Woodworking

Got the flake down in main garage, same flake going in the workshop but it is only ground down at the moment. Top coat going on tomorrow.

That seam looking part is a step up to a raised level in the garage. Will take a picture of the shop once it is done but liking it so far. We’ll see!

Here’s the shop area so far. Had to scramble to move things out and throw stuff up on the bench. Only had time to pull off the old shelves and what not from the earlier picture, install a lumber rack, and get a coat of fresh paint over about half it and quick fill in holes. Maybe, maybe this week I’ll have a few minutes to set things back up and start putting it together. Outlook not looking great though. Just too much going on to focus on the fun projects



*edit: tried to salvage the “Hooked on Quack” bumper sticker but unfortunately it didn’t survive the wall touch up and scraping. Sorry whoo

I'm not convinced that's really his back yard. Looks like the local CertaPro office is just goofing off instead of painting my house.

With the floors of the shop finished I needed a break from work and life so spent yesterday putting the saw together. That was really fun and took a good 6-7 hours. Have to hand it to Sawstop, their packing and manual was everything it was rumored to be. Color coded sectioned off parts, nice large spiral bound manual with thick paper and color photos. Assembly wasn’t complicated really but had a couple of challenges. The little things were the worst, like mounting the switch was a son of a bitch.

It also only comes with like an 8’ cord which is somewhat ridiculous. Either include a longer more useful cord or just provide a 1” pig tail. This length is just annoyingly middle of the road. Anyways, bought 25’ of SOOW 12/3 and wired up a new cord which didn’t take long. Was also nice cracking open a new part of the saw that I’m not familiar with.

The whole assembly process was very fulfilling in know what the saw is doing amd how to troubleshoot stuff. Like I know how the leafs are installed and aligned, the extension table, the rails, the electrical. Just a good feeling.

I will say that they’d be saviors of humanity if they came up with a better method of alignment and leveling the wings and rails and everything. Supporting the cast iron and moving it by micrometers and then torquing down a hex bolt while supporting the bolt on the other side of the wing… not to mention OCD people like me that will spend an hour trying to make it as perfect as possible. Does it really matter? No I’m sure it is close enough and 1/32nd isn’t going to matter. But my anxiety isn’t helped by the fact I can barely feel the seam between my main table and the right wing. Just saying someone needs to invent and patent that.

Haven’t had a chance to even cut anything, put in the dust collection, find a final position, etc etc. Plus it is 1,000 degrees. I can’t work in the shop bc the window unit AC pours water back in to the shop. So either need to fix that or just replace it. Have about 1,000 things on the list to make for the house and I want to make them and not shop shelves, shop benches, shop carts, shop drawers, jigs, sleds, blah blah. That’s why I bought the Bora lumber rack for $40 on Amazon.

Didn't necessarily want a Sawstop or to pay that much for a saw. One that is well outside of my capabilities and worthiness. But Grizzly dicked me around and wasn't helpful and nothing else was in stock. Sawstop could ship same day, is somewhat made in the U.S., has local support, and additional safety features. So screw Grizzly. Woodcraft was also incredibly nice and helpful with coordinating delivery and making sure we had moved in to the new home and holding it for two extra weeks for me. Not at all unhappy with the purchase. Now to just use the damn thing...

*edit: Can I not rotate pictures on this worthless message board? Had to post on my phone to upload them now they're all boomer sideways...

whoo said:

Nice! Sawstop is good quality. Remember to disengage the blade brake if you're going to cut anything that's not kiln dried or might have metal in it. A guy I know burned through 2 expensive blades and 2 of those explosice brakes (to the tune of about $500 total) cutting wet dimensional lumber from a big box store.

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Yeah, a lot of the videos I've seen over the years have had varying degrees of "damp material is fine," or "you better have no drops of water within 10mi of the saw or it'll go off!" So, I'm sure it is somewhere in between. I don't generally cut something that is damp but will always keep it in mind. Also the stuff I pulled off the walls from this garage are littered with brad nails and bent nails and screws. The previous owner made fishing lures in this shop but it appears he also needed 88 pin nails, two 10 penny nails, and a 5" dry wall screw to hang a shelf.

I did read in the manual, though, that on a legit activation you can send the brake back and they'll analyze it and send you a replacement for free. No idea how common that is or if they'd weasel out of it and claim that I was goofing off with a hot dog. Hopefully it just never has to go off b/c I'm being safe and not lazy.