You need to try 2 places: Hardwoods in the Rough in Manassas-they carry a wide variety of locally milled stuff with the standard variety of hardwood lumber. Talk to Don, he may have a source. Next...
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You need to try 2 places: Hardwoods in the Rough in Manassas-they carry a wide variety of locally milled stuff with the standard variety of hardwood lumber. Talk to Don, he may have a source. Next...
Kirk,
The biggest problem with this forum is that no one answers the question. I am a high school teacher and my school just got a FS laser this year. We love it, no issues thus far. I completely...
I use a mini pallet jack to move my machines around, great system for me and my shop. BUT I think my pallet jack broken, a week ago I moved my tablesaw and bench. Yesterday my jack would not lift...
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+1 for clamping the snot out of things. I think I have at least one of every kreg clamp they make and use them all depending on the item. Especially when alignment is key I find myself using scrap...
I use electrolysis for parts that have areas that are hard to clean and scrub. I use it alot for hand planes, it will take off the rust and paint too. I like it because of all the methods I have...
Nick Offerman plays Ron Swanson and Nick is a pretty well known woodworker. They use his woodwork (canoes) in the show and I think this might be the episode Nick wrote. Nick has been a guest on...
Dick,
The bandsaw and its tires are functioning perfectly. It gets at least 3 hours of use a day and there have not been any problems. Do you hear that Myk and Phil? Probably 100 hours on the...
Carpet foam is a great sanding pad. Put it on your bench sand your work on top, it does not move around or pick up scratches.
I have always wondered about using carpet foam instead of aplohstry...
"Measure Twice, Cut Once" by Norm Abram. It is not a how to but information on hand tools. It is perfect for beginners, good read for old guys too, I make my students read it helps them understand...
I purchase and refurbish tools to use them, especially old planes. Using something with history just feels better. Personally I think someone selling a tool at a high price does not what to part...
UPDATE: I epoxied the wheels on last week and the tires have about 20 hours of use on them now. They are working wonderfully. I appreciate everyone's input and concern but I went with epoxy because...
I recently did chair rail and crown having a set of rasps/files made all the difference. You really need them to fine tune the joint. Also a jigsaw with a really think blade is definitely the way...
Earth to Myk this thread is about bad bandsaw tires. Yes it was obvious to me that the tires were bad, so I create a thread about ideas for solutions and to share my experience so others in the...
This bandsaw is setup correctly, I maintain five saws for 200 students to use this is the only one giving me this problem. I had to take a course in college on maintaining machine tools in an...
I called woodcraft and they reffered me to carter. Carter (who answered on the first ring with a human being) said this happens when the wheel is under 14". I had the wheel in front of me and a...
I have a delta 14" bandsaw, last november I replaced the tires with urethane tires from woodcraft. The saw operated fine until this week, it throws blades off the wheels. When I observe the machine...
I am kinda working on the same problem in my classroom. I am going to use a bell to signal clean-up. Is this a swinging bell or round wall hanging bell?
A round bell is very easy to wire, just...
I had the same problem on the same model. I sprayed it with PB blaster and let it sit for several hours reapplying every so often. After that every thing came out with ease. Have you tried using a...
I use a pallet jack for my 20" parks planer. It is a actually a mini pallet jack, all my machines sit on platforms to allow the 2 1/2" forks to go under the machine, i call them cabinet grade...
I bought a load of oak through IRS and it went smoothly. It is just as Damon said you need to do some research and factor in all costs . When I purchased my oak it was loaded by the company for...
How far are you from Beaufort NC? There is a boat building museum there that still builds boats and offers classes. My family goes to Emerald Isle NC every year and I always stop by the museum to...