Festool MFT/3 - $500
Local pickup in SoCal’s Inland Empire
The table’s front rail has a nick in the metal from an overly deep cut but is totally functional.
Comes with over $100 worth of bench...
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Festool MFT/3 - $500
Local pickup in SoCal’s Inland Empire
The table’s front rail has a nick in the metal from an overly deep cut but is totally functional.
Comes with over $100 worth of bench...
Differences in body style render most metrics ineffective which is why I like HNT Gordon's rather pragmatic description of how to determine bench height. Essentially, you bought your average stick...
I note the Blue Spruce mallet on your shelf. That is my tap-tap whacker. What do you use yours for?
Thanks for an interesting post.
When the temperature gets close to or under the dew pointm water vapor will condense on steel. Ti my mind there are 3 basic approaches to rust prevention.
1) - Keep the steel temperature well...
After watching a number of the videos that turned up on a search, I've come to the conclusion that the system will preform well for those with the skill to hold aprecise angle at the wheel but not so...
A powered wheel is faster but it also destroys faster. Until you have experience enough to have your own opinion I will suggest that flattening backs is best done. with 80 grit sandpaper stuck to a...
As long as you have a flat cutting grid such that sheets lay flat, you will get finish grade cuts from a Festool with an appropriate blade. The dust extractor gets almost all the sawdust. ...
In my case, it is obvious that there is a talent component which is lacking. Some people obviously have it, I do not, but that does not greatly diminish my enjoyment.
It is one thing to know what...
Last year I deliberately bought a Stanley induction hardened tooth saw from Home Depot because of the experience I had with a pair of toolbox saws. They cut surprisingly fast and well. I would...
Are they not striking knives?
All that beautiful grain in African Mahogany (any species) is reversing grain. Unless you have an uber sharp plane iron and are expert with a close set cap iron, you are going to wind up frustrated...
Just how flat is your floor? Unless it is dead flat then dead flat legs will not help all that much.
I have the HNT Gordon tail/wagon vise and they are rather adamant that the line through the center of the fog hokes and screw should be over 3" inland - for better control of wider stock. They...
Festool MFT and clamps, dogs, etc., WorkMate, sawhorses, saddle platform (one sawhorse mounted for cutting plywood and 1 bench mounted), holdfasts, planing stops, through doghole clamps fir the main...
De[ending on what you want to do, you nay want to consider a box joint set. Only two settings: 1/3" and 3/8" - easy peasy. So with one fence move you cut any groove size from 1/8" to 3/4" by...
Regardless of device type, if you do not want tp lose all our work, you will need a backip stratrgy that works for you. A process that you will actually use.
Mike,
Just plain WIW!!!! Clipped and saved for study. Thanks for the detailed pics.
Assaf,
What do you want a gauge to do that you gauges do not? Get or make yourself a wood cutting gauge and try that style. I assume you mean cutting gauge because of the Veritas wheel gauges. ...
A very save of the old till. If I ever get wall space, I will keep these ideas in mind. Thank you for sharing.
Cjeck out the MicroJig sled designs on YouTube
I Agree! Just to lend unnecessary credence to Rob's email, my son ruefully asserts that he has no shortage of customers willing to pay $10K for a generators, he just cannot get the parts with which...
Dental Pick? One of the tricks I learned in the Army is take the plane into a very hot shower with you - assuming the crud is organic and not metallic. After cleaning out the hoke after the shower,...
There a range of sizes for each of a variety of stock thicknesses. Suggest you call Leigh for the answer to your specific situation, Great folks.
Another gallery worthy stunner! Well done sir!
A true torsion box would provide all the support you need and could be hidden behind decorative aprons. With a nonslip surface that slab will not move.