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Yesterday, I continued setting up my saw. First, I had a 7' power cord installed. With power to the saw, I performed the test run, ensuring that the saw started and ran smoothly in the right direction and stopped, and checking that the three off switches worked. There is one mushroom off switch under the … Continue reading More Adjustments on the Sliding Table Saw
Well, yesterday I had a chance to move my saw down to the shop. The weather had warmed up enough to dry up the ground sufficiently to allow the 5" diameter casters of my mobile base to roll over the grass. I spent an hour building a ramp over the stairs leading down to my … Continue reading Moving & Assembly of the Sliding Table Saw
Friday I set out to make a set of saw horses for my workshop. I have two large, heavy, A-frame saw horses that my dad built. I wanted some horses more suited for shop use - nimble and lightweight, yet still sturdy. I felt that this design popularized by the late James Krenov fit the … Continue reading A New Set of Sawhorses
Handles (or totes, as they are called regarding hand planes) are often very personal things. Yet, I don't think that any hand plane makers offer any options as to whether you would like a small, medium, or large tote for your plane. Perhaps that's because the makers figure that the end user will either just … Continue reading New Duds for #4
I spend at least 75% of my time in the workshop in my bench room, the rest of my time either in the adjacent machine shop or outside in the yard either turning or power carving. Of the time spend in my bench room, probably 90% of that time is spent in one area about … Continue reading Bench Room Reorganization
Last week, I acquired a #4 plane and spent the time and had a bit of fun tuning up the blade.You cannot get a truly sharp edge no matter how much you sharpen the bevel if you do not flatten the back. The back should be flat - it does not need to be polished. … Continue reading Another Post on Sharpening
The core of a torsion box is a grid made up of many thin strips of wood. For my shelves, those strips are 1/2"x3/4". I machined the strips for the core using my table saw and thickness planer to ensure they were dimensioned uniformly. Then I moved to my tablesaw to cut the half lap … Continue reading Lap Joints
Quite often, I need to mix small amounts of epoxy. I've found the best way to mix it is to get a small, flat scrap of wood (about six square inches is usually ample). Then I squeeze out one bead of resin and one of hardener on the board. I've found that this is a … Continue reading Mixing Small Amounts of Epoxy
At the beginning of October, I created a box whose design I absolutely adored. The proportions, the grain, the style... everything. It was also a fun box to build and simple in some regards, but quite challenging in others. I proudly showed my latest and greatest creation around and decided to go forward and begin … Continue reading Shell Box
Well, at 10:00 pm, I just finished cleaning my machine shop. It's definitely clean and pretty organized. Organization is one of those things that is never complete - there is always something else to be done, something that can be improved. And there is nothing - NOTHING - that can take the big grin off … Continue reading The Other Half of the Shop: Clean!
