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  0 Thread: Electric Motor question
Post: RE: Electric Motor question

CTim Wrote: (12-29-2024, 07:59 PM) -- I have .LEESON electric motor that I replaced the bearings on. 5hp single phase as I put it back together I noticed that the rear bearing looks like it is not se...
TGW Woodworking 2 591 12-30-2024, 09:50 AM
  0 Thread: Chisel rack....install it bark side up or down
Post: RE: Chisel rack....install it bark side up or down

I have no idea about your local timber and your local bugs but around here all coniferous bark and most broadleaf bark must be removed or the bugs will do it free of charge.
TGW Woodworking 16 1,718 12-28-2024, 07:55 AM
  0 Thread: If I need battery powered…
Post: RE: If I need battery powered…

For that sort of cutting at work I normally use a 28" Disston number 7 handsaw. Filed coarse crosscut. There is really no time to gain from crosscutting the odd 4x4 with a cirkular saw.
TGW Woodworking Power Tools 9 1,358 12-28-2024, 04:27 AM
  0 Thread: Best dedicated router table motor
Post: RE: Best dedicated router table motor

Suchner is industrial standard in Europe. Not cheap though.
TGW Woodworking Power Tools 28 12,981 11-04-2023, 01:29 PM
  0 Thread: I need a mini table saw
Post: RE: I need a mini table saw

I also vote for a Hammond Glider or some other printer's saw.
TGW Woodworking 11 3,357 11-04-2023, 01:27 PM
  0 Thread: Best way to do this...Hatchet Stuck in Wood
Post: RE: Best way to do this...Hatchet Stuck in Wood

brianwelch Wrote: (10-13-2023, 09:48 AM) -- Good eyes, nice catch! -- I thought that was part of the design. The potential customer base cannot tell the difference anyway.
TGW Woodworking 13 3,297 11-04-2023, 01:24 PM
  0 Thread: Replacing Jet Cab Saw motor
Post: RE: Replacing Jet Cab Saw motor

The only time I have had a burned motor which couldn't be replaced with a reasonably cheap standard frame motor i rewound it myself. It was very time consuming but not very difficult really. My unc...
TGW Woodworking Power Tools 15 3,357 09-23-2023, 09:55 AM
  0 Thread: Starting over... small hybrid shop must haves?
Post: RE: Starting over... small hybrid shop must haves?

kompera Wrote: (09-21-2023, 10:03 PM) -- Hey all, formerly very active member crawling back out of the dust and cobwebs to hopefully be around a bit more. We've had some crazy life stuff including ad...
TGW Woodworking 4 1,374 09-22-2023, 03:16 AM
  0 Thread: Jointer Cutter Head
Post: RE: Jointer Cutter Head

Tapper Wrote: (10-14-2022, 11:22 PM) -- Just curious, what is it about your local timber that makes carbide not cut it properly? Doug -- Fibrous softwood. Pine and spruce. Carbide edges are not ...
TGW Woodworking Power Tools 17 5,031 10-15-2022, 09:51 AM
  0 Thread: Jointer Cutter Head
Post: RE: Jointer Cutter Head

With our local timber most people prefere straight HSS knives. Tersa is the best option for twose who can afford it. Carbide doesn't cut properly. Secondhand cutterheads sell for high prices in Fin...
TGW Woodworking Power Tools 17 5,031 10-14-2022, 10:19 AM
  0 Thread: Buck saw
Post: RE: Buck saw

Woodshop Wrote: (10-12-2022, 08:10 AM) -- I tried ,bolts are to short . the dados are very even, those must have some purpose  maybe a story stick but why two halves . it will clamp on the blade. -- ...
TGW Woodworking Hand Tools 10 3,687 10-14-2022, 10:11 AM
  0 Thread: aspen
Post: RE: aspen

kencombs Wrote: (07-23-2022, 11:16 AM) -- The first time I heard of aspen as a building product, not just a tree name was probably early 70s.  The first OSB offered for sale locally was a brand known...
TGW Woodworking 11 3,404 07-23-2022, 05:29 PM
  0 Thread: aspen
Post: RE: aspen

In Finland our native aspen is traditionally used for many things. Though never fr furniture. It is way too soft for that and also a bit hard on tool edges because of the silica content. Traditiona...
TGW Woodworking 11 3,404 07-22-2022, 02:50 PM
  0 Thread: Is festool MFT worth it?
Post: RE: Is festool MFT worth it?

As a part timer doping a bit of everything I see no use for an MFT table. Not enough to make it worth the cost anyway. If I had enough work for it to make it feasible I would order a 6mm mild steel pl...
TGW Woodworking Power Tools 38 14,781 07-19-2022, 12:43 PM
  0 Thread: Hammers?
Post: RE: Hammers?

bandit571 Wrote: (06-18-2022, 05:55 PM) -- Did not go well..:upset:..part of the head snapped off...:upset:.tack puller side, like there was a crack already there..:upset:..tossed the handle and the ...
TGW Woodworking Hand Tools 4 2,740 07-16-2022, 01:26 AM
  0 Thread: Straightening a Saw Plate
Post: RE: Straightening a Saw Plate

The 28" Disston number 7 which I use at work (traditional carpentry part time) had a severe kink in the blade when I bought it for 50 cents. I hammered the blade straight and retensioned it following ...
TGW Woodworking Hand Tools 18 6,290 04-19-2022, 02:23 PM
  0 Thread: Do I need a 16" planer?
Post: RE: Do I need a 16" planer?

In my world the tablesaw and jointer and planer are the basic machines. They increase productivity and improve accuracy more per euro or dollar spent and per square metre of workshop space used than a...
TGW Woodworking Power Tools 25 8,711 03-25-2022, 04:45 PM
  0 Thread: Psychological help needed
Post: RE: Psychological help needed

Very good to hear! Here in Finland we had a whole generation of men with what people nowadays call PTSD. Then it was just called "been to war". Everybody knew what it was so it needed no further ex...
TGW Woodworking 37 15,779 02-08-2022, 04:01 PM
  0 Thread: C clamp swivel head
Post: RE: C clamp swivel head

A neighbour turns them for me on his metal lathe. A top hat shaped part with a hole that fits the ball on the end of the screw. I cut 3 cuts straight across with a hacksaw resulting in 6 kerfs and cra...
TGW Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,309 02-08-2022, 03:02 PM
  0 Thread: The Mother of All Bar Clamps
Post: RE: The Mother of All Bar Clamps

Philip1231 Wrote: (01-16-2022, 08:30 PM) -- That was precisely my plan, to use these for work holding. That is why I chose the 12" deep model: it reaches to the center of the bench. I will be sure to...
TGW Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,844 01-18-2022, 02:41 PM

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