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  0 Thread: benchtop boo-boo repair
Post: RE: benchtop boo-boo repair
I do not comment as often as I should in these threads, but I really appreciate the creativity and humor that goes into your choices in these patches. I hope the patrons of your guild do as well. It...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 7 602 03-14-2023, 02:15 PM
  0 Thread: Miter saw blade
Post: RE: Miter saw blade
The Kapex has excellent dust collection for a miter saw. It is not magic. But it is better at dust collection than any other compound miter I've used. Frankly, the combination of cheapest and bes...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 20 991 03-11-2023, 06:25 PM
  0 Thread: Saw Blade Sharpening Service
Post: RE: Saw Blade Sharpening Service
'Booked up' being the forum software replacement for what I thought would surely be a safer euphemism than what I first intended. Also, somehow it became 'rebranding' rather than re--surfacing.
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 7 747 03-02-2023, 05:01 PM
  0 Thread: Saw Blade Sharpening Service
Post: RE: Saw Blade Sharpening Service
Rocky Mountain Sharp Shop is an industrial sharpening service by me in CO. They can do a lot more than sharpening, to include tooth repair, flattening, straightening, and assorted stress analysis. Whe...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 7 747 03-02-2023, 04:59 PM
  0 Thread: My newest set of chisels
Post: RE: My newest set of chisels
I have been using the infamous Aldi chisels, which I heard about on Woodnet, since 2015. And I unabashedly love them. Kept sharp, they do the job I need every time, and they are cheap enough that I ...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Hand Tools 18 1,360 02-22-2023, 05:56 PM
  0 Thread: Festool Kapex or Makita LS1019L?
Post: RE: Festool Kapex or Makita LS1019L?
The Kapex is about as accurate as a compound miter is going to get. The lockup mechanism is tight at the detents and has no play I can detect, and the friction lock-up at the non-detent positions is ...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 15 1,082 02-22-2023, 11:08 AM
  0 Thread: Festool Kapex or Makita LS1019L?
Post: RE: Festool Kapex or Makita LS1019L?
I am absolutely thrilled to death with my Kapex three years in. Zero regrets. However I kept my Dewalt for construction lumber purposes. My Kapex lives mostly against my shop wall, and doesn't go ...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 15 1,082 02-21-2023, 09:34 PM
  0 Thread: Dadonator XL
Post: RE: Dadonator XL
I've got a Forrest Dado King that leaves bat wings. When such things matter, I run my dadoes a little shallow and then use a router plane to clean them up. No experience with the Dadonator, but like...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 8 945 01-28-2023, 12:46 PM
  0 Thread: Circular saw guide?
Post: RE: Circular saw guide?
I used two pieces of melamine shelf board screwed and glued together for years. Cheap, fast, and effective. I've moved on to Festool, but I am bought into their whole system. If I were to do it agai...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 14 1,399 12-21-2022, 02:43 PM
  0 Thread: WIXEY Digital Read Out
Post: RE: WIXEY Digital Read Out
I have one on my Sawstop, and wish I'd done it years ago. There's no easy mounting option for my Hammer planer or I'd put one on it, too.
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 15 1,242 12-19-2022, 09:04 AM
  0 Thread: Is festool MFT worth it?
Post: RE: Is festool MFT worth it?
I am also a breaker-downer of sheet goods on a sheet of foam insulation over some saw horses. I have a knock-down cutting station dedicated to that purpose. http://www.johnnyego.com/wood/2015Proje...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 38 4,106 12-18-2022, 05:41 PM
  0 Thread: Need a new cordless drill...recommendations?
Post: RE: Need a new cordless drill...recommendations?
I used to have a mix of Dewalt, Ridgid, and Craftsman battery tools, with a sprinkling of Makita in the mix. Drills from all four. I switched to Milwaukee about a decade back, and liked it enough to a...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 33 2,535 11-19-2022, 09:29 AM
  0 Thread: Thinking About a DF 500 Domino
Post: RE: Thinking About a DF 500 Domino
Was that guy me? I don't really love my 500. The 700 is the bee's knees for the picnic tables and planter boxes I make with my son's scout troop. Very fast, makes assembly a breeze, especially since ...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 21 1,782 07-09-2022, 11:14 AM
  0 Thread: Buy new or sharpen
Post: RE: Buy new or sharpen
There is an industrial sharpening service about 20 minutes away, so I get my expensive blades resharpened or repaired all the time. While I prefer the mass and predictability of thicker blades, my fav...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking Power Tools 13 1,384 06-18-2022, 11:22 AM
  0 Thread: Advice on outfeed/work table
Post: RE: Advice on outfeed/work table
There are things you can do to make t-track more stout, the best of which is through bolts with a washer and nut on the other side. But if you can't through-bolt, epoxy can give you a permanent mount ...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 16 1,150 06-01-2022, 11:08 PM
  0 Thread: Advice on outfeed/work table
Post: RE: Advice on outfeed/work table
How thick a top are you looking at? If you are going to build with 3/4 ply I would be hesitant to weaken the top by recessing t-track. Once you get to an inch and a half of thickness, then the struct...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 16 1,150 06-01-2022, 08:47 PM
  0 Thread: Straightening a board
Post: RE: Straightening a board
I'd probably clamp the straightest 2x4 I had to it and do it with a circular saw. If it had to be done on the table saw, I'd screw said 2x4 into the cupped ends to run across the fence as a reference.
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 9 1,768 05-24-2022, 07:44 PM
  0 Thread: Gluing up
Post: RE: Gluing up
Titebond still says 24 hours for max strength of the bond, so that's usually what I go with for anything that relies on the glue for it's structural integrity. Things not bearing a load or secured by ...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 12 1,510 04-21-2022, 01:27 PM
  0 Thread: Butcher Block Counter, Undermount Sink what router bit.
Post: RE: Butcher Block Counter, Undermount Sink what ro...
Glad to hear it worked out!
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 9 1,128 04-07-2022, 03:46 PM
  0 Thread: Butcher Block Counter, Undermount Sink what router bit.
Post: RE: Butcher Block Counter, Undermount Sink what ro...
Is that per chance hard maple? I get similar chatter in hard maple when I am trying to hog out too much with a 1/2 inch spiral pattern bit at it's max depth. For those long bits, the material thickne...
 JohnnyEgo Woodworking 9 1,128 04-07-2022, 08:04 AM

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