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That's just beautiful. Surely there are some small jobs you could use this for?
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NICE! Just bought a Hasqvarna 460 Rancher chainsaw to make my own lumber for bike jumps, will be carving up Southern Yellow Pine mostly. There is a ton of huge Gumball trees around though, might give those a go. We going to try the jig route first but likely just make an alaskan mill.Some of the stuff too small for lumber but big enough to split for firewood.View attachment 354236
NICE! Just bought a Hasqvarna 460 Rancher chainsaw to make my own lumber for bike jumps, will be carving up Southern Yellow Pine mostly. There is a ton of huge Gumball trees around though, might give those a go. We going to try the jig route first but likely just make an alaskan mill.
Yeah we going to chop up the fallen stuff before we cut anything standing, even then we going to harvest trees that split fairly low etc. Crazy how tall some of the pines are out there, just one would give us enough lumber for weeks of construction.The weird thing is that as I'm splitting it, I actually feel kinda bad for taking down such a beautiful tree.
The problem is that when it's alive, it's not beautiful, it dumps walnuts I can't really use all over my yard and kills all my vegetables.
So it really has to go....I just feel bad about it. And the best way to aleviate that feeling is to do something productive with it. So, I won't have to buy firewood next year, and I should be able to make some awesome heirloom furniture for my kids.
Ungggg I've gone to home depot 4 times in the past month to look at planers and table routers. I keep going there and walking out empty handedContemplating picking up the Grizzly G0939 (13" 2 HP Benchtop Planer at Grizzly.com) since it is on sale for $150 off. Makes it cheaper than the standard go to Dewalt DW735 or DW734. Helical version is on sale also (13" 2 HP Benchtop Planer With Helical Cutterhead at Grizzly.com) but it is $300 more, which seems like what you'd pay to upgrade one of the Dewalts to a helical. There also a difference in the table, 939 is stainless whereas the 940 is granite.
Of course still not 100% on what the shop set up will be like at whatever house I find to buy. But felt a tabletop version I could build a flip cart around would be a safe pickup and with the sale going on seemed like an okay risk?
Going this rate seems more economical than paying for the combo Jointer/Planar, especially since Grizzly just upped the price on them by like $400 and they aren't in stock.
Ungggg I've gone to home depot 4 times in the past month to look at planers and table routers. I keep going there and walking out empty handed
I have the 735 which I love, but I definitely looked at the grizzly before I got it on sale, Griz are decent machines, just a little less polish. And that one has a blower which is niceContemplating picking up the Grizzly G0939 (13" 2 HP Benchtop Planer at Grizzly.com) since it is on sale for $150 off. Makes it cheaper than the standard go to Dewalt DW735 or DW734. Helical version is on sale also (13" 2 HP Benchtop Planer With Helical Cutterhead at Grizzly.com) but it is $300 more, which seems like what you'd pay to upgrade one of the Dewalts to a helical. There also a difference in the table, 939 is stainless whereas the 940 is granite.
Of course still not 100% on what the shop set up will be like at whatever house I find to buy. But felt a tabletop version I could build a flip cart around would be a safe pickup and with the sale going on seemed like an okay risk?
Going this rate seems more economical than paying for the combo Jointer/Planar, especially since Grizzly just upped the price on them by like $400 and they aren't in stock.
I keep talking myself out of it because I think "well, I'm not making money with this stuff yet....I can get by until I do"Depending on what you're doing I'd absolutely recommend the Kobalt combo at Lowes (https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-Fixed-Corded-Router-with-Table-Included/1000318615). $170 for the Router + Table and you can usually find it on sale for $150. An absolute steal in my opinion. Mine has worked like a champ. Just used it to surface both sides of this hickory table top and have used it to do the same thing to other tops... kind of hence why I'm more interested in planers (not really drum sanders at the moment).
It isn't variable speed and has no dust collection to speak of, but again for $150 I couldn't be more happy.
And disregard my slapped together surfacing jig. My actual one is on the floor behind the workbench but it is only 21" wide and this was 24" and almost everything is already packed and in storage so had to throw something together quick. It worked and I'm happy, it isn't 100% heh.
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Yes both will work. For thin stock like that, youll want to make a planer sled to make sure theres enough rigidity under the piece as it goes through. There's a lot of videos on youtube about planer sleds if youre not aware. Its a simple jig.A big part of why I want one is to run through 1/8 in boards with epoxy infill. Will both types of planers work fine on epoxy?
Thanks Owl.Yes both will work. For thin stock like that, youll want to make a planer sled to make sure theres enough rigidity under the piece as it goes through. There's a lot of videos on youtube about planer sleds if youre not aware. Its a simple jig.
Should turn out cool, good luck!Thanks Owl.
I slapped this together really quick to see how the idea would look before spending a bunch of time trying to design a tabletop.
I'll glue these together and then fill the void with some epoxy + black & silver mica powder
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Well, you did buy a router table with a plastic fence. That said, you can always use push sticks/pads to keep the work on the table or bolt on an auxiliary wooden fence to give yourself something to clamp to.Where the hell am I supposed to put feather boards on top to keep it pressed against the table? I went the cheaper route and got this thing from harbor freight