My question for the masses is wood type. I have some prefinished maple ply leftover from a cabinet job. That is my carcase. Pretty much that is set unless someone can convince me otherwise. The reason for that is durability and I only have to finish drawer fronts and face frame this way.

I want some contrast. one of my first thoughts was walnut faceframe, and cherry drawer fronts. I sprayed some aerosol clearcoat on a couple of scraps and I think over time the cherry will darken and not keep enough of a contrast.

My wood choices are oak, walnut, cherry. I have all these in stock. I can order maple on the next lumber order, but haven’t checked the price.

Let me know your thoughts.

Please view my entry video, it’s not the most exciting, but to the point, and hopefully not too boring. I will be honest, I feel I am PBS material not DIY network material. Simply, I am the real deal, similar to Norm, and I am not an actor with a pretty face that can read cue card and make it look like you aren’t.

I would be honored if I was selected as a finalist and got to go for America’s vote which the winners will be notified the first week of August. I don’t know if I would honestly accept a show offer knowing the history of the channel and how often a show goes off the air after a few weeks and have to give up teaching at a school I absolutely love. Well we’ll cross that bridge if the road goes that way when it comes.

Here is the link to the video.

http://www.diynetwork.com/stud-finder-2009-be-the-next-do-it-yourself-star-gallery/package/index.html?sortby=recent&pn=3&vw_arrange_order=DESC&vw_sort_order=MOST_RECENT&pageref=Photo_Video-1032137

Anyways if that doesn’t work, I am on pg 3 of the recent entries, 4th row down, 3rd in from left. Here’s a link to page 3:

http://www.diynetwork.com/stud-finder-2009-be-the-next-do-it-yourself-star-gallery/package/index.html?pn=3

The producers will select 4 of the 5 finalists. America will vote for the 5th. Voting takes place Aug 3-31. I would appreciate your vote! I will update the link for the voting next month. Hopefully with 11000+ LJ’s I can get a few views and get noticed by the producers.

Thanks for the support. I too will have more videos posted online once school starts up again for those that are interested.

I don’t know how they got it in a pickup to begin with, probably a fork since it came from a factory. But Ernie had a hoist in his garage so that is how he got it out. I used a solid surface pallet from the cabinet supplier and a pallet jack to load it. Had to winch it into the trailer. Was told it weighs 800#. It took 4 of us to get it on the pallet, 800# my foot, more like 1G.

Anyways, got it home and then the next day wiped off the motor plate. Wouldn’t you guess 440v. Good thing it was just me an a maintenance worker, because I said some school inappropriate choice words. Our shop doesn’t have 440 power.

Here’s the question i have for the LJ’s that are good with electrical motors.

The motor is a 5hp, 3ph 440v 1150rpm with what appears to be either 1” or 1 1/8” shaft, about 3” long and a 1/4” key. The motor is about the size of a lear jet engine (exaggerating a little) but not much.

I have 2 motors that I can get my hands on that are 5hp, 3ph 220v, 1750 rpm, with the shaft measurements the same as the original. The motor is smaller in size and building a bracket out of some angle or blocks of wood to make it the right height isn’t a problem.

Can I use the 1750rpm motor? With my limited electrical background, wouldn’t it just spin faster. Maybe wear out the bearings a little quicker?

Or am I better off just selling to get my money back? I will post pics later this week.

Thanks for any suggestions or comments.

Let me know who else will be there. Someone help me out with the exact date. I think it is on V-day this year? Am I correct?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNa1_tcDo1g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhwFk-64IBw

I included the links to the videos also just in case.

Here’s the drill video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwazHacw3jc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0yyOyb3XXE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UjUPb7O6XA

I included the youtube links just in case

I like the overarm style, but $500 is a bit steep. I have seen some homemade systems before. I was trying to think of a way to modify our table mount HTC guard with some solid wood and steel to make an overarm.

Any ideas or testimonies would be helpful. Thanks.

What my goal is for this assignment is for them to look at several examples of a project they are about to undertake. Most of them don’t think about or even realize the design possibilities. Some are as simple as rounding the front of a nightstand top, or routing a flute in a vertical piece. Others don’t know how tall to make a nighstand, computer desk, sofa table, etc. So this helps with design and proportion.

This is where you, Lumberjocks, come into my equation. I have encouraged the students to explore this site. about 6 of my 40 have. Maybe this assignment will get more students exposed to LJ. Please be supportive in giving information about your project if one of my students are to ask you for permission to use your photo in their assignment, give them your name, you can use your LJ name for privacy reasons if you prefer, and any dimensions for the project. You can also send them plans or drawings if you would like.

Thanks for your support and help.

Tooldad