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  0 Thread: Dust separators
Post: RE: Dust separators

Have you looked at any of the videos' to see what I am talking about? probably not. Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 13 632 01-12-2025, 03:40 PM
  0 Thread: Dust separators
Post: RE: Dust separators

Yes cyclone separators are used in industry, but we are not talking about industry but home shops. I checked Grizzly and their cheapest cyclone was slightly over $ 1,000 for a 1 1/2HP separator.  I fo...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 13 632 01-11-2025, 05:15 PM
  0 Thread: Dust separators
Post: RE: Dust separators

A small cyclone separator is a good addition to a shop vac hooked up to a router table. There are more chips than dust created on a router table and it will save on filter cleanings. Application. Appl...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 13 632 01-11-2025, 12:43 PM
  0 Thread: Dust separators
Post: Dust separators

There is a lot of dust separator up grades on YouTube lately. It is probably because I watch them, when they appear but I am not sure.  One was complaining that he got tired of having to empty the pla...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 13 632 01-11-2025, 12:37 PM
  0 Thread: Outfeed Table
Post: RE: Outfeed Table

Tapper Wrote: (01-07-2025, 04:47 PM) -- Approximately 36" Doug -- Thank you for that information. Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 17 2,009 01-08-2025, 04:05 PM
  0 Thread: The Ready Service Shelf
Post: RE: The Ready Service Shelf

Bandit, I know you like to show planes taking a shavings so I thought I would show some with my Keen Kutter. It is easy to show a picture of a plane, but harder to show it taking a cut  so I though I ...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 518 01-07-2025, 09:56 AM
  0 Thread: The Ready Service Shelf
Post: RE: The Ready Service Shelf

I am sure you can get the KK to work just fine, because any plane will work if sharpened. And from some of your photo's of shavings you have mastered sharpening. I believe the KK series was made by Oh...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 518 01-07-2025, 09:14 AM
  0 Thread: Outfeed Table
Post: RE: Outfeed Table

I mainly build work benches now and I use a eight foot sled a lot. I am not a fan of roller stands but I do have a coupe that I built and put small hydraulic jacks in them to set the height. Easy to u...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 17 2,009 01-06-2025, 06:24 PM
  0 Thread: The Ready Service Shelf
Post: RE: The Ready Service Shelf

It looks like you have quite a few Miller Falls planes. I think the ones with the 2 piece lever caps are a step up from the Stanley Bailey planes. Step up but don't demand the price the Stanley's get....
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 518 01-06-2025, 06:01 PM
  0 Thread: The Ready Service Shelf
Post: RE: The Ready Service Shelf

Yes, I collect Keen Kutter K series planes. They are users. I have two sets I am collecting. Flat bottom and a set of corrugated. I need about 6 planes as of yet to complete my collection. But to be h...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 518 01-06-2025, 05:53 PM
  0 Thread: A tip and a tool
Post: RE: A tip and a tool

Does the mineral oil cause any problems with finish?  Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 13 919 01-06-2025, 05:37 PM
  0 Thread: Outfeed Table
Post: RE: Outfeed Table

I love the idea of a solid extension table. Never cared about rollers.  I put cabinmates with drawers in it under mine.  I am one of the fortunate ones that had a Permanente spot for my saw. I  do how...
tablesawtom Woodworking Power Tools 17 2,009 01-05-2025, 04:13 PM
  0 Thread: Help with repairing a Record No.53 woodworking vise
Post: RE: Help with repairing a Record No.53 woodworking...

Usually if you drill an undersized hole in the pin you should then be able to knock it out. Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 8 504 01-03-2025, 03:56 PM
  0 Thread: A Shopping Trip
Post: RE: A Shopping Trip

Handplanesandmore Wrote: (01-01-2025, 08:35 AM) -- Why? I know the owners are religious. Simon -- Why should that make a difference?  Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 15 1,071 01-01-2025, 11:50 AM
  0 Thread: plane types
Post: RE: plane types

AHill Wrote: (01-01-2025, 10:11 AM) -- I live in Florida, which is a rust magnet.  So I don't find hardly any cast iron vintage planes in the wild.  At least in the Stanley world, the types have some...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 6 392 01-01-2025, 11:40 AM
  0 Thread: plane types
Post: RE: plane types

Admiral Wrote: (12-31-2024, 04:05 PM) -- Well, that's not really true, at least with Stanley planes.  The frog screw appeared in Type 10 (circa 1907 or so) and the earlier types certainly did have ma...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 6 392 12-31-2024, 06:29 PM
  0 Thread: A Shopping Trip
Post: RE: A Shopping Trip

Hobby Lobby is about the same distance for me. I have to admit my wife likes the store but I only was in the store once this year.  I would never of thought to look there for hardware. So thank you fo...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 15 1,071 12-31-2024, 01:04 PM
  0 Thread: plane types
Post: plane types

I know most plane makers made many different models or revisions to their planes over time. Often referred to types. Stanley types are the best documented so it would seem most collatable. And it seem...
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 6 392 12-29-2024, 05:20 PM
  0 Thread: Handplane from osage wood
Post: RE: Handplane from osage wood

Osage Orange would not be my first pick for a plane, but it sure make a great choice for a mallet. The longer it sets around the harder it gets. Tom
tablesawtom Woodworking Hand Tools 11 973 12-29-2024, 02:54 PM
  0 Thread: shaper cutters
Post: shaper cutters

I have a set of Katana Ogee cutters for sale. The have a 3/4 spindle hole and the 3/4 -12 reducer sleeves are included. A job didn't work out and the only time they saw use use in set up and trial cut...
tablesawtom Tool Swap N' Sell 0 191 12-22-2024, 02:07 PM

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