-
Posts
8 -
Joined
-
Last visited
About BArnold
- Birthday 08/03/1944
Profile Information
-
Gender
Male
-
Location
Thomasville, GA
-
Woodworking Interests
furniture, keepsake boxes, cnc projects, 3d printing
BArnold's Achievements
11
Reputation
-
Repetitive, routed, parallel, grooved cuts - how?
BArnold replied to s1nglemalt's topic in General Woodworking Talk
Since you want this to resemble louvers, it could be done with a dado blade on the table saw. You could even tilt the blade a bit to give it a little more of a louver appearance. I've used my Incra fence to handle the indexing. -
The outside dimensions of my drawer are 15.5" high by 14" wide. The blade boards slide into rabbets angled at 10°. I cut a notch in the dowel to retain the blade - no magnets. The drawer height could be an inch or so shorter, depending on the size of your blades. I made mine to accommodate 12" miter saw blades.
-
When I added some storage drawers last year, I built a drawer specifically for table saw and miter saw blades. Here's what I did:
-
When I built my shop (32x24), I went with a 3hp SDG from Oneida after a lot of research. I gave them my shop layout and they did an initial duct layout. I wanted one change, which they did, so we were good to go. The DC was about $1300 and I bought a few pieces of duct and wyes for another $200. I didn't rush into running all my duct up front, choosing to wait until I was absolutely certain of locations for different tools. I added another $2000 or so of duct as I went along. I used blast gates from Lee Valley for a total of about $200. You'll get all kinds of thoughts about specific duct, but I used standard HVAC stuff, except for the wyes that have to be crimped opposite of HVAC wyes.
-
Very nice box, Chet! Good combination of woods.
-
Like the others have asked, "What do you want to do?" Most of my life, I did very simple items - mainly a few toys, etc., that I could do with a circular saw, jigsaw, hammer and nails - maybe some screws. Around age 50 or so, I really wanted to learn to do more - mostly because of watching TV shows like New Yankee Workshop. Although I saw things I thought would be nice to build, I lacked confidence. Then, I finally realized that all my life I had been tackling complex things with success, so I started doing more. I started small with a quilt hanger, but used "real" wood - cherry - rather than cheap pine. My first real woodworking tool was a table saw - the heart of any shop. It was an inexpensive contractor saw but it did the job - up to a point. After a few years, I learned the value of buying rough cut wood, got a planer and upgraded to a bigger table saw. From there, it's been one thing after another. I began to design and build furniture for our home, which was a good thing. I built the quality of furniture we couldn't afford to buy! Yes, I thought about making money on woodworking, but stayed busy saving money by building things for our home, so it was a trade-off. Over the years, I did a couple of commissions and decided that, while a bit of income was nice, I really wanted to keep my "hobby" just that. So, here I am with a fully equipped shop and having fun. People with boats and those who play golf all the time look at me like I'm crazy. Well, maybe I am, but I'm not throwing money into a hole in the water or chasing a little ball around the pasture! lol
-
BArnold changed their profile photo
-
Thanks for the warm welcome, folks! Let's see if posting a link to my Facebook Woodworking album will work. It shows a small portion of the things I've designed and built. The walnut slab came from Michigan via member @Merlau I'll post it here. I also got a few pieces of regular Michigan chocolate.
-
Well, I finally made my way over here and looking forward to seeing what's happening. I've been primarily a hobbyist woodworker most of my life, but only got real serious about it around 1999. I've built a lot of the furniture in our home as well as smaller projects. I have a well-equipped shop and enjoy spending most days messing around with one thing or another out there. In recent years, I built a CNC machine and earlier this year built a 3d printer. I enjoy doing a variety of things, as you can see. My current true woodworking project is converting a beautiful walnut slab into a coffee table. A good friend brought me a nice slab from up north just a couple of days ago, so it'll be at least a few months to do it justice. Hope to meet some of you folks along the way.