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02-02-2017, 06:08 AM | #109 | |
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My planer is a Dewalt and it says the blades can be reversed. I haven't had to do it yet but the white oak is sure making me think about it. |
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02-02-2017, 12:31 PM | #110 | |
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I should just spend a few bucks on a biscuit joiner; I've used one a handful of times and have always been impressed by the results. Your clamp pattern is useful there, as is the idea of using scrap to form an 'edge' on the ends. I try to do something similar but it's more scattershot. I should probably just get more pipe clamps so I can get a better hold. I don't have a good reason not to; my new bench has a 4x6 work surface so I have plenty of room to operate, especially as my table saw has a nice extension table and my assembly table is my outfeed table so I can 'borrow' space from the cast-iron top on the saw or even the extension table as needed. I have far more shop/tool than I have the skill for is the bottom line and all I can do to address that is keep failing forward. I was looking to make some mobile tool tables (want to build a new rolling table with folding sides for my slider, for instance) and my buddy just looks at me like I'm an idiot and says "guys with 800 sq foot workshops don't need mobile tools; design your space better". Oh.
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02-02-2017, 12:37 PM | #111 |
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I really want to build this:
Looks incredibly practical and since dust collection on any sliding compound miter saw is a trainwreck (unless you find one of those $1,000 jobs like a festool kapex or something), you can build a really nice hood for that rig, put plumbing through the back and run it straight into your dust collection ducts. Sadly, it just keeps sliding down the project list (and since those Kreg stop kits are expensive as hell, my wife will most assuredly yell at me when I get the pieces for it).
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The white oak I bought is hard as heck and very tight compared to the cedar. The last real woodwork I have done was over 50 years ago in school and it was all mahogany. Thanks for your input. Quote:
What is the advantage of a biscuit over a dowel? They seem to have a following. The dowel jig I bought was only about $20 and is complete with bits/collars/adaptors for 1/4-5/16 and 3/8 dowels. I have used a bunch of 3/8. |
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02-02-2017, 01:00 PM | #113 | |
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The assembly table stays fairly clean, especially with the drawers and cabinets I built into it; lots of storage space so I can just toss things in a drawer to keep them out of the way. I don't know what the advantage would be but I suspect there's a little more give there; biscuits don't have to be razor precise to provide solid alignment; the taper and roundness allows for a little play there. Probably just a margin for error thing. And a 'jig vs. joiner' thing; the joiners really are quick; line the tab in the center of the fence with your mark, push in once, move onto the next mark. EDIT: Rockler's take on it -- http://www.rockler.com/how-to/doweli...iscuit-joints/
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That is an interesting article. I am mainly using the dowels for alignment and they seem to be pretty good at that. Like they said, the initial investment is less.
When gluing five boards up it can take a while! It is brutal on that white oak compared to the cedar. Oh and I was just kidding on the bench thing, but it is a constant battle for sure. Sounds like you are set up well. |
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I'm going to build a little kitchen helper for the 3 year old in the near future (yeah, right) and I'm going to use knock down joinery with dowels for added stability against twisting. Shouldn't be terribly complicated when all is said and done.
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Oh, the way I read it is that you were wetsanding the wood before stain, which wouldn't make any sense but I didn't want to be an asshole. |
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I have the Porter cable 557 and while it's very nice, I'm not sure it's the type of tool where spending more gets you more. If I had it to do over, I might go with the cheapest one (something I rarely do with tools).
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That's why I'd just get the cheap-o from Harbor Freight. My $30 angle grinder from there grinds as well as the nicer ones I've used. My drill press and my dust collector work great as well (though the dust collector has been disassembled and re-engineered). For certain things, they do just fine and at 1/2 to 1/3 the price in many cases.
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I like to build things out of wood, but I'm a shit finish carpenter. I've built some pine log beds with my brothers and build things out of old stuff more than the fine quality finished things I've seen from some of you over the years.
My power tools for woodwork are old and sad. I don't have half of what I need to do things the right way for finishing wood. The coolest thing I've worked on was a project for a mentor...I helped him build a wooden canoe made of 1" strips of wood. My next two planned projects are barn wood related. I plan to build a chandelier for our table and I'm debating between a design using old barn wood, making a shadow box with a flat, rough piece with wires hanging old jars over LED lights or one made with barn trolleys and a couple of old lanterns. Wiring them right is my biggest concern because I'm worse with electricity than fine cut corners. I also am planning a "railroad cart" style table. I cut some large cat iron wheels off an old safe and want to built a barn wood coffee table out of that. Additional projects I'd like to do include a free hanging mantle for a large bland wall made out of rough cut beams or old barn beams. I'm also planning to fire up the welder and do some shitty welding to make some 2-3' dinosaurs out of a big pile of old rust wrenches I've picked up along the way. Maybe I'm just better at these projects because they're supposed to look like hell on the corners. |
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