I have an FS30 with Byrd Head. The head is terrific, cuts the sound, and eliminates tearout on figured wood.
I can do the changeover in less than 3 minutes, and that includes fumbling around with...
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I have an FS30 with Byrd Head. The head is terrific, cuts the sound, and eliminates tearout on figured wood.
I can do the changeover in less than 3 minutes, and that includes fumbling around with...
I would like to see the pics. Always looking for simpler ways.
two years ago, I made 20+ drawers using Ash for sides and 1/4 B.B. bottoms.
I made the bottoms 1/16 shorter and narrower than the distance to the bottom of the slots.
I have had no issues with...
I have made drawers from all these materials and think that much of the choice involves personal taste.
With these exceptions:
I do not like plywood, for the reasons stated above.
I think that...
I believe that the key is to use good plywood, BB will hold immense weight.
I have never found the need to use 1/2 inch. Either 1/4 or 1/4 with a front to back stiffener, or 3/8
have been very...
Peter
Public Lumber in Detroit at 7 Mile and I-75 is the best I have found for plywood.
They normally have several types of plywood in stock.
They have Baltic Birch as well as Marine ply. ...
Brian
Yes, a cooking plank is a piece of cedar 4" x 12" that is soaked with water and used as surface to cook fish on.
Planked salmon and whitefish are great.
Some people use them a single...
Brian
I have sanded them down, cut them up, and used them for cooking planks.
Much cheaper than the 3 for $5 in cooking stores.
I also milled them mildly to create floor and door trim for a...
Chad
I built a pair of footstools to match Stickley Morris chairs.
The Stickley pieces were Cherry with Madison (013) finish.
I made quite a few test boards mixing gel stains, (at the time I...
Steve
My Sharkguard on my Unisaw came with multiple splitters, each a different height.
The tallest one will let a 2-3 inch piece of wood go under the guard.
The "normal" one will let a 1 1/2...
David
I retired 3 years ago, and enjoy my wood working more than ever.
I took up the hobby 6 years ago after many years of home improvement projects.
I still very much enjoy the time that I...
Most of the high quality cherry comes out of Pennsylvania, but there
are mills in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan that also put out pretty good stuff.
I am familiar with Cherry, not sure about...
Kent
The BAD lumber is MOSTLY stamped:
" 246 2
NLGA S-P-F"
a few are stamped:
" 112 STUD
NSLB KDHT"
Thanks for the explanations.
I "assumed" that the lumber would be the same grade as what was being delivered for the carpenters.
So I asked the general contractor to make arrangements for the...
Last fall I had an addition put onto my home with the main purpose being
to add space to my shop.
That worked fine and I love all the spaces that came out of the project.
This last weekend, I...
Ben
I have made two decks, one stairwell, with trim, railings and steps out of
plastic lumber. I used Bedford Technologies http://plasticboards.com/
lumber,
They are great to deal with,...
Tom
I have an HTC mobile base on my FS30.
It works, but you will get tired of horsing that machine around.
I enjoyed my FS30 so much, that I expanded my basement shop
in order to have a...
Joe
Welcome. Nothing like hiring a couple of guys (or strong friends with good backs)
to carry stuff down to a basement shop. I had a cheap mover move a sander
that I scored off of Craigs...
Mark
Yes you can do that. I have made many 17" drawers and used 15" slides. I simply glued in a 1/2 inch cross member onto
the bottom of the drawer, for the slide locking device mounting. It...
Yes, you can leave the fence on if you slide it to the front.
Then it will not interfere with the movement of the outfeed jointer table.
They probably discourage that because the end of the...
Give them a chance to make it right.
My experience with Oneida has been constantly positive.
I would expect them to stand up and correct your issues.
John
I have an FS30, but I installed a Byrd head.
It is quieter with the helix head, but was not particularly noisy with the Tersa head.
If you are used to a lunch box planer, you will be very...
For very deep drawers that will likely hold a lot of weight, I use 3/8 ply bottoms.
1/4 ply will hold a lot of weight, and I use it for any drawer 6" or less in depth.
I have made a lot of shop...
Much like Rod, I obtained a 12" Minimax Jointer/Planer after using separate machines.
I much prefer the combo machine.
Overall quality is superb.
Changeover between jointing and planing is easy,...
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If you have a straight stair, I would reccommend a slide.
I moved a 650 lb Jointer/Planer to my basement shop this way.
A 12' 2x10 will suffice for the slide/guide rail.
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