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With respect, I am not looking to create a perfect system. I understand, for sure, that 4" pipe is not ideal. And there are various aspects of my system that true dust collection aficionados would...

I am sure you are right. As I recall, the DC is a 1100CFM with the canister filter. To be clear, I am a solo hobbyist that stumbled on a great deal for a 20" planer. I will not be running a lot of...

Hi all,
Forgive me if I missed it but I didn't have any luck searching. I had an idea that I though MIGHT make sense - but as an old friend used to say about new ideas, "Maybe I should keep it to...

Thank you guys very much, I am glad that operator error was the conclusion because at least I should be able to fix my own idiot mistakes outside of warranty…. Thanks again! If I can’t figure it out...

Hi all,
I bought myself a Christmas present a year ago - a Jet 16-32 drum sander. My first test runs were great, beautiful flat sanding, ready for 220 ROS and finish. But then I tried sanding larger...

Good to know --- I was curious so I actually went and look it up on the WD-40 website. I believed the myth about fish oil!!! I guess I won't be bathing in it anymore ;)

mayo - I hate mayo so even...

What I have read/understood is that if the mill (because it is a metal frame on metal stands) sits on concrete it will have nowhere for vibration to go. While it makes sense, I would think it would...

I was sawing out some pine for rafters - had really good logs - but they were cut only a few weeks ago. My tape measure may never be the same, the pitch coming out of those logs was crazy.

My...

The knives are held by set screws - hex bit sits in the cover (with the magnet in the handle to hold the blades while setting or removing). Yes you can slide the blades a bit the get rid of the nick.

Hi Bill,
Ours (a Turner) came with a crank (winch) style turner. It works. But it is difficult on larger logs because it has no real leverage. Canthook or peavey will work on the smaller logs but...

Well, we go it finished Sunday. Cut two 1xs off the cant, leaving a 16x16 cant, then cut down the middle (I can just barely but 8" thick under the saw carriage and belt guard) - I used a wedge to...

We set out on Sunday to saw up some hemlock. Started with a big bole - probably 26-28"DBH (I had to shave some parts to get the guides on the mill to go all the way down through). Once we got it...

It seems to me that a 20" capacity will be extremely limiting. I know for us, we have a 30" and that will be too small sometimes because every knob, piece of bark, or slight curve on a big log can...

Yup - I am of the 127... ;)

Am I the only one that does not go as crazy with stickering for rough framing lumber (hemlock/spruce) as when I am stickering cherry and maple for some future...

Ryan,
My area is just now becoming infested with that scourge. Our Dept of Enviro Conservation has many requirements - the main two are limiting transportation and, no matter what, it must be kiln...

Thanks for the info guys. I have not tried to rig anything up yet - I will start, I think, buy rigging up some blocks and set the jack on the blocks, then see if I am happy with that before worrying...

Hi folks,
My Dad, a friend, and I are still getting used to our mill (Turner bandmill). I have a design floating in my head of using an old car scissor jack as a toe board. Some of the logs we have...

I am not a sawyer - but my Dad and I did buy a sawmill last fall (almost like staying at a Holiday Inn Express). It is a Turner (made here in upstate NY) and was custom made for the previous owner...

First - Cody are you familiar with the Scottish history of your name (same as mine :) )
Second - I have used Waterlox and have found it to be very good. The flexibility question is not one that I...

I am no expert and I have concrete counters in my kitchen :) but I would be leery of the polyurethane for the finish. Poly and something that will get wet and hot will, I think, be problematic.
I...

My $.02 --- I repurposed a Stanley 5 1/4 to act as a scrub plane figuring its narrower cut and longer sole would work well. I think it did. And I can always re-grind the iron if I need to turn it...