lou Brava
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John that is one hell of a good approach, but a day late for me I read your post this morning prior to un-clamping what I glued up yesterday ! So far...

Yes, & hopefully it will be something I'm proud of.

FWIW, I posted about secondary bevels on chisels. I had read Paul Sellers blog and He seems to be in favor of em & I didn't understand the reason...

Thanks John, yesterday I ordered some 8/4 QS WO (11 bucks a bd ft. !) due what Richard C. mentioned about tylosis and try using TB 1. My thought is...

Nice responses, thanks guys. The 2 lumber yards did not have any 8/4 Rift or QS WO (good call John K) so I went with Red Oak I'm dying it so dark you...

I'm assuming this is a hobby for you, if your trying to make money at it I'd have different advice. IMO it boils down to what type of person you are....

Like this, not the best pic these pieces were off fall from a taper cut. If you enlarge you will see saw marks/lines. I have a feeling it's not a bad...

I use a Resaw King it's sharp & my cuts are no where near as smooth as what your showing & you mentioned the Resaw king cut a bit better . I'm pretty...

Looks like nice a design, I can't add much to what's been said but as far as taking the time to build a torsion box top check out this. I built one...

You never know, people move. I've had good neighbors who moved than I had bad neighbors. If you spend some money on soundproofing you'll be fine...

Jim I get that holding part, on these legs the taper stops where the top radius ends. To do this on a jointer would have required starting the taper...

I guess I didn't word my question correctly it should have just been, Is it safe to taper a 16" long board on a jointer ? I ended up just making a...

This looks like a good way go, spend the 40 bucks & see whats really going on in the air & compare it to the OSHA particulate standards for whatever...

Thanks, I've always used a band saw or TS for tapers I know it works. I'm just curious on the jointer or am I asking for trouble ?