Machinery, Tools, Research, Reviews and Safety

Mark your calenders! A Tractor Fest in West Liberty, OH, What is so special about an event that has a few hundred tractors running around? It is over in the Vendor's Rows! Yes, ROWS. Lots of old tools both for sale, and some even just walk around (me, that is) I think i posted a few photos from last years event. It is held every Labour Day Weekend. Besides, less than 10 miles away are a few of MY favorite shopping spots..... Lion's Park, near the intersection of St Rt 68 and St Rt 245. Maybe we get get John out there doing some fast pitch softball??? Just a heads up..... That Ron's flatbed back there? The Moody-mob…

While scanning the old Workbench Magazine for plans I ran into the Shop Safety portion of the Workbench Magazine, it is still relevant for today's shops, I love the mention about beware of getting cigarette smoke in your eyes while cutting wood!

Right after I posted about a saw fence to replace a "stock" job-site fence on a few sites, things got a bit crazy. The fence is a home-made "T" square sort of thingy. Just three pieces of scrap. Can be clamped to the rail on a Job Site Saw to replace a flimsy stock one, can be clamped to a board as a speed square, a saw guide, or even a router guide. Kind of fuzzy ( we're working on that issue) but this is set up as a saw guide to do a straight line rip. Anyway, one of the sites this cheap little fence was posted on was The American Woodworker. Project hits/views are now OVER 17,000! Ok, just three pieces of scrap wood? Maybe six or s…

From someone who owns a Dewalt 735 13 inch planer. I need a picture of the sprockets and chain assembly. This is very easy to do. Standing on the infeed side of the planer look on the left side and you will see a plastic guard that covers the sprockets. There are 3 hex head screws that remove with the supplied T handle wrench that's in the hole in the top of your planer. Remove that cover and take a picture and post it please. Also check and see how tight the chain is across the top of the sprockets. Thanks.

UPS drove up while I was out working on my rocker. The delivery was on time as they said it would be. I will post a thorough review of this later this week once I get it in and run some boards through it. But for now I'll show you what came in the box. I was very impressed with how they packed it, the cardboard was nice and thick, taped from here to the moon, and the sub box that the Accu Head came in was wrapped from here to AZ in bubble wrap. The Accu Head box is impressive, I was not expecting it to come this way. The box you see below is a wood box that was within the cardboard box. Once the box is opened you can see how well th…

I have a 12" Porter Cable dovetail jig but I only have the faces that do blind joints. While I was at The Woodworking Show in Huntsville, I picked up this dovetail jig. It is two 15" jigs jointed together so I can do 30" without having to reset the jig. I have to build some cedar chest and they want the corners dovetailed and this will make it easier. I haven't taken the time to try to learn how to cut them by hand yet, but I do plan on giving that a shot at some point So this was another mark off the list as I got it mounted on the block and lined up and ready to go. So how do you cut dovetails?