1143 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
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After picking up the Chinese elm logs the other day, I noticed hours later they were rapidly beginning to check. I headed out a few hours after that to seal them up, and of course, a few hours later it was raining. The not-yet-dry Anchorseal began to wash away:
My truck bed ran white with wax:
And so did my driveway:
The following day I moved the pieces to the back yard, shortly before it began to rain again. I put them under the Hollywood junipers, where the thick fo...
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391 days ago
by TZH |
15 comments »
I’d like to thank you, junipercanyon , for your advice on chain sharpening for ripping. Man, what a difference. I figured since you advised somewhere between 0 and 10 degrees I’d split the difference and go with 5 degrees. Slabbed all three in less time than it took me to do the first cut in Phase 1 of this project. This is some really fantastic wood I’m working with, and I can only hope to be able to score more of it in the future.
Step 1: Scribe the lines:I used a laser...
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72 days ago
by RGtools |
9 comments »
Even the most seasoned sawyer can dread a long session of ripping down stock by hand. There are quite a few ways to prevent yourself from burning out, but my personal favorite is to use different muscle groups as I go along.
I will start by ripping on my saw-bench, kneeling on my work. As I go along I switch to this position.
It may look awkward, but it’s rather comfortable and gives you an excellent view of your saw for keeping it both plumb and on your cut line.
It...
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1276 days ago
by Sean |
8 comments »
I have known that I wanted to build a Roubo bench for a long while now. A few months ago, more than I want to try and figure out, I purchased enough 2×10x12’ hem-fir to build a bench 24” x 60” with 3” square legs and a 3” thick top. I brought the unwieldy 12’ long boards home and cut them all in half on my back deck then brought them down to the basement and stacked them temporarily (read improperly). It was at this point I undertook a wedding gift ...
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295 days ago
by MrMeasureTwice |
6 comments »
Hi fellow sawdust creators,In the pause during this week before I actually touch my Unisaw again on Saturday, I thought I would share my new blades that will soon be doing 10’s of thousands of revolutions and ripping, crosscutting and mitering their way to oblivion…
Introducing the four new additions to the “blade brigade”........
May I present “Lord Combination”, offering a variety of talents to his royal highness, ME
Please welcome “The Duk...
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2059 days ago
by frank |
5 comments »
At Pivot Point of Horizontal and Vertical
—-have you yet wondered what is at the point of pivot here, where I tilt my saw from horizontal in a continuous downward motion to reach a place of vertical cut?
I must confess that the terms here ‘horizontal’ and ‘vertical’ can lead to many understandings, so I am going to try and narrow down what I am talking about here. This will lead me out again, today and over the weekend to shoot some more photo’s so th...
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461 days ago
by AmandasHusband |
4 comments »
The mother-in-law has been nagging me to build this “table” for about a year. The problem is, she wants something different every time I talk to her about it.
She’s settled on 79”x30” at about 38” tall. She wants square legs, 3 sides enclosed, and two shelves.
Oh, and she wants it made out of knotty pine to look distressed.
So I started it last weekend. Went to Home Depot for some 2×6’s and 2×4’s. Then i glued then squared up ...
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2047 days ago
by frank |
4 comments »
Wood Ballet Dancing in the FreeHand
And so it’s time, time to get back on track here and answer some questions, plus try to give an understanding to any and all that want to try this type of slabbin’ at wood.
One of the issuing egresses that make my projects so long, is the time and effort I take in the planning of the project from start to finish. I really do try and make use of telling the truth, that when I say ‘hand made’ the ‘wood art’ that I co...
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25 days ago
by Ted Williams and Brian Kelly |
4 comments »
Binding while ripping and Riving Knife Drag
We have read any number of posts on this and other sites about problems encountered when ripping lumber and the search for solutions.
The most probable cause is case hardening of the lumber. Red Oak is often steam dried. Rushing the drying cycle, and/or having insufficient ventilation between materials in the kiln, among other reasons, can cause tension in the lumber. European Beech, Cherry and Black Walnut are other species that are often ste...
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403 days ago
by DrPuk2U |
3 comments »
Well, the wall hasn’t gone up yet – the start got postponed a day or so. And I had time to start ripping down the yellow pine 2×12s This proved interesting, so I thought I would post a short snippet about that. I ran into a frustrating problem so I will probably post this on the forum as well.
My plan is to build a big heavy Holtzapffel bench a la Chris Schwartz et al. Supposedly, yellow pine is a good candidate, strong, heavy and relatively cheap. I’ve never us...
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