Pete_Jud's Blog at LumberJocks.com http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:36:07 GMT Biesemeyer Fence #1: Refaceing a Biesemeyer Fence. http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/10836 My old Biesemeyer fence is showing some wear on the left side. It is over 20 years old and has had a lot of wood run over it over the years. I have worn through the white layer of materal at the rear of the fence face. Only around the first 1/2 inch or so. The sides of the fence seem to be made of 9 ply plywood screwed onto the metal box tube of the fence with some kind of plastic glued over it. The screw heads are under the plastic. Has any one put new faces on one of these and if so what did you use.

Thanks in advance

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:36:07 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/10836 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud Major wood and machine auction in OK http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/9945 Thursday July 9, in Oklahoma City OK, might be a place to pickup some deals on lumber, plywood, and machines. It’s way to far for me to go, but it looked interesting.

Here’s the link http://www.grafeauction.com/auction_detail.php?id=115330

]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:10:51 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/9945 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud I need to learn how to spray Lacquer, need Info please. http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/8693 I, by mistake a couple of days ago, tried lacquer for the first time. After all these years of using Poly and oil finishes like “Norm” does, I have found a lot of advantages for one of the produces that I build. I have a dedicated finishing room that I can add filters and venting to, and have clean compressed air in the shop as well. Just to many choices as to how to spray it. Any help is needed. ie, what type of gun, clean-up time between guns, ect.

Thanks in advance.

]]> Sat, 09 May 2009 04:47:48 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/8693 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud Bought the wrong stuff, Lacquer insted of Poly. Any one use Lacquer? http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/8679 I went to the hardware store in town yesterday and bought a can of Deft brand Lacquer by mistake instead of poly. I thought I would try deft brand poly instead of the only other satin poly that they had (ACE). I did read the back of the can, and picked up some lacquer thinner to clean the brush. When I bought the thinner I should have thought something was not right. I got it to the shop and got it mixed and started applying. The first thing I noticed was that the VOC’s where much stronger than the MinWax Poly’s that I use. I also noticed that the recoat time was only 2 hrs. 6 coats in one day, and sanding with 600 between coats it is a “wow” finish.

Now I can remember as a kid people using lacquer, but don’t know much about it. Any one else use it.

]]> Fri, 08 May 2009 04:19:23 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/8679 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud Golf Club Grip Tape http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/8604 I used to use carpet tape to stick jigs to the wood when pattern routing. I was at a friends house the other day when he was replacing the grips on his golf clubs when I saw the double sided tape he was using. It works great when pattern routing, is cheap (5 bucks for a 118 ft 3/4 inch roll), sticks great on both the pattern and the stock, and is easy to remove without leaving any of that sticky stuff behind.

]]> Sun, 03 May 2009 20:59:12 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/8604 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud Washing dust colector bags. http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/6965 My jet dust colector bags are starting to get cloged, and I can’t find the manual to see if the bags are washable. Has anybody run a set of these through a washer and dryer?

]]> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:07:25 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/6965 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud Time to upgrade my tablesaw http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/5857 It’s time to spend the big money on a new tablesaw. I have have been looking at the grizzly G0605×12 inch 5 HP saw with all the works. I like the 10 inch Deltas, but for around the same price I can get a bigger and more powerful saw. I have a Delta band saw and drill press, and have been happy with them, but Grizzly is Local (200 Miles). Any feedback is welcome.

Pete

]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:37:30 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/5857 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud Free wood source http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/4017 I meet a hardwood floor installer the other day, and asked what he did with the leftovers, He said that they just throw them in the dumpster. I asked him to save some for me to use in the shop, and the next thing I know He brings over 200 Sq Ft of 3/4 inch oak. 3-4 ft in long and 4 in wide. Once planed and trimed to remove the t&g, I have over 70 boards 3-4 ft long, and 5/8 thick and 3 1/2 in wide. So, be nice to your local flooring guy.

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:40:48 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/4017 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud My $200 wood shop http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/3944 I have debated posting this for a while, but the response from “My $2.00 router table” sent me to typing. Maybe I can inspire some other woodworkers to get off their buts and start butchering wood.

Last summer I needed a wood shop in a hurry, I went to the local pole building builders and found that they where over booked, and that the permits were taking 6-10 months, and the permit cost alone was going to be over $3400.00.

So call me a cheap SOB again, and necessity is the mother of invention, I found a 40 ft. fifth wheel travel trailer with a slide out for $200.00. The interior was in rough shape, as someone had lived in it for a few years, But Hey; I was planning to gut it anyway. So I moved it onto my property (as it’s on wheels and is a travel trailer, no permits required). Gutted it for the most part, and started to build my shop. In gutting It, I was able to sell the water tank, propane heater, 12V converter, ect. On Craig’s list for more that I spent on the trailer. I live in the country with the nearest niebor a 3rd of a mile away, so looks don’t mater that much. Now it did cost me around $250.00 to run 100 amp 240V power to the trailer, and I have added a wood stove (the wood stove was free, but the smoke stack set me back around $350), as well as lighting (some used, some new).

It’s been a fun project, and is working very well for me. I can mill 8ft material and sheet goods with very little movement of equipment. The shop is always full of sawdust, as it gets used 8-12 hrs a day; I even built a rack tonight to hold all the different grades of sanding belts, and mounted it above the miter saw.

Enjoy the pics.
Shop looking back from the wood stove.
My $5.00 lathe, but it took me 6 months to find the $2.00 motor.
$25.00 Craigs list jointer
Sanding area.
Xcut area
Rear to front
Router station
Central heat, and wood storage.

Pete

]]> Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:29:31 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/3944 Pete_Jud Pete_Jud cedar burls http://lumberjocks.com/Pete_Jud/blog/3924 I just found a couple of cedar burls that have been drying in a barn for at least 50 years, one has only a couple of checks, the other has a few, the biger one is 27×17x10, the other is around 17×24x12 Im trying to figure out how to cut this stuff as it won’t fit in the band saw, Any suggestions?

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