I'm a used tool and bargain hunting enthusiast, and when I think about it, I've probably spent less than $1000 on my core woodworking tools.
1. Shopsmith machine with bandsaw, 4" jointer, SS...
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I'm a used tool and bargain hunting enthusiast, and when I think about it, I've probably spent less than $1000 on my core woodworking tools.
1. Shopsmith machine with bandsaw, 4" jointer, SS...
As another alternative, you could plane down the shelves that will fit into those dados to, say 5/8" if that would work for your design. You can then cut the dados in a single pass, with the arbor...
The Grizzley doesn't have a cutterhead lock. I've read a few reviews suggesting that this is largely responsible for the snipe problem
I'd love to get a Shopsmith Planer. I've missed a few...
For my jointing and planing tasks I'm currently using a 4" Shopsmith jointer on a SS power station and a Grizzley 12" lunchbox. Now, before you scoff at me - let me tell you that I'm a weekend...
I'm with Alex on this one. The old jam nut depth stop with the integrated pointer/ruler is so simple and effective, why mess with anything else? I've used the rotating collar setup on my Shopsmith...
I think you just send in the motor and receive the check. I've always thought it would be interesting to pick up one of the saws that doesn't qualify for the retrofit guard, disable the saw by...
I think the main difference is that the Shopsmith has a blade guard, a purpose-made arbor, and a tilting/raising table. The overall geometry is similar, and I recognize that the Shopsmith table saw...
I would generally just follow the ceiling. I'd consider using a skim coat to lower localized high points that would result in gaps, but if it's an even slope, I'd just follow right along.
The eye...
To be fair, it may be slightly safer than bolting a 3-jaw chuck to the drive arbor of a table saw. :D
Friday - went to our office holiday party w/ the wife. Had a free dinner, shook a few hands, and made a hasty exit. The engineers were all expected to make an appearance, but I really didn't want...
It's the office Holiday party tonight, then I'll be chasing whitetails across the Pennsylvania countryside tomorrow.
I'm hoping that I can get a few hours to work on turning a pair of wooden...
Agreed. I picked up about 80 b.f. of walnut recently for 1.25/b.f. It's rough cut, and still green, so it's going to need to dry out for a year or so before I can use it, but for that price, I'm...
I am planning to do that with the nicer stock - my bowl project is to use up some of the stock in which neither face is all red, but has significant amounts of both heart and sap showing on both...
Well, I glued up two turning blanks last night. I jointed them flat and stacked them so that, looking from the top of the blank, you see the edge of the boards. I arranged them so that there should...
Thanks David. For this particular piece, that may not be a bad thing. Since I'll be featuring the light/dark contrast, it may just improve with age.
Thanks Dewey - I considered that, but thought that maybe some folks here could comment on the stability issue. If I don't get any takers, I'll see if I can have it moved.
I guess my quesiton...
I recently picked up some cherry lumber for about $1.00/bf. It's 7/8" thick, 4-6" wide, planed smooth on both sides, about 90% clear, and kiln dried. The reason it was so cheap is that there's a...
My favorite is the "arrow through some water baloons" episode. You can see the balloons tear away, and the baloon shaped blobs of water just stay there in midair.
Back to the sawstop episode - I...
That's what I was afraid of. I thought that maybe they were a high quality machine that was actually made in Lancaster PA, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
Meh - oh well.
Yep, that's the one!
The show is called "Time Warp" - it's two guys with super high speed cameras who feature all kinds of interesting stuff in super slow motion. My DVR picked up an episode earlier this week that...
I was perusing my local Craigslist this morning when I came across a 14" Band Saw for sale. It's a "Conestoga Woodworking Machines" brand, which I've never heard of. The label says it was made in...
This is partially inspired by the $20 Christmas Gift thread.
Tell us about some tools that you bought thinking "Eh, for that price, I can pitch it if it doesn't work out" but ended up being...
Mainly just to be a contrarian:
What about using a planer with a sled to flatten the first face? A 12" planer with a shop built sled is a lot less expensive than a 12" jointer.
Sure, it...
If you make the circular cutout in just the right spot (like the one Bill Huber detailed), you could pop out the circle, and pop in a crescent shape for the drum sander. Or make several sizes of...