402 days ago
by Olaf Gradin |
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My grade school arithmetic left me with some rather incomplete lessons in the basics. I learned yesterday that 8 / 4 is not equal to 2 in the real world.
I took my rough-dimensioned ash over to a friends shop yesterday to get some time on his 8” jointer and planer. As we began to surface the slightly more than 8/4 boards, it quickly became apparent that I was not going to get the thickness on these boards that I had hoped. A small amount of bow and twist on a board nearly 4’...
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441 days ago
by Jon3 |
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I took another (room full of dust) pass with the jointing sled setup. You can see the low parts at the edges. I think by now I’ve taken more than 1/16 off the top.
You can see how it bows down in the corners.
And where poor control of the router and sled combo when stopping the router caused it to bounce and i got a small divot. Thankfully, it is very shallow and the next pass should clean it up.
One more pass and she should be plane!
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536 days ago
by Lee A. Jesberger |
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When using some veneers, they must be flattened prior to use. This is especially true of burls, crotch and stump veneers.
Flattening them really isn’t a big problem, it just takes a little time, and a flattening agent.
The main steps are to spray the front and backs of the veneers. Once the are sprayed, they are placed between plattens and some sort of absorbent paper. Some people use newspaper, but I ‘m always concerned about print showing up on my veneer.
I us...
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