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  0 Thread: Ordered a hand plane
Post: RE: Ordered a hand plane
As you folks may know, my current full time job is working is as new product development at MicroJig.  We have things made here in the US, and some made in Taiwan.  The “supply chain” issues of no...
 handi Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,711 05-08-2023, 06:49 AM
  0 Thread: Cheating at Inlay Work
Post: RE: Cheating at Inlay Work
Very nice! I am one who does not call it ‘cheating’. In my cnc book, I show how using a flat tipped engraving cutter with a 15 degree angle.  The pocket and the inlay are offset from each other by...
 handi Woodworking 11 2,167 05-08-2023, 06:30 AM
  0 Thread: Cross Cut Blade Recommendation
Post: RE: Cross Cut Blade Recommendation
Mike 55 Wrote: (02-02-2023, 08:23 PM) -- Hi Guys, I need some recommendations for a good cross cut blade for my 10” tablesaw. I have a Forest combo and a Freud rip blade that serve their purpose b...
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 20 2,994 03-08-2023, 11:03 PM
  0 Thread: Anyone ever built a backgammon set??
Post: RE: Anyone ever built a backgammon set??
I built a Backgammon Set on Woodcademy TV a couple years back. The episode is free and the plans are also a free download.  I did the board in veneers, and built the box around that.  You can se...
 handi Woodworking 8 1,558 03-07-2023, 07:55 PM
  0 Thread: Hartville Woodnet Discount
Post: RE: Hartville Woodnet Discount
I was at Hartville Hardware last week for their Tool Sale. Working the MicroJig booth, and did seminars on CNCs. I will reach out and ask if they will reconsider.
 handi Woodworking 4 884 03-07-2023, 07:51 PM
  0 Thread: My CNC Arrived
Post: RE: My CNC Arrived
Don’t forget to pick up a copy of my book! :D https://www.woodcademy.com/book-store-1/2021/6/12/beginners-guide-to-cnc-machining-in-wood
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 44 8,561 03-05-2022, 08:41 AM
  0 Thread: Box joints in center of board? Maybe with the Incra jig?
Post: RE: Box joints in center of board? Maybe with the...
Actually, with a typical finger joint jig, you only need the FIRST slot cut, then you can put that over a pin and work across. No reason it has to start from an end nor go all the way. Mark out yo...
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 8 1,797 03-05-2022, 08:37 AM
  0 Thread: Blade cleaning
Post: RE: Blade cleaning
Can’t do 14” blades but MicroJig’s BladeClean is my go to. I work for MicroJig, so I have had this for nearly 2 years now.  I use Simple Green, cut 1 to 1 with water.  Cleans an old cruddy blade af...
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 14 3,864 03-05-2022, 08:31 AM
  0 Thread: exact 90 miter guage
Post: RE: exact 90 miter guage
I have the Osborne EB-3. I can set it to any angle and instantly reset to 90 degrees.  The accuracy is as good as I can measure.  Keep in mind that any 90 degree cut with a miter gauge pretty much...
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 10 2,825 03-05-2022, 08:24 AM
  0 Thread: Plywood
Post: RE: Plywood
greatscott Wrote: (03-04-2022, 01:19 AM) -- I don't think Menards/Home Depot/Lowes has ever sold plywood that wasn't imported?  I've never had good luck with their plywood - too many voids. -- Box ...
 handi Woodworking 10 2,243 03-05-2022, 08:17 AM
  0 Thread: Vacuum clamp bag source?
Post: RE: Vacuum clamp bag source?
Do not forget Roarockit. They have a selection of long narrow bags for skateboards, but they do have wider bags as well.
 handi Woodworking 4 1,973 02-19-2022, 08:22 AM
  0 Thread: Router Table Miter Slot
Post: RE: Router Table Miter Slot
I have built literally dozens of router tables over 30 years of professional woodworking. I am ambivalent about the miter slot. I did add one to my Folding Router Table plans shown on Woodcademy TV...
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 10 3,060 11-27-2021, 08:22 AM
  0 Thread: Router table upgrade ideas
Post: RE: Router table upgrade ideas
Free video and plans on my website for a full sized, folding router table. By far my most popular project.  https://www.woodcademy.com/season2/router-table It features an aluminum fence system bas...
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 26 6,156 11-27-2021, 08:17 AM
  0 Thread: My CNC Book is now available
Post: RE: My CNC Book is now available
Bill,Back when I trained operators in pro shops, I always told them that it would be 6 months before they were skilled and confident enough to be able to program, set up and run a job faster than it u...
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 8 1,586 09-23-2021, 06:01 AM
  0 Thread: My CNC Book is now available
Post: My CNC Book is now available
Checked one off the bucket list today; finally published a book!“Beginner’s Guide to CNC Machining in Wood”, from Fox Chapel Publishing, went on sale this morning.https://www.woodcademy.com/book-store...
 handi Woodworking Power Tools 8 1,586 09-21-2021, 09:15 PM
  0 Thread: Do you actually use 52ish inch rip capacity?
Post: RE: Do you actually use 52ish inch rip capacity?
KyleD Wrote: (07-20-2021, 04:21 PM) -- Handi, I have watched your videos and respect you abilities. P.S. I wonder how much that $150 plywood would cost right now? Are you saying the edge of your ...
 handi Woodworking 65 16,976 07-20-2021, 10:14 PM
  0 Thread: need help with glue up Reading, PA
Post: RE: need help with glue up Reading, PA
If you cannot find a shop close enough, a good hand plane can do the jointing and takes almost no storage space.  The trick is to clamp the mating boards together with the glue edge up. Plane the t...
 handi Woodworking 7 2,076 07-18-2021, 12:54 PM
  0 Thread: Wandering router bits
Post: RE: Wandering router bits
NickNC Wrote: (07-15-2021, 10:05 AM) -- Thanks all, knew I’d get some pretty good answers here.  New collet ordered.  Castguy – I never thought of the Dykem, but I did get in the habit of using Penet...
 handi Woodworking 17 3,859 07-18-2021, 12:46 PM
  0 Thread: Anyone make Tumi Ishi blocks here?
Post: RE: Anyone make Tumi Ishi blocks here?
Turner52 Wrote: (07-17-2021, 02:18 PM) -- I have been going fishing in northwest Ontario for 30+ years. (not last year or this year either, unfortunatly]All along the roads and even some of the lakes...
 handi Woodworking 16 8,940 07-18-2021, 12:43 PM
  0 Thread: Precision crosscut sled plans and miter rail options
Post: RE: Precision crosscut sled plans and miter rail o...
I use the ZEROPLAY Guide Bars from Microjig. Have for more than 10 years. Honestly, I have worked with Microjig for many years and work for MicroJig now, so take that into account. The ZEROPLAY ...
 handi Woodworking 12 3,581 07-18-2021, 12:36 PM

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