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Looking for a less costly alternative to Stewmac and LMI for Abalone. Feel free to post your thoughts/ideas here.

FYI...I have no affiliation with Guitar Woods...

Guitar Woods is a small operation run by Bob Tibbetts. Great guy to deal with, you can all him at 518-733-6085 or 6086, and email him at...

Just ordered some Sitka Spruce Bracing Billets from here...great prices, shipped direct.

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Chris

15+3 Drill and Rotex

Bill, I've owned a Midi and a CT-36 over the years, and what I will say is go big, you won't regret the decision. I upgraded from the Midi within a year because I was tired of changing bags, and...

Great tips guys...thanks for all the feedback...and identifying that micro adjuster add on! Now I've just got to figure out how to use it...

I'll give a call over there to Incra and try to get...

Recently acquired a Router Table, with a Dewalt Router, a standard fence, and the Incra Jig shown in the photos. Got a great deal on CraigsList at $350 for the whole lot, whith a box full of 1/2"...

Russell,
Thanks for the tips. I will certainly be building a tillering tree and I have a shave horse I built some years ago which I'm sure I can modify as needs be. Do you have any design...

Dean,
I can certainly see the idea of a drum sander for grinding individual laminations to thickness. At first I plan on purchasing pre-thicknessed laminations and performing final profiling work...

Over the next few months I'll be outfitting a shop from ground zero, both hand tools and machine tools for Bowyer work. My intention is to start with a couple of Reflex/Deflex designs and perhaps...

So, couldn't help myself had to crank it out today. I used some waterfall Bubinga for the frame, with a basic mitered joint held with Dominos. There just happened to be some bamboo at my local...

Been holding off for a couple of years now on building a dedicated sharpening station, until a good design idea came along. Well, then I watched the William Ng video below at Wood Whisperer and...

Joe...I use 4" PVC for 2 reasons, one is cost, and 2 is I like the trash can separator (it is inexpensive and effective) and they simply do not make one with 6" ports...for the size and number of...

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Attempts to be organized this year with drawers divided for contents, containers and labels for most everything, magazine storage, etc... Also a shot of the...

Haven't posted a shop tour in a couple of years and I've done several upgrades since then. Thought I'd get some good photos out from several angles and solicit your thoughts...Thanks for looking!!
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Well, took me a couple of days to wrap up...a few projects going around the house, lot's of "Honey Do's" slowing me down...

So, with the wheel diameter reduced and properly...

For bulk removal and roughing work nothing beats the "Holey Galahad"...I use it for carving seat pans. Do a google search you should find them...

Actually yes...a couple of transfer cases; a New Process NP205 and an Atlas II...used to be a big Jeep guy back in the days before wives and kids...

Glad to hear your into the wood projects as...

Installment #2:

Well, spent about an hour this morning turning down the oxide wheel to around 5" diameter. Truthfully it was 15 minutes to turn it down and 45 minutes to clean up the dust...it...

Mark...If your teeth are in good condition, ie; you have good engagement and minimal lash, you should be able to set the thrust such that you can crank easily with 1 finger and the wheel will coast...

As promised here's the first installment of rebuilding my new/old "CoolKutter" hand crank grinder.

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Picked this guy up for $30 on ebay a couple weeks ago...

Decided to build a...

Andrew...where did you get the threaded insert hardware that you used for the miter attachment?

Got about zero photos of other folks setup on this thread however, it seems it did create some interest. That said, I ordered a new white oxide wheel, and tool rest for this grinder so, I'll be...

+1 on softness...I would highly recommend Hard Maple, Osage, or Beech...all fine choices. My last 2 Krenov planes were from 16/4 hard maple...I have a thread here in the forum on one of them.

Believe it or not, there are very, very few inclusions in these. I took the selects from what was available and I've done a resaw (not too bad with a Lennox 1/2" carbide blade) on one of the smaller...