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#1 ·
Finally getting past the starting point!

Time and money….seems I've neither. LOL! Did make a commitment to myself that I would have my shop tools up and running by spring. It's actually happening. I'm making some headway!

First step was purchasing a Harbor Frieght Lathe which has been assembled and waiting for almost a year?
?? Wow.
Second step was finding a 10 inch grizzly 3 hp 1023 and getting it home.
Third step was finishing up some of the outside construction projects that were 85% completed while we had experience very mild weather in the beginning of winter.
Third step was posting and selling my 20 year old 10 inch belt driven craftsman table saw.
Fourth step was putting an extender that I've had for 8 years in a box on my 14 inch grizzly band saw.
Fifth step was assembling my 7 inch Harbor Frieght Rabbiting Jointer after 10 years in the box. It's now discontinued
? LOL! I had purchased some mobile bases from Northern Tools that were on sale a few years ago and just realized the rails are too short to put on the jointer! Don't sell these anymore…..LOL! Need rails, so I looked at Delta's mobile bases and I'm borrowing the idea of hardwood rails, but that requires a table saw? Damn I sold my craftsman.
Stopped the jointer assembly and moved on to the table saw. Another LJ has been bloging about his new 1023rl grizzly and I took a hint from his problem and purchased the Super Heavy duty Shop Fox mobile base from Grizzly, which had to be assembled around the 500 pound grizzly bear! Got it mostly qassembled but realized the longer rails were too long! Dissassemble! Cut rails, and paint. Reassemble and get down to last bolt. I'm missing a washer. No problem I have a lot of hardware. And hour later…no washer! Grrrr! Found a jar of washers! Holes too small! Bored out hole and assembled, I reattached the wings to the table and turned off the light.

Oh yeah, I have to install 220 into the electric panel. Step five to be continued.
 
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#189 ·
Re-purposing a shop bench to a woodworkers bench

Been awhile since my last post:

Randy aka Blackie asked that I show my rehabbed/recycled Hybrid woodworking bench. Please feel free to share your thoughts, advise and humor. It is appreciated.

So here it is! Looked and listened to some really good woodworkers here on LJ's like Paul aka Shipwright, and Kiefer. Have to give credit to Paul Sellers and his YouTube video of constructing a woodworkers bench and a more recent one regarding adding bench dogs to your existing bench. Also an excellent video on installing a Jorgenson Woodworking bench vise.

I thought about building one like my hero's, but I am being true to my Wabi Sabi self in recycling and re-purposing what I have, while learning from my imperfections….LOL!

Another step in becoming a better woodworker.

The first Picture is the bench vise I purchased last year after reading positive and negative reviews on Amazon. I have since learned more about different types and might now choose a different vise. But this one will have to be my workhorse.

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I built this bench from the materials that I used building a three section bench attached to the shop wall out of the construction material that was to be a shop floor. ( Before I found water leaking in under the walls of my shop…another long story…grrr) I had set it up to do metal work. Had a big machinist vise and an angle iron edge. Had built it to balance sheet goods when using my old craftsman belt driven table saw. Now have a Grizzly cabinet saw and height is different. It had been a modified tension box and deck type frame construction. So the 2×8's were glued and screwed to the bottom of the bench top for future bench dog holes. Otherwise the whole bench is anchored together with ceramic coated screws.

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This was another inspired innovation. LOL! I rehabbed an office chair and used star nuts for the levelers. I saw Shipwright's solution and looked at what the costs of bench wheels were at the woodstores. I purchased the castors with the stems, originally for my scroll saw stand. At least 150 pounds and locking hubs for wheels and pivot bearings. Had to run the threading all the way through the castor with WD Forty and a wrench. Mounted the star nuts with s sledge hammer. Drilled holes into the legs and screwed on the castors. Seemed like a great solution.

Until I turned the bench over! The star nuts really could not provide a stable anchor and the bench would rock with the brakes on! A couple taps with my hammer and they were dislodged! Back to the idea board? Oh yeah they made the bench too high.

I had to use a 2×4 laid on its face to provide the difference for me to have the right bench height. As I said back to the idea board. But it is working and I have used it for a couple projects so far.

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Not as expected!

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Next picture is mounting my "POS" 7 inch Harbor Freight bench vise, bought many years ago. Very sloppy , but I am using it to anchor pieces for planning against bench dogs until I can afford to purchase another one.

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Had some ceder fence boards that were sitting in the basement that were long enough to add a nice finish to the construction materials…LOL! They were also the same depth at the Jorgenson vise jaws. Hey I even hand planned the rough sides down to make finished boards. Got that brain storm while sanding and getting coated with saw dust!

Table Wood Creative arts Hardwood Workbench


Well as I posted earlier in my shop notes blog this was a good idea that failed. I find my shop has gotten smaller with the assembly of all the shop equipment. The mobile bench was a way to set up tools in a work plan. When I have more woodworking time I will revisit the mobility issue. Until then it is now more functional, comfortable, and I found some ash to fit the vise jaws!

Wood Workbench Sewing machine Gas Table


As I've complained to my friends, I have to get some major maintenance done on my old Victorian, while I am able to climb ladders, hang out windows, and lift commodes to repair broken flanges in upstairs toilets! also to use the window of weather while I can?

Thanks for viewing!
 

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#190 ·
Re-purposing a shop bench to a woodworkers bench

Been awhile since my last post:

Randy aka Blackie asked that I show my rehabbed/recycled Hybrid woodworking bench. Please feel free to share your thoughts, advise and humor. It is appreciated.

So here it is! Looked and listened to some really good woodworkers here on LJ's like Paul aka Shipwright, and Kiefer. Have to give credit to Paul Sellers and his YouTube video of constructing a woodworkers bench and a more recent one regarding adding bench dogs to your existing bench. Also an excellent video on installing a Jorgenson Woodworking bench vise.

I thought about building one like my hero's, but I am being true to my Wabi Sabi self in recycling and re-purposing what I have, while learning from my imperfections….LOL!

Another step in becoming a better woodworker.

The first Picture is the bench vise I purchased last year after reading positive and negative reviews on Amazon. I have since learned more about different types and might now choose a different vise. But this one will have to be my workhorse.

Fluid Cosmetics Air gun Trigger Liquid


I built this bench from the materials that I used building a three section bench attached to the shop wall out of the construction material that was to be a shop floor. ( Before I found water leaking in under the walls of my shop…another long story…grrr) I had set it up to do metal work. Had a big machinist vise and an angle iron edge. Had built it to balance sheet goods when using my old craftsman belt driven table saw. Now have a Grizzly cabinet saw and height is different. It had been a modified tension box and deck type frame construction. So the 2×8's were glued and screwed to the bottom of the bench top for future bench dog holes. Otherwise the whole bench is anchored together with ceramic coated screws.

Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


This was another inspired innovation. LOL! I rehabbed an office chair and used star nuts for the levelers. I saw Shipwright's solution and looked at what the costs of bench wheels were at the woodstores. I purchased the castors with the stems, originally for my scroll saw stand. At least 150 pounds and locking hubs for wheels and pivot bearings. Had to run the threading all the way through the castor with WD Forty and a wrench. Mounted the star nuts with s sledge hammer. Drilled holes into the legs and screwed on the castors. Seemed like a great solution.

Until I turned the bench over! The star nuts really could not provide a stable anchor and the bench would rock with the brakes on! A couple taps with my hammer and they were dislodged! Back to the idea board? Oh yeah they made the bench too high.

I had to use a 2×4 laid on its face to provide the difference for me to have the right bench height. As I said back to the idea board. But it is working and I have used it for a couple projects so far.

Wood Workbench Tool Machine Hardwood


Not as expected!

Table Furniture Tradesman Wood Artisan


Next picture is mounting my "POS" 7 inch Harbor Freight bench vise, bought many years ago. Very sloppy , but I am using it to anchor pieces for planning against bench dogs until I can afford to purchase another one.

Tradesman Carpenter Wood Floor Flooring


Had some ceder fence boards that were sitting in the basement that were long enough to add a nice finish to the construction materials…LOL! They were also the same depth at the Jorgenson vise jaws. Hey I even hand planned the rough sides down to make finished boards. Got that brain storm while sanding and getting coated with saw dust!

Table Wood Creative arts Hardwood Workbench


Well as I posted earlier in my shop notes blog this was a good idea that failed. I find my shop has gotten smaller with the assembly of all the shop equipment. The mobile bench was a way to set up tools in a work plan. When I have more woodworking time I will revisit the mobility issue. Until then it is now more functional, comfortable, and I found some ash to fit the vise jaws!

Wood Workbench Sewing machine Gas Table


As I've complained to my friends, I have to get some major maintenance done on my old Victorian, while I am able to climb ladders, hang out windows, and lift commodes to repair broken flanges in upstairs toilets! also to use the window of weather while I can?

Thanks for viewing!
Great work and nice bench, Tom. Who won't like to get more working surfaces with holding power ! (or spaces to drop more stuff ! - Sorry, I couldn't resist). lol

All the best buddy, and enjoy it.

Serge

http://atelierdubricoleur.wordpress.com
 

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#213 ·
"Cut it off twice and it was still to short," or look ma I got wheels!

I finally got my Hybrid Woodworkers Bench mobile and ready to go. I found some different castors from Peachtree though their email specials. Told myself "gonna get this puppy runnin around my shop!" As those who follow some of my ramblings know I had put some castors with a stem into the legs of my bench but even though I found star nuts to fit the shafts and re threaded the star nuts, the stem was not long enough and the forces from the bench weight caused it to wobble. a quick tap with the hammer and you can see that it sat on two by fours against the wall.

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The second picture is my first cut and mount of the castors. They measured 4 " non compressed, and I was pretty proud of my accurate hand saw work. Oh yeah forgot to add the 1 1/2 inches which meant a shorter cut.

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Actually woke up the following morning and realized what I forgot! So, I looked around at what I had, measured the feet length and width and cut and sanded some more of the leg material. Routed the ends to add a touch of finish to them

Wood Creative arts Floor Flooring Hardwood


This is the previous good idea that wasn't. LOL! you can see the original casters hat lasted about ten minutes after I turned the bench over!
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This is how the bench originally looked shimmed on the2×4's.

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Thanks to Klaus Kiefer, Paul the Woodwright, Blackie the valet box maker, for their original assistance and shove to get the thing done and posted.


I took a little extra time at the end as I think the guys I just spoke of would and made it a little prettier, as well as protecting it from the extremes in humidity in my shop. I seal oated it, which caused the grain to pop, and added a coat of water- borne poly to seal it off.

As always all comments and humor is welcomed.

Thanks for looking
 

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#214 ·
"Cut it off twice and it was still to short," or look ma I got wheels!

I finally got my Hybrid Woodworkers Bench mobile and ready to go. I found some different castors from Peachtree though their email specials. Told myself "gonna get this puppy runnin around my shop!" As those who follow some of my ramblings know I had put some castors with a stem into the legs of my bench but even though I found star nuts to fit the shafts and re threaded the star nuts, the stem was not long enough and the forces from the bench weight caused it to wobble. a quick tap with the hammer and you can see that it sat on two by fours against the wall.

Wood Hardwood Gas Creative arts Plywood


The second picture is my first cut and mount of the castors. They measured 4 " non compressed, and I was pretty proud of my accurate hand saw work. Oh yeah forgot to add the 1 1/2 inches which meant a shorter cut.

Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Actually woke up the following morning and realized what I forgot! So, I looked around at what I had, measured the feet length and width and cut and sanded some more of the leg material. Routed the ends to add a touch of finish to them

Wood Creative arts Floor Flooring Hardwood


This is the previous good idea that wasn't. LOL! you can see the original casters hat lasted about ten minutes after I turned the bench over!
Wood Hardwood Building Workbench Flooring


This is how the bench originally looked shimmed on the2×4's.

Table Wood Drill Handheld power drill Workbench



Thanks to Klaus Kiefer, Paul the Woodwright, Blackie the valet box maker, for their original assistance and shove to get the thing done and posted.


I took a little extra time at the end as I think the guys I just spoke of would and made it a little prettier, as well as protecting it from the extremes in humidity in my shop. I seal oated it, which caused the grain to pop, and added a coat of water- borne poly to seal it off.

As always all comments and humor is welcomed.

Thanks for looking
looks like the shop is getting set up very nicely. You've got a great looking bench. I noticed a nice hand plane on the bench, Is that one that you rehabed?
 

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#220 ·
Adding dust collection to my jointer and my planer

Been awhile and making some progress!

Thought I'd do an update on my depreciated shop equipment LOL! Murphy continues to haunt my shop but it appears he went South for a winter vacation!

I want to thank Stumpy Nubbs for inspiration while shopping at his and my favorite box store. Stumpy finds innovative adaptive uses for items we might not associate with woodworking. I've done some roofing and plumbing and stumpy has some innovative uses for trivets and plumbing stuff such as a downspout to plastic piping adapter, for dust collection on a drill press table.

I was checking out current prices for adapting my dust collection to plastic piping when I ran across the collars used on the roof for vent piping. I picked up a 3 inch collar and thought I would do what stumpy does. LOL!

I previously posted the assembly of my 7 inch Harbor Freight Jointer which sat in the box for many years. The picture here is the exhaust port for the jointer. It shot wood shavings and dust EVERYWHERE.
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I had a 4inch coupler in my parts box. Set that on the 3 inch rubber collar and used my magic marker to put the diameter on the collar and proceeded to slice equal segments all around the circle. I was able to coax the adapter inside and used a wire clamp and electric tape to seal the connection. Looked Good.

sliced a triangle off each side and used window weather stripping to seal the edges and some self taping 1 inch screws that had to be coaxed into the Thin metal that the base is made from.

The results are quite adequate!

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I also have a discontinued Delta P300 Type 1 Planer. It too spews shavings and dust everywhere. It's ok when I work outside but too many nooks and cranny's for clean up? When I first bought it there was no specific chip shoot to attach to a dust collector and I thought I could adapt a shoot from a 12.5 inch Delta planer. NO way! Did a Google search and found they have made one for my 12 inch planer!

I was just going to attach it when Murphy showed up. (It's warmer …in the thirties here in Southern MN) and I had to take the planer apart. couldn't find my manual. So I downloaded on off the Internet. Used it for a reference , and cleaned ,de- rusted, and waxed the inside and outside and attached the dust collection hood.

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Bumper Gas Milling Wood Machine
!

So I am pretty happy that I won't be spending hours in clean up after truing my rough cut materials!

Thanks for reading along!

If anyone is interested in a dust hood for a 12.5 inch Delta Planer ( pictured below) PM me!

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#221 ·
Adding dust collection to my jointer and my planer

Been awhile and making some progress!

Thought I'd do an update on my depreciated shop equipment LOL! Murphy continues to haunt my shop but it appears he went South for a winter vacation!

I want to thank Stumpy Nubbs for inspiration while shopping at his and my favorite box store. Stumpy finds innovative adaptive uses for items we might not associate with woodworking. I've done some roofing and plumbing and stumpy has some innovative uses for trivets and plumbing stuff such as a downspout to plastic piping adapter, for dust collection on a drill press table.

I was checking out current prices for adapting my dust collection to plastic piping when I ran across the collars used on the roof for vent piping. I picked up a 3 inch collar and thought I would do what stumpy does. LOL!

I previously posted the assembly of my 7 inch Harbor Freight Jointer which sat in the box for many years. The picture here is the exhaust port for the jointer. It shot wood shavings and dust EVERYWHERE.
Wood Gas Engineering Machine Metal


I had a 4inch coupler in my parts box. Set that on the 3 inch rubber collar and used my magic marker to put the diameter on the collar and proceeded to slice equal segments all around the circle. I was able to coax the adapter inside and used a wire clamp and electric tape to seal the connection. Looked Good.

sliced a triangle off each side and used window weather stripping to seal the edges and some self taping 1 inch screws that had to be coaxed into the Thin metal that the base is made from.

The results are quite adequate!

Motor vehicle Engineering Gas Auto part Machine


Bumper Gas Milling Wood Machine


I also have a discontinued Delta P300 Type 1 Planer. It too spews shavings and dust everywhere. It's ok when I work outside but too many nooks and cranny's for clean up? When I first bought it there was no specific chip shoot to attach to a dust collector and I thought I could adapt a shoot from a 12.5 inch Delta planer. NO way! Did a Google search and found they have made one for my 12 inch planer!

I was just going to attach it when Murphy showed up. (It's warmer …in the thirties here in Southern MN) and I had to take the planer apart. couldn't find my manual. So I downloaded on off the Internet. Used it for a reference , and cleaned ,de- rusted, and waxed the inside and outside and attached the dust collection hood.

Automotive design Office equipment Gas Engineering Machine


Bumper Gas Milling Wood Machine
!

So I am pretty happy that I won't be spending hours in clean up after truing my rough cut materials!

Thanks for reading along!

If anyone is interested in a dust hood for a 12.5 inch Delta Planer ( pictured below) PM me!

Font Electronic device Audio equipment Electric blue Plant
Looks good, Tom!

What are you planning for this year's Northern Woods Exhibition?

Charlie
 

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#245 ·
MY STRAIGHTEDGE ROUGH CUTTING JIG.

MY STRAIGHTEDGE ROUGH CUTTING JIG.
First picture (jig with spalted Maple)
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The first picture you see is why I built the jig. If you have been following my journey and saw the other jig that I built for my band saw you know that this is the next step.


I am truly in awe of what Mother Nature has given me.

Picture 2 ( side view of completed straightedge jig with six-inch hold downs)

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The next picture is my rough drawing of what a poor man's jig looks like
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I decided to use my bandsaw and make some hold downs. I am using whatever stock I have in my shop. I found a leftover piece of one-inch plywood that I glued together to make a base for an oak top for our bathroom vanity. I cut my hold downs out of the one-inch plywood, which look a lot like a dog bone, LOL! The ends are cams providing a rounded surface. They are drilled out to 3/8 of an inch to provide some space for the up-and-down movement of the hold downs.

I found a half inch sheet of plywood and attached a guide strip made from cedar as I have no hardwood. I then trimmed the sides by running the base through the tablesaw on both sides. The width is approximately 11 inches.

I next secured some 5 inch long quarter-inch carriage bolts. I flipped the base over and drilled out the depth of the carriage bolt head. Using some nuts and washers I secured three bolts to the base.

As with my previous projects I used waterborne poly to seal the ends and surfaces due to the fact I have extremely high humidity in my shop in the summertime. Upwards of 90% even with the air conditioner running full blast.
Picture four (spalted maple too small for 6 inch hold downs)

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I ran the test cut on a wide piece of spalted Maple which turned out just as I had planned. I then found a narrower piece of spalted Maple (the one pictured) and realized my hold downs would not work for narrower pieces. I thought about drilling more holes, but the center track to run on the tablesaw was in the way.

Picture four (straightedge jig with 11 inch hold downs)
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Since I'm having so much fun with my bandsaw, I laid out three more hold downs, the approximate width of the base. I sanded and sealed them with waterborne poly and when it dried ran a test trial. It was a success! I think it Murphy went down south! LOL!

Picture five(straightedge jig with 11 inch hold downs showing a straight edge cut)

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With this success I proceeded to trim a straightedge on the small logs I had cut with my band saw jig. I cut the rest of the spalted Maple, some small Walnut logs, some cedar, and the Elm.

I'm pretty excited that I will have some very nice wood to make smaller projects or do some book match veneers with the next jig I will be making for the bandsaw.

As always, comments and humor from lumberjacks and lumber Jill's is appreciated.
Thanks for looking!
 

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#246 ·
MY STRAIGHTEDGE ROUGH CUTTING JIG.

MY STRAIGHTEDGE ROUGH CUTTING JIG.
First picture (jig with spalted Maple)
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood



The first picture you see is why I built the jig. If you have been following my journey and saw the other jig that I built for my band saw you know that this is the next step.


I am truly in awe of what Mother Nature has given me.

Picture 2 ( side view of completed straightedge jig with six-inch hold downs)

Wood Gas Table Hardwood Workbench



The next picture is my rough drawing of what a poor man's jig looks like
.
Font Handwriting Rectangle Triangle Drawing


I decided to use my bandsaw and make some hold downs. I am using whatever stock I have in my shop. I found a leftover piece of one-inch plywood that I glued together to make a base for an oak top for our bathroom vanity. I cut my hold downs out of the one-inch plywood, which look a lot like a dog bone, LOL! The ends are cams providing a rounded surface. They are drilled out to 3/8 of an inch to provide some space for the up-and-down movement of the hold downs.

I found a half inch sheet of plywood and attached a guide strip made from cedar as I have no hardwood. I then trimmed the sides by running the base through the tablesaw on both sides. The width is approximately 11 inches.

I next secured some 5 inch long quarter-inch carriage bolts. I flipped the base over and drilled out the depth of the carriage bolt head. Using some nuts and washers I secured three bolts to the base.

As with my previous projects I used waterborne poly to seal the ends and surfaces due to the fact I have extremely high humidity in my shop in the summertime. Upwards of 90% even with the air conditioner running full blast.
Picture four (spalted maple too small for 6 inch hold downs)

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I ran the test cut on a wide piece of spalted Maple which turned out just as I had planned. I then found a narrower piece of spalted Maple (the one pictured) and realized my hold downs would not work for narrower pieces. I thought about drilling more holes, but the center track to run on the tablesaw was in the way.

Picture four (straightedge jig with 11 inch hold downs)
Wood Hardwood Flooring Wood stain Plank


Since I'm having so much fun with my bandsaw, I laid out three more hold downs, the approximate width of the base. I sanded and sealed them with waterborne poly and when it dried ran a test trial. It was a success! I think it Murphy went down south! LOL!

Picture five(straightedge jig with 11 inch hold downs showing a straight edge cut)

Wood Tool Flooring Floor Hardwood


With this success I proceeded to trim a straightedge on the small logs I had cut with my band saw jig. I cut the rest of the spalted Maple, some small Walnut logs, some cedar, and the Elm.

I'm pretty excited that I will have some very nice wood to make smaller projects or do some book match veneers with the next jig I will be making for the bandsaw.

As always, comments and humor from lumberjacks and lumber Jill's is appreciated.
Thanks for looking!
Hi Tom,

The jig looks great! Simple and functional, what more could you ask for?

Charlie
 

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#271 ·
Murphy's Drill Press Table!


MURPHY'S DRILL PRESS TABLE


Built mostly by Murphy, LOL! GRRRRR!

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On June 4, 2013, I posted "Getting My Tools Are Ready #12 blog, which is where I showed the finished assembly of some of my shop tools, one of which was my floor model 17 inch drill press. The drill press table was designed for working with metal versus wood.

At that time, I purchased some hold downs and T tracks to eventually build a joint press table for working with wood.
My current focus is milling lumber that I can manage. I have been milling small logs on my band saw getting familiar with Resawing.

I have been in discussion with Dallas a fellow Lumberjock since my purchase of a 50 cc Poulan Pro chainsaw last year. I'd also purchased a chainsaw mill at that time. Recently Dallas offered his custom modified Poulan Pro chainsaw and an extended chainsaw mill with a 28 inch Pro blade.

In preparation I decided to build a portable chainsaw mill bench to take with me to the compost site, where there a logs to mill. The purpose of the mill bench is to elevate the log to a manageable height, and provided downhill slant for ease of milling with chainsaw mill.

Sooooooo, since I had to drill approximately 30+ accurate holes for carriage bolts to assemble the mill bench, I decided it was time to build the drill press table!

I researched the Lumberjocks site and found many novel and innovative custom tailored drill press tables. I also remembered Stumpy Nubs building his second version of the drill press table, which had some nice features that I wanted in my own drill press table. Below is the YouTube Site for Stumpy Nubs version.



I also liked Steve Ramsey's version of the drill press table and you can go to that site as noted below.



Features that i wanted to my drill press table included:

I. Dust Collection.
II. T tracks and hold downs.
III. Being able to mount to my drill press.
IV. Utilizing materials on hand in my shop.
V. Provide guidance stability for the drill press fence.

The table material is from construction plywood that was either not used or leftover. I did not install a fir tongue and groove three-quarter inch 4×8 plywood floor due to leaks coming from under the walls of my shop. (A long story.) Also, I used some half-inch plywood, which was used for extra strength in the walls of my rehab of my small animal barn into my current shop.

The title for this blog is "Murphy's Drill Press Table." This is because the he had more to do with it than I did. The project took twice as long because Murphy was in charge. And, you know Murphy's Law. "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." LOL! Norm Abrams quotes an old carpenters phrase, "Measure Twice, Cut Once." Murphy's phrase is "if I can it up. I will."

A1Jim, a fellow lumberjock wisely said to me "Tom… Murphy is our teacher." Well, I hope I have been a good student. Many mistakes were corrected in this project and it seemed to take longer than expected.

For those of you who are interested Murphy and I are posting the steps of our struggle so that you may build your own version of our drill press table, the core concepts provided by Stumpy Nubs and Steve Ramsey.
The total thickness of the drill press table is one and a half inches, which is two three-quarter inch identical approximate 24×16" pieces. This required mounting the lower piece to the drill press with bolts. The drill press table is a machine shop type which holds devices and has an oil drip hole for drilling metal cooling.

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This idea came to me after I had drawn lines on the plywood to drill holes for mounting it to the table. I had measured, calculated, laid out, double checked and triple checked, only to find that I screwed up somewhere. (Not laughing here.) I scribed the lines on cardboard and inserted the mounting bolts so that I'd have a physical template to readjust. The center bolt was mounted to the drill press chuck.

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In next picture you can see that I decided to use a hole saw to cut a 3 inch hole versus the standard square insert cut.

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Stumpy Nubs had a great idea, utilizing a plumbing plastic conversion connector that connects a rectangular box to a six-inch circular plastic pipe. I purchased this at my local box store, and found that my six-inch dust collection hose would not fit. Fortunately I found a adapter which allows connecting the flexible dust pipe to a fixed dust port, which saved the day. You can find these on Amazon.com.

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Fortunately I bought a lot of bar clamps, which at utilized in assembling the parts of the fence.
Insert pictures with fence and bar clamps

Oh yeah, Norm Abrams used a pin nailer to secure the edges of wood pieces he was gluing together. I thought this a great idea, but did not realize it required some skill. LOL I think it was Murphy, who is pushing my hand when I nailed this piece.

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I figured out how to save myself some money and found quarter-inch by 20 knobs on Amazon which were quite inexpensive. I decided to use these instead of making them myself as they are about $.80 apiece. You can find these on Amazon.com. I decided to use carriage bolts in my grinder to allow the carriage bolts to slide in the T track.

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I next mounted a 24 inch T track to the fence. Prior to this I used a Forstner bit to drill holes in the face of the fence to provide the suction for the table. While I was doing this, my Forstner bit went dull. At that time I posted a forum question on lumberjock's regarding carbide versus regular steel Forstner bits. I finished up with a slightly smaller Forstner bit. Note the irregularity in the face of the fence.

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I attached my dust collector to the drill press table fence and tested it for suction. It was very successful.

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I attached the top layer of the drill press table by screwing through the bottom of the attached plywood. I then mounted the 18 inch T tracks and attached a 1 1/2 inch by three-quarter inch trim with slots cut for the T track. This was glued and screwed. Another use for my bar clamps.

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If you are interested in this version in this blog was not clear as I hoped it would be please PM me.

As always, your comments, humor, and suggestions are always welcome.
 

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#272 ·
Murphy's Drill Press Table!


MURPHY'S DRILL PRESS TABLE


Built mostly by Murphy, LOL! GRRRRR!

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On June 4, 2013, I posted "Getting My Tools Are Ready #12 blog, which is where I showed the finished assembly of some of my shop tools, one of which was my floor model 17 inch drill press. The drill press table was designed for working with metal versus wood.

At that time, I purchased some hold downs and T tracks to eventually build a joint press table for working with wood.
My current focus is milling lumber that I can manage. I have been milling small logs on my band saw getting familiar with Resawing.

I have been in discussion with Dallas a fellow Lumberjock since my purchase of a 50 cc Poulan Pro chainsaw last year. I'd also purchased a chainsaw mill at that time. Recently Dallas offered his custom modified Poulan Pro chainsaw and an extended chainsaw mill with a 28 inch Pro blade.

In preparation I decided to build a portable chainsaw mill bench to take with me to the compost site, where there a logs to mill. The purpose of the mill bench is to elevate the log to a manageable height, and provided downhill slant for ease of milling with chainsaw mill.

Sooooooo, since I had to drill approximately 30+ accurate holes for carriage bolts to assemble the mill bench, I decided it was time to build the drill press table!

I researched the Lumberjocks site and found many novel and innovative custom tailored drill press tables. I also remembered Stumpy Nubs building his second version of the drill press table, which had some nice features that I wanted in my own drill press table. Below is the YouTube Site for Stumpy Nubs version.



I also liked Steve Ramsey's version of the drill press table and you can go to that site as noted below.



Features that i wanted to my drill press table included:

I. Dust Collection.
II. T tracks and hold downs.
III. Being able to mount to my drill press.
IV. Utilizing materials on hand in my shop.
V. Provide guidance stability for the drill press fence.

The table material is from construction plywood that was either not used or leftover. I did not install a fir tongue and groove three-quarter inch 4×8 plywood floor due to leaks coming from under the walls of my shop. (A long story.) Also, I used some half-inch plywood, which was used for extra strength in the walls of my rehab of my small animal barn into my current shop.

The title for this blog is "Murphy's Drill Press Table." This is because the he had more to do with it than I did. The project took twice as long because Murphy was in charge. And, you know Murphy's Law. "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." LOL! Norm Abrams quotes an old carpenters phrase, "Measure Twice, Cut Once." Murphy's phrase is "if I can it up. I will."

A1Jim, a fellow lumberjock wisely said to me "Tom… Murphy is our teacher." Well, I hope I have been a good student. Many mistakes were corrected in this project and it seemed to take longer than expected.

For those of you who are interested Murphy and I are posting the steps of our struggle so that you may build your own version of our drill press table, the core concepts provided by Stumpy Nubs and Steve Ramsey.
The total thickness of the drill press table is one and a half inches, which is two three-quarter inch identical approximate 24×16" pieces. This required mounting the lower piece to the drill press with bolts. The drill press table is a machine shop type which holds devices and has an oil drip hole for drilling metal cooling.

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This idea came to me after I had drawn lines on the plywood to drill holes for mounting it to the table. I had measured, calculated, laid out, double checked and triple checked, only to find that I screwed up somewhere. (Not laughing here.) I scribed the lines on cardboard and inserted the mounting bolts so that I'd have a physical template to readjust. The center bolt was mounted to the drill press chuck.

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In next picture you can see that I decided to use a hole saw to cut a 3 inch hole versus the standard square insert cut.

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Stumpy Nubs had a great idea, utilizing a plumbing plastic conversion connector that connects a rectangular box to a six-inch circular plastic pipe. I purchased this at my local box store, and found that my six-inch dust collection hose would not fit. Fortunately I found a adapter which allows connecting the flexible dust pipe to a fixed dust port, which saved the day. You can find these on Amazon.com.

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Fortunately I bought a lot of bar clamps, which at utilized in assembling the parts of the fence.
Insert pictures with fence and bar clamps

Oh yeah, Norm Abrams used a pin nailer to secure the edges of wood pieces he was gluing together. I thought this a great idea, but did not realize it required some skill. LOL I think it was Murphy, who is pushing my hand when I nailed this piece.

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I figured out how to save myself some money and found quarter-inch by 20 knobs on Amazon which were quite inexpensive. I decided to use these instead of making them myself as they are about $.80 apiece. You can find these on Amazon.com. I decided to use carriage bolts in my grinder to allow the carriage bolts to slide in the T track.

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I next mounted a 24 inch T track to the fence. Prior to this I used a Forstner bit to drill holes in the face of the fence to provide the suction for the table. While I was doing this, my Forstner bit went dull. At that time I posted a forum question on lumberjock's regarding carbide versus regular steel Forstner bits. I finished up with a slightly smaller Forstner bit. Note the irregularity in the face of the fence.

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I attached my dust collector to the drill press table fence and tested it for suction. It was very successful.

Camera lens Wood Reflex camera Gas Single-lens reflex camera


I attached the top layer of the drill press table by screwing through the bottom of the attached plywood. I then mounted the 18 inch T tracks and attached a 1 1/2 inch by three-quarter inch trim with slots cut for the T track. This was glued and screwed. Another use for my bar clamps.

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If you are interested in this version in this blog was not clear as I hoped it would be please PM me.

As always, your comments, humor, and suggestions are always welcome.
Top notch blog Tom. I've been in Murphy's classes for a long time :))
 

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#298 ·
MURPHY'S DRILL PRESS TABLE EXTENSION JIG

MURPHY'S DRILL PRESS TABLE EXTENSION JIG

After I finished working on the drill press table and posting it on LJ's I drilled out 30+ holes accurately for my next project. I am building a chainsaw mill bench/stand. I was pleased that I accurately drilled the holes for the carriage bolts in the supports and cross members.

My next task was to pre-drill screw holes in the support bracing that will hold the cross members and supports.

I stood there thinking "how am I going to drill these accurately," and it came to me that I needed an accurate extension arm very similar to the kind used on crosscutting sleds. I was very fortunate to find a pristine four by three-quarter piece of clear pine which is unusual for my shop.

I sanded the pine board up to 220 grit, and coated it with two coats Of Seal Coat. I apparently did a good job or maybe it was just a really good piece of wood, but with a slight rubbing of four ought steel wool it was ready for marking. I purchased a fine and an extra fine sharpie.

I wanted to set up an accurate rule in one-inch segments that extended from the center of the drill chuck. This indeed was the most difficult part for me in that I am easily influenced by Murphy toward impatience and inaccuracy. You can see in the first picture that it was time for a coffee break. LOL!

Ruler Wood Musical instrument Office ruler Tool


After patiently marking the one-inch segments and accurately drilling holes at the zero, 10 inch, 20 inch, and 24 inch marks, two coats of waterborne poly were applied. After it dried. I attached the end piece that holds extended board with glue, nails and two screws.
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Wood Office ruler Ruler Tool Flooring


I scribed lines from top to bottom at the zero mark, and 2 inch mark in both directions from center.

Wood Hardwood Machine tool Workbench Tool


Wood Tool Workbench Drill Milling


You can see from the back of the drill press the extended arm with stop. You can also see that I drew a line with the sharpie that goes through the center of the drill press table to line up to zero mark on the drill press fence and extension.

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You can also see that the extended arm can also provide one-inch reference points when necessary in order to drill other types of holes.

Wood Table Workbench Machine tool Flooring



Thanks for checking this out! As always, your comments, criticisms and witticisms are always welcome!
 

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#299 ·
MURPHY'S DRILL PRESS TABLE EXTENSION JIG

MURPHY'S DRILL PRESS TABLE EXTENSION JIG

After I finished working on the drill press table and posting it on LJ's I drilled out 30+ holes accurately for my next project. I am building a chainsaw mill bench/stand. I was pleased that I accurately drilled the holes for the carriage bolts in the supports and cross members.

My next task was to pre-drill screw holes in the support bracing that will hold the cross members and supports.

I stood there thinking "how am I going to drill these accurately," and it came to me that I needed an accurate extension arm very similar to the kind used on crosscutting sleds. I was very fortunate to find a pristine four by three-quarter piece of clear pine which is unusual for my shop.

I sanded the pine board up to 220 grit, and coated it with two coats Of Seal Coat. I apparently did a good job or maybe it was just a really good piece of wood, but with a slight rubbing of four ought steel wool it was ready for marking. I purchased a fine and an extra fine sharpie.

I wanted to set up an accurate rule in one-inch segments that extended from the center of the drill chuck. This indeed was the most difficult part for me in that I am easily influenced by Murphy toward impatience and inaccuracy. You can see in the first picture that it was time for a coffee break. LOL!

Ruler Wood Musical instrument Office ruler Tool


After patiently marking the one-inch segments and accurately drilling holes at the zero, 10 inch, 20 inch, and 24 inch marks, two coats of waterborne poly were applied. After it dried. I attached the end piece that holds extended board with glue, nails and two screws.
Wood Gas Hardwood Flooring Machine tool


Wood Office ruler Ruler Tool Flooring


I scribed lines from top to bottom at the zero mark, and 2 inch mark in both directions from center.

Wood Hardwood Machine tool Workbench Tool


Wood Tool Workbench Drill Milling


You can see from the back of the drill press the extended arm with stop. You can also see that I drew a line with the sharpie that goes through the center of the drill press table to line up to zero mark on the drill press fence and extension.

Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood Wood stain


You can also see that the extended arm can also provide one-inch reference points when necessary in order to drill other types of holes.

Wood Table Workbench Machine tool Flooring



Thanks for checking this out! As always, your comments, criticisms and witticisms are always welcome!
Patience is a virtue Tom!!!...lol
 

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#312 ·
ROUGH CUT STRAIGHTEDGE CUTTING JIG WITH KNOBS II (THE NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION!)

ROUGH CUT STRAIGHTEDGE CUTTING JIG WITH KNOBS II (THE NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION!)

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This is the bottom of the straightedge cutting jig. It is made from the material available on the shop, half-inch plywood. You can see the hardwood rail for tracking the jig. It is smaller than the last one because that's all I had. LOL!

This board is wider than the last to accommodate wider slabs of wood. The original version was not able to handle more than 8 inches in width. The wider holes allow for a carriage bolt head to be recessed in the jig. The carriage bolts are also longer than in the first version to act as a fulcrum for thicker, and wider pieces.

As before, due to humidity and moisture problems which occur in the middle of summer, even with air-conditioning, I applied two coats of Seal Coat and two coats of waterborne poly.

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Two of my fellow LJ's Bob/ Grizz and Andy/GFADVM suggested that I use knobs instead of wing nuts. I was able to locate on Amazon the knobs for about $.70 apiece. The bolts are set back to provide a fulcrum for the dog bone shaped hold downs. The ratio and leverages about 4 to 1 providing adequate strength to hold the board while ripping a straight edge.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Plank


This allowed me to rip wider boards that I milled on my band saw.

Saw Wood Workbench Tool Hardwood


A nice straight edge!

AS ALWAYS, COMMENTS, HUMOR AND CRITICISMS WELCOME!
 

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#313 ·
ROUGH CUT STRAIGHTEDGE CUTTING JIG WITH KNOBS II (THE NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION!)

ROUGH CUT STRAIGHTEDGE CUTTING JIG WITH KNOBS II (THE NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION!)

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Flooring


This is the bottom of the straightedge cutting jig. It is made from the material available on the shop, half-inch plywood. You can see the hardwood rail for tracking the jig. It is smaller than the last one because that's all I had. LOL!

This board is wider than the last to accommodate wider slabs of wood. The original version was not able to handle more than 8 inches in width. The wider holes allow for a carriage bolt head to be recessed in the jig. The carriage bolts are also longer than in the first version to act as a fulcrum for thicker, and wider pieces.

As before, due to humidity and moisture problems which occur in the middle of summer, even with air-conditioning, I applied two coats of Seal Coat and two coats of waterborne poly.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Tool


Two of my fellow LJ's Bob/ Grizz and Andy/GFADVM suggested that I use knobs instead of wing nuts. I was able to locate on Amazon the knobs for about $.70 apiece. The bolts are set back to provide a fulcrum for the dog bone shaped hold downs. The ratio and leverages about 4 to 1 providing adequate strength to hold the board while ripping a straight edge.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Plank


This allowed me to rip wider boards that I milled on my band saw.

Saw Wood Workbench Tool Hardwood


A nice straight edge!

AS ALWAYS, COMMENTS, HUMOR AND CRITICISMS WELCOME!
Doc, that's a nice jig and it looks like it will work very well. It will make a great addition to your shop.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
 

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#340 ·
TABLESAW RESAWING JIG ADAPTED FROM CHARLES NEIL'S RESAWING DVD.

TABLESAW RESAWING JIG ADAPTED FROM CHARLES NEIL'S RESAWING DVD.

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I am in the process of preparing lumber that I'm getting from nature! Charles Neil did a "Resawing" DVD many years ago, it may be available or may not. Charles demonstrated resawing techniques using a tablesaw and the bandsaw.
The jig presented here is made up of available shop materials. I used MDF because I had it as well as three-quarter inch, fir plywood. What you see is the assembled jig.

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The jig is made to go over tablesaw fence. The plywood edge is where the resawing piece is butted up against and anchored down with a clamp not currently shown.

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


As you can see here are the parts to be assembled.

Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


As with all my other projects the wood received two coats of Seal Coat and two coats of waterborne poly.

Thanks for looking, your comments, criticisms and humor is welcome!
 

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#341 ·
TABLESAW RESAWING JIG ADAPTED FROM CHARLES NEIL'S RESAWING DVD.

TABLESAW RESAWING JIG ADAPTED FROM CHARLES NEIL'S RESAWING DVD.

Wood Hardwood Engineering Office equipment Flooring


I am in the process of preparing lumber that I'm getting from nature! Charles Neil did a "Resawing" DVD many years ago, it may be available or may not. Charles demonstrated resawing techniques using a tablesaw and the bandsaw.
The jig presented here is made up of available shop materials. I used MDF because I had it as well as three-quarter inch, fir plywood. What you see is the assembled jig.

Wood Hardwood Flooring Gas Plywood


The jig is made to go over tablesaw fence. The plywood edge is where the resawing piece is butted up against and anchored down with a clamp not currently shown.

Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


As you can see here are the parts to be assembled.

Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


As with all my other projects the wood received two coats of Seal Coat and two coats of waterborne poly.

Thanks for looking, your comments, criticisms and humor is welcome!
' I am in the process of preparing lumber that I'm getting from nature!...' By that I presume you mean it will be wet, in which case, please be careful Tom. Having said that, the Jig looks as if it will do the job…nice one!
 

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#349 ·
CHARLES NEIL BANDSAW RESAWING JIG II FOR RESAWING OR SLICING VENEER ON THE SMALL BANDSAW

CHARLES NEIL BANDSAW RESAWING JIG II FOR RESAWING OR SLICING VENEER ON THE SMALL BANDSAW

Yep, fellow lumberjock's another jig for resawing in a small shop from Charles Neil's video on resawing, which can be found now on his website if you want to see this in action. Several years ago Charles made a DVD on resawing, which I have. I think I asked him to make it, maybe not. But all the credit goes Charles.
I'm doing a small blog here on this which I posted as a project. It works great on my Grizzly G0555 bandsaw with the riser installed.

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I used materials available on hand in my shop. The dowel rod is 12 inches from base to the tip with some extra glued in the three-quarter inch plywood used for the base. As you can see it is a triangulated point to provide a stable base for clamping down to my G0555. After establishing the point of contact with the dowel rod I cut the base.

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I also cut 30°/60° right triangle measured from the tip of the dowel rod to the end of the base. Please note the groove in the end of the plywood, which provided a cradle for me to glue and pin nail the dowel rod after it had been glued into the base. I used 5 min. epoxy to provide a strong bond for the dowel rod insertion into the base, which I had bored with a Forstner bit.

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In Charles' video, he uses a magnetic clamp which you may have seen that will anchor jigs and feather boards to a metal saw table. This was too expensive for my tastes and pocketbook. So I epoxied two rare Earth magnets into the base in holes drilled to the depth of magnets with a Forstner bit.

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The magnets provide some holding power along with clamping the base of the jig to the bandsaw. It is important to make sure that this point of contact jig is in parallel to the bandsaw blade.

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These two pictures show a test cut using a scrap pine board and a half inch bandsaw blade.

Hope this is helpful. Your comments, criticisms and humor are always welcome!
Thanks for reading
 

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#350 ·
CHARLES NEIL BANDSAW RESAWING JIG II FOR RESAWING OR SLICING VENEER ON THE SMALL BANDSAW

CHARLES NEIL BANDSAW RESAWING JIG II FOR RESAWING OR SLICING VENEER ON THE SMALL BANDSAW

Yep, fellow lumberjock's another jig for resawing in a small shop from Charles Neil's video on resawing, which can be found now on his website if you want to see this in action. Several years ago Charles made a DVD on resawing, which I have. I think I asked him to make it, maybe not. But all the credit goes Charles.
I'm doing a small blog here on this which I posted as a project. It works great on my Grizzly G0555 bandsaw with the riser installed.

Table Wood Workbench Tool Engineering


I used materials available on hand in my shop. The dowel rod is 12 inches from base to the tip with some extra glued in the three-quarter inch plywood used for the base. As you can see it is a triangulated point to provide a stable base for clamping down to my G0555. After establishing the point of contact with the dowel rod I cut the base.

Wood Wood stain Gas Hardwood Lumber


I also cut 30°/60° right triangle measured from the tip of the dowel rod to the end of the base. Please note the groove in the end of the plywood, which provided a cradle for me to glue and pin nail the dowel rod after it had been glued into the base. I used 5 min. epoxy to provide a strong bond for the dowel rod insertion into the base, which I had bored with a Forstner bit.

Wood Hand tool Tool Metalworking hand tool Wood stain


In Charles' video, he uses a magnetic clamp which you may have seen that will anchor jigs and feather boards to a metal saw table. This was too expensive for my tastes and pocketbook. So I epoxied two rare Earth magnets into the base in holes drilled to the depth of magnets with a Forstner bit.

Wood Workbench Milling Hardwood Machine tool


The magnets provide some holding power along with clamping the base of the jig to the bandsaw. It is important to make sure that this point of contact jig is in parallel to the bandsaw blade.

Furniture Wood Wood stain Table Hardwood

Wood Hardwood Wood stain Flooring Wooden block


These two pictures show a test cut using a scrap pine board and a half inch bandsaw blade.

Hope this is helpful. Your comments, criticisms and humor are always welcome!
Thanks for reading
Looks as if it works well Tom, nice one! keep up all these jigs and re-sawings, you'll be able to open up your own Timber Yard…lol
 

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#363 ·
Shop Made 2'x4' Down Draft Table

DOWNDRAFT TABLE BUILD - 2016

This is a project I needed to do to work on my boxes. I'm sharing details for LJ's who might want to build their own if they haven't already.

Minnesota winter means enclosed shop. Dust! I needed a table that would fill a number of functions for me. I wanted a large enough space to sand furniture parts as well as making boxes. I'm providing this blog for those of you who want to make a slightly larger down draft table/box. I have a 1 1/2 hp delta dust collector with 4 inch flex tubing running from my Garden shed into my shop. The 4 inch tubing and corrugated flex hose reduces the air flow. I also built a 50 gallon Thein chip collector and that all reduces the suction. I found a way around it for now while making boxes. I use plywood to cover half of the top increasing the suction.

I added 3/4 holes to the pegboard to increase the air flow. A Stympy Nubbs idea when he wasn't using Rockler parts. He built both types and you can check him out. Otherwise I have laid out my steps using my "some day I'm gonna use this" materials.

Kiefer posted a hood to go over his down draft table which I will aapt later when I have to close the shop again to Minnesota winter and kick up the heat and dust! LOL!

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Wood Textile Sleeve Rectangle Flooring


I drilled 140 three-quarter inch holes into a 2' x 4' pegboard. These were drilled with a three-quarter inch hole saw. Due to its coarseness in cutting and the softness of the pegboard there was some tear out on the backside.

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Table Wood Flooring Floor Indoor games and sports


After I treated the pegboard with a coat of Seal Coat. I proceeded to use my oscillating sander I proceeded to sand down the tear out on the back of the pegboard.

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Table Wood Hardwood Flooring Curtain

Wood Audio equipment Gas Office equipment Engineering


Assembled the frame from materials that I culled from the construction materials in my shop that were not cupped, warped, twisted. I used a lap joint with glue and pin nailer. I haven't made any corner braces so I used square 2×4 blocking for clamping and holding the frame square.

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Wood Floor Gas Engineering Flooring


I had cut dado slots to the width/thickness of the pegboard. And I had to trim the pegboard that the slots.

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The bottom of the 2×4' box has a half inch rabbit joint to accommodate a half-inch thick 2×4' piece of MDF. The rubber mallet that's a persuader.

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Wood Wood stain Grass Hardwood Plank


Again, I used available materials from my shop to make a V-shaped vortex. This table is designed by available materials versus a materials list to the design of table. The rails are glued and screwed. But tacked first with a pin nailer.

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Wood Automotive exterior Composite material Gas Hardwood


This is is a set of rails notched into the frame to support the thin pegboard as the dado grooves were not sufficient.

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Wood Table Gas Auto part Box


I was able to purchase an inexpensive 4 inch exhaust port for about four bucks on Amazon. The holes were cut with a hole saw slightly smaller in the center approximately 3 1/2 inches high and two side holes with another hole saw approximately three-quarter inches in diameter. This provided enough air volume to meet the dimensions of the exhaust port.

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Wood Textile Rectangle Flooring Font


I painted the pegboard with an exterior grade tinted primer which I had in my shop and added some resistance from the top. The pictures show the pegboard slide in over the rails noted above.

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Wood Automotive exterior Hardwood Gas Flooring


mixing my own wood filler from yellow, glue and the sawdust from the wood to fix the punky holes in the front of the table before painting.

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Wood Rectangle Tool Gas Flooring


Painted the complete frame/box with exterior grade white ceiling primer.

: Assembled/painted components of the downdraft table.

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Table Wood Gas Flooring House

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Attached the exhaust port and sealed with caulking.

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Table Wood Recreation room Sports equipment Baize


Purchased some three-quarter inch rubber square feet at a good price from Amazon.com that I attached with three-quarter inch wood screws.

:
Wood Table Audio receiver Gas Hardwood


Did a test run with a porous rubber sanding mat purchased from Amazon which sits perfectly on top of my woodworkers bench. It works! LOL!

As always comments and suggestions are welcome and thanks for checking it out!
 

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#364 ·
Shop Made 2'x4' Down Draft Table

DOWNDRAFT TABLE BUILD - 2016

This is a project I needed to do to work on my boxes. I'm sharing details for LJ's who might want to build their own if they haven't already.

Minnesota winter means enclosed shop. Dust! I needed a table that would fill a number of functions for me. I wanted a large enough space to sand furniture parts as well as making boxes. I'm providing this blog for those of you who want to make a slightly larger down draft table/box. I have a 1 1/2 hp delta dust collector with 4 inch flex tubing running from my Garden shed into my shop. The 4 inch tubing and corrugated flex hose reduces the air flow. I also built a 50 gallon Thein chip collector and that all reduces the suction. I found a way around it for now while making boxes. I use plywood to cover half of the top increasing the suction.

I added 3/4 holes to the pegboard to increase the air flow. A Stympy Nubbs idea when he wasn't using Rockler parts. He built both types and you can check him out. Otherwise I have laid out my steps using my "some day I'm gonna use this" materials.

Kiefer posted a hood to go over his down draft table which I will aapt later when I have to close the shop again to Minnesota winter and kick up the heat and dust! LOL!

:
Wood Textile Sleeve Rectangle Flooring


I drilled 140 three-quarter inch holes into a 2' x 4' pegboard. These were drilled with a three-quarter inch hole saw. Due to its coarseness in cutting and the softness of the pegboard there was some tear out on the backside.

:
Table Wood Flooring Floor Indoor games and sports


After I treated the pegboard with a coat of Seal Coat. I proceeded to use my oscillating sander I proceeded to sand down the tear out on the back of the pegboard.

:
Table Wood Hardwood Flooring Curtain

Wood Audio equipment Gas Office equipment Engineering


Assembled the frame from materials that I culled from the construction materials in my shop that were not cupped, warped, twisted. I used a lap joint with glue and pin nailer. I haven't made any corner braces so I used square 2×4 blocking for clamping and holding the frame square.

:
Wood Floor Gas Engineering Flooring


I had cut dado slots to the width/thickness of the pegboard. And I had to trim the pegboard that the slots.

Wood Floor Hardwood Wood stain Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies


The bottom of the 2×4' box has a half inch rabbit joint to accommodate a half-inch thick 2×4' piece of MDF. The rubber mallet that's a persuader.

Window Wood Rectangle Table saws Wood stain


Wood Wood stain Grass Hardwood Plank


Again, I used available materials from my shop to make a V-shaped vortex. This table is designed by available materials versus a materials list to the design of table. The rails are glued and screwed. But tacked first with a pin nailer.

:
Wood Automotive exterior Composite material Gas Hardwood


This is is a set of rails notched into the frame to support the thin pegboard as the dado grooves were not sufficient.

:
Wood Table Gas Auto part Box


I was able to purchase an inexpensive 4 inch exhaust port for about four bucks on Amazon. The holes were cut with a hole saw slightly smaller in the center approximately 3 1/2 inches high and two side holes with another hole saw approximately three-quarter inches in diameter. This provided enough air volume to meet the dimensions of the exhaust port.

:
Wood Textile Rectangle Flooring Font


I painted the pegboard with an exterior grade tinted primer which I had in my shop and added some resistance from the top. The pictures show the pegboard slide in over the rails noted above.

:
Wood Automotive exterior Hardwood Gas Flooring


mixing my own wood filler from yellow, glue and the sawdust from the wood to fix the punky holes in the front of the table before painting.

:
Wood Rectangle Tool Gas Flooring


Painted the complete frame/box with exterior grade white ceiling primer.

: Assembled/painted components of the downdraft table.

:
Table Wood Gas Flooring House

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Attached the exhaust port and sealed with caulking.

:
Table Wood Recreation room Sports equipment Baize


Purchased some three-quarter inch rubber square feet at a good price from Amazon.com that I attached with three-quarter inch wood screws.

:
Wood Table Audio receiver Gas Hardwood


Did a test run with a porous rubber sanding mat purchased from Amazon which sits perfectly on top of my woodworkers bench. It works! LOL!

As always comments and suggestions are welcome and thanks for checking it out!
That's a whole lotta hole drilling! How well does it collect and reduce dust?
 

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#388 ·
Maple, Murphy, and Me,

Murphy always has a treat in store for me.
Wood Floor Flooring Gas Hardwood


My friend CharlieK (on LJ's) lives in MN/St.Paul area. A town called Fridley. He had purchased a trailer load of rough milled hard maple and he had a lot left over which he was wanting to sell to get it out of his garage Took my 1990 3/4 ton truck and traveled 124 miles to have lunch and pick up some maple. Had a full truck bed up to the top of the sides of maple and I was returning home in the dark. About 11 miles from home my front passenger side tire wall gave out (used seldom but 18 years old?) And I had to call for assistance. Turns out we couldn't tow the truck due to all the hard maple in the back would put to much stress against the tailgate. The guy's station is a block or so from my house. Had him bring my old tire that had been sitting on the ground under a tree and we changed the tire which has rot for the blown tire.

He lifted the truck and put the spare on which shows weakness in the structure. Got it home late. (situation normal afu) Called our local salvage yard, for used tire. NA Called local tire replacement and my mech. No used available,and the truck needs new tires. Even though it's not a commuter it handles my plowing needs. And it needs good tires for occasional use.

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Also didn't want to store the wood outside this winter as I'd done that a few years ago and when I uncovered the pile in spring had ants throughout the wood pile.
Thought I'd build a lumber rack in my sandstone walls basement but couldn't find an empty 8 ft. long space. To shorten this up….I moved and cleaned and constructed a wood rack that sits on bricks as I get water in the basement ( no sump pump)

Actually just finished unloading and stacking the wood in 10 degree temps.

Thanks for checking it out!
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Lumber Shelving


All comments and suggestions appreciated!
 

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#389 ·
Maple, Murphy, and Me,

Murphy always has a treat in store for me.
Wood Floor Flooring Gas Hardwood


My friend CharlieK (on LJ's) lives in MN/St.Paul area. A town called Fridley. He had purchased a trailer load of rough milled hard maple and he had a lot left over which he was wanting to sell to get it out of his garage Took my 1990 3/4 ton truck and traveled 124 miles to have lunch and pick up some maple. Had a full truck bed up to the top of the sides of maple and I was returning home in the dark. About 11 miles from home my front passenger side tire wall gave out (used seldom but 18 years old?) And I had to call for assistance. Turns out we couldn't tow the truck due to all the hard maple in the back would put to much stress against the tailgate. The guy's station is a block or so from my house. Had him bring my old tire that had been sitting on the ground under a tree and we changed the tire which has rot for the blown tire.

He lifted the truck and put the spare on which shows weakness in the structure. Got it home late. (situation normal afu) Called our local salvage yard, for used tire. NA Called local tire replacement and my mech. No used available,and the truck needs new tires. Even though it's not a commuter it handles my plowing needs. And it needs good tires for occasional use.

Property Wood Building Floor Wall


Also didn't want to store the wood outside this winter as I'd done that a few years ago and when I uncovered the pile in spring had ants throughout the wood pile.
Thought I'd build a lumber rack in my sandstone walls basement but couldn't find an empty 8 ft. long space. To shorten this up….I moved and cleaned and constructed a wood rack that sits on bricks as I get water in the basement ( no sump pump)

Actually just finished unloading and stacking the wood in 10 degree temps.

Thanks for checking it out!
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Lumber Shelving


All comments and suggestions appreciated!
Looks good Tom, lots of work but once it's dry enough you will have some great wood to build some great projects.
Sorry to hear about you tough trip home.
 

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#411 ·
Shop Made 2'x4' Down Draft Table Materials Driven

Hey LJ's,

Just uploaded another video blog for your viewing pleasure or???LOL!

It is an extension of the previous blog as I'd hoped to do a video but really didn't like what I saw. LOL!

Who is that guy?

Please click on the URL to see it.



I'd appreciate a like and a comment as well as your creative comments here.

Please hit the like button. If you like it.

Thanks for Checking it out.
 
#412 ·
Well Cecil B
I would have to say thats a very cool introduction!
The table looks to work fine.
Video shows everything OK no technical isues there .
I have the same problem with ROS trying to set them down!
Just what is ADHD I could not work it out, I thought it was something to do with your location, ...but your in Saint James, Minnesota, and its not your initals ...all very odd.
 
#422 ·
MY hybrid Woodworkers bench from recycled materials

Hey Lj's,

This is a video version of a handwritten blog when I decided to take the fixed bench attached to my wall and make it functional for hand work, and my being 5'8" and shrinking according to my doctor
.

You can refer to the handwritten blog which is

http://lumberjocks.com/DocSavage45/blog/42133

I'd appreciate your watching as I had a good time creating this video.

To watch it click on the URL

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIxPpqpY12k*

and go to YouTube to check it out. Hit the like button and leave a comment. It's appreciated!

Your comments and positive criticisms as well as humor is appreciated.
 
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#432 ·
Grizzly 3 hp 220 15 inch planer

Hey LJ's,,Been contemplating the purchase of a more powerful planer.

Been looking at Grizzly's 15 inch series including the bare bones model.

Looking at the web site last night I noticed that the 15 inch planers were not in stock but I could place an order. Whoa! Uncle Donald 's tariffs are alive and well! 275 dollars !

The bare bones was in stock without the tarrif charge, so I bit the bullet and ordered

This Machine:

Product Camera lens Camera accessory Digital camera Cameras & optics


It means I have to build a movable cart that will hold it and allow me to maneuver it outside or attached to my newly installed 220 3 hp dust collection which I have been posting progress on Instagram.

As always comments, are welcome.

Thanks for checking in.


Just got an email it's been shipped.
 

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#433 ·
Grizzly 3 hp 220 15 inch planer

Hey LJ's,,Been contemplating the purchase of a more powerful planer.

Been looking at Grizzly's 15 inch series including the bare bones model.

Looking at the web site last night I noticed that the 15 inch planers were not in stock but I could place an order. Whoa! Uncle Donald 's tariffs are alive and well! 275 dollars !

The bare bones was in stock without the tarrif charge, so I bit the bullet and ordered

This Machine:

Product Camera lens Camera accessory Digital camera Cameras & optics


It means I have to build a movable cart that will hold it and allow me to maneuver it outside or attached to my newly installed 220 3 hp dust collection which I have been posting progress on Instagram.

As always comments, are welcome.

Thanks for checking in.


Just got an email it's been shipped.
Congrats Tom I hope it does the job for you.
 

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#460 ·
Lawn Tractor/ Wood shed from repurposed construction materials

What have I been doing???? Haven't posted projects.

Needed a place to put our new used Poulan Pro lawn tractor and to store lumber I'm milling.

As always comments and critiques welcome!

If ya got a minute like me on YouTube.

Thanks!


Another great idea that wasn't except instead of cost of new materials there was the cost of time??? and You betcha Murphy was in there helping. Took a lot of video and pictures but I'm thinking it's only interesting to me. LOL!
 
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