Woodworking's Undisputed Statements of Fact

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Please feel free to add...

• PVC ductwork will blow up if not grounded.
• You can really ground PVC ductwork by simply adding a bare copper wire to it.
• It's important that my dust collection ductwork be leak tight.
• Using a drum sanding spindle on a drill press will radially wear out the drill press bearings.
• Blade stabilizers on my saw blade really improved the cut quality.
• Polyurethane glue is stronger than yellow wood glue.
• A 120V/240V dual voltage motor runs stronger on 240V.
• Cycling a dust collector can overheat the motor and significantly shorten its life.
• Cyclones are a new technology.
• There's a significant benefit to having a Baldor motor on my home shop machine vs. an Asian import motor.
• Three legged roller stands are helpful.
• Mobile bases with two fixed casters and two swivel casters maneuvers better than one having all four casters that swivel.
• I know my overhead air filter works because when I return to my shop after an hour, the air looks clear.
• My router has 3½ horsepower.
• Biscuits will align my bowed boards during glue up.
• Alternating the grain direction on glued-up boards will keep 'em flat.
• For a superior bond, I always apply glue to both boards.
• Scrape the dried squeeze-out with a paint scraper for a fine finish.
• Sawdust and yellow glue makes for inconspicuous wood filler...especially when staining.
• Skipping a sanding grit is inefficient and will take longer if you had not.
• Dull 100 grit sand paper is the same as new 150 grit sand paper.
• I use the little bubble level on my adjustable square all the time.
• The most dangerous tool in my shop is the radial arm saw.
• A router lift will improve the quality of my cut.
• I always use the factory tablesaw guard.
• My digital scale must be accurate...it reads to the third decimal place.
• Machine choice 'A' weighs 500 lbs, and choice 'B' weighs 525 lbs. Choice B is better.
• Getting a new 600 lb machine into my basement shop is not that bad.
• Be sure to exactly cut a 3/4" wide dado for 3/4" plywood as to ensure a snug fit.
• The slotted holes from my pocket screws don't look so bad.
• A pre-stain sealer really improves the color consistency of my stained birch panels.
• My new track saw will replace my table saw.
• When I get my Roto-zip and a Fein Multi-tool, I will sell all my woodworking machines...including my track saw.

-Jeff

[Van Huskey]

Using a Festool tool will clean the air in the house across the street

Without a Sawstop you will end up with fewer fingers by the end of the year

Headless pins are completely invisable

Megabuck jigs are always superior to shop built ones


BTW good list I enjoyed it and have spent some money based on some of those facts

[Mike Cruz]

I thought of a BUNCH of replies to this, but the words of my father are ringing in my head...If you can't say something nice, don't say it at all. So, I'm refraining...

[Chuck Tringo]

Since I mostly Neander now, most of mine will lean that way, but not all....

• Blades aren't sharp enough if you don't use a 8000 Grit or higher stone for the final honing (because everyone had 10000 shaptons 250 years ago)
• Woodies are better than Metal Planes for these 15 reasons
• Metal planes are better than woodies for these 15 reasons
• My $2000+ infil plane cuts so much better than your LV/LN/Woodie/Refurbed SW/anything else that exists
• Bandsaws cannot rip near as good as a table saw
• Dowel construction is cheap and wont last but M&T never fails
• This new $300 saw will make you cut perfect dovetails regardless of whether or not you can saw a straight line
• Your work will be inaccurate unless all of your Machine surfaces/Assembly tables/Planes/Blades are straight and flat to a tolerance of less than 0.00000136 inch per mile (because wood doesn't move)
• My stuff made in china is just as good as your stuff made in the US/Canada/Europe/Japan (ducks because I know the flak is coming )

That's all for now, great idea for a thread as well

[Jason White]

Um.....

Yeah, I'll stay out of this one.

Please feel free to add...

• PVC ductwork will blow up if not grounded.
• You can really ground PVC ductwork by simply adding a bare copper wire to it.
• It's important that my dust collection ductwork be leak tight.
• Using a drum sanding spindle on a drill press will radially wear out the drill press bearings.
• Blade stabilizers on my saw blade really improved the cut quality.
• Polyurethane glue is stronger than yellow wood glue.
• A 120V/240V dual voltage motor runs stronger on 240V.
• Cycling a dust collector can overheat the motor and significantly shorten its life.
• Cyclones are a new technology.
• There's a significant benefit to having a Baldor motor on my home shop machine vs. an Asian import motor.
• Three legged roller stands are helpful.
• Mobile bases with two fixed casters and two swivel casters maneuvers better than one having all four casters that swivel.
• I know my overhead air filter works because when I return to my shop after an hour, the air looks clear.
• My router has 3½ horsepower.
• Biscuits will align my bowed boards during glue up.
• Alternating the grain direction on glued-up boards will keep 'em flat.
• For a superior bond, I always apply glue to both boards.
• Scrape the dried squeeze-out with a paint scraper for a fine finish.
• Sawdust and yellow glue makes for inconspicuous wood filler...especially when staining.
• Skipping a sanding grit is inefficient and will take longer if you had not.
• Dull 100 grit sand paper is the same as new 150 grit sand paper.
• I use the little bubble level on my adjustable square all the time.
• The most dangerous tool in my shop is the radial arm saw.
• A router lift will improve the quality of my cut.
• I always use the factory tablesaw guard.
• My digital scale must be accurate...it reads to the third decimal place.
• Machine choice 'A' weighs 500 lbs, and choice 'B' weighs 525 lbs. Choice B is better.
• Getting a new 600 lb machine into my basement shop is not that bad.
• Be sure to exactly cut a 3/4" wide dado for 3/4" plywood as to ensure a snug fit.
• The slotted holes from my pocket screws don't look so bad.
• A pre-stain sealer really improves the color consistency of my stained birch panels.
• My new track saw will replace my table saw.
• When I get my Roto-zip and a Fein Multi-tool, I will sell all my woodworking machines...including my track saw.

-Jeff

[ROY DICK]

It is much better to mess something up 1st. Then ask questions about what you are wanting to accomplish.

Roy

[Zach England]

A rabbet is a groove cut into the edge of a piece of wood.

A rebate is a reduction of an amount paid.

A rabbit is a furry mammal.

Rabat is the capital of Morocco.

[JohnT Fitzgerald]

A well set up and aligned piece of machinery is so accurate it could be donated to NASA for work on their next-gen spacecraft.

[Chris Tsutsui]

• The higher the stack of systainers the better the woodworker
• Harbor freight tools pay for themselves after their first use
• I will clean up/restore that old tool when I have spare time
• I keep all scraps of wood until I run out of room, or it stacks so high that it topples over.
• There will ALWAYS be a tool upgrade that is more $ than I can afford
• I read the manual carefully only when I'm stumped.
• Tools go on sale after I paid retail for it.
• A gift card makes something unaffordable become barely affordable.
• There is always a mistake in a completed project
• The shop is a mess when other people see it.
• Modern woodworkers don't have to worry about splinters, and only have to worry about cutting their fingers on perfectly sharp 90 degree milled lumber.
• A random orbit sander on veneer is asking for disaster.
• Glue squeeze out on both sides means you used enough glue.
• You undo a clamp to try to reposition something but your glue has set amazingly fast.
• Blowing sawdust off things with your mouth usually spits on it.
• Flys and gnats live only to dive bomb into freshly painted or finished surfaces.
• Wood parts and panels fall on the ground once they've reached their final dimensions.
• Woodworkers that misplace their pencil or tape measure are lucky if they have not already lost a limb.

[Chris Parks]

You need a dial indicator to set up a TS.
All new digital gadgets are useless.
The strongest critic of anything is one who has never bought or used the product.

[Mitchell Andrus]

• Lists posted on an internet forum are rarely accurate or universal, but they are entertaining.

Does one item make a list? YES, if there's a bullet in front of it.
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[Terry Welty]

If they really are out to get you, it's not paranoia.

If it doesn't kill you, it will make you stronger.

There is a fine line between eroticism and nausea.

Drink once, measure twice, cut once, throw piece away, too short again.

[Michael Schapansky]

No picture - Didn't happen.

[James White]

No picture - Didn't happen.

Hey! No hitting below the belt!

James

[Kent A Bathurst]

Yes, Dear - I can make you one of those - I'll only need a couple small tools that I don't already have.