Hi Folks,
Ordered a biesemeyer miter table from Amazon -- a 6 ft length, 10" width is $108 delivered. I have a couple of questions for anyone who has one:
1) Do you need tables for the right...
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Hi Folks,
Ordered a biesemeyer miter table from Amazon -- a 6 ft length, 10" width is $108 delivered. I have a couple of questions for anyone who has one:
1) Do you need tables for the right...
Anyone have recommendations for especially bright under-cabinet lighting. I recently installed some salvaged kitchen cabinets in a basement shop and want to add some lighting on the bottoms.
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A local hardwood supplier has maple 2X4's short off-cuts at 30-cents an inch. Most of the pieces are 12-20". Do you think this is a good deal for material to make a workbench top?
Hey Guys,
First post in the turning forum: going to look at Powermatic 45 lathes in a high school auction tomorrow morning -- could someone give me an idea of how much to bid?
Gil
We bought a ten-year-old Rainbow brand redwood playset. I'm replacing some parts that are structural supports, such as bracing below the floor of platforms. I'm using treated 2X4's for these...
Hi All,
I've been trying to align an older Grizzly 8" jointer and need advice. I shimmed the tables and they are co-planar. Then I shimmed the cutterhead because it was tilted -- more of a gap...
Hi All,
I've been slowly trying to tune an older 8" jointer.
In measuring across the tables, I find the outfeed table to sag 0.028" on the side with a rabbet ledge and 0.032" on the side with...
Hi,
I used John White's approach of making 'masterbars.' You can google "John White Shim Jointer" and find a link to his book "Care and Maintenance of Shop Machines" (I'm not sure if this is the...
Hi All,
I purchased a used Grizzly 8" jointer -- 3 knives, levers instead of handwheels, colored green top to bottom.
It looks like I need to shim the cutterhead on the side closest to the...
Juan,
I got a lot of useful information from this thread from the Sawmillcreek archive:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=39053&highlight=switch
If you are familiar with...
I got one too.
Gil
Hi All,
I recently purchased a used 8" jointer -- green Grizzly, dovetailed ways, levers instead of wheels. The tables are flat and coplanar, as best gauged by winding sticks and laying a Festool...
I reluctantly moved from Chapel Hill, NC to downtown Indianapolis almost 7 years ago. It's a great city and I hope you and your family love it here. We've come to really appreciate the people and...
Does anyone have this article from Fine Woodworking magazine?
Shop-testing five jointer-planers. (1) Belsaw 684. (2) Emco-Rex 2000. (3) Inca 343-190. (4) Makita 2030. (5) Hitachi F-1000A.
FINE...
Hey All,
I'll say what's been expressed many times before -- I really appreciate the kind atmosphere and abundant great advice of the Creek.
Chuck: I am the proud owner of a right tilt Unisaw...
Thanks all for your quick and thoughtful replies. Frank, I hate to admit that I haven't gotten it connected to my dust collection -- still debating between ceiling versus saw mounting. Jason, your...
Hi All,
Wondering what opinion you had about punching several small holes in my table saw's zero-clearance insert to help with dust collection. Ever since using ZCI's, I've noticed more dust...
Have read several differing opinions on assembling a table top and thought I'd ask this forum. Some say to alternate the end grain, while others say to keep end grain in the same direction. I'm...
Hello All,
Thanks for the brisk and useful replies. Yes, this will be finished space -- hoping that we can make it a den / playspace. Have any of you used steel studs? If so, any pointers to...
Hi All,
1. Do you have recommendations for home renovation forums? I love the atmosphere of the Creek and am hoping to find a similarly helpful source of online advice for our attic renovation
...
I have a Delta 50-763 dust collector that comes standard with four 4" dust ports, or one 8" main port. I just got several lengths of 6" spiral pipe. Any suggestions on where to obtain a fitting for...
Thanks for the speedy reply. Just to clarify, I had a question about how deep to cut. The starting bit depth is 1 & 3/16ths inches -- I had bad luck trying to cut that deep in a single pass and was...
Last night, I was making a small box and intend to join the sides on a 45-degree miter with a few splines as accents.
I have on my to-do list to make a cross-cut sled, but so far have been doing...
How many passes would you make to dovetail 3/4" quartersawn oak? I have a dewalt 621 router in the d-handle base and am using the akeda jig. I am trying to make half-blind dovetails and am using...
Hi Jerry,
I've been looking a lot at bench chisels lately -- wanted to make sure you looked at the chisel review pdf in the badger pond archive -- the author liked two cherries best
I'm also...