Are you building face frame cabinets? Frameless? Doing your doors in house? (sorry if I missed it above). How much space do you have?
I do very little sheet goods work, but when I do get the...
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Are you building face frame cabinets? Frameless? Doing your doors in house? (sorry if I missed it above). How much space do you have?
I do very little sheet goods work, but when I do get the...
It really is an odd system. They're back up to a T77 with their new saw, which is NOTHING like the T78 being discussed. One of these days, those fortune cookie lottery numbers are going to be right,...
I have one of these shapers in a similar configuration (2 hp 3 phase), so here's a few thoughts.
Double check the spindle size. These were sold as 1" spindle machines, though some have since...
That looks really good! Can't wait to see what the base looks like.
I'd second the recommendation that the OP spend some time with the Bob Vaughan video on knife setting. It goes through a cutterhead diagram that will answer a lot of the questions that have been...
I just finished some bent lam work with Unibond One and had a reasonably positive experience. The open time is pretty good and I got next to nothing springback-wise. Glueline dries hard enough to cut...
Another vote for nothing. Grip for hand tool work is more important than any benefits a finish offers, and it gets resurfaced every year or two, so no point in attempting to pretty it up.
My 24" Crescent jointer has one-piece gibs (it's a Crescent, so they're different than most other gibs, but it's a one-piece bar.) My 18" delta wedgebed planer has a two-piece gib setup for each...
Adding on to cover the rest of your questions... Guides can be replaced or rebuilt, but many of the stock guides on that class of machine are as good as or better than anything you'll get today.
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If that F&E is even an option.... GO GET IT! Monster of a saw. But make sure you're comfortable handling and transporting something that size. Even if it needs tires (which can be expensive) and a...
Ok, I'll play the other side of the coin here. I like my small collector and don't find it inconvenient at all to move around.
I've got an Oneida Mini Gorilla that I roll around and I use...
I've seen one of those in person. Magnificent machine, but if you're worried about saving space, it's probably not the right planer for you. :D
I’ve done several of these. They’re tricky, but people really like them for the reason you mentioned - no leaf to store under the bed.
Get the Joyce book to help you figure out the arcs you’re...
You certainly can (assuming it's belt driven like Andrew said), but it might be easier and cheaper to just throw a VFD on it and run it as-is.
I've done this, but I have a 24" jointer that's the better part of 8 feet long. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it on a small (short bed) machine. I also haven't repeated it since trying it once,...
This all looks incredible! Nice work!
Can you tell us a little about your finish schedule?
This is REALLY nice work! Thanks for sharing!
Use it? Oh yes! It gets a lot of use and is by far my favorite machine! It's basically as safe as any jointer you can buy today. It has a 4 knife "safety" cutterhead head that was so good that other...
I can second this. I had one for over a decade and outside of bevel cutting (which I did very little of), it was a solid machine. I did the typical link belt/machined pulleys/Vega fence upgrades and...
Oldest is my 24" Crescent jointer. The cutterhead has a 1915 patent date, but the castings only have a 4 digit serial number, which puts it possibly a decade earlier. (dating a Crescent based on...
My Sawstop is the only modern machine I own. Next newest is a 1980, and I go all the way back to about 1915, so my idea of a problematic machine involves a welding cracks in cast aluminum bandsaw...
My brother had a Chestnut Oak come down on his property last year. He had a local tree service come by and buck it to length, load it on their trailer, and haul it to the mill for what I though was a...
That looks really good! Nicely done.
That's pretty good!
^ read this, then read it again. That is an amazing saw, but if you’re new to table saws, it’ll be like taking drivers ed in a semi truck. It can be done, but there are easier ways to get your feet...