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: John Pendery Today, 10:23 AMI was able to purchase 2 used Holtey Planes (earlier 98 series smoothers, not low angle) for an incredibly low price. The owner died. With the planes came 2 other blades that were not for those planes and I just stored them away. I am now on a mission to improve the performance of these fancy...
Last Post By: Jim Koepke Yesterday, 4:15 PMIn 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: Tony Wilkins Today, 12:19 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: Mark Rainey Today, 11:57 AMLooking for router table. A couple projects I would like to do call for a lot of simple molding. I am a hobby woodworker partial to hand tools but use machines. I am a slow builder. My moldings have been with wooden molding planes, hand planes and scratch stock. I just picked up a Bosch router....
Last Post By: Mark Rainey Yesterday, 7:45 PMUntil it is falling apart and things fall out. (Votes: 35)
Until someone gives me a new on as a gift. (Votes: 5)
Whenever I feel like it. (Votes: 5)
I have many wallets and rotate them. (Votes: 0)
Don't carry a wallet. (Votes: 2)
I use a money clip instead. (Votes: 1)
CA glue is commonly used by turners for temporary mounting of high moisture content workpieces using glue blocks. As long as you don't have a violent
Kevin Jenness Today, 12:33 PMStephen, my commercial veneer is 1/42 of an inch. I like 150 Bloom strength hide glue. I tried shop made veneer around the curves of the drawers on
Mark Rainey Today, 11:57 AMYep, maybe put a coat of wax on it and ship it. Crack won't get any worse as it appears all the relevant stress has been relieved.
Charles Edward Today, 11:51 AM
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: Jim Koepke Today, 1:45 AM