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| 18 days ago |
Rip Van Winkel - 9 replies How have things changed after all these years? Let’s hear it. You’ve been around. bbqKing |
| 21 days ago |
First Plane Ever - 16 replies Believe it or not, after years in woodworking I have purchased my first plane. I have never had any luck with them in the past, probably from lack of instruction and perseverance. The idea was to tune tenon faces more quickly so I purchased an inexpensive European style rabbet plane. If I can get this one to work the way I need it to I will coug... |
| 25 days ago |
Craftsman/Arts&Crafts/Oriental - 1 reply I was just wondering if anyone wants to talk about the apparent oriental influence on arts & crafts furniture. I know it was a simplistic design to answer Victorian excesses in furniture. Stickley is Stickley. Greene & Greene is Greene & Greene. I design and build my own Craftsman pieces. Nearly every time, however, I stand back and ... |
| 32 days ago |
RIDGID Jointer- Changing cutterhead knives - 5 replies I have a RIDGID 6-1/8” jointer #JPO6101 that will need cutterhead knives replaced before too long. I have purchased the new knives but the meager paperwork that came w/ the machine does not address this procedure. I know that I can figure it out, but I am hoping some of you have done this before and can help me out with some tips, instruct... |
| 47 days ago |
Georgia Lumberjocks - 8 replies Since I’ve joined LJs I’ve noticed that there are a few of us living in the ATL metro area. Would any of you guys be interested in getting together and trading tales, tips, horror stories, and basically bragging and telling lies to each other over a good meal & etc.? It could be a good time. If anyone is interested email me and w... |
| 66 days ago |
Good Wood Gone Bad - 15 replies Earlier this afternoon I trashed a perfectly good leg meant for a Craftsman piece I am making for a client. I decided to take it directly from the bandsaw to the jointer in order to save some time and get ahead on this order. The mortises had already been cut and sized and was ready to go but I screwed it up at the last possible moment. I have b... |
| 68 days ago |
SKIL TOOLS- Why are you so hard to find? - 2 replies We had a company party recently and I got a SKIL 1810 router package w/ little bitty table & etc. as a grab bag gift. I figured whatever, I’ll set it up as a dedicated roundover/chamfer setup. Can’t go wrong. I got rid of the little table, built one that works and has room, gave it a shot. Works great except for the fact that all... |
| 78 days ago |
Changing blades on Ryobi AP1300 Planer - Help Wanted - 9 replies My old faithful AP1300 needs new blades. I knew it was coming, so I had them on hand. There are 2 blades on the cutterhead. Each blade is held in place by a keeper, which in turn is held in place by six 4mm Allen screws. The first blade went like it is supposed to, in fact I just flipped it to the unused side. Excellent. On the second blade, how... |
| 82 days ago |
Golden Mean - 23 replies I am just curious as to how many of you take the “Golden Section” or Fibonacci series into account when designing new pieces. A lot of times I have “eyeballed” what looked good to me, and after the fact the ratios come really close to .618 or 1.618 or a corresponding Fibonacci number for drawer sizes, shelving spacing, &#... |
| 102 days ago |
Need advice on router purchase - 10 replies I need to purchase a new router, since my original is going south on me. Now that I am a member of Lumberjocks, I would appreciate input and experiences on a quality machine. I will not mount this router in a table, as I am already set up with that. There are lots of new items out there. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks. |
| 112 days ago |
Iron buff - 6 replies I am getting ready to make a run of clocks and have decided to use iron buff instead of stain for the dark oak portions of them. This is the first time I’ve tried this. I made a trial batch and let it set for three weeks. After straining, I brushed it on a test piece of white oak and red oak. The white oak was nearly ebonized. The red oak ... |
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