December 9, 201510 yr Well, still had a plank of Walnut sitting around in the shop. 6/4 by 10" by 4' long. Decided (for some strange reason) to try to resaw the plank to something a bit thinner..... Clamped it up on the bench. Ran a jointer plane along the edges. End closest to the camera? I wasn't about top plane THAT much off. Found a stick of Oak, and a couple c clamps. Plan was to go as deep and straight as I could, and work my way around all four edges.....that WAS the plan... Saw didn't like this kind of work. Either bogged down, or pulled to one side. Tried an end cut Not the best. Once all four edges wer molested...er...cut. The plan was to use the bandsaw or a handsaw to finish the through cut.....handsaw was a fail...need a real one of about 4-5ppi. Bandsaw? Plank was about 1" too tall. #@#@@! So, slapped the plank onto the bench, marked a line right down the center, and used the circular saw to rip in into two halfway sawn planks. Tried the smaller pieces on the bandsaw, again....blade seems to be duller than Ferris Bueller's High School teacher......merely wanted to do curves......Resaw fenced the circular saw? Nah, just mark a line and saw with the circular saw... These are the "good" sides....the other faces will need a LOT of scrub plane work to get flat....I will also need to joint the edges a lot better. Then, with the rest of my "leftovers' A little fuzzy, was a bit tired and shaky.....Also have a 8/4 plank of Oak to mill down a bit. Single Brain Cell Sketch Up is working out the details for what to do with this pile of......wood. Might take awhile.....hard to tell what will get cobbled together......of course, that is what i said about the table I just finished up......stay tuned, the cussing has already started...
December 9, 201510 yr 11 minutes ago, steven newman said: Single Brain Cell Sketch Up is working out the details for what to do with this pile of......wood. Might take awhile.....hard to tell what will get cobbled together......of course, that is what i said about the table I just finished up......stay tuned, the cussing has already started.. Steve, You can't win an argument with yourself.....................................................................................................I've tried!
December 10, 201510 yr Steve just doesn't give up, it's not in his DNA. You are the man Steve, the REAL MAN!
December 10, 201510 yr Author I'm letting the planks "season" a bit......Been up in the Burnt Room, painting walls. Get to trim out the doorways tomorrow.... Went to buy a saw blade for the bandsaw...got the one that was 2" too long....drat. Will take it back tomorrow, maybe, and get the 80" blade instead. I do get 10% off when I show me Mil. ID at Lowes....at Home Despot, it is 20% off. Figures. Have some Pine 4x4s in the back of the van......might get one out for the lathe, maybe a leg will show up???? Boredom keeps me in the shop, nowadays, Besides...when the GrandBRATS show up and start fighting...I can hide in the shop....
December 10, 201510 yr 9 hours ago, steven newman said: Boredom keeps me in the shop, nowadays, Besides...when the GrandBRATS show up and start fighting...I can hide in the shop.... Steve, That didn,t take long.
December 10, 201510 yr Ron's right. A nice 14" band saw is calling you and could be your Christmas present.. Rikon has a 13" re-saw capacity. Don't know for sure about Jet or others.
December 10, 201510 yr Author Took the over-sized grate and the blade back to Lowes.....brought home a 80", 1/2" wide , 6tpi blade. Waiting to see how a Bosch blade works... "won" a pair of handplanes on FeeBay....for a dollar. Need to drive over there to pick them up. Didn't have the $25 for postage, but the 50 miles each way is do-able for me....ROAD TRIP! Might even find other items to pick along the route.....
December 10, 201510 yr Author New blade is on the Craftsman 12" two wheel bandsaw from Texas. Will need a wee bit of tweeting to set things just so. But.....1st resaw cut is done.. LOTS of drift. Will look through the manual and see what needs done. As for the burnt room.....set up a mitresaw and other tools to trim out the door opening Hammer and some nails, too. Walls are looking a wee bit better... So, we have a little bit of progress.
December 4, 20196 yr Steven... Your so good at building things why don't you build a band saw out of wood. It's been done before.
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