Paul Steiner |
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If you have Ag this is a great idea. You can mill wood for everything, woodshop, timbers for buildings, landscaping, etc. I think these mills are becoming more common and I think they make better use of resources. An oak that was cut down in most communities would be turned into firewood. Building furniture, buildings, student projects, gives the tree a second life I recently got a big stihl chainsaw to use at home but I would like to do some milling with it for school or home. My school and my home are in suburban areas so I have no where to store or use a bandsawmill. But I can do some chainsaw milling in my back yard. I am jealous.
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Making them out of bulk stock is something we would like todo. If you know of a vendor that has a welder for $400 let me know. That is not to far out of our price range. We probably have about 20 broken blades and maybe 3 of them have some life in them and could be re welded. BUt the primary reason for having the welded is to have more blades on hand and especially in 95" which I have had trouble finding.
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Dave thanks for sharing your expertise on bandsaw blade welding. I need a new supplier, wow I did not think of that! I have a stack of catalogs on my desk and I never thought to look through them. But that is why I posted on this forum to get an expert to say find a new supplier. Here in VA we have time to think about welding bandsaw blades, but I am sorry my "messing around" took any of your time.
I figured I would lose some length when welding. But my 141s take a 95" and my deltas take 93.5". So I figure one way or another we can make it fit a machine. I am looking at used machines because new ones are just out of my budget right now. Anyone have any experience with Stryco welders? If you could recommend at dealer that carries old iron let me know. In my area there are I do not know of anyone that carries old machines. I am in VA and I order parts from Redmond machine in GA.
Making a bow saw would be a good project to use broken blades. If you google bow saw plans you find everything you need. I was thinking of making a smaller saw, under 10" with my students. But reusing material that was destine for the landfill and having students build a working tool they can take home and use, while learning about about woodwork and the history of tools- That just sounds like messing around to me.
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At my school we have 2 powermatic 141s both take a 95" blade. We had 2 from last year and ordered 10 , the 2 we had broke and the 10 are on back order. Of course the bandsaws are the machines we need most right now. Does anyone have experience with a bandsaw blade welder? We have 10 broken blades carefully stored and we were trying to find a local shop that has a blade welder. Also we were researching purchasing one for the school, but is it worth it? Also I read online silver solder can weld blades, anyone tried that? Lastly anyone have broken blade projects? I was thinking bagel cutters.
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I do not think there is anything wrong with videos, good videos. Modern Marvels is good, I have one on wood products and another on saws. This old house is good for construction. But yes videos are not the best, I have nail worksheet where students identify nail types then they sort my catch all can of nails and screws. They learn something and something gets done.
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I am a member and i check the site a few times a week.
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I take all who come. The state limit is 24 but if 25 or 26 is a female I will overload. If classes are overloaded it means you will have a job for a while.
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Bigger is better. This is what will happen if you teach benchtop tools: You teach the 4" bench top jointer and now you want your students to step up to the 8" floor model. You will have students that are intimidated given the choice they will use the 4" machine. I want my students to confidently use the large machines so I do not give them the choice. I make every machine a unit and a test, then every student must make a cut with my close supervision. Everyone makes a cut, no exceptions, there is no transition from small to big. Large machines have larger parts this will make to easier for you to demonstrate. Easier for the students to see. The guide blocks on a 9" bandsaw are so small you almost need tweezers to set them. It is all about what they see in your class, have them forget what they have seen at home. Your daddy rip cuts on the miter saw, fine, you won't be doing that in my class.
Also you can get some really good after market guards for full size machines that you can not get on small machines. I would not invest in benchtop tools most of them are chinese junk. They may look "friendly", but they can still take a finger.
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4. Choose your school, county and state wisely. My county has paid for my graduate degree and will pay for my national board cert. Starting in my county is about 50k. The cost of living is high but you can still live comfortably and buy a home earning that much. If you are looking for a job and a county does not have some type of low cost/no cost program to help you further your education or re-certify, look for a job elsewhere. You want to work in a place where they are willing to pay for good highly qualified teachers.
creighta wrote:Teaching is a shakey career right now, even more so with tech ed classes as they can be cut before anything else.
This is the greatest job in the world, but be ready to move on at any time if you do find a job. You should also be aware that you will have to continue your education through at leats a masters in many states. You will also have to continue education to maintain license.
that meens that earning $30,000 a year costs $50,000 in education (more like $65,000 in many cases)
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I wish this forum had an archive, I had a very long post giving advice about becoming a teacher. Here is my condensed verison:
1. There will be a lot of people that say do something else, including teachers. There are alot burned out teachers and people that just assume teaching is terrible. Teaching is not for everyone but if it is for you, you will love it. 2. Woodwork and shop class are dead, everything is Tech. Ed. now. BUT as a Tech. Ed. teacher you will get to teach woodwork. Get a tech. ed. degree. 3. Get a degree, a certification, and then get another one. I got a B.S. in tech. ed. and a license in VA. Then I immediately went to grad school and got a MS in education. Three years later I got a MS and a cert in administration. Currently i am pursuing a National Board certification. Each certification and degree means more money. Currently I make about $8k more a year than someone with just a BS. My county and the state paid for almost everything after my BS. 4. Choose your school, county, and state of employment wisely and do not buy into the teachers are under treated poorly hype. There are many teachers that b*tch and moan about under appreciated and underpaid. I say that is untrue, those people are probably teaching in the wrong place. I get paid very well, I work 10 months and I am paid 12 months. 5. Choose your school, county, and state of employment wisely. If you get a tech. ed. cert you can work pretty much anywhere. But you need to be Worried about being becoming a casulty of budget cuts. Choose wisely, look at the county's record on cuts and look at the history of their tech. ed. programs? They are either growing or fading. 6. Be dynamic, innovative, and new. The number one reason why woodwork, shop, and tech. ed. programs die is a lack of quality personel. If you b*tch and moan about pay, lack of support, and students in your class, your principal will have no problem getting rid of you through budget cuts. It is so hard to fire bad teachers, it is actually easier to cut a program and blame it on the budget. If you are on the cutting edge or do things to serve the community And students fill your classes And you communicate with parents on the importance of your curriculum. It will be very hard for a principal to cut you or your program. You really have to bring it as a tech. ed. or shop teacher.
It is sounds like a lot of work and it is. But if teaching is for you will love it and it will not feel like work at all.
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