The main electric tool in my shop is a sander and I'd like to use hand tools to finish the wood but I'm curious as to how well a scraping plane or smoothing plane can finish a project compared to sand paper. General I use oil finishes but sometimes stain for contrast. Finishing is my weak area...
Last Post By: Rafael Herrera Yesterday, 10:15 PMSeems like questions about Minimax bandsaws have been popping up and I wondered if there could be an opportunity to condense knowledge into and level-set some best-practices for setup? First, any contemporary Italian or large Austrian bandsaw ought be very straightforward to set up and get cutting...
Last Post By: Brian Holcombe Today, 2:16 PMLooking 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: Warren Lake Today, 12:38 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: steven c newman Today, 11:04 AMThis 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: Steve Jenkins Today, 11:22 AMUntil 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)
Same. I've done a LOT of drainage work around my relatively new property and am confused on why a "retaining" wall would be that close to a
Brian Austin Today, 3:36 PMI hadn't realized how small of a group that is.
On topic I pull the wagon often enough since I don't have a lot of space.
Personally, I'd go with a much coarser stone for your first stone. I usually start off in the 300-400 range, and then move one to something in the 600-800
Jimmy Harris Today, 3:15 PMWell, there's always Snap On. Don't see any sets but around 7 bucks per size.
Ken Combs Today, 3:06 PMyes 3 speeds thanks for mentioning that, I saw when I looked up the model forgot to mention it. That was new to me as well. better fence way better
Warren Lake Today, 2:48 PM
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: Warren Lake Today, 2:37 PM