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9 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Most of us are hybrids.  Many say the journey is 99% of the enjoyment. I agree but, I would rather ride than trudge. 

The nature of the journey is very individualistic, not quite the same for each of us.  To me CNC is a blasphemous violation of...   ok, never mind.  It's just not me.  At that point, I buy the desired object off Amazon rather than make it (unless they stamp it with Bezos' face?   One has to have one's standards.)  So I enjoyed re-habbing a hand plane, but probably will never use it.  Roy Underhill I am not.  Pete undertheinfluence, that's me.  Multiply by 7 billion and you get the picture.

8 hours ago, Mijohnson1984 said:

Silly silly triton can’t hold its depth

Are you using in freehand or in a router table?

1 minute ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Are you using in freehand or in a router table?

In a table, spring out, with the plunge lock engaged. 

4 hours ago, Mijohnson1984 said:

The wife says I just like to stir things up.

Mine sees the shop as the "place where the magic happens".  How it happens is not a concern, she's an unusual woman like that.

Edited April 19, 20197 yr by Woodbutcherbynight

Just now, Mijohnson1984 said:

In a table, spring out, with the plunge lock engaged. 

I have a router raizer kit I bought 20+ years ago in my main router table.  Works well and has never given me trouble.  When I went to build my secondary one I used a lab lift and made a lock for the carriage.  Got a lot of advice and suggestions from here during that build.

 

You can look through the build on this thread.  https://thepatriotwoodworker.com/forums/topic/24091-mini-router-table/?tab=comments#comment-172198

 

My thoughts on buying any of the lift kits was I can build one and adapt it to what I want, much cheaper.  Never mind I enjoyed the challenge.

 

I think i'm a hybrid.   Started out with a few hand tools, got a few power tools, and then more and more of each and have quite successfully found that a combination of either allows me to turn a perfectly good piece of wood into scrap in an instant.  

3 hours ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

 

My thoughts on buying any of the lift kits was I can build one and adapt it to what I want, much cheaper.  Never mind I enjoyed the challenge.

 

It looks great and I’m in agreement on making tools. I’m trying to finish a thickness sander I just can’t seem to get the cylinder to sand true. Glue sandpaper to some flat granite and started the lathe up and ended making it even more wobber  jockey. If yall don’t know what that is. Then you haven’t had kids yet or your lucky and missed Thomas the tank engine on repeat. Well at least I think it came from there. 

2 hours ago, p_toad said:

 allows me to turn a perfectly good piece of wood into scrap in an instant.  

I thought that’s what they invented a bandsaw for......🙄

We could save some time by short circuiting the process. Buy the lumber, bring it home and, build a BIG fire. Band saw blades can get expensive.