I thought about posting this to the business section, because I'd really like input from professionals who use their shop as a business. For those of you who make $ or even a living making furniture or cabinets, how long does it take for a sliding table saw to pay for itself compared to a track saw...
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Last Post By: John Goodin Today, 3:04 AMI’ve seen it suggested by several woodworkers that you can get by with a single mortise chisel, e.g., 1/4 or 5/16. I’m interested in building shaker style furniture, and there are many 1/2 mortises. Many tables have a 1 1/2 leg, so that would be a 1/2 mortise using the rule of one third. That seems...
Last Post By: Mark Rainey Today, 7:26 AMIn order to maximize space in my small workspace I decided on a system that exhausts dust collection directly into my 100gal brown yard waste bin outside. It's based around a 2hp Jet compressor mounted in the attic space and a 6" line that drops into the shop. The problem is how to best...
Last Post By: William Hodge Today, 6:16 AMJust put a new SCM nova s520 into service. Would like to return workpieces from outfeed to infeed side via top, and this new machine has a huge 31x46" hood, 2mm thick steel, well reinforced, 4mm thick hinges and attachment welded inside, which leads me to believe it's expected to be used this way....
Last Post By: Tom Bender Today, 7:55 AM3M 5200 is a caulking consistency adhesive, and no way to make an invisible joint with it.
Tom M King Today, 9:07 AMFrom my limited experience steam bending, I would also think that getting the four curved pieces the same after springback would be unlikely. But again,
Alan Lightstone Today, 9:06 AMLet us know if you find that good bulk erase option.
I have the same issue, especially with photos. Over 100,000 of them. Plenty duplicates.
For sure the splits were caused by moisture content change between assembly and now. Mixing two woods with different rates of movement didn't help. Those
Kevin Jenness Today, 8:47 AMHi Charley, the use of a riving knife or splitter is also required to prevent the workpiece from accidentally contacting the rear of the blade, which
Rod Sheridan Today, 8:27 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.
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