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oscillating is nice for smaller belts. Not strictly necessary for a sander with a 4' + platen. I used the rigid 4x24" belt / spindle sander for years and still recommend it. But, now i have a...

I'm a fan of the porkchop. although I have never used a euro guard, I have thought them over extensively. Last year I bought an ancient 20" Fay & Egan 316.
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There was no functioning guard...

sell it now for $40 or whatever .. you won't get your money back upgrading that level machine.

I highly doubt a step would break. I think that they are more for holding the sides together, as they don't even touch the step underneath. I wouldn't worry to much about it on a ladder that is...

I make a ton of rolling library ladders for a local company. The sides are 1 1/8" x 3 1/4" and the steps are 3/4" x 4 1/4" dado 3/16" into each side. They do get the tie rod underneath, but i have...

i like the part " turn off the saw and wait for the blade to stop" it will take all day to make a set of tenons at that rate !

if the bearing is in the way, just remove it and grind down the stub. I have done this to many bits for special cuts.

Thanks for the praise and comments guys.

Kyle, i haven't had any issues with bending the continuous arms. I have broken a couple, but i determined it was due to wood degradation. As long as the...

Mel,
Modern buyers do not go for the flaws.
They have no concept of the history or production of these chairs. That's just the way it is.
Contemporary woodwork has to be flawless inside and out...

Here are some of the chairs that i have made this year. I feel as if I am really starting to get the process refined, and getting consistent results.
Let me know what you think

-Brian

Jack, are those U-channel on top of the guides stock ? Mine doesn't have them, and its hard to adjust , as the guides move when you tighten the wing nuts.
I guess i will fab up something like that...

Thanks guys.

Here is some new work that I've made for some art shows and a local contest called innovationErie. It's all solid cherry with wenge inlays in the chair backs. The table is 36" tall so the stools...

I hope not, I have been using this sander in a pretty professional setting for 3 years and I love it. The switch broke and the bearings have been rattling a bit, but I told myself that I would buy...

Thank you everyone for your comments.
I'll try to answer a few of the questions.

Leo : I use a manual carving duplicator to rough out the carvings. Then I sand with a pump (balloon) sander the...

Leo,

1 week each for me and my assistant per table. So, about 160 hrs total.

-Brian

I recently completed a pair of end tables to go with the cocktail table shown here : http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?177357-Handcarved-cherry-bombe-cocktail-table&highlight=

They are...

We have a grizzly panel saw at work with a belt driven scoring blade. The belt is constantly being ruined by the small offcuts that fall down beside the blade. I noticed that grizzly updated all of...

I've done a lot of testing on my chair seats and anything sticking out under about 1/8" you cannot feel as long as it is rounded over. These inlays are raised 1/16 or less. Despite the princess and...

I like to put an inlay on my work to really mark it handmade. The shark is not a logo, i was just looking at the grain and trying to come up with something creative.
Todd,
Now I really wish I had...

This stool is 18" tall and the seat is 13" d. The seat is gummy cherry. The legs and stretchers are ash. The inlay is wenge. I like to leave inlays raised slightly and pillowed over on the edges....

Brian,

Yes the glue up is fairly involved. The back has to be done in multiple stages to get everything in place. Basically working from the center out. I used Westsystem epoxy, so there was...

I built a pair of these benches year's ago while working for a millwork company. A man brought in a pile of teak parts and said it was a ludyen's bench. I made up templates and dimensions from the...

Ben,
The cores for the drawer fronts are glued up to get big enough blanks. They are two blanks splined together. The top concave piece was coved on a 16" tablesaw by running diagonally across...

Jamie, I run a 1/4" groove around the pieces, and use a snug fitting spline for alignment. It still takes a little fussing and sweating during the glue up to get perfect.

Thanks for the...