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| 1 day ago |
Box Finger Joints - 2 replies I have been make some box finger joints and when I go to cut dado for bottom I cant get the dado to be hidden when you assembly the box is there some way of figure this out and maybe formula for this it don’t matter if it 1/4 inch our 1/2 inch box joints I make the dado 1/4 inch from the bottom any idea thanks |
| 14 days ago |
finishing hard maple - 6 replies OK what is the best finish to use on hard maple I want to put a clear finish on any help would be nice thank |
| 17 days ago |
IF I may - 8 replies Hello I just finished reading the blog or topic “sad truth about hobbyist website” I’m not looking to start a fight but i like posting my project and get feedback good our bad because that is how I measure MYSELF to see if I’m building project that are good our bad and I like to get comments and measure my gains in my hob... |
| 28 days ago |
cove mlgd on my table saw - 9 replies Hello I built cove molding on a craftsman 10inch saw and than I up grade to cabinet saw it a delta x5 and when I went to build some cove molding on the delta I found that the blade does not raise straight up it come up more like it pivoting up from the back so when I cut the molding I have to keep find center of the blade every time I raise the ... |
| 36 days ago |
ten degrees on table saw - 6 replies I’m building a table out woodsmith magazine from august 09 the plans call for the table rails to be 1 1/2 thick 2 1/2 wide the problem I had is when I bevel the front faces the plans call for 10 degrees bevel that ends 1/2 inch for the top and distance between lower part of the blade and fence is 1 1/8 inch and plan give no height for blad... |
| 39 days ago |
How to cut hard maple - 13 replies How to cut hard maple with out burning I just bought some hard maple to build a table it has bevel edges and the plans call for you to use table saw with blade at ten degree my blade is forrest woodworker two the table saw has three horse motor what I’m worried about is burning when making the bevel cuts the blade is not new but I think i... |
| 85 days ago |
zero clearance insert - 6 replies I made a zero clearance insert and I’m using forrest woodworker 2 and the blade sound like it is hitting it check blade to table saw and it is square to miter slots is this normal and I might be making this sound like more than it is it just sound like when you cut a piece of wood and the cutoff just sit at the blade make very little c... |
| 150 days ago |
left or right tilt on ts - 6 replies OK all the years i been woodworking i have had left tilt blade and about three years ago i bought a new ts and i had a hard time trying to figure out left or right and i went with left tilt because that’s what I knew but i still don’t know what advantages a right tilt offers over the left and i do this as a hobby and i,m wondering... |
| 177 days ago |
In the house our out - 3 replies Hello everyone thanks for reading I have my work shop in the basement of my house. I want to put my dust collector in the garage it is attach . But I’m worried about suck air out of the house make it hard on the furnace and a/c . Do you thing that will be a problem. I will run pvc with grounding wire in case static electric can start the ... |
| 187 days ago |
Router bits - 3 replies Hello everyone I had a problem with my shed doors they are five years old and made out pine.There are made using stile and rails construction and the doors are 1inch quarter thick and here the problem i ran into most stile and rails bit work in 3/4 thick and I look at door entry door bit but they work in 1 3/8 and up not lower so i was able to b... |
| 190 days ago |
to wax or not to wax your tables - 4 replies Hello everyone I like to say I have been woodworking for about 20 years as a hobby. I never real thought much about the slickness of the tables of the machines. But I had a problem with my sump pump no tool were damage just in the clean up some water some how got splashed on my band saw table and it start to rust just surface rust i would clean ... |
















