Last weekend, I posted some questions about my jointer and conical disc. During the week, I squared the jointer blades to the fence (and of course that was preceded by squaring the fence to the table). While I am still getting some marks on the jointed surface, it is mostly very smooth and exceptionally square. I have no idea what was going on with the conical disc, but now it is sanding very square and smooth.
In addition, I have been using a router in a table to rout a half round channel in two pieces of wood (that I previously cut, jointed and sanded smooth). Then gluing the two routed pieces together to have a long round channel in a solid piece of wood.
Due to being able to correct the errors of last week, I was able to do this in some beautiful birdseye maple today. The piece came out with a perfectly round hole That will not even require sanding. The hole came out smack in the middle of the now square piece of maple.
I am doing the happy dance. I love my shopsmith. In fact, I love all three of them. But don't tell my wife, I think she is already jealous of the time I spend with them.
JeffG
