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The cheapest combo unit that I know of that's worth a drat is the Hammer, and that's pretty spendy. Speaking of jointers, there's a guy near me selling a Powermatic 60 8" jointer with a shelix head, he's asking $1700. I threw a price of $1300 ($800 for machine, $500 for shelix) at him via text and he said he'd taken it. Sound reasonable?
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NomNomNom posted:The cheapest combo unit that I know of that's worth a drat is the Hammer, and that's pretty spendy. If you think it's worth it, why ask?
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Jul 16, 2021 15:32
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Because I always get cold feet dealing with Craigslist weirdos and I need affirmation
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Jul 16, 2021 15:52
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NomNomNom posted:Because I always get cold feet dealing with Craigslist weirdos and I need affirmation I think if nothing's hinky, and you need a good jointer it's an okay deal, nothing to do a major fistpump over. Powermatic have been cruising on brand name for a few decades now for added $5-800 on that alone. Just my imho jimho. Tiny fistpump would be appropriate.
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isn't the shelix $400 new? two years ago I'd have said you paid about twice as much as you shoulda but it's not two years agoMr. Mambold posted:I think if nothing's hinky, and you need a good jointer it's an okay deal, nothing to do a major fistpump over. Powermatic have been cruising on brand name for a few decades now for added $5-800 on that alone. Just my imho jimho. Tiny fistpump would be appropriate. so by this math a base used Powermatic 60 is worth $0? Harsh A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Jul 16, 2021 |
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Jul 16, 2021 16:27
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The base powermatic 60 is ~2.2k new, so a conservative 1.4k new, 800 used seems like a good deal to me.
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Jul 16, 2021 17:02
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Is there a dedicated woodturning thread? And if not, are there any turners in here?
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i've got a lathe but I don't know what to fuckin do with it does that count like I guess one of these days I'll set up an indexer on it so I can cut gears, but there's only so many pens and peppermills one man needs
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Jul 16, 2021 22:00
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I've made a couple bowls but also am very much a novice.
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Jul 16, 2021 23:17
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I pretty much only use mine for making knobs for furniture.
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Leika posted:Is there a dedicated woodturning thread? And if not, are there any turners in here? I do a lot of spindle turning but have never turned a bowl ever and done very little face grain turning. There are some bowl turners here too and I would love to learn more about it.
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Well it seems the reason that insane deal on a planer and shelix head was available still is because the guy is not responding - radio silence for over 24 hours after emailing him. But I found a guy on lumberjocks 45 minutes away who’s moving and selling a bunch of stuff and sold me the 735 with feed plates, stand, and extra blades for $500 so I think that’s still pretty solid - would have been $800 or so after tax? I signed up for an account and played up the hey we are fellow forum members angle and he seemed happy it’d be going to a fellow traveler and not a rando on Craigslist so that might have saved me a few bucks.
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:I do a lot of spindle turning but have never turned a bowl ever and done very little face grain turning. There are some bowl turners here too and I would love to learn more about it. Bowl turning is dope. I haven't done much spindle turning; it seems like there's a wealth of info out there on bowl turning but not as much as spindle turning. For bowl turning all you really need to get started is a face plate and a bowl gouge. I've really enjoyed the content from Turn A Wood Bowl (youtube and website). Ken has some good written articles but his videos are very instructive. I went from never turning on a lathe to a few pieces I'm proud of in 5 or 6 attempts. The joy of bowl turning especially is that the wood (should) be free; I put out a notice on Next Door and am rolling in people's downed trees. 
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NomNomNom posted:Bowl turning is dope. I haven't done much spindle turning; it seems like there's a wealth of info out there on bowl turning but not as much as spindle turning. If you ever run out, take a look at ChipDrop. Arborists will just drop off an entire trunk of tree for you that they couldn't put through their chipper.
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If you're in the northeast drive down roads through the woods after a winter storm. Usually you can find big chainsaw rounds of downed trees near power lines etc. I see a ton of it every winter here in RI. Good stuff for bowl blanks I guess? Haven't gotten into turning yet but my plan is to grab some of these when I do.
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Once you start looking for it wood for turning is everywhere. A chainsaw should probably be considered mandatory, as is a bandsaw. You could definitely get by with a sledge, some splitting wedges, and a hatchet if you're on a tight budget, it'll just be slower and a better workout.
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Danhenge posted:Have you and/or common shore ever replaced the blades? The cheap default blades in those budget saws are probably never going to give a nice cut. A Wizard of Goatse posted:with the exception of Dewalts every contractor table saw I've handled had a pretty heinous fence, too, if you can't count on that being square that's like 2/3 of the utility of a table saw gone melon cat fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Jan 10, 2024 |
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Jul 18, 2021 07:43
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That Works posted:If you're in the northeast drive down roads through the woods after a winter storm. Usually you can find big chainsaw rounds of downed trees near power lines etc. Are those cool to take? I always figured that the power company had a sideline to sell them for mulching or something.
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Jul 18, 2021 15:58
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Sono posted:Are those cool to take? I always figured that the power company had a sideline to sell them for mulching or something. Where I live, the power company doesn't give a poo poo about it. They leave it for the property owner to deal with. Their job is to clear the line, that's it.
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Sono posted:Are those cool to take? I always figured that the power company had a sideline to sell them for mulching or something. My experience was same as the poster above. They leave them laying around for a while. Even if it wasn't legit to take them the volume is high enough I don't feel bad about grabbing a couple one winter.
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I just spent way too much money on a table saw. What should I use to prevent the cast iron top from rusting in my (dry) basement shop?
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Mr Executive posted:I just spent way too much money on a table saw. What should I use to prevent the cast iron top from rusting in my (dry) basement shop? A light coating of oil should do fine.
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Mr Executive posted:I just spent way too much money on a table saw. What should I use to prevent the cast iron top from rusting in my (dry) basement shop? Oil down, wipe dry then a couple coats of paste wax imo
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what type of oil are we talking here?
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Mr Executive posted:what type of oil are we talking here? Any. It doesn't really matter. Its purpose is to be an inert vapor barrier.
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Mr Executive posted:what type of oil are we talking here? I use 30wt motor oil but mineral oil is prob fine. Not vegetable or something.
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cool, thanks
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I like to use furniture paste wax on all of my cast iron
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NomNomNom posted:I like to use furniture paste wax on all of my cast iron Bet your cornbread tastes funny.
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Hmm I suppose bacon grease would work too
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Picked up some Italian mid-century rush chairs and the rush is in great shape for its age, but I think could use some TLC with a nice clean since I can smell old cigarettes on my skin after prolonged contact. I know smoke is the worst and it's not noticeable. For cleaning I read denatured alcohol with a cloth and tooth brush to clean, wipe off excess and air dry on a sunny day? It's definitely paper rush and I can't tell if it ever had any shellac or varnish. The wood glue has also worn away over time on a few joints so they're slightly wobbly but there seems to be no way to get into the joint without taking them apart which is impossible without losing the rush.  And of course can't talk about them without sharing some chair love   
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You might be able to get some thin epoxy in a syringe into those joints. Those chairs are dope and totally worth saving.
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I made some cabinet drawers. First one was cedar because that's what I had. Bought a piece of rainbow-ish poplar for the second one. Turned out pretty nice.  
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Those are some good-looking dovetails, nicely done! How is the bottom secured?
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Bought a 1 1/2" flush trim bit to flush the new top I made to the existing base top. Did not think things through and move the bench outside first. Shop floor is now covered in fir shreds that look for all the world like shredded Parmesan cheese.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Those are some good-looking dovetails, nicely done! How is the bottom secured? Thanks! So I made this grooving plane specifically for planing out the 1/4" wide groove for drawer bottoms, cabinet door panels, etc. In the cedar drawer, I got it all glued up and cleaned and sanded and... realized I forgot to plane out those grooves. So it's got drawer slips, kinda. 1/4" x 1/4" pieces glued to the inside along the bottoms, the drawer bottom is just resting on them and kinda half-assedly stapled in. The popular one I actually did right with 1/4" grooves that the bottom fits into and all.
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That's a good-looking grooving plane! Glad you got to use it for one of the drawers  I'm gonna go ahead and embed it because Imgur is doing something weird when I try to follow the link.
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NomNomNom posted:I like to use furniture paste wax on all of my cast iron Yeah, practically any wax. The problem with any oil residue is that table saws typically cut wood, and wood absorbs oil. My son in law read about a guy who sanded his table saw top like furniture going to a super fine grit which he claimed did some voodoo like closed its little iron pores, that kept it from rusting. I just sort of nodded.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Those are some good-looking dovetails, nicely done! How is the bottom secured? Apparently a purring strip.
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Sono posted:Are those cool to take? I always figured that the power company had a sideline to sell them for mulching or something. how much do you think mulch is worth? Deadfall logs are garbage and anything anyone but an actual lumbermill can do with them only partially offsets the cost of removing them; if you're habitually dragging them off peoples' lawns and poo poo without asking you might occasionally run into some psycho mad you're stealing their garbage but most of the time if I let the work crew know I wanna take them off their hands for free they'll set them aside and leave them in 6' lengths for resawing. cheese eats mouse posted:Picked up some Italian mid-century rush chairs and the rush is in great shape for its age, but I think could use some TLC with a nice clean since I can smell old cigarettes on my skin after prolonged contact. I know smoke is the worst and it's not noticeable. seconding syringes, they're a lifesaver for any kind of restoration project. If it's really tight space or you're trying to relaminate veneer or something, superglue can work in medical syringes too A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Jul 19, 2021 |
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