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Willard is pretty close to me, but yeah, a bit more expensive than others. I'm not sure that they changed ownership, just management I think. Last time I was there I bought some of Simmie's stock,...

Yeah John, great shop! Must be nice to have that oversized space. I'm in one bay of a 2 car garage and am packed and I don't have a fraction of the stuff you have. Great equipment and nice setup....

Sorry Jerry, can't speak to any up north. The locals I have used are Willard and Montheath. Willard has improved in the last couple of years, it used to be that the shelves were rather empty but...

Real nice job. That carving part would have really stressed me out. I go down to the last fraction of a boardfoot of lumber too. Not fun.

Thanks for sharing.

The one time I made box joints I used an upspirial bit, pretty clean cuts. I don't think you would want to do down spirial, you want to clear them out for a cleaner cut and less heat buildup.

I...

I've got the Cauldwell book also, in fact I refered to it just yesterday. He covers the whole range, tools, to the science behind electricity, to installing a service entrance, panel, then...

Great project! I have a closet just like it that I am staring at right now that I have been considering something like that as a solution. I need to show this to my wife to get buy in cause she is...

Not knowing the history of the boards it might be a good time to get a metal detector if you don't have one already. Don't want to come across any surprises with a valueable saw blade or...

Used, bare-bones saws go for more than that around here. Sounds too good to be true, move fast.

Enjoy,

Dave

Tom,

I've had a 6" Griz with the traditional knives for about 6 years. I don't think they are doing you any great favor with a $200 upgrade, off the top of my head I think that's not too far...

I got a flat one for setting jointer knives from Mcmaster also.

Jim those look really great! I know your inner-shaker may have been offended by added the shelves but you really made it work, I think the spacing is really good. The function will be nice too,...

$20 seems pretty fair to me. Think about how long it would take you to try to sand it all with a ROS and chances are it wouldn't be uniformly flat. Spend the money and have no regrets, it already...

Ahh hahah haha, pig snout mask, I like that. That's the one I just started using. Didn't realize it was so small when I ordered it, not too cumbersome. Only used it a few times but seems good and...

I would probably do the outer then go at the inner but stop about an 1/8" shy of cutting all the way through. Then use a jigsaw to follow the edge to complete.

Good luck,

Dave

Mike,

I don't have that planer, I've got the Dewalt 733. Had something like that happen to me, I think. First, I assume the rollers are turning still - don't stick your hand under to find out...

I use 1/2" mdf and install small tee nuts with inserts in the corners so I can level from the top. $15 bucks gets me a 2x4 piece of mdf, 100 tee nuts and 100 inserts, that makes a lot of ZCI's. I...

I have the same kind of setup. I just measured from the top of my saw table to the base (3.5"). Then I measured that distance from the top of the side benches and scribed the line across with a...

I favor block plane followed by sandpaper also (depending on the amount of softening desired). I don't try to achieve a perfectly uniform look, fine by me if they look hand-made (since they are). I...

With the 8" you will likely have a longer bed to work with too, plus a lot more weight which is good unless you want to move it.

I'd say if you can reasonably afford the 8" in terms of both $ and...

Charles,

I'm too lazy to mapquest your location, but take a look at Wall Lumber in NC. He's got a price list and it always kills me to look at it cause it's WAAAAYYYY cheaper than up here...

I would use a spacer block on the back to shim out as far as necessary. I would imagine that is the common approach - heck it's the back, all sorts of things go on on the back of furniture :) . ...

No way is anyone laughing - I think most of us learn on the fly (ok, at least I do).

In my limited experience I've always done the cope cut first. I built a sled with hold down clamps to keep...

Bill - regarding the brass screws, in addition to the steps you have discovered it is also helpful to get some steel screws of the same size and use those to first establish the threads in the hole....

Loosening those knobs allows you to slide the fence back to use as a stop for crosscuts or to swap the fence position from the high fence to a low orientation. There are two scales on the ruler, one...