I 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 Yesterday, 9:28 PMI need to pick up some more clamps in the 36 inch range. I figured I’d see if anybody had any value options that work well. I have some Bessy and Jorge now but just trying to save a couple bucks.
Last Post By: Tom Bender Today, 8:09 AMIn 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, 7:04 PMThis SCMI/Samco Unilev 15 arrived at my shop last week. I'll be using it with a power feeder to sand edges. I'm working on an attachment that will let me work to a final dimension with precision. This type of sander is more popular in Europe than here in the US. I haven't come across many of...
Last Post By: stephen thomas Yesterday, 9:51 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...
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I have a Hammer K3 Winner (79x48 model) in my 16'x22' basement shop, along with a bunch of other tools including a Hammer A3-31. Like Rod, I keep the
Steve Wurster Today, 2:05 PMI have used Watco Danish Oil. MDF absorbs Watco like crazy. Have some forms for bending wood rings that I soaked in Watco. They have held up well. The
Maurice Mcmurry Today, 2:00 PMThank you everyone. I'm a bit puzzled what the culprit was, but it works now.
I did as suggested, went out there this morning, reconnected
Well, I have to disagree.
I also don't think $550 is a good price for a product you describe as "something slightly better than the bare minimum".
For years I used a 1617 in the "plywood clamped to bench" configuration but got tired of of the setup time and poor dust collection. Not to
David M Peters Today, 1:45 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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