Decades ago I came across a large exterior MDF door. New. I set a sheet of 3/4" plywood on the door, cut to match. This is kept covered in white paper, taped down neatly with wide blue painter's...
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Decades ago I came across a large exterior MDF door. New. I set a sheet of 3/4" plywood on the door, cut to match. This is kept covered in white paper, taped down neatly with wide blue painter's...
I work mostly by hand, so I get picky about knife edges. Cutting cross grain lines and marking out dovetails are such intimate operations, about half the time I'm not happy with "the" marking knife....
With a scrub plane you can take almost any twist down in a few minutes. It does depend some on the grain direction ... you have to be careful not to tear out below the finished level you're hoping...
First, I haven't posted for a couple years, so hello again to SMC. This isn't precisely an answer to the question asked, but it is relevant. I've been away from the shop for several years and...
When I started serious hand work many decades ago, I only had a big old Bed Rock #8. It was a little awkward to hold, but after a year or two I no longer even noticed. Now with two full cabinets...
I haven't invested the time in the other threads, but I have a modest proposal.
This worked for me in a very tiny workspace. In 1972. It was meant to be a port in my particular storm but I'm...
I made scores of them as a child many decades ago. In modern life I played quite a bit with what are called "hand launched gliders," a genuine class of model plane. These are "always" made in...
I'm late to the party here, but wanted to share my experience.
I try whatever's in the router. I seem to know right away if the other blade will work better. That's it for me. Like Joshua, I...
John,
Living in earthquake country, I've always stored my planes flat in a specially-made cabinet. It is the width of a #8 with half-width doors ( so they don't open too far out over my...
I was inspired to build a tail vise by the writings of James Krenov. I've worked with it for so long that I just can't bring myself to change styles. After 15 years I took it apart and replaced...
This kind of discussion makes for some long threads that tend to sound alike after awhile. But curious minds want to know.
I stop at 8k or 16k, finding 6k just a hair too coarse. The way I...
Random orbital sander? The butt end of an Electric toothbrush? "Personal" massager. A stick with notches, stroke the notches like a cricket noise maker? The mind reels.
April 28, 2013
As promised, here's a copy of my previous DJ-20 essay.
I wrote this a couple years ago. I'm sorry that it isn't a little more refined and my memory is not fresh about it all,...
I'll post it here by the end of Sunday. I think others might find some benefit or comfort from it. And I would welcome feedback and further improvements.
I would add something not mentioned so far that might be food for thought about wearing eye protection.
To twist it around just a little: You would far rather get a chip of ferrous metal in your...
It's end gran where it should be edge grain, so in my opinion, the smallest possible insert has the best chance of working. I've never put in a "large" dowel...I just replace the screw hole. Any...
My son and I are maintaining a handful of Victorian buildings in San Francisco. I have few suggestions along the lines already proposed.
1) I generally prefer a carefully-considered hard wood...
Ken,
I don't know if this is of interest to you. A couple years ago I refurbed a DJ-20 and I wrote a little essay. The points I covered were these:
1) Motor mount on backwards ( factory...
I'm not familiar with the Grizzly head. Is it simply knives? I switched my DJ-20 from OEM knives to the Byrd head and I'm thrilled with the improvement. Primarily it's the nick factor. I'm...
As mentioned, mark a square line on the back with a sharpie. If you're very careful, you can draw it a uniform width and very close to the edge. This is the only way I know of to gain the...
I concur. You can save a lot of time and possible false starts by going this way. The Lee Valley's are just a little outside the traditional box, so they won't give you a precise analog to a...
Awesome response for me. A+ on the essays with bibliographies. I haven't tried making a shelf pin template on my smallish vertical mill with no digital readout. It would probably be more...
This question has been on my mind this last month. Thinking of ditching the TS altogether and thinking about investing some serious time and effort into some kind of MFT. I haven't actually seen...
Great thread.
I used to make harpsichords for musicians. My first serious harpsichord was for Lone Mountain College in San Francisco. The head of the music department innaugurated it with a...
Joe,
Sorry about the mailbox. It always catches me by surprise. I have the essay and some other set up links. I'll ship it to you by the end of the day; currently up to my hip pockets in...