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Since you have a planer, a router, and a nice table saw, I would recommend trying some cutting boards...mainly because you don't need a jointer for this project. You can face plane various hardwoods...

I also have this saw.

The ticking sound that you're hearing is contact with the ceramic guides. It's impossible to tell which one you're having contention with until you go through the setup in a...

Thanks Jim. It may not be obvious but I did take the plugs from the edge grain of a scrap...they didn't come from the same boards as the legs due to uncareful inventory of scraps through my process...

Another vote for the Grizzly G0490X. I deployed one of these a few weeks ago (replacing a 6" Jet that was perfectly fine for hobby use) and it's a world's worth of difference. I have a Steel City...

OK so it turns out that this sandwiching technique is not impossible, but I think that it requires a press rather than simple clamping. I learned this at the end of my glue-ups when the stock that I...

Thanks again everyone. I got a plug cutter from the local Rockler today and it worked out fine. I'm still kicking myself for not thinking of pocket screws as John Lanciani suggested. If I...

Thanks everyone! I went ahead and sanded the other three legs down last night before replies started coming in. I will work on the plug tonight. Thanks again!

Hey Creekers,

I am almost done with a kind of goofy project that I have been working on where I sandwiched yellowheart between walnut for an entry way table. This is the prototype so it's not...

Thanks Wayne - this is very helpful. My thinking w/ the end grain is that it's going to be a different color than the edge grain when I apply the finish: specifically, darker on the end grain with...

Hey everyone,

Long time, no post (or real participation)...sorry about that.

I have an idea for an entry table that the wife has requested. She hasn't requested the sandwich'ing that I...

OK everyone,

I'm going to continue (half-heartedly I'm sure) to find someone who wants this stuff but I'm already in the contractor-bag camp. It takes a couple of them to handle a really full OEM...

Thanks for all of the great advice, everyone...go to bed and wake up with answers!

I think I'm going to try the cheap-bag-inside-expensive-one route and keep it to a half-bag or so in order to...

I'm pretty sure it was ~25 for the 5-pack of the Jet bags at the local Woodcraft. The next set - if I have to go that far - will be from Amazon. Although, those are still $4 bags... :)

I have 5 dust collection bags that are all full of various hardwood dust, and the 6th one is halfway there. I realize that this is really thick plastic, but $5/bag at the local Woodcraft just eats...

I have had some problems aligning the glue-ups on this project, so I thought I would share my observations and what I've done to address the issue (I think but unconfirmed). Let me start by stating...

Thanks Frederick! I have three blanks in Katalox that I'm starting to work on now...I'm still a bit scared to weigh these beasts!

Sure, Howard.

Here are some pictures I took for a later glue up. I was working on the alignment issues from the prototype.

Here are the two pieces after the routing, bandsawing, then flush...

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. It was a really fun project...surely to be repeated!

Thanks Art - I can see why you'd think that. What is in the picture is a fresh coat of food-safe mineral oil...just couldn't wait to take that picture! Everything in the board is food safe and...

Some alignment issues in the glue up but overall I think it came out pretty well. We did three of them in a two-day session along with a bunch of jewelry boxes. African teak, maple, padauk,...

I just seemed to me that if I didn't have to deal with that DC converter, things might be a little easier.

Thanks for the input, everyone. I decided to go w/ the Deros. When I realized that there was a huge gap between what I needed for sanding vs. everything else, it didn't make sense to invest in a...

So I am at a crossroad and I need some advice.

First, my 5" Makita ROS died last night after many years of faithful service.

Second, I hate sanding and want to fulfill this need with the most...

I didn't need to re-read what you wrote, William, but I went ahead and did that anyway. Quite simply, in your message on 04/27, by typing "...if one wants to go beyond the stock 500mm...

Ordered one last night (the big one!), which means I can begin to answer questions in 3-4 weeks (+assembly time)!