I put the new Craftsman router table together yesterday and it was much, much easier than the Ryobi. Each leg is held on by 4 bolts. The vertical ones just screw in and have washers and lock washers. The horizontal ones have lock washers, washers, and nuts. I found a diagram in the manual for installing the model of my router and it screwed right in with 3 bolts and the height adjustment hole lined right up. I installed the fence and featherboards in a couple of minutes and the table is now ready for testing.
routers and this one was on the list.
I cant remember what this is called but it is used for routing end grain and smaller pieces. This one is made out of metal whereas the Ryobi one was made out of plastic.
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I couldnt get the Ryobi router to fit in the new table so I returned it and bought this Craftsman router
on sale for $50.99. I checked the router table manual before I went shopping for compatiblerouters and this one was on the list.
Here is the fully assembled table. It went together much faster then the Ryobi table.
I cant remember what this is called but it is used for routing end grain and smaller pieces. This one is made out of metal whereas the Ryobi one was made out of plastic.It came with 5 insert plates. The Ryobi also came with 5 but they all had holes. Im not sure what the solid one would be good for.
The included wrench has a wider handle built into the bottom which makes it a little more comfortable to use.
The router has a small push button to hold the shaft while you tighten or loosen the router bit. There is a small plastic shield behind it that you have to remove to reach the button.
The table has a hole in the top for adjusting the height of the router. I am using an allen wrench for now but would like to buy a t-handle wrench for it. Sears had a t-handle kit for $39.95 but I dont want to spend that much money. I just want to get the one to fit the router.
This is the allen wrench coming through the table top and into the router.
The plastic handles on the sides are a nice touch. They make the table comfortable to pick up.
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Senin, 04 April 2016
Its Never Too Late For Woodworking
Get Woodworking Week may be over, but don’t tell John.John is an 80 year old Korean war veteran who I’ve come to know because he wants to learn woodworking. While you’d be right to ask yourself why a one-eyed octogenarian who needs a walker is interested in learning a craft he currently knows nothing about, his reasoning turns out to be the same as many of us. John want’s to learn to woodwork because he needs a table for his computer and can’t find the right one commercially.John and I spent the afternoon in my shop where we discussed the basic table he plans to build and the method of building it. We went from hand cut mortise and tenons to routed floating tenons to pocket screws.
I know that while steering someone from a hand cut mortise and tenon to a pocket screw may be blasphemous to some, I was happy to do it.
It’s not that I want John to be a power tool woodworker who only uses steel fasteners. It’s that I want John to be a woodworker. As he’s never built anything, I think jumping right into a table build with eight (8) hand cut mortise and tenons would be enough to turn anyone achoice in frustration. I stressed to John that as much as he’s eager to learn and practice joinery, it was also important to actually building something. The satisfaction and pride of actually building a pocket hole joined table will certainly nurture his love of woodworking more than the frustration of a table that won’t assemble because of miscut tenons.
I say this often because I feel it’s important. It is not about how you build something. It’s about that you do building something. Start small and simply. Let your first few projects succeed. Then, once you’ve learned the basics let your interest take you to any style of joinery method you choose.
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| This joint is OK. |
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| This joint works too. |
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| Or like this. The important thing is to just build. |
Minggu, 03 April 2016
MWA Podcast Episode 23 David Venditto of Infinity Tools
MWA Podcast Episode 23 - David Venditto of Infinity Tools (61:06)
Sabtu, 02 April 2016
Its this weeks episode of WWMM!
If these benches dont do it for you, then join in with the Guild for the actual workbench build. Given that Marc has a newborn at home, I might actually keep up with him this time.
Kamis, 24 Maret 2016
Its Starting To Come Together
For the first time in over a year my clamps are off the floor, out of buckets and hanging on the wall where they belong.
This past week I was able to spend some time in the shop. With the walls and floor finished, I focused on getting tools out of their piles on the floor and into their permanent homes. This is a slow process, as I usually have to design and build their permanent home first.
I knew that the design for the clamp racks had to be efficient. I used to use Woodpecker Clamp Racks. Though they were strong, easy to use and cost effective, they only stored clamps one (1) clamp deep. Given my abundance of clamps and shortage of wall space, this mean they had to go. Six (6) months ago, they moved to my Dads shop and theyve been happy there since.
For the new racks in my shop, I spent a few days savings rack designs to a Pinterest board. The I took the materials I had at hand and got to work.
I ended up with three (3) simple racks. They total 10 slots for clamps. Each slot is 12" long and holds between six (6) and eight (8) clamps, depending on the size of the clamp head.
I also made a simple rack for my quick clamps. Its just two (2) pipes (the original guide rails from my band saws factory fence) set into a wood block. I took the idea from the pipe clamps which my quick clamps used to hang from.
Finally I made a quick rack for my Systainers. This rack is just a temporary measure, but Im looking to consolidate all my storage and get everything off the floor. In those terms, it works well.
Hopefully Ill get further on it this week, though I have to start working on the next quilt rack as it is due at the by the end of September.
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| This was a less than useful home for my parallel clamps. |
I knew that the design for the clamp racks had to be efficient. I used to use Woodpecker Clamp Racks. Though they were strong, easy to use and cost effective, they only stored clamps one (1) clamp deep. Given my abundance of clamps and shortage of wall space, this mean they had to go. Six (6) months ago, they moved to my Dads shop and theyve been happy there since.
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| My old Woodpeckers clamp racks now house my Dads Parallels. |
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| 5/4 Pine, 3/4" OSB & 1/2 Baltic Birch served as great materials for the clamp racks. |
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| In use, the 3 racks work wonderfully. |
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| Simple and effective quick clamp storage. |
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| A quick and dirty systainer rack. |
Senin, 21 Maret 2016
Woodchat is Yours
This is a very quick post via the Blog This extension for Chrome, but please check out Matts list of #woodchat topics and be sure to vote. Last Wednesdays re-introduction of #woodchat brought both new and old participants together for a lively discussion. This weeks #woodchat is looking to be even more.
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Sabtu, 19 Maret 2016
Its Wanderful Part 7
When everything was sanded flat, I checked the bottoms on my tablesaw and joined them as necessary in order to eliminate wobble. Then it was time to sand. All four (4) wand stands were hand sanded from 80 grit to 220 grit.As I wasn’t concerned with the walnut blotching, and shellac is a resonable blotch control in it’s own rite, I skipped the blotch control and went right to shellacing the bases.
2 coats of ½ lb and 4 coats of 1 lb clear shellac were applied, using rags. Once the shellac was dry, I buffed it with synthetic steel wool. I had originally intended to add glue on plastic feet to the bottom of the want stands. As I played with the stands in my hands, I couldn’t bring myself to add plastic feet. Instead I decided I should make my own feet, out of brass.
I started with a ?” x 1½” brass bar from work. Then I used a hack saw to rip and cut it to pieces about ¾” x 2” (I say about, because I used relative dimensioning and my eye to make them, I never actually measured them). Once the were cut, I used a bastard file against the edge of my workbench to square the edges and clean the faces.
Then I tried to polish them using buffing wheels on a 6” bench grinder. This didn’t go so well, and after the first 3 or 4 feet I left them as the filed faces.
I cut out for the feet using one (1) of the full blades from my dado set for an ?” wide, flat bottomed cerf. Unfortunately, all of the filing left the feet less then ?” thick. The gap was barely visible, but the fit was also less than snug. In order to secure the feet I used a two part epoxy paste. So far, it’s doing a fine job at holding the feet in. Hopefully it continues to.
Now that the wand project is finally done, it’s finally time to again return to the shop renovation. Thankfully, I not only created four (4) nice and appreciated wand and wand stands, I also learned a bunch of new techniques and expanded my woodworking horizons along the choice.
What have you done to push the boundaries of how you work?
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| The wands, mid-finishing. |
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| Ripping the brass by hand. |
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| Two (2) sets of finished feet. |
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| Ready to mix the epoxy. |
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| The finished wand stands. |
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| A finished want stand, armed with my wifes wand. |
Jumat, 18 Maret 2016
Penultimate Woodshop Renovation Video 12
After spending the beginning of the year working on Pinewood Derby cars, Cub Scout achievement birdhouses and tool instruction, I finally made it back to the Tree House and Shop a few weeks ago. It was mainly a day of Treehouse work, so I just snuck in a little shop work when I could.
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| To cutout for the window, cut and undersized hole then reach through and mark the jam locations on the back of the OSB. |
That meant I didnt get too much done, but I did manage to fit another piece of OSB sheathing. This one was a minor milestone, in that it trims out the last window.
Unfortunately, the piece I cut out had the same measuring error in it that cost me 3 pieces of gable end trim on the treehouse (be sure to use the correct scale). I didnt realize it until the piece was hung on the wall and it was late in the day, but this is my shop, so I bit the bullet and re-made the piece.
Senin, 14 Maret 2016
Installing my new vise
?I bought a vise at Harbor Freight with another 20% off coupon. Its another one of those small projects that
ended up being more work than I expected.
Its not the best one in the world but it is definitely better than no vise. I hate having no vises....
ended up being more work than I expected.
Its not the best one in the world but it is definitely better than no vise. I hate having no vises....
The clamping mechanism ended up being a little smaller than I expected.
I placed the vice in position and marked where the lower clamp needed to go in.
The lower mech is 1" wide so I used a 1.25" Forstner bit to make a hole.
I opened the bottom with my cordless jigsaw.
I tried to square it off with my jigsaw and then a file. I put a corded jigsaw on my Christmas list along with a dado set for my tablesaw.
This is what it looks like from the inside.
I screwed in a piece of 2x4 to brace the part where I cut and to have extra support for where I screw vice down into the top of the workbench.
I predrilled the mounting holes down into the extra 2x4 brace.
Not neccessarily my cleanest install but it will do the job.
I pre drilled the holes into the 2x4 brace but not into the the workbench itself. This bit shattered when the screw hit the workbench wood. I drilled out the remaining 3 holes into the workbench and had no more issues.
Installed and ready for use. I am debating on whether I want to mount some pieces of wood to the inside of the vice or not. I will probably end up doing it just because I get bored.
Minggu, 13 Maret 2016
First video on Woodworking by Hand!
Heres a first movie! As an actor I am a beginner but I hope to improve quickly! As subject I chose just the tool I was working today: the plough plane.
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Sabtu, 12 Maret 2016
Questions 6 Through 10
Last year at Woodworking in America we ran around with our recorder (twice, actually) and asked the same 5 questions of everyone we could find.Last Years Questions:
- How did you get into woodworking?
- Whats your favorite tool?
- Who has influenced you the most?
- What was your biggest stumbling block & could it have been avoided?
- How has the internet influenced your work?
This year, thanks to the generous help of our members, we have a much better recording rig. Were setting up to record an episode or two of the MWA Podcast while were in Cincinnati.
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| The initial setup of the new rig. |
Thats not to say we wont again also unleash Tom on the marketplace floor with the upgraded recorder. Since some of the fantastic woodworkers well run into are folk weve already asked the 5 questions of (at WIA last year and on the podcast since), were looking to come up with 5 more questions for WIA2013.
So far we we have two questions for this year.
- What was the first woodworking project you built?
- What was the last woodworking project you built?
As you can see, we need three (3) more questions. Thats where you come in. Please post the questions youd like us to ask in the comments below (or on Google+). Well go through them and add three (3).
Thanks for all the help & support. We hope itll payoff in great Woodworking in America content. Dont forget about the +Modern Woodworkers Association Podcast. We talk woodworking with Guests from around the world of woodworking every other week. Subscribe to the RSS feed or iTunes today.
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Selasa, 08 Maret 2016
Ghetto WorkCenter Boom Arm Part IV The Tool Holder
As I was finishing up the boom arm for the Ghetto WorkCenter, it dawned on me that I could also hand a tool holder on it.Festool includes tool holders as part of the WorkCenter. They also sell individual ones that fit on their CT vacuums. I have one of the individual ones. Unfortunately, my CT22 is too old to fit it. I have mine set into a block of wood that I clamp to my bench and BenchMark table. My ultimate plan is to use the Festool Tool Holder as a model to make a cabinet to hold all my sanders. For now, it served as a model to make a Tool Holder to fit on my Saw Tray.
I began with the same piece of ½” baltic birch Ive made the rest of the Ghetto WorkCenter out of. I began by tracing the V shape of the tool holder onto the plywood. I used a forstner bit to make the rounded bottom of the V. Then I cut out the rest on the bandsaw. My bandsaw cuts weren’t exactly straight, so I used my rasp to flatten them out.
Once the V’s were rounded over with the router, it was just a matter of attaching the cleat and spacer so I could hang it on the saw tray.
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| This is how it began. |
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| The Vs, fresh off the bandsaw. |
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| After smoothing the sides with a rasp. |
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| Im loving my Bosch MRC23EVSK. It has great dust collection & visibility to boot. |
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| The cleat on the left hooks the saw tray and the spacer on the right keeps in basically plumb. |
Even with the ½” plywood, it’s working great so far.
I’m not sure if I’ll add more accessories to the Ghetto WorkCenter, but for a little bit of plywood and some cheap fasteners, it’s proving to be a great addition to the shop.
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| She holds like a champ. |
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