Time for some levity

With 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.

Dining room carver chairs - Take 2

About a month ago I began a thread about designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs were purchased all those years ago along with a table, which is around 200 years old. We need a larger table, and time has come to...

Osage Orange

My friend in So. Dk. was given a fair amount of Osage Orange. He hauled home and called me to tell me how heavy it was. He said it had been in a barn for several years and was thrilled to have. The next day his back was hurting severely. He lives in a small town that has pretty good medical care....

A Tip For Ticks

Answer = Tape

Sharpening Card Scrapers - Rob Cosman's Way

While reviewing different approaches in preparing card scrapers I found the method used by Rob Cosman to be the most involved. Basically he recommends flattening and polishing the 3 surfaces of each side, eventually using a 16000 grit Shapton stone. He also employs the Charlesworth ruler trick to...

Dewalt 735 not parallel, need advice

Hi folks, I'm looking for advice on whether to ignore/repair/euthanize a misaligned Dewalt 735. A couple of years ago, I bought a used Dewalt 735 from a guy who had already installed a byrd cutterhead on it. I've recently realized that it is out of parallel by ~0.013". Picture attached...

Surefire Way to Find Something Lost

stuff seems to dissapear all the time. Tons of shop stuff and hard to manage it all for a few reasons. Years back I took the back seat out of one of

Time for some levity

Hoffman edge press

Thats good. My way is slower but it works fine. With the beams 8" wide you do the 12 foot length then do the other side and I have three beams.

Hoffman edge press

2 or 3 minutes for 1" wide banding according to the website. They typically put 1/4" banding on veneer blanks and the throughput keeps one man

Hoffman edge press

I just use 2 x 8 x 12 foot maple beams lay edges on that then parts on that and bar clamps. Lipping planers worked great for me. Did tons of solid.