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If this is the same guy I'm thinking of, he has a hilarious video of him laying out his concrete foundation in his basement on his own. Almost ends up killing himself. I like that dude.
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Bandwagon
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I just went with a harbor freight special, central machinery. I think its a 2hp 35gal.
I was looking at a nicer one on rockler for like 18 months but it feels a little overboard for me. I really just need something for the cnc and the planer. The shop vacuum was fine for the other tools.
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I started out with one of those years ago. They work fine as long as you keep the cloth filter bag somewhat clean or it gets clogged up with fine dust. Every couple of times you empty it, remove the filter bag, turn it inside out, and blow it out with your leaf blower.
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Captain Suave
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Just be aware with the cloth bag style dust collectors that they actually can make your shop air worse with regard to super-fine particulates that are the most dangerous. Think of them as cleaning but not filtering. Air quality is a deep rabbit hole and some folks definitely go overboard, but on the other side silicosis is no fun. The best solution, if possible, seems to be large scale venting. I have garage doors on both the front and back of my shop space and just leave them open to the wind and leaf blow everything out when I finish work.
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Cutlery
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Think I found my first nightstand tabletop.
It's 17"x25" and off by about 1/8" over the length of the piece. But 25" is bigger than I need it to be, so I'm gonna be able to remove that extra bit and it'll be perfect.
Ironically, it's one of the pieces the mill completely fucked up and was an inch and a half on one end and about half inch on the other. Just lopped off that end of the slab and surfaced this and it came out pretty good.
It's 17"x25" and off by about 1/8" over the length of the piece. But 25" is bigger than I need it to be, so I'm gonna be able to remove that extra bit and it'll be perfect.
Ironically, it's one of the pieces the mill completely fucked up and was an inch and a half on one end and about half inch on the other. Just lopped off that end of the slab and surfaced this and it came out pretty good.
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Cutlery
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After drying outside for 3 years, these came out remarkably straight for giving zero shits about grain or the part of wood that it is and just slabbing the whole fucking log.
This one is 19x56 and over 2 inches thick rough. Gonna make an excellent coffee table for someone
This one is 19x56 and over 2 inches thick rough. Gonna make an excellent coffee table for someone
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Captain Suave
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I don't think this offers any truly new functionality, but man, using something like this in combination with risers and dog holes on a woodworking bench sure would cover a big spectrum of clamping needs. That's some epic reach and clearance for downward pressure into the middle of a panel.
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Man, just can't catch a fucking break. The Bosch router I bought for this (which cost way too fucking much, by the way) started cutting out on me. Some kinda issue with the variable speed knob, near as I can tell. Which is not ideal when you're switching between endmill and surfacing bits. Apparently the switches get super dirty in some of the routers, but I pulled this thing apart and from what I can see, the switches are sealed tight. Now I guess we see what kinda warranty/service these clowns have
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Good on Bosch. The router is way out of warranty. They sent me a FedEx label and said "send that bitch back and we'll unfuck it."
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Reading the fine print, it's hard to tell if they're gonna charge me or if that's just in there in case they get it and it's obvious I ran over it with a tractor or something.
Guess we'll see in a week or so
Captain Suave
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Not woodworking, but in the same vein I've been very impressed with Wusthof's warranty on knives. My wife and I got a set almost 20 years ago for our wedding and over time the resin handles all cracked. I sent them back for repair this year and they immediately gave me $1200 in store credits, which was enough to replace the entire set and then some.
The knives themselves are only OK and way overpriced, but the warranty is amazing.
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I’m looking into getting into woodworking now that I have a huge shed workspace. My interests include framing to build structures on my homestead and furniture. I’m taking a woodworking intro class next month.
What tools and skills should I look at obtaining first? Bandsaw? Router? Table saw?
What tools and skills should I look at obtaining first? Bandsaw? Router? Table saw?
Soygen
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My only suggestions on tools is to buy them as you need them and not before. If you end up really getting into it, then you can't beat a real shop table saw.
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