My first bandsaw, a new rikon 10-3061, set it up according to the manual and various youtube tutorials such as Alex Snodgrass's method (align the blade, tension the blade, thrust bearings and side guides) Now the issue is: the saw just won't cut straight, it will pull the wood off the fence...
Last Post By: Thomas McCurnin Today, 8:46 PMI thought about posting this to the business section, because I'd really like input from professionals who use their shop as a business. For those of you who make $ or even a living making furniture or cabinets, how long does it take for a sliding table saw to pay for itself compared to a track saw...
Last Post By: John Kananis Today, 10:03 PMAfter debating and agonizing over it for years, I finally dove in and bought a Grizz G1033X Byrd spiral head 20" planer. UPS Freight delivered it today. Everything arrived in perfect condition. Super nice driver and my new best friend Levi wrestled it onto his pallet jack as the pallet isn't wide...
Last Post By: John Goodin Today, 3:04 AMI’ve seen it suggested by several woodworkers that you can get by with a single mortise chisel, e.g., 1/4 or 5/16. I’m interested in building shaker style furniture, and there are many 1/2 mortises. Many tables have a 1 1/2 leg, so that would be a 1/2 mortise using the rule of one third. That seems...
Last Post By: John Kananis Today, 5:16 PMMy new location does not have 3-phase service so I will be installing a phase converter to power my sanders, spray booth fan, and some other smaller pieces of equipment. I am leaning hard towards the Phase Perfect. For new equipment purchases, when there is an option for either single phase or...
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For salad bowls - straight pharmaceutical grade mineral oil. Gloss will increase with successive coats. More suited to pieces that are
Beautiful job and always a wonderful gesture to do that for someone.
glenn bradley Today, 11:13 PMClamps came off, today...spent one hour IN the shop....BOTH knees are acting up, now.
That one edge looked close to straight (it wasn't)
Steve, a couple of years ago I wanted a new helmet and did a lot of research at the time. The Lincoln Viking always seemed to come out on top or near
John Ziebron Today, 11:07 PMNice work John. I've made a couple of those myself.
Bruce Page Today, 11:05 PM
Time for some levity
Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NHWith all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.
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