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Falco posted:I just finished up making presents for my two little boys. They are 4 and 7, so I may regret making them slingshots, but I had a blast making them and for now they will only know the ammo to be felted wool balls (we'll see how long that lasts). And they shoot amazingly well for really knowing nothing about slingshots. I give it roughly three days before they discover that pennies are excellent ammo. They look fantastic though, very nicely done.
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How useful do people feel like it is to have a panel saw around? I've been offered one (I think it's a safety speed something or other) but I'd have to find somewhere to put it and I'm not sure I'd use it much as I don't cut a ton of large sheet goods. Do people who have access to one find themselves using it for much outside of that?
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Wallet posted:How useful do people feel like it is to have a panel saw around? I've been offered one (I think it's a safety speed something or other) but I'd have to find somewhere to put it and I'm not sure I'd use it much as I don't cut a ton of large sheet goods. Do people who have access to one find themselves using it for much outside of that? I used one constantly for set construction back in college. In my opinion, nothing even comes close to the speed or safety of the panel saw for tearing down sheet goods. If you don’t need to do much of that though, then honestly it’ll probably just take up space.
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Wallet posted:How useful do people feel like it is to have a panel saw around? I've been offered one (I think it's a safety speed something or other) but I'd have to find somewhere to put it and I'm not sure I'd use it much as I don't cut a ton of large sheet goods. Do people who have access to one find themselves using it for much outside of that? Safety Speeds are great. You can cut all kinds of sheet goods with its interchangeable blades and cutters. However if you are not cutting up sheets on a regular basis then it is not worth it. It takes up a rather large footprint, even mobile you have to consider the space needed to load the sheets when you want to use it. Not ideal for the Garage shop.
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Dec 22, 2020 16:25
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GEMorris posted:A Domino isn't a dowel and many many pages of text have been spilled on the internet over this fight. Lol. Wasabi the J posted:I hate dominos because of #2 and the fact that epoxy exists for much cheaper is a good counter to #1. I think you're in the wrong area code talking about epoxy, friend. GEMorris posted:I have the DeWalt biscuit jointer and it gets occasional use, exclusively for large panels. (Unnecessary) We will need a full report/review.
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Dec 22, 2020 17:44
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First catapult basically done
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Dec 22, 2020 18:56
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Speaking of biscuit jointers I picked up an old and extremely hosed up looking Craftsman biscuit joiner that a friend who likes to mess with power tools is slowly trying to rehab for me. I'll report back if it works out.
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His Divine Shadow posted:First catapult basically done Pretty cool. Is there some sort of a release mechanism that I can't see in the picture?
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Dec 22, 2020 19:46
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Baronash posted:I used one constantly for set construction back in college. In my opinion, nothing even comes close to the speed or safety of the panel saw for tearing down sheet goods. If you don’t need to do much of that though, then honestly it’ll probably just take up space. JEEVES420 posted:Safety Speeds are great. You can cut all kinds of sheet goods with its interchangeable blades and cutters. However if you are not cutting up sheets on a regular basis then it is not worth it. It takes up a rather large footprint, even mobile you have to consider the space needed to load the sheets when you want to use it. Not ideal for the Garage shop. That's kind of what I figured. I'd have to keep it in the shed (my actual shop is in the basement where I don't think it could even stand up) which would mean dragging the thing out any time I wanted to use it. I'd probably end up just using the track saw anyway to avoid the bother. Thanks!
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Dec 22, 2020 20:29
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I like my little biscuit joiner. It gets kept in the original box up on a hard to get to shelf, and it’s useful purposes could be replaced with extra clamps/cauls or being more careful, but I’m glad I have it. It’s a great item to request as a gift as I did. Brand won’t bother you and it’s in a gifty price range, which is a rare combination in woodworking.
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Dec 23, 2020 00:17
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Made another little keepsake box. 5" x 8" x 4", ash with walnut splines. I've had an idea for a box like this floating around my brain for years now. Splines were easier than I was expecting and the turned out great except one small gap.
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I've got my garage rewired and am ready to start buying some tools after downsizing a while back, was going to pull the trigger on a Laguna 18" bandsaw but they're backordered until March 
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Meow Meow Meow posted:I've got my garage rewired and am ready to start buying some tools after downsizing a while back, was going to pull the trigger on a Laguna 18" bandsaw but they're backordered until March Right now is an awful time to be buying *anything* for hobbies to be honest. My lee valley shopping cart is a mishmash of "available" dates ranging from January to loving MAY. Tons of machines are backordered, and/or companies that used to do discounts have stopped (Hammer for example). The situation is just... Not great
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GEMorris posted:Right now is an awful time to be buying *anything* for hobbies to be honest. My lee valley shopping cart is a mishmash of "available" dates ranging from January to loving MAY. Tons of machines are backordered, and/or companies that used to do discounts have stopped (Hammer for example). Doesn’t help that there’s a pretty big crossover between high end hobby stuff and small shop commercial stuff (that are also pretty busy now) and an 18” Laguna is pretty squarely in that niche. Just upgrade to a 20” or 24” Italian made one  I got my Laguna secondhand for 30% of new and it’s great, but I haven’t been keeping my eye on the used market as much lately-I’m sure it’s nuts too.
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Dec 23, 2020 02:21
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GEMorris posted:Right now is an awful time to be buying *anything* Pretty much anything related to building, tools, lumber, fabrication, etc. Is nuts. Aspenite is currently 3x what it should be, the pressure treated wood market is running near empty, and even fasteners are starting to jump in price. I'm building a house this spring and the two issues I am going to be running into are, 1. "This product is unavailable" or 2. "This product is currently priced 300% above typical market value". I just got a quote for Trusses, engineered joists and beams that came to $35k and windows that are hovering around $22k. Sheeting for floors, walls, and the roof is going to be so insane that I have been putting off my calculations. It sucks that chisel sets are on hold and planes are an extra $15, but thank your lucky stars that you're not building during the year(s) of Covid.
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On the flip side tons of small shops and businesses are starting to go out of business or losing their shop space and you can get some good deals on high end equipment if you have the space and timing for it.... Which is less than ideal.
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The junk collector posted:On the flip side tons of small shops and businesses are starting to go out of business or losing their shop space and you can get some good deals on high end equipment if you have the space and timing for it.... Which is less than ideal. How I got my router table Me: So what do you guys make here? Him: Nothing anymore Me:  so $300, right?
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Just spent three hours rearranging my shop to confirm there is no way for me to keep my lathe ina usable position without compromising the function of at least one other tool. At least I cleared out a bit of junk.
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The Locator posted:Pretty cool. Is there some sort of a release mechanism that I can't see in the picture? Yeah the lever is connected to a spring loaded sear, pull the lever down and you release the tension and it throws something.
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GEMorris posted:At least I cleared out a bit of junk. I did this last weekend. My shop was a mess, but now it's nice and actually usable. Disassembling my radial arm saw really freed up a ton of space. 
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GEMorris posted:Just spent three hours rearranging my shop to confirm there is no way for me to keep my lathe ina usable position without compromising the function of at least one other tool. Clearly for your next project you need to build a shed
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:
Thanks for the ideas on what the wood may be, it was a mystery when I picked it up. And for sure! I wouldn't doubt if rocks end up in them before long Olothreutes posted:I give it roughly three days before they discover that pennies are excellent ammo. They look fantastic though, very nicely done. I'm expecting the same. I kind of want to try with heavier objects, but have no intention of showing them  Thank you very much, they were a lot of fun to make and it turns out there's a whole wild rabbit hole on the internet about homemade slingshots.
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Super Waffle posted:Made another little keepsake box. 5" x 8" x 4", ash with walnut splines. I've had an idea for a box like this floating around my brain for years now. Splines were easier than I was expecting and the turned out great except one small gap. This is a beautiful little box
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cakesmith handyman posted:This is a beautiful little box Thank you!  I think I'll make a matching box next out of walnut with ash splines, give them to my two best friends.
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Dec 23, 2020 17:47
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So have I been living a lie my whole life? The 2x4s and 2x6s I bought are only actually 1.5 inches thick, and only 3 and 4.5 inches wide, respectively. Is this some dumb American thing? Or am I dumb a American?
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:So have I been living a lie my whole life? The 2x4s and 2x6s I bought are only actually 1.5 inches thick, and only 3 and 4.5 inches wide, respectively. Is this some dumb American thing? Or am I dumb a American? Oh my sweet summer child.
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:So have I been living a lie my whole life? The 2x4s and 2x6s I bought are only actually 1.5 inches thick, and only 3 and 4.5 inches wide, respectively. Is this some dumb American thing? Or am I dumb a American? It's just antiquated. Back in the day they would rough cut the lumber to a 2x4, then it would shrink as it dried and was planed, that just stuck. A 2x4 is now 1.5x3.5" iirc. A 2x6 should be 5.5" not 4.5" you got a 2x5 somehow.
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:So have I been living a lie my whole life? The 2x4s and 2x6s I bought are only actually 1.5 inches thick, and only 3 and 4.5 inches wide, respectively. Is this some dumb American thing? Or am I dumb a American? That is their nominal thickness when they are rough sawed and before they are dried. They shrink a bit when they are dried and then shrink further when they are planed to make them smooth. Nominal 2x stuff is actually 1.5" thick and 1x material is .75" thick. They are between .5-.75" narrower than the nominal dimension. x4s are 3.5" w x6's are 5.5"w, x8's are 7.25"w, x10's are 9.25"w and x12's are 11.25"w. It's been that way for like 50 years. There was some dumb lawsuit where people sued the big box stores because their 2x4's weren't 2"x4."
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Blistex posted:Oh my sweet summer child. AFewBricksShy posted:It's just antiquated. Back in the day they would rough cut the lumber to a 2x4, then it would shrink as it dried and was planed, that just stuck. A 2x4 is now 1.5x3.5" iirc. A 2x6 should be 5.5" not 4.5" you got a 2x5 somehow. Kaiser Schnitzel posted:That is their nominal thickness when they are rough sawed and before they are dried. They shrink a bit when they are dried and then shrink further when they are planed to make them smooth. Nominal 2x stuff is actually 1.5" thick and 1x material is .75" thick. They are between .5-.75" narrower than the nominal dimension. x4s are 3.5" w x6's are 5.5"w, x8's are 7.25"w, x10's are 9.25"w and x12's are 11.25"w. It's been that way for like 50 years. There was some dumb lawsuit where people sued the big box stores because their 2x4's weren't 2"x4." 
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:This is what I expected lol Pro-tip, grab a tape measure off the wall before heading to the lumber section of Lowe's Depot. Measure everything yourself, never trust the listed dimensions.
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I was recently confused about nominal vs actual size. I bought 1x6 cedar from Home Depot https://www.homedepot.ca/product/porcupine-1x6x8-stk-cedar-s4s-fence/1000102564 The following sites all say 1x6 is actually 3/4" x 5-1/2" https://howelumber.com/dimensional-lumber http://mistupid.com/homeimpr/lumber.htm https://www.archtoolbox.com/materials-systems/wood-plastic-composites/dimensional-lumber-sizes-nominal-vs-actual.html http://www.magers.org/handy/nom_vs_act_board.html https://www.prowoodlumber.com/en/Projects-and-Resources/Common-Lumber-Dimensions It wasn't until I started assembling and everything was off by a bit that I realized my 1x6 was actually 5/8" thick, not 3/4"   I went back to the Home Depot page and, indeed, they list "Assembled Depth (in inches)" as 0.63, which is 5/8. So technically their product page is correct. But are all those other pages wrong?
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JEEVES420 posted:Pro-tip, grab a tape measure off the wall before heading to the lumber section of Lowe's Depot. Measure everything yourself, never trust the listed dimensions.  Never going without one again.
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:So have I been living a lie my whole life? The 2x4s and 2x6s I bought are only actually 1.5 inches thick, and only 3 and 4.5 inches wide, respectively. Is this some dumb American thing? Or am I dumb a American? please don't measure your subway "footlong" sandwich, for your own sake
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:Yeaahhh if only I had known this before my last trip Even if you forget one, just grab one from their selection. They are usable in the packaging.
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AAAAA! Real Muenster posted:Yeaahhh if only I had known this before my last trip You don't need to bring one, just find one that someone else left laying in the aisle. epalm posted:I was recently confused about nominal vs actual size. Those dimensions are generally correct for framing lumber.
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The average exterior wall stud is 5.5? I thought it was 6. This is very unsettling.
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epalm posted:I was recently confused about nominal vs actual size. When you get into the appearance boards, fence boards, and deck boards you can no longer count on framing sizes at the big box stores. They've also started selling 3/4 x 6 which are 5/8th x 5-1/2 When you shop online they don't really properly differentiate which ones you are looking at and at some of the stores they've gotten bad about mixing them.
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It doesn't do any good to measure at the store. By the time you get them home, they'll have dried more, or swelled due to the relative humidity in your garage. Even if they were straight once, your blade will heat(and expand) as you cut, changing the kerf of the blade along the length of the cut. A measurement has no meaning without an accompanying point in space-time, but big lumber won't ever let atomic clock gps tape measures hit the shelves. But you're too busy squabbling over imperial vs metric, aren't you.
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bobua posted:but big lumber won't ever let atomic clock gps tape measures hit the shelves you fool its impossible to know the dimensions of a piece of wood and its location at the same time. maybe you heard of quantum mechanics?
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