, unless you are changing the sandpaper 4 or 5 times a day. No need to overbuild it with threaded inserts or lose a second of time thinking about it.
And no need to over complicate it to make it easier to loosen the screw - it's a workshop tool and you'll generally find workshop tools (like the right screwdriver) in a workshop to use with it.
And even if it would wear out, that’s when you can add that metal insert.
@@IBuildItScrapBin Decades seems like a long time but I wouldn't change the paper frequently so maybe it would last me decades. You have more experience with shop fixtures than I have so if you have faith in it then I'll build it that way.
That's what she said.
could do a steel inlay on the clamps if you needed more strength to keep only the one screw cause you mentioned that in your original video
There are independent studies that have shown that plastic is better for us to use from an; economic/environmental/ecological and Health stand point than a lot of the alternatives
What is your flavor of choice John? I am a Frost guy myself
The bags mostly do not get recycled. They are thrown out by the recyclers even. The bottle is easily recycled. So that's the issue. The bags just don't get recycled.
The issue is the apathetic and largely ignorant public who are easily fooled by the virtue signalling that all politician engage in today.
Fact is, recycling is a money losing business and only exists because it's supported by tax dollars. Even then, only 5% of the collected plastic actually gets recycled. The rest is thrown away or shipped overseas where they dump it straight into the ocean.
And straws...
How come no recycling of bottles and cans at 2023? We get 15 to 40 sents depending of bottle when we recycle it in shops
Where do you think that money comes from?
A couple of the grocery stores we frequent are now back to paper bags. Apparently some genius discovered that trees are a renewable product😂 We also get charged $.08 each for any bag, plastic or paper. The idea being they are reusable, most people forget to take them on the next trip, hence another bag purchase.
Buy Gatorade mix. Then you can make it to your own preference and not use so much plastic.
As if you need more ideas about your drill press, Marius posted his version here: czcams.com/video/rxNrA16yZsU/video.html
Plastic shopping bags are a problem for the recyclers. Because they are so thin and are hard to rip (due to the type of plastic used), they clog up the machines that grind up plastic bottles and other things. They have to shut down the system to unclog the machine - lost productivity in a low profit industry makes it unprofitable to recycle. Eliminate the source of non-productivity (bags) and the industry continues. Just follow the money.
Standard sample.
But it's got electrolytes!
For your drill press raise/ lower, check out Marius Hornbower recent drill press video. Very interesting drill press mods.
I saw that. I really liked the the pneumatic clamp to hold the table in place.
I've seen other CZcamsrs who take old plastics, heat them in their ovens, then mold them into cutting boards or just flat pieces that they can then use like plywood. Would the Gatorade bottles work for that, or is it the wrong kind of plastic?
Some kind of heavy-duty plastic shredder would help with the garbage volume problem.
I like the sanding block design. Simple enough that I might actually be able to make myself make a few!:-).
The people that want plastic straws and bags banned, get on Amazon daily and order crap with huge amounts of packaging.
Garbage bags are a nightmare for trash system because they blow away. It’s more of a problem than people realize. We’re spending money on fences and people picking them up from around dumps.
Here's what I would do: make garbage cleanup part of a politician's job. Every Monday of every week, they would be out cleaning, and that way they'd actually do some useful work for the money they are paid, plus have one less day to screw up life for the rest of us.
here there's a, in your money ... $0.30 deposit on such drink bottles
Another example of idiotic government intervention.