Earlier this week, went to local grocery to buy some sweet potatoes, which were on sale for $0.25 per pound. They come, 40# to the box, and I wanted 4 boxes (160#.) We like sweet potatoes, and these $0.25 per pound ones taste a lot better than the $1.19 per pound ones. Being as how they were in...
Last Post By: Lee DeRaud Today, 3:08 PMHey guys so I'm about to pull the trigger on this and just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts. The Minimax is actually about $500 less or so and seems like the better machine from what I've read. The rep from Felder says otherwise of course, but just curious what you guys think. BTW doing...
Last Post By: mike stenson Today, 1:21 PMIF anyone wants to follow along? Recently laid in a supply of 1 x 6 Ash planks...about 52 bft worth...got the shop ready...bench cleared of action... Even ran the Stanley No.5 -1/2c around a bit, had a few high spots to level out.. First 2 planks arrived in the shop.. These needed to be...
Last Post By: steven c newman Yesterday, 9:25 PMStill working on the 7’ table top. Planing the edges of the last panel to put on the edge. Both edges seem plat along their length to my long veritas straight edge and square side to side with my small square. When I put them together there is a gap on both sides full length that doesn’t want to...
Last Post By: John Kananis Today, 2:08 PMHi All, trying to understand where I went wrong so that it doesn't happen again. I have a Jessem RT, lift and fence system with a 3 1/2 HP motor. I was using a 3/8" sharp straight bit to do a .7" x 3/8" dado on 1x2 Maple stock (3/4x1 3/4). The dado is on the 1 3/4 side, about 1/4" from the...
Last Post By: Matthew Hills Today, 12:34 PMThe main places where the waste comes from is width and length. Getting perfect width boards is hard, but when I'm buying lumber, I may sort through
Mark Wedel Today, 3:46 PMI've not used the Festool router rail adapter much and find it tricky in situations where the adjustable foot of the router is riding off the workpiece.
Jonathan Jung Today, 3:42 PMFinally got time away from my medical bffs. I counter bored one of the dog holes in the 3 1/2 portion of the bench. Counter bore was 1" +/- deep
Patrick C Daugherty Today, 3:38 PMThis thread has some interesting replies.
I make my living (supporting my family) as a solo furniture maker / craftsman / woodworker doing
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.
Last Post By: Bill Dufour Today, 11:56 AM