Recent content by pkpk

Hello all, here's a new creation! I teamed up with a friend at his home shop to make this cutting board, which I gifted to my brother and his wife as a wedding present. It's made from walnut, cherry and maple, and the size is roughly 13"x19" and 1-3/8" thick. We did two inlays with five thin...

FWIW, there's older 6-1/2" worm drive Skilsaws to be found. Still lots of power, can still cut 2x boards at 45 degrees, but the ones with the plastic handles weigh a couple pounds less. (The really old ones are at least as heavy as the 7-1/4" saws.) If you're referring to the Skil 5-1/2"...

Noted, thanks for this - but the day I can afford Festool gear is the day I know I truly have my life together, lol! Does anyone has any thoughts on the cheaper power hand planers like this one from Porter Cable? I was thinking you might be talking about a featherboard, makes sense! It'd just...

^Thanks for the input guys! (And that mailbox stand looks great!) Hoping to find time soon to put it together but still gotta figure out the motor/pulley/belt setup, trying to look through options at Tractor Supply Company and Amazon. I think the easiest way to do it is get a smaller pulley to...

^Looking real nice! Maybe some of the pros here can help me: yesterday I picked up a little old "Homecraft" 4" jointer for $65. It came with a new set of knives along with the old ones, and no motor but I have a few that might work. Seller was a retired cabinet maker who said he got it from his...

Okay, right on - but I think you missed some photos in your post! That's the most I can help there, not sure at all about hinges and latches heh...

Might be belated advise but I had a little 8" drill press I bought used that came with a non-US 4" vise (maybe Harbor Freight brand?) which worked fine for the little bit of metal drilling I did. I also bought an HF Pittsburgh locking clamp that was good enough for my woodworking projects. So...

Your fence is looking great! One question, is there a reason you're using a 60-tooth blade on your worm drive saw for ripping? I thought that'd be a high tooth count for that task... I've spent some time in a buddy's home shop working on an edge-grain cutting board with inlays, made from...

I know OP is all sorted out now but.... Has anyone used one of these Grizzly benchtop saws? Would love some feedback on it. 10" blade, rack and pinion fence, 13/16" dado capability, adjustable blade speed (?), allegedly 2hp...

That's great it worked out in the end! My bandsaw story is about a benchtop woodcutting one I bought, my first bandsaw. Being pretty green and just excited to have something to expand beyond a scroll saw and handheld jig saw, I didn't notice it was missing the lower blade guides until I got...

I'd been to two stores while in Louisiana last week and couldn't find these even though online it said the stores had them in stock at $9.97. Now that I'm back in the Midwest I see the price online is $14.97 at my local HD, but still no stock, while still listed online at $9.97 if I select a...

I hear you re: "hate the wait" and yup, I live in northwest Indiana and except for a bigger sander, I've been able to find plenty of decent used tools for cheap and build up a little shop, make some stuff and learn what I want to upgrade when I have the funds....which is most of it heh, besides...

Thanks all for the tips!! I'd been looking for a bigger used belt/disc sander but no luck so far (on really any type of used stationary sander), so now I'm thinking just buy something new. A big edge sander is way out of my budget at the moment, but something I'd consider further down the line.

This great thread could use a bump! I've been out of town and really missing my shop, but I had another question for the seasoned folks here. Any recommendations for an oscillating spindle or belt sander? Or something that's a step up from a 4-inch belt / 6-inch disc sander? Would be nice to...

Actually no, I did some temporary grunt work at a shop and an old-timer showed me this 'trick' when I was putting together a cart (it helped with the one fastener for each caster that sits deep in the hole that holds the vertical supports). But now I wanna see this video.... guessing it's this...