Blog Posts - Page 4 of 7
A little progress - Router Table: Day 22
I’m working on another video, so I haven’t done a lot of work on the router table, but I actually have done something.
Part 2: Nixing the SawStop PCS, and more on Dust Collection
After a lot of research and a lot of thinking, I’ve decided, well 98% sure anyway, to keep my SawStop JobSite saw.
Considering a SawStop PCS, and Dust Collection stuff
This weekend I spent a lot of time trying to decide if I wanted to sell my SawStop JobSite Saw (“JSS”), and buy a SawStop Professional Cabinet Saw (“PCS”). (The answer is, obviously, YES.)
Doors are done, just waiting for… - Router Table: Day 21
The faux doors are done, glued up, and mostly sanded. I’m waiting on a new forstner bit that arrives tomorrow, before I add the magnets.
A little more progress, a little more pain - Router Table: Day 20
I got the tongue & groove video out yesterday, and I got a little more done today. But my posts will be kind of sporadic for a little while, because I managed to slice a finger yesterday, and a thumb today, on the same f’ing chisel blade. That makes it a little difficult to type, and I’m actually a little discouraged for having done 3 dangerously stupid things in the span of a week. So I’m in no hurry to get anything else done for a while.
Woodworking and ADD
My SawStop Saved My Thumb (pt. 1)
Most of you who read this blog already know this from my social media posts, but yesterday I found out that my SawStop brake works just fine. I stuck my thumb in the blade, and BAM! the brake kicked in, and saved my thumb.
No scheduled blog posts until Monday
I’m working on a new video, so I don’t have any blog posts planned until Monday. Yes, this is a blog post telling you there’s no blog post. Think about that for a while.
Tongue & Groove Router Bit Set, FTW! - Router Table: Day 19
I spent yesterday playing around with the Freud Tongue & Groove Router Bit set, making sure I understood how it worked. Today I used it for real, and I have to say, the results were pretty darn good for the first time.
So, What Happened Yesterday? - Router Table: Day 18
As I said in yesterday’s post, I had a bad day trying to cut tongue and groove joints on my table saw. Here’s a few of the details.
Wasted Day - Router Table: Day 17
Still having issues cutting consistent tongue and groove joints. The problem is mostly equipment related, with a spattering of periodic stupidity. I’m not in the mood to talk about the equipment issues right now, and I’m sure you’re tired of reading about my stupidity.
Of Mice and Men - Router Table: Day 16
“The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” is one of the truest sayings, especially when the man is me, and the subject is woodworking. By the way, I’m fighting a cold so my posts are a little more sporadic. I’m seeing the doctor today. Anyway…
Door Facade Plans - Router Table: Day 15
Sorry I didn’t post yesterday. I was fighting a migraine. It’s 4:40 AM, and this is what I got done yesterday.
Tongue and Groove Joints - Router Table: Day 14
Installing the Lift - Router Table: Day 13
I installed the router lift in the table today. It was a great day. No mistakes. Honest!
The benefits of being a screw-up - Router Table: Day 12
Remember in yesterday’s post, how I said I was so close to having a mistake-free day? Turns out, not so close after all.
Unstuck, and So Close! - Router Table: Day 11
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, the cabinet for the benchtop router table for Steve Ramsey’s “Powered Up” online course was bowed out on both the top and the bottom, and I wasn’t sure what to do. I was “stuck”.
Stuck - Router Table: Day 10
I finally got my video out, so back to working on Steve Ramsey’s “Powered Up” online course. Except I have some issues, and I’m not sure how to progress.
No scheduled posts until Monday
I’m trying to finish up a video, and then have a semi-relaxing weekend, so I’m not planning any Powered Up blog posts until Monday. If something comes along I want to share, I’ll post it and post on Instagram also, but like I said, nothing planned.
Wascally Wabbets - Router Table: Day 9
Time to cut the rabbets, and glue up the carcase. I actually did this yesterday, but I decided to post my Power Up review yesterday, and leave the Router Table work for today’s blog.