Is there any practical way you can attach an already straight edge to each plank and use that to guide it through the gang saw?
A length of ply screwed to the top at one edge, perhaps? With say 3...
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Is there any practical way you can attach an already straight edge to each plank and use that to guide it through the gang saw?
A length of ply screwed to the top at one edge, perhaps? With say 3...
If you look a little more closely you'll notice that companies such as Walmart were in the forefront of pushing, supporting and demanding said free trade policies. These ideas don't just spring up on...
I got one recently and just love it. I didn't get quite such a deal as you but since the dealer was out of stock they lent me the demo unit which got heavily used for a couple of months on my...
Hmm, I'd offer
"Woman without. Her man is nothing"
My advice, for what it's worth, would be to go with the classiest brand that you can get local service for; whether that is MiniMax, Felder, Hammer, err... running out of names here. I got MM through...
Because for hobbyists the time is not a cost, it's a payment?
SketchUp is both pretty damn good and free. It's hard to get more cost effective than that.
On the couple of occasions it's happened to me I find that the first thing I say is not quite that. Then I check to see if my heart is still beating; I find a blade break so startling it always...
Leaving aside safety issues for a moment (personally I think it would well outside my comfort zone but they're your fingers), what about the quality of cut you're likely to get from a dado set? All...
Why yes, there is a cutlist plugin (see top right of http://steveracz.com/joomla/content/view/45/1/). Not sure about the 'diagramming plugin' because I'm not sure what you mean. Care to elucidate...
There's an even easier way if you have a suitably sized sheet of paper with a reliable straight side -
Fold paper roughly in the middle of the straight side so that the folded over edge matches up...
A simple 2x4 frame to provide sheet storage, some heavy part storage above that and then Triton racks for planks. It looks kinda empty and tidy in the picture but right now it's packed and cluttered....
The nice thing about SU once you get used to using it (just like getting skilled with a pencil!) is that it can really be used to sketch rough ideas until you get to somewhere you like. A cupboard...
Don't forget, folks, that there is a difference between being good at something in the sense of having learned all the details, having developed requisite muscle strengths and memory etc and being...
Exactly. If you're really not smart enough to use SketchUp I'd be worried about you being smart enough to operate a handsaw, let alone any power tools. Practice along with tuition (freely available...
Exactly - but an important point I suggest we should remember is that the craft went into the design and development and not so much goes into the actual *production*.
In 'the old days' a very...
Just because DeWalt/Porter-Cable couldn't get it right there is no reason to assume nobody else can.
A large knurled/star-shaped nut and a safe way to grip the blade is all that's needed; you...
Someone already beat you to it - ...
The only faintly plausible source for stories about moisture problems with SIPs that I ever saw seemed to be referring to some houses built waaaaaay north. IIRC the houses had ERVs but the residents...
I use the one on my minimax cu300 and find it very effective. For furniture size parts it is a really good solution. For very large parts I think something else would be needed; no mortising for...
I've designed - but not yet built - this
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=fc02b5701e2f490a4c7f1f3285ab60d6
Do take a look at the Formica website. There are some *really* neat patterns these days.
My six year old MM CU300 takes a dado head. Not a particularly recent change. The only thing I can think of that a US style TS might be better for is near-exclusive long-piece ripping use. A slider...
I build stuff because I build stuff. I can't help myself; I've always done it. I built many of my best toys when I was a kid, whether from scraps of wood and nails or from lego. I build motorcycles,...
Hmm, how about abandoning the monitors and getting a couple of projectors? Project against the wall facing your desk. Mount behind you. Out of the way, large display area, way cool. Very James Bond...