In a Master ( and only) Bathroom in the house...where all the wood cabinets are real wood...with raised panel doors.....these are to be changed over next.. Butt jointed corners, surrounding flat, plywood panels...20 coats+ of white paint ( Lead?) was supposed to be 4 doors here, until someone...
Last Post By: steven c newman Yesterday, 8:17 PMApologies if this has been posted previously, but my search of the forum found nothing. I've been watching this series for a number of weeks now and found it fascinating. It covers the restoration/rebuilding of a 100 year old sailing yacht. The scale of the build is huge and I can't imagine the...
Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Yesterday, 4:15 PMSomething in one of the other handplane posts got me thinking about a subject that has puzzled me. Rigorous experiments by industry and the NFPL show that the best glue joint is between 2 matching smoothly knife planed surfaces. This includes hot hide glue; maybe excepting epoxy. Yet since...
Last Post By: Doug Rasmussen Today, 6:43 AMWe have the Ryobi ONE+ 18v battery system so I'd like to stay with that. Looking at the reciprocating saw for trimming branches and possibly shop work. Getting older and trying to not buy any more tools but at $58 it doesn't make a big dent in the plan. Will it chew thru 3" limbs?
Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Today, 9:40 AMI've acquired a Desmond Stephan Mfg, Co. (Urbana, Ohio) woodworking vise. I was going to resell it, but I have decided to keep it. I did a rehab to it (disassembled, sandblasted, painted and polished). I don't have any pictures right now, but will later. I've searched quite a bit for this...
Last Post By: Darrell Veitch Yesterday, 1:41 PMAgree that it's best to move away from 3/4''. The challenge is I already have a LOT of 3/4'' bore cutters. It will take time to move away from them, and
Kory Watson Today, 11:31 AM"Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are
Patty Hann Today, 11:09 AMYou sound like you are on the right track. Shimming a flat assembly surface will be critical to getting a good result. Do you have a bandsaw or jig
glenn bradley Today, 11:03 AMI retired from a large corporation who offered 2 different health insurance policies. One was cheaper and worked well in metropolitan areas similar to
Ken Fitzgerald Today, 11:00 AM
Help me choose a shaper from 3 options.
Thread Starter: Kory WatsonI love making windows and doors in my free time, this is my hobby. I eventually want to do timber framing too. A shaper is an important part of making the above, and I want to upgrade. Background: My current machine is a Jet JWS-25CS (3HP, up to 3/4 spindle) I need support for a 1 1/4''...
Last Post By: Kory Watson Today, 11:31 AM