If I am understanding your constitution you have full thickness stave core stiles - 1” thick rails centered then vertical planks on to these to end up flush with the stiles. All t&g together but not...
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If I am understanding your constitution you have full thickness stave core stiles - 1” thick rails centered then vertical planks on to these to end up flush with the stiles. All t&g together but not...
Zimmermann is one Bandsaw manufacturer that has electric lift of the upper guides. Rare to find here and expensive.
My Agazzani 36” band saw had a horrible lifting system with plastic gears that...
Jim, early on I had a SCM combo that was difficult to adjust the height on and it pretty well stayed at 1mm removal and just make a few passes with crooked material. I said I move mine a lot but in...
Most all high end Euro jointers have motorized adjustment of the infeed table. It’s a nice feature and I move mine a lot. A lot of the vintage euro jointers had hydraulic up and down or a simple...
I built a European style bench back in the 80s. It was a pleasure to build and has been a joy to use all these years! The side vise with the sliding jack board gets used a lot for edge work on doors....
Kevin, I think the M42 is ok for clear softwoods but most custom shops run a wide variety of hardwoods and softwoods. Myself a lot of knotty white oak and sometimes recycled oak from old barn...
I came to the same conclusion about Carbide Tersa Larry. It’s expensive but when you do the math with lineal footage it becomes obvious what the most economical route is. The other thing about...
I used to buy from Macbeth they have some unique products. Way back they used to run a truck up here once a month. Not any more and too expensive to go common carrier.
Intermountain and National...
Andrew, I just bought clear alder for $4 per Bd Ft from Intermountain. National in Denver is about the same. Seems like last time I bought it was $2.50. Nothing surprises me anymore on costs. Alder,...
For a cheaper material that would hold up with paint I would consider Eastern White pine. Heartwood and tight growth rings if you can find it. The big window companies gave wood windows a bad...
Not something I use a lot but handy for some special setups.
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John, Pro Lock made a router spindle for my T23. Martin should also have them available for the T20 to fit the Dorn Fix shaft.
might be less money through ProLock.
Hi Dan, I would say anything thicker than 3mm. After 3mm skins start acting like solid wood.
Always solid Stave core with the 7mm. Aluminum strips optional for stability.
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Figured out the Oil problem on my T23. It was pumping oil just not up to the sight glass. Oil level was below the bottom line on the reservoir. Filled it to the top line and it pumped like crazy till...
John, thick skins are fine over a solid wood stave core. If using LVL or Timberstrand type Cora then you need to use thin veneer. Myself I would not use 1/8” on an exterior door. Plenty of...
I Have run into the old stave core doors before. They are pretty rough. We just did some work on a local historic building. The door in the picture is the old door setting on top of the new one we...
Malcolm, how did you assemble and join those wide bottom rails? I’ve run into this occasionally repoducing historic store doors. The originals are always cracked right down the center. When I build...
You will like the MiterX John!
Parallel stop is for sure more accurate and I use it a lot for length ways miters. Takes a bit of setup though. Using the fence as a bump stop with F&F not quite as...
The stick method is very accurate. I had a dial indicator to get the knives close in the head on the old J/P but the stick on the outfeed tells the truth. When I was running with conventional heads...
Kevin, My 10' slider does not get used much to the full capacity in solid wood for millwork, doors and windows. I built a kitchen for myself a while back but dont anticipate using much in the way of...
Foot pedals look good Brian. Mine were black and green originally but I painted them silver metallic. My old EMA shaper had orange for the brakes.
Thanks for the info on the oil system. Mine quit...
I set manually for years on my SCM cast iron J/P.
One thing I found helpful was wiping a light coat of oil between the knife and gib. This helped keep movement to a minimum while tightening. That...
Same here, the stop extension gets used mostly for ripping miters with the parallel fence and sometimes small miter cross cuts with the double miter.
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Dave,
I have a couple simple wooden bridges for narrow pieces. Mac Campshure posted on the FOG a nice solution for this that he made out of metal. His has a adjustable foot.
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