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by edflorence
Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:05 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: WHERE Y'ALL AT???
Replies: 26
Views: 113193

Re: WHERE Y'ALL AT???

The "need for the services of the trades" is NOT going to disappear. Rest assured: Someone will takeover those positions. Now the cost of that labor may be the same as it is now for a "Professional" but that is the way the cookie crumbles. The law of supply and demand. That is e...
by edflorence
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:52 pm
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago
Replies: 29
Views: 186075

Re: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago

100% in agreement...they are extremely useful. And, when combined with feeler gauges, can in some situations also be used to make precise adjustments almost as easily as the adjustable collar. Which I also own...
by edflorence
Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Magnifying Glass - Steam Bent or Segmented
Replies: 2
Views: 3618

Re: Magnifying Glass - Steam Bent or Segmented

Adrian; Here is a link you might find interesting...it looks like you can minimize or maybe even eliminate springback by steaming before laminating...I have never tried that, but it sounds interesting. https://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Springback_formula_for_bent_laminations.html What about jus...
by edflorence
Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:59 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Sell me on the SS jointer
Replies: 63
Views: 95526

Re: Sell me on the SS jointer

Ha! My little aside about the greater stability of narrow boards sure got some attention! Sorry, guys, I wasn't trying to poke a stick in the hornet's nest, just re-stating a "truism" I have heard many times over the years. I always believed it, and certainly know it to be true if the boar...
by edflorence
Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Sell me on the SS jointer
Replies: 63
Views: 95526

Re: Sell me on the SS jointer

Spec wise, it looks like I could get a new Grizzly jointer with a spiral cutterhead delivered cheaper than the SS one, and still have a larger table overall. Thanks everyone who contributed to this thread so far...it s been an interesting read, and I don't have too much to add, except to go back to...
by edflorence
Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Looking for advice, horizontal boring, edge joining with dowels and glue
Replies: 47
Views: 33924

Re: Looking for advice, horizontal boring, edge joining with dowels and glue

Tunnel vision is a mind narrowing hazard. One must realize there is no "one" correct anything. A decision must always include consideration of alternate methods. Everyone has a different set of 'assets' to work with so only they can determine the 'best path'. Now here is where tunnel visi...
by edflorence
Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:08 am
Forum: Community
Topic: BREAKING NEWS: Shopsmith, Inc. Has A New Owner
Replies: 120
Views: 137512

Re: BREAKING NEWS: Shopsmith, Inc. Has A New Owner

**Hmm. Here's a thought. Maybe SS could buy up used machines and 1. reduce their in-built competition, and 2. offer "factory certified" refurbs for sale. Would you be tempted by a like-new, factory-warranted "vintage" SS for half the price of a new machine? Yep, I would consider...
by edflorence
Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Looking for advice, horizontal boring, edge joining with dowels and glue
Replies: 47
Views: 33924

Re: Looking for advice, horizontal boring, edge joining with dowels and glue

Would love to hear of experiences from others with horizontal boring for large panels, or any other joinery method you want to mention here. Also, if anyone has had great luck with large panels without joinery, it would be useful to hear of those experiences as well. Just a second thought or two to...
by edflorence
Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Looking for advice, horizontal boring, edge joining with dowels and glue
Replies: 47
Views: 33924

Re: Looking for advice, horizontal boring, edge joining with dowels and glue

For those who deem this easy on a Mark V, perhaps you can give all of your best tips to the OP on this thread because I wouldn't even attempt this myself given some of the caveats with horizontal boring on a Mark V. Well, I don't claim to have done a lot of doweling on the Mark V, but over the year...
by edflorence
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:52 pm
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Looking for advice, horizontal boring, edge joining with dowels and glue
Replies: 47
Views: 33924

Re: Looking for advice, horizontal boring, edge joining with dowels and glue

In the meantime, what I have now is bar clamps and pipe clamps. How can I make these work? Pete: Here is a photo clipped from a Fine Woodworking article on clamping. In the picture you can see that the cauls span the boards that are being edge joined and downward pressure on the cauls is being appl...