Woodworkers Thread

[throwittoblythe]

No experience with the saw but they’ve pretty much become the standard for cabinet saws. If you want to feel them out, they have a range of models on the floor at the Woodsmith Store. They also have a bunch of the optional attachments displayed on them as well like the outfeed table, dust collection, roller stand, etc.

They have a contractor saw on the floor but by the time you upgrade the fence and stuff you’re at the price of the cabinet saw.

Thanks for the tip! The pricing was my experience as well. I've built one on their website probably 6 times now. By the time I get everything I want in the contractor saw, I'm already into the range of the pro saw.

Heads up for anyone looking to buy one...my buddy told me they do a sale every spring that includes a free mobile base with purchase (think that's a $250 upgrade).

 

[throwittoblythe]

I've gotten away from using my table saw as much and use a track saw a lot now for ripping.

A great tip a buddy of mine gave me about this, as well. I was looking into getting the 52" table extension on the SawStop and he pointed out that you'd only really need that for sheet goods. A track saw is just as good or better at ripping sheet goods, so no need to pop for the 52" extension.

 

[JP4CY]

A great tip a buddy of mine gave me about this, as well. I was looking into getting the 52" table extension on the SawStop and he pointed out that you'd only really need that for sheet goods. A track saw is just as good or better at ripping sheet goods, so no need to pop for the 52" extension.

Plus its another tool to own. I use mine a lot. Table saw now is used maybe for dados more than anything else.

 

[mramseyISU]

Plus its another tool to own. I use mine a lot. Table saw now is used maybe for dados more than anything else.

I want a track saw but I don't really break down that much plywood. I do really want a domino though.

 

[JHUNSY]

If there's a tool I really wanted right now, it would probably be the Kreg Foreman.

I use pocket holes quite a bit and frankly, having to clamp down the little R3 jig gets pretty repetitive and time consuming.

 

[CyJeans]

If there's a tool I really wanted right now, it would probably be the Kreg Foreman.

I use pocket holes quite a bit and frankly, having to clamp down the little R3 jig gets pretty repetitive and time consuming.

I have a foreman, it's nice if you are doing a lot of holes. I use the 300 series jig Kreg jig the most these days though.

 

[AgronAlum]

I finally got some projects finished up. First up is a medal display case for a fellow CFer. It took waaaay too long (sorry @runningcyfan). There were a couple versions to make it work but it was my fault for not thinking things totally through.

 

[AgronAlum]

Coffee table

 

[AgronAlum]

End table made of scraps laying around.

 

[AgronAlum]

Maybe counts as a woodworking project. My wife and FIL ripped out a cabinet on a Saturday morning when I was at work. They were trying to move a cabinet and microwave over the stove but it led to all this. They didn’t remove a screw on the pantry and it tore out the side of the cabinet. This is the solution. The white stuff is all new.

 

[do4CY]

Coffee table

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nice looking table. Is that a piece of quartersawn in the middle?

 

[AgronAlum]

nice looking table. Is that a piece of quartersawn in the middle?

Thanks! Nope, it’s just a regular red oak slab. Quartersawn is around double the cost and a 8/4 coffee table is plenty to begin with. It had a rippled grain that was tough to match but turned out pretty well I think. The end table top is made from a solid cutoff of the same chunk.

 

[CycloneBob]

Maybe counts as a woodworking project. My wife and FIL ripped out a cabinet on a Saturday morning when I was at work. They were trying to move a cabinet and microwave over the stove but it led to all this. They didn’t remove a screw on the pantry and it tore out the side of the cabinet. This is the solution. The white stuff is all new.

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Very nice. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[mramseyISU]

I made a trip to the woodsmith store today with the wife. I almost had her talked into letting me buy a spalted maple slab to build a coffee table with.

 

[CyJeans]

I made a trip to the woodsmith store today with the wife. I almost had her talked into letting me buy a spalted maple slab to build a coffee table with.

Let me know your trick for walking into that store and leaving without spending a lot of money

 

[JP4CY]

Maybe counts as a woodworking project. My wife and FIL ripped out a cabinet on a Saturday morning when I was at work. They were trying to move a cabinet and microwave over the stove but it led to all this. They didn’t remove a screw on the pantry and it tore out the side of the cabinet. This is the solution. The white stuff is all new.

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This is a judgment free thread. You didn’t need to squiggly out your Greg McDermott basketball.

 

[mramseyISU]

Let me know your trick for walking into that store and leaving without spending a lot of money

Oh I spent plenty of money, I just didn’t get the slab I really wanted.

 

[mramseyISU]

This is going to epic. Not sure yet if it’s an epic failure or epic success but it’s going to be epic.

 

[AgronAlum]

This is a judgment free thread. You didn’t need to squiggly out your Greg McDermott basketball.

The wife relegates that stuff to the basement. Ive got just one ball signed by Fizer and Niang but even that’s not allowed.

There’s a few people here that know me (a few I’ve either done work or doing work for) but I’ll save plastering a giant cutout of my last name and pic of my wife and I on here. Especially since the only people in this country with my last name are related to me.

 

[AgronAlum]

This is going to epic. Not sure yet if it’s an epic failure or epic success but it’s going to be epic. View attachment 75572

WTF is going on here? Is the tape so it doesn’t fly apart?