Yeah, I love my 30. I could use more hp sometimes on the bigger logs when placing them on my sawmill but overall, I'm very happy with it. A tractor is one of those things you don't know how you got...
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Yeah, I love my 30. I could use more hp sometimes on the bigger logs when placing them on my sawmill but overall, I'm very happy with it. A tractor is one of those things you don't know how you got...
I would go with Cocobolo.
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Thank you, Todd. I put about 75 hours into the cabinet and stand but a lot of that time was scratching my head and trying to decide what to do next. Plus, the first iteration of the stand was too...
Twice, Ive removed dado blades and forgot to remove the arbor washer. I don't even realize it until I go to install a regular sawblade. I found it once inside the cabinet after vacuuming out the...
I normally start with 120 grit and go up to 220 if I'm using a film finish. For an oil or wax finish I'll go much higher on the grit.
Curly Cherry, Tiger Maple, QS Sycamore, Flame Birch or just about any of the exotics would be a striking wood. Just remember that if using hand-cut dovetails, they must be absolutely precise to fit...
I like simple and I like that table. "Simple" is often associated with crude but you've proved that it can also be elegant.
Mike, Pat, Frederick, thanks for the kind words. You are very encouraging and it's appreciated..
On the outside, I used a Stanley block plane and then a shop-made, Krenov-style polishing plane but it wasn't a concave sole/iron. I sanded out the small ridges left from the plane.
On the inside,...
Excellent work. That's a great-looking kiln and obviously it works great, too.
I made this for my daughter. In the past, I've generally worked from existing plans but lately I've begun designing my own pieces. I still have a ways to go.
The cabinet wood is Chinaberry that I...
I finished a jewelry cabinet for my daughter that I have been working on for days. It was my own design and I struggled a lot but finally got it somewhat acceptable. It's nowhere near perfect but...
Use a jointer plane. (long hand plane). You will get a better joint than you can with any machine and it also has the added plus that it is cheap (relatively).
I've made five of the Hal Taylor sculpted rockers (similar to the Maloof rocker) and used an angle grinder with a flap sander, sanding drums mounted in a cordless drill and the ROS as well as a...
It's not at all dangerous but I suppose "danger" is in the eye of the beholder. As with most any task, there are multiple ways to safely accomplish it. I would set the fence to 1/8" and use a...
Heya John. My thoughts are that cheap prices attract cheap customers. I've had potential customers at an art show offer what I considered an insulting price for my stuff. I told them that I would...
Same thing here. I've had two large ones fall in the past three years. The first one took out the neighbors barb wire fence. I was standing on the shop porch during a thunderstorm and actually...
I have some air-dried Hackberry that I sawed and some that is pretty nicely spalted. I also have some logs that have been "cooking" for over a year and that are probably close to either ultimate...
If it is wood, then teak would make sense for a wet area like a vanity. However, the perfect grain match from top to bottom across the entire front makes me think it's a laminate.
I don't claim to do fine woodworking, either, but I do the best I can do. There are usually (always?) mistakes made. Some of them can and should be repaired. Deciding whether a mistake can be...
It depends on the quality you expect from your work. Mixing sawdust and glue to fill a void is not considered fine woodworking by any measure.
A very good job on the tool cabinet. That should keep you organized for a while.
I also REALLY like that T&G pine on the shop wall.
I have had two 3/4" Woodslice blades that I use for resawing. One dulled fairly quickly but the other is still sharp and cuts well, even after cutting more linear feet than the first blade which I...
There is a huge benefit to being hard-headed! :D Glad you are okay but yeah, you need some sort of restraint unless you want to risk having bowed lumber with a greater lean angle...not too likely...