The machine has been in my shop since 2006. You'll see ads for it in various wood magazines, but few know what it is or its capabilities.
Using a router, the WoodRat will mill: tenons, mortises,...
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The machine has been in my shop since 2006. You'll see ads for it in various wood magazines, but few know what it is or its capabilities.
Using a router, the WoodRat will mill: tenons, mortises,...
Highland Hardware sells BJ cutter blades. The same make will fit a DeWalt or even a Lamello Jointers. And I think they sell cutters made by Amana and by CMT. They all do the same jog and are sized...
Strangely out of place, on the Festool Owner's Group website, under the category of 'How=To' an English gentleman posted a video tour of his shop. But instead of unleashing all of that Teutonic...
The engineers at Festool have mastered that task. I own a DeWalt 625, a small Makita, a Milwaukee in my router table, and the Festool OF-1400. The 1400 is a medium HP unit. I use it the most.
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Here's why a shaper makes cleaner cuts than routers. The diameter of the cutters is much larger. So the cutting edge tends meets the wood with more of a tangential action. This results in a shearing...
I live in a county with 12 sawmills. Right at the California/Oregon border. One guy in Redding California sharpened tools for me and does circular blades for most of the mills. But he advised me to...
My new bandsaw blades (3) came from a saw sharpening shop that serviced lumber mills near the Calif/Oregon border. He silver soldered. To give you some perspective, my bicycle is made of Italian tube...
My two kitchens have hard maple cabinets. 1st built in 1995, the new one in 2006. Both got a light honey colored stain. The first was finished with old style lacquer. On the second kitchen build, 10...
Though I wasn't interested in WWing at the time, I watched craftsmen in Tokyo build a house (from my office window) and make Shoji Screens and Doors and Windows. I worked there for 4 years. And when...
www.dailysawservice.com from San Diego to Santa Barbara California they pick up and deliver through local tool dealers.
About woodworking being around a long time, so everything worthwhile has been accepted. Well, in manufacturing/industry there are innumerable ways things are positioned or clamped — things barely...
It's relatively cheap so i would get several different brands, and a few styles from each mfgr. If the track will be embedded in wood and might pull up and out of the wood, get some track with the...
There is variety, even between different batches from the same company. But for sheer quality and uniformity of fit, nothing comes close to Lamello. So, even if you can't afford the costly machine,...
It has been my experience that sellers often don't know what they have. This is true on eBay, on Craigslist. At swap meets and estate sales, it's true also. When they do in fact know, prices go up....
A Veritas MK II powered sharpener. It is messy, but fast. I'm trolling around for a big motor to power a 10" wheel so I can create some hollow grinds.
I bought an ATF 55 new 6 years ago. Here is a laundry list of changes made when Festool replaced it with the TS 55.
The TS 55 is slightly more powerful. The baseplate is a composite, as opposed to...
It's an amazing book. Because of my age, reading more than a few pages of a newpaper on the computer (full-sized) gets tiresome.
If you have any panel saws, I've seen tool cabinets that offer a slot behind the back panel. The saws are simply tucked into the slot with handles protruding from the sides. It requires little extra...
Looking at the Lie Nielsen website, their beefier Mortise Chisels are A2 steel. That is a tougher material, both for endurance and also for the difficulty in sharpening.
Bench chisels from Lie...
Jeff,
Marples are considered top of the line. But there are a few things that qualify this ranking. You've probably noticed that us hand woodworkers can get a tad particular about microscopic...
Ask these guys:
www.festoolownersgroup.com
Dieter Schmid in Germany sells a 28mm (1 1/8") diameter steel acme thread screw for leg and shoulder vises.
Of course this can't compare, speedwise, with a 2.5" wood screw, but wood hardware can...
The Domino machine takes advantage of Loose Tenon Joinery. The technique appealed to me, but is it really necessary to incur the hefty price just to have a system where you bring the machine to the...
Before I took up woodworking, we had a professional kitchen remodel. New walls, new cabinets, new appliances. We have a floor to ceiling pantry, 36", next to the oven. When I asked the cabinetmaker...
If you look at Carter's blog on that other forum, you'll find details and pix on cutting threads for a wooden vise screw.