Yep, I bit the bullet and bought the G0634XP – 12” Planer/Jointer with Spiral Cutter head – Polar Bear Series from Grizzly. As I was looking at the needs of my shop and where I could improve in both quality and process, the jointer and planners are both items that are both laking in both performance and process.
Inventables put out a new challenge last week, making Fidgets. The examples all use 22mm sealed bearings and HDPE material to machine shapes into.
A year or so back I made a Dinning Room Table out of found walnut. The boards had aged in my shop for a couple of years and seemed dried and ready to go. After a few months with the finished table in the house. The top started to crack and eventually split along one of the seems.
So I finally updated my SawStop with the sliding table upgrade. I originally installed the table on the end of the left wing. I didn’t like how far from the blade it was so I decided to move it closer by removing the cast iron wing.
For years I’ve had this dream that I wanted to build a woodworking business. The dream is that I would build high quality peices of furniture. Furniture that would be passed down from generation to generation.
If finishing feels so good, why do we avoid it? This past weekend I was able to actually finish a project. It was a small one, but, finished none the less. For Christmas my wife, Stephanie, had asked for a new back splash for the kitchen. It was a job that needed to be…
I’m the blond in the back. When I was on the road with Genesis in 1991 we had the opportunity to play the Prince’s Trust in the Royal Albert Hall in London. It was a long and interesting day due to the fact that Prince Charles would be attending the show. The load in…
killer Willard In the summer of 1986, just after my sophomore year of high school, I got a job playing in the band for a circus. Yes, that’s right, a circus. the circus was performing at the Wild Country Safari in Grand Prairie Texas. Anyway, it was a small circus with only a few acts….
Here is the completed Curved Front Sofa Table made during the class at Marc Adams School of Woodworking. The class was taught by Chris Gochnour. This is my finished table and Drew’s is in the final stages of finish (picture coming soon). See the complete Series starting with Day 1.
