Wood workers, Widdlers, carpenters, scroll saw people.

[BiG SiP]

check out this mace i fashioned in my home foundry

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[Gravydoo II]

if you made that you're a fucking god

I would have made the handle a penis, but good work.

[Fame]

Originally Posted by Gravydoo II [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oh mah gawd thats amazing. I frikken WISH someone would give me a decent saw. Does it have one of those sick beismeyer style fences on it?? I keep buying cheap ones from garage sales and they never end up being what I imagined... One has a warped table, one has warped guts inside which wont allow the blade to sit square..

You ever see those stations that have two in one? Like table saw ontop, undo the latch, the table flips over and boom chop saw or whatever else??

How does the bandsaw work for you?? I always wondered, ive never used one.. Like if you wanted to cut a 10mm by 10mm piece of whatever, how do you keep it from just, running wild and going all curvy?? I get that they have a fence but like.. meh. I think you get what I mean.

You aint kidding about getting a jointer. Shit changes the game. No more sanding saw marks like a peasant for hours. I'll still use my flat machine but only sparingly.. (the flat machine is sand paper glued to a sheet of glass lol)

I could post some pics of my stuff if anyone is interested. I'm not very accomplished just yet but the right tools makes shit a lot easier to become better.

Standard fence on the table saw nothin to fancy it’s pretty good though, Bosch does good work. The guy just wasn’t the type to peak under the hood to see if it was something basic to fix. Glad he gave it to me tbh lol it was stuck in the highest position just waiting to dish out a nasty kickback.

I’ve seen those flip tables but I’m not sure I’d try to make one without the proper hardware for locking it in and flipping it. It’s not locally available for me and I live out in the sticks. If I was pinched for space I might give it a try but for now I still have some space to work with.

Bandsaws are a breeze really. If ya have really curved cuts just plan ahead and step cut as needed, ya can smooth out whatever ya need to with a sander later. It does have a fence but for what I do I can accomplish most rips on the table saw or with my skilsaw if need be.

I definitely recommend a jointer and planer combo for anyone who is doing project that need to be square. I had some jigs to kind of rough cut them before but you’re right the sanding like a pleb was a pain in the ass lol. Before I had the combo it seemed like no matter what I did it was really hard to achieve a true 90° it wasn’t horrible but if ya make picture frames or anything like that, one side or corner always creeped up and bugged the shit out of me.

Heh that went on longer than I expected, none of my friends do woodworking outside of banging nails roofing or framing so I don’t get to talk about it often lol

[Gravydoo II]

Originally Posted by Thulian [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

thats old, buy something new, its a tool they have made lots of innovations in the past 100 years

You have any idea how much a saw with a CDM, belt driven, and a biesmeyer fence is?
Most modern tools are all made by the same company. craftsman, dewalt, kobalt, black&decker, all the same.

Old tools were made by companies who made tools. No design by committee. No cost saving material bullshit. No "oh thats unsafe, cover it up. " tuck your shirt in, dont wear a tie, cut that hippie hair before it goes in the belt.

Worm gears and cost saving bullshit. I want iron, steel, and heavy bearings.

I want to fear for my life when I use it.

Why dont you recommend a table saw for me?

[DoodyLich666]

Originally Posted by Thulian [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

thats old, buy something new, its a tool they have made lots of innovations in the past 100 years

A lot of old tools are of a far superior craftsmanship. Unfortunately, most of the tool innovations have just been ways to make them cheaper, but they sacrifice longevity, and repairability. New drills and little things like that are definitely nice to have, but I’d usually prefer to work with saws and sanders made back when people understood that tools should be fixed rather than replaced.

[Gwaihir]

Originally Posted by DoodyLich666 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A lot of old tools are of a far superior craftsmanship. Unfortunately, most of the tool innovations have just been ways to make them cheaper, but they sacrifice longevity, and repairability. New drills and little things like that are definitely nice to have, but I’d usually prefer to work with saws and sanders made back when people understood that tools should be fixed rather than replaced.

It's not that new tools sacrifice longevity and repairability;. They're literally engineered to break in economically unfeasible to repair ways after x hours of use.

It's called planned obsolescence.

I used to work in project and supply chain management for both a fine furniture manufacturer in yucca valley (mueller turner)
And an industrial signage manufacturer in riverside (fusion sign and design)

Neither one of those operations used contemporary tools aside from pivoting compound miter saws, and they make much nicer and more commercially marketable shit than thullian can make on his overpriced short lived hardware.

[Gravydoo II]

^^^^^ Truth. Plastic bearings. No zerk fittings. Worm gears, disgusting.

[hobart]

I was thinking of starting a thread about raising livestock and another one about truck balls, but I'll just post in this thread instead.

Did you guys see the episode where Uncle Jed built Granny a butter churn?

[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by BiG SiP [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

check out this mace i fashioned in my home foundry

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DiesInEveryFilm - The Modern Mace

Originally Posted by DoodyLich666 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A lot of old tools are of a far superior craftsmanship. Unfortunately, most of the tool innovations have just been ways to make them cheaper, but they sacrifice longevity, and repairability. New drills and little things like that are definitely nice to have, but I’d usually prefer to work with saws and sanders made back when people understood that tools should be fixed rather than replaced.

Originally Posted by Gwaihir [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's not that new tools sacrifice longevity and repairability;. They're literally engineered to break in economically unfeasible to repair ways after x hours of use.

It's called planned obsolescence.

I used to work in project and supply chain management for both a fine furniture manufacturer in yucca valley (mueller turner)
And an industrial signage manufacturer in riverside (fusion sign and design)

Neither one of those operations used contemporary tools aside from pivoting compound miter saws, and they make much nicer and more commercially marketable shit than thullian can make on his overpriced short lived hardware.

^

That's right. They call it Chinesium.

[Thulian]

Honestly buy something nice on alibaba and wait a bit for it if you are going to use it frequently, also great post hobart at least they are doing RL tradeskills