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  0 Thread: attaching table top
Post: attaching table top

I am making a kitchen 44 wide and 60 long table top.  I was thinking about how I am going to attach it to the curtain rails.  I have several glued up walnut boards.   I am aware of options to allow fo...
pmaczik Woodworking 5 3,490 03-15-2017, 05:49 PM
  0 Thread: wood drift when i try to resaw on band saw
Post: RE: wood drift when i try to resaw on band saw

jteneyck Wrote: (03-07-2017, 11:06 PM) -- Yeah, well that guy says not to bother checking the wheels.   My 14" Delta would not cut straight, no matter what, until I adjusted the wheels to be coplaner...
pmaczik Woodworking Power Tools 16 13,755 03-12-2017, 09:20 AM
  0 Thread: sawdust waste not want not
Post: RE: sawdust waste not want not

Great info thanks!  I would like to give some info on compost from city compost pit.  I got some for our city pit.  I had above ground pool I sold.  I didn’t want to re-sod the 15 X 32 area so I made ...
pmaczik Woodworking 29 16,767 03-05-2017, 09:20 PM
  0 Thread: new to woodturning...maybe
Post: new to woodturning...maybe

I am thinking about getting into turning.  Last time I used a lath was around 1963 in shop class junior high.  I am thinking a max cost of $1500 there abouts.  I have no idea what brand and what to lo...
pmaczik Woodturning 12 7,197 03-05-2017, 10:52 AM
  0 Thread: sawdust waste not want not
Post: sawdust waste not want not

Working with walnut, I was wondering if anyone has used the sawdust from it.  I hear walnut trees are deadly on shrubs and flower.  I guess it has a high acid content.  I was wondering if the sawdust ...
pmaczik Woodworking 29 16,767 03-05-2017, 10:12 AM
  0 Thread: Dewalt 735 planer lines
Post: RE: Dewalt 735 planer lines

I hope you let us know when you fix the problem.  It almost sounds like one blade is .001” - .004” higher than all the rest. You may have a chip so small you cannot see it.  That is the one leaving th...
pmaczik Woodworking Power Tools 21 18,986 03-03-2017, 05:10 PM
  0 Thread: Which glue to use for edge glue up?
Post: RE: Which glue to use for edge glue up?

My table top is going to be 48” wide.  I am thinking of making it ~45”.  My planer is a 15 inch Jet.  I intend to make 3 glued up pieces so I can run them each through the planer within 1/16”or less o...
pmaczik Woodworking 13 7,434 03-02-2017, 12:11 PM
  0 Thread: Which glue to use for edge glue up?
Post: Which glue to use for edge glue up?

I am working with walnut and creating kitchen wide table top with several pieces.  I usually use the Titebond products.  Is there a better choice? thanks for your time, Pete
pmaczik Woodworking 13 7,434 03-02-2017, 09:50 AM
  0 Thread: I cringed watching Ask This Old House
Post: RE: I cringed watching Ask This Old House

I agree, and maybe what some think might happen did.  They just didn't show that part.  It's just a guess, I think we all have done things a little unsafe.  I'll just take a minute. :-)  I record both...
pmaczik Woodworking 18 13,059 02-27-2017, 09:20 AM
  0 Thread: Finished Walnut trestle table
Post: RE: Finished Walnut trestle table

I love it!  It’s a piece of art!  I am starting to mill my walnut to get an idea of grain patterns.  I got a very good deal on walnut.  My ruff cut was about 1 1/8 thick.  By the time I get to the fin...
pmaczik Woodworking 37 19,655 02-26-2017, 11:27 PM
  0 Thread: Gonna be a grandpa, show me your cribs
Post: RE: Gonna be a grandpa, show me your cribs

I made one for each of my daughter for their first born.
pmaczik Woodworking 30 18,870 02-26-2017, 10:54 PM
  0 Thread: I cringed watching Ask This Old House
Post: RE: I cringed watching Ask This Old House

Well, I think Ask This Old House does a nice service to non-professionals.  Those who have a hankering to work with wood had to learn like most of us did and are still learning.  Thank goodness there ...
pmaczik Woodworking 18 13,059 02-26-2017, 09:59 PM
  0 Thread: Entry level bandsaw recommendation
Post: RE: Entry level bandsaw recommendation

I just bought my Laguna 14 Bx.  It runs on 240 single phase.  It comes with a 2.5 Hp motor.  Woodcrafter had it on sale for 135?.00.  The bad thing they are back order from manufacture and I would get...
pmaczik Woodworking Power Tools 23 17,780 02-23-2017, 10:06 PM
  0 Thread: bandsaw blade tracking help
Post: RE: bandsaw blade tracking help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbZqWac0jU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbZqWac0jU) Take the time and watch this.  I don't know a whole lot about the subject, but I've watched a lot of videos...
pmaczik Woodworking Power Tools 13 7,647 02-23-2017, 09:37 PM
  0 Thread: Wrapping Up a Crib (Fort) for GGSON
Post: RE: Wrapping Up a Crib (Fort) for GGSON

I like the penny idea!
pmaczik Woodworking 18 11,480 02-23-2017, 03:57 PM
  0 Thread: walnut table top input
Post: RE: walnut table top input

Gee, it would give me a reason to use my new Laguna 14 Bx.  Never worked on veneer.  How thick could I get before expansion problems?
pmaczik Woodworking 13 6,611 02-22-2017, 10:53 PM
  0 Thread: Wrapping Up a Crib (Fort) for GGSON
Post: RE: Wrapping Up a Crib (Fort) for GGSON

Very nice Job!!  That should last for generations.  Make sure you go to a hobby shop and get a brass plate for your name and date made.  Who ever has it generations form now will know who in the famil...
pmaczik Woodworking 18 11,480 02-22-2017, 08:37 PM
  0 Thread: walnut table top input
Post: RE: walnut table top input

Thanks for all the input!  I have enough material to pick and choose grain patterns.  I decided to just use long matching boards glued up.  The wife didn’t like the idea of veneer, she wanted solid.  ...
pmaczik Woodworking 13 6,611 02-22-2017, 10:08 AM
  0 Thread: Kitchen cabinet doors
Post: RE: Kitchen cabinet doors

Not knowing what you are calling wide, type of machines, budget and paint or no paint is.  If you want the panel and frame look, just match up grain patterns that you would like to see.  Make panels g...
pmaczik Woodworking 28 17,183 02-22-2017, 09:40 AM
  0 Thread: walnut table top input
Post: RE: walnut table top input

Rob,          Thanks for the input.  That is my same thinking too.  I guess I will use long glued up boards.  I have enough material to keep the same size table.  Most of my boards are 6 to 8 inches ...
pmaczik Woodworking 13 6,611 02-21-2017, 08:19 AM

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