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Fascinating discussion. The "spin the roll and cut with a knife" plan might work. Today I did that on a much smaller scale. I wanted to slice my roll of 1" painters tape into 1/3" strips. I...

I was just about to say that it looks like something is missing without the edging on the leaves.

Thanks Roger. Sorry for my inaccurate use of the term "oil based lacquer" - I should have just said oil based finish. Please say more about the damp rag wipe down. Is that done before any finish is...

I am looking for advice on waterborne finishes. I am in the process of building a dedicated spray booth. I had initially planned to set it up to allow spraying of oil based lacquers with an...

Hi Adam,
I have the 10" professional cabinet saw, PCS31230, with 3hp motor.

The metal fence was off by about 0.007". I'm not sure I measured the flatness of the composite face plate, but it's...

I was thinking the same basic concept except use a thinner (less wide) block, cut out on the scroll saw, and then rip the legs to width. Won't make as many as above, but may allow for finer work.

It looks a lot like a piece of Iroko that I have in my shop.

Also a big fan of Grizzly CS over the years. No bad experiences. I recently looked to purchase a 1/2 ton hoist and saw seemingly identical machines on Grizzly and Amazon, the latter under several...

Hi Dave,
I thought about using washers too and don't recall exactly why I opted not to. But elongating the holes didn't take much time in the end with a dremel. Maybe 15 minutes to elongate all of...

That was a little bit of a problem for the Sawstop. For the Woodhaven extrusion I had to elongate the mounting slots on the fence body, which means that the mounting bolts sit about 1/4" deeper...

I have never liked my composite material stock Sawstop fence. I seemed to have trouble ripping wood with parallel sides and this was especially problematic when making picture frames. I finally...

It's the craziest I've ever seen - and also the most addictive! What else would tempt one away from the wood shop to watch a video for 150 minutes?

Interestingly, according to their catalog they are "For cutting thin skins and corrugations in aluminum, steel, and other nonferrous material. The hole saw can be resharpened many times and...

Thanks guys. Looks like they are precision hole saws for thin metal. What I don't understand is why the cutter wall is so thick, almost 1/8". I would think that would just mean the need for more...

Jim,

Why go with a sidewalk when you can dig a tunnel, Colin Furze style!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RVLim5tVwU

But beware if you click this link, you might spend hours in the quirky...

After my father in law died I inherited some heavy duty cutting tools, about 15 or so of various size from <1" to over 2". He used these when he worked at Northrup sometime between 1950 and 1980. I...

Its a pretty narrow gap (maybe 0.005") across the length of the joint from inside to outside corners when looking down on it. The wood is curly maple. Its still lined up properly so I don't think...

Glen,
Nice miters, really nice baby!

I didn't know about the viscosity issue. Might have to try TBII. Does anyone use cyanoacrylate with longer open time?

Any recommendation on whether to...

I am having problems gluing up my miter joints on picture frames. During the test fit using a band clamp, the miters are perfectly closed, and with pretty strong clamp pressure there is no frame...

I have the exact same saw and use a 1" resaw king. Beautiful cuts, no problems with breakage, but I only put it on when I am resawing and take it off afterwards. Of course, it is more expensive...

Thanks Tom. I unhooked the trolley on the center channel and racking was not better. I am leaning towards improving the racking by replacing the 3 bridge trolleys with 3 angle irons each with 2...

Hi Tom,
Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I just completed the system and as predicted racking is present, but tolerable with careful movement. If I remove the center rail I'm not sure my...

The hardest part of the project, as I recall, was eating all the cream puffs.:D

For those interested (sorry, not trying to hijack), here are some pics from my retrofitted upper dust shroud for my 16" minimax. It came with a single dust port on the lower wheel chamber but nothing...

Here are a few pics of a rear and front shroud that I fashioned from one of those plastic cartons that mini cream puffs come in (Sams, Costco, some grocery chains). Very easy to do with a little...