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It's alive!

Tom Adamski — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:18:42 GMT

Well, after a little bit of tweeking, It looks to be working… (keeping my fingers crossed). This was just to be a proof of concept (prototype), but it seems to be working well enough that I’ll use it for the rest of the production and make a better one next time. Thanks to all for your suggestions.

!(Working router trammel)!

Sincerely,

Tom

Large scale moulding on the cheap...

Tom Adamski — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:01:20 GMT

In an attempt to cut a large radius nosing for some mantels I’m making, I’m in process of making a router trammel to support the bit in a constant arc. Made from 3/4 ply, my inspiration is based off an old Fine Woodworking article and tablesaw trunions. I still need to mount it to a stable base, fit a router and bit and the fire it up…

I’ll post more when I make some sawdust.

Tom

DANGER! Chinese Plywood

Tom Adamski — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:56:33 GMT

Yes it’s cheap, and most of the time it will warp as soon as it is removed from the stack, but it can also be dangerous. Acording to an employee at Owl Hardwood in Lombard, IL, there is an instance where metal was found between the plys. The consumer that bought it found what appeared to be a utility knife blade while he was ripping the sheet on a table saw and in doing so, destroyed his blade. No coments if the person was injured, but I would not want to be around when pieces of carbide are being fractured off a spinning sawblade. Owl is a reputable dealer and promptly paid the customer not only for the wood, but the blade replacement too. I believe the people at Owl appreciate and respect their customers and after hearing about this, I feel even beter about doing business with them. I opted for the slightly more expensive Canadian birch ply and will never buy Chinese. Well, maybe some schezwan chicken for dinner…

Tom

You did what with a plane???

Tom Adamski — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:36:02 GMT

I’ll say sorry for this rant up front so you can stop reading this and go onto more interesting things if you wish…
I was reading a blog that was on another website… (don’t wory, i started here and somehow surffed to this guy’s website. I won’t mention his name as I don’t want to give him the press. (Bad publicity is still publicity) But I will post the segment that riled me… Oh and of course my reply. Please click you back button now if you are easily offended.

Then, the day happened. I was building a low credenza entertainment center – my first real paying project. The top was going to be 24 inches wide, seven feet long and made of solid red oak. The rest of the project had been a piece of cake, but the top was giving me heartburn. How was I going to make this top work without a jointer? I had neither the cash nor the space to provide for this essential piece of woodworking equipment. I thought and thought and thought some more. I even considered loading the wood back into my minivan, driving it back to the hardwood supplier and having them do the work.

As I was getting ready to cart the wood to my van, I looked at my workbench. There sat an antique No. 5 Stanley plane from about 1935. “Hmmm,” I thought to myself, “I wonder if that would work?” I clamped the piece to my workbench and took a swipe with the plane. It didn’t glide like I could make it now, but it sliced off a pretty decent curl of wood. Another pass – another curl. Before long, I had planed the boards nice and smooth, and they fit together tightly. And, boy, was I impressed!

With no experience? You planed 7 foot long boards and mated them to a respectable level? Either you are the worst lier in the world or you thnk the people that read this are stupid.
What a bunch of crap. You should write fiction elsewhere…

Comment by Tom Adamski — February 25, 2008 @ 9:21 pm