Hello everyone, I haven’t done much woodworking last week except for making a windowsill for the kitchen and starting on a new Fritz and Franz jig for the shop.
What have you been up to?
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Hello everyone, I haven’t done much woodworking last week except for making a windowsill for the kitchen and starting on a new Fritz and Franz jig for the shop.
What have you been up to?
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Yes, however you need to know the chain size, which many people wouldn’t be able to determine.
Regards, Rod.
Hi Sue, any power transmission company (belts, sprockets, bearings etc will have that in stock.
Farm supply places often have those things as as Harbour Freight
I obviously don’t know who is...
Sean, I sent you a pm…….Regards, Rod
Hi, it’s been a slow week for me, many family related tasks so not much woodworking time.
I did varnish the 4 trim panels for the new cupboards and we did pick the paint colour for the walls and...
Hi, I agree completely with Roger.
I have a bench top mortiser and it easily works in hardwood
Here’s a recent one in red oak.
Regards, Rod
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I have a jointer with a Euro bridge guard, I really like it.
To make edge jointing easier, I bought a second guard extrusion and cut it in half.
Regards, Rod
I bought a similar bandsaw, Powermatic model 81, that wasn’t running and needed some TLC.
It now has a VFD and a 1 HP motor, runs nice.
If the saw is in good condition, no broken castings etc,...
When I owned a cabinet saw I used a plywood ladder frame with 5/8” white melamine, I see that saw every year or two and the outfeed table is still fine.
Now that I have a format saw I use either a...
Hi everyone, I stained the trim panels for the 3 new kitchen cabinets and am now back to drywall patching, my favourite 😒
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The weather here is crazy, today it’s +11C.
So, what did you...
Haha, good one Warren, well done.
Regards, Rod
If it didn’t have glue the tenons would slide out of the mortise, that’s why doors and gates have glue in the mortise.
The tenons are slip fits in the mortises
Regards, Rod
Jack, I consider the term “professional” to mean someone not in the trades who has their ability to work in the profession controlled by a governing body (doctor, lawyer, engineer etc).
To the...
Hi Andrew, I have outdoor raised bed planters made out of 24” square patio stones stood on edge, buried2” in the ground.
The top has a cedar frame around it, made with mortise and tenon joints,...
The breaker can’t “limit the current” all it can do is open under overload conditions.
Check voltages at the motor under load, you may have a very low voltage on one phase.
Regards, Rod.
Put a telescopic crosscut stop in your sled.
Regards, Rod
Hi, how can you drawbore something after assembly?
Regards, Rod
Hi everyone, sorry for the late posting, I was away visiting my sister.
Last week, I cut the mortises and tenons for my Shaker style kitchen cupboard trim panels.
So, what did you do last...
In the SI system,
Mass = Kg
E= energy in joules
C = 300,000,000 metres per second (3 X 10 to the 8th exponent)
C squared would be 9 X 10 to the sixteenth exponent or 9 followed by 16...
Hi David, my Oneida cyclone has been in the same installation condition for 23 years.
The motor will be taking air in the top end of the motor near the floor and blowing it downwards over the...
Jim, the problem is fairly simple to solve.
1) use a riving knife, properly adjusted so that workpieces cannot touch the rear of the blade (kickback)
2) always use a crown or overhead guard to...
I change my jointer depth of cut often, deep cut for material that needs a lot of removal, shallow cut for material that doesn’t need a deep cut.
Mine has a lever, simple up/down adjustment to...
The Felder Plan51L jointer (20”), has a power drive infeed table with digital height display.
It also has a locking lever under the infeed table so you can make convex, straight or concave...
Sure Scott, that works well, I normally install hinge plates on the gables before assembling the cabinets,msame for drawer slides.
I much prefer working flat on the bench than inside an assembled...
Hello Jack, is cabinet making a licensed trade in the US?
I agree that the loss of shop classes is a tragedy for students, some students used it as a motivation to a career,some used used it as a...