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Anyone in Phoenix have a 30" wide belt sander? (or wider)
I need some shop time, have to run two pieces of a table top through....

I use 2" x 2" x .125" square steel tubing top and bottom with the top in between, x 5 or maybe 6 depending on the top length. Wax paper between the steel and wood prevents the wood from blackening.

Is this worth doing or is it just asking for a split? I want to use a wedged M&T to join each leg to a tabletop, rotated at about 10 or 15 degrees in reference to the grain of the top. (the...

We had a decent storm blow through recently and the hardest hit area in the valley is about a mile north of my house. I was driving around yesterday to look at the damage (residents are still...

I'm that shop. In seven years of business I have never owned or used a bandsaw. Would be nice to eventually make the switch, though. For the original poster: abrasive cutting for steel absolutely...

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My shop is in an industrial area at a busy intersection (7th Street & Buckeye), and this little guy wandered up to the fence yesterday. I locked him inside the yard so he wouldn't get hit,...

I'll second this. Talk to Jeff. Also, I believe Chandler Hardwoods is owned and run by Jeff's dad - they share their stock.

Sirius for 3 years now and I will never ever listen to regular radio again - it pales in comparison. Sometimes I'm playing music, sometimes Howard, most of the time its Radio Classics (Gunsmoke, Six...

Any suggestions here? I need to match the "plastic" looking areas where I've repaired a tabletop with CA. On my finish test pieces the areas stick out (at least to my eye) at certain angles. This...

Bartley clear (natural) pore filler and Zinsser SealCoat. What's the correct order here?

Strictly a hoarding purchase.

I found this old walnut listed in the "barter" section on Craigslist and wrote an email asking for a response. Well, the owner called me back and told me about it - he said he purchased it from a...

I agree with this.

Funny thing, I've been putting off that exact same purchase. I have a client who is somewhat of an urban forester (landscape redesign & update) with a monster piece of eucalyptus she needs to have...

I ran across a Chinaberry topic on a forestry/sawyer forum. That bark does look familiar. I might have a halfway decent tree on my hands here......

What an awesome table Mike! The above is the way I think I will go. I was concerned about visibility through the finish, too, so this seems like a decent solution.

After looking at some pictures on Google image, Chinaberry (specifically Variegated Chinaberry) seems to be a strong contender. This tree does grow waxy, yellow, marble sized fruits in the spring.

I had the same thought, but I had to take about a 1/4" off of each end of the top to square it up. That provided me with the opportunity to try it both ways on several passes and it chipped in both...

Yeah, I just don't like filling mesquite with colored epoxy. I like the knots and inclusions in natural form, and I feel filling them with colored epoxy detracts from the look. This top I am trying...

This crack (pictured - extends to pencil line) has developed on the edge of a tabletop I've recently glued up. It is not a split that goes through all of the way; rather it seems to be associated...

None taken, the tree was there and in that condition when I got the building. I have to agree with some of the sentiment that says the bark is too rough for a JM. The shoots coming off of the limbs...

This tree is in the yard in my shop. I don't particularly like the looks of it, so I would like to harvest it for stock (if worthwhile). The replacement will be mesquites or other native desert...

I just figured it out using only Sketchup & Adobe:

1) Use the orbit tool to get into the view you want
2) Choose File->Export->2D Graphic & save it to your desktop as a jpeg
3) open it up in...

I have a Sketchup file with 17 pieces of furniture in it. I'd like to email an image of each individual piece from different angles to the client. Is it possible to take screenshots in Sketchup and...

I was given these timbers a few days ago by a contractor. While I was at lunch an architect friend saw them on my trailer and asked at what price I would sell them. I said I'd get back to him. He...