I Finished the Light Grid! My hatred for tripods has driven me to build a light grid for my shop. The light grid was built from 3/4″ metal conduit and electrical junction boxes. I added outlets to nine of the junction boxes, three of them with USB connections. I still have a little tweaking to […]
Making Progress on YouTube Videos I’m currently working on three videos. The first one is just a test video showing the turning of a wooden bowl. I’m taking my time with it so I can try different things and see what works and what doesn’t. I’m currently in the editing phase on this one. The
News – October 15th, 2018 – YouTube Videos, Upcoming Articles, and General Shop Updates Read More »
I got Some Keruing to Make Drums With I found someone on Facebook Marketplace who sells Keruing strips to use as drying stickers, or spacers. I’ve never used Keruing before but the price was right so I’m going to give it a shot. One thing I noticed is that I got a sliver from one
News – September 13th, 2018 – Woodturning Video, Keruing, and Macro-Photography Read More »
Live Performance with Cody Weathers I got to perform with Cody Weathers and The Men Your Mama Warned You About this past weekend. This is only the second time I’ve sat in with them, the last time being almost a year ago. I felt that the show went well. I didn’t have time to do
News – September 4th, 2018 – Live Performance and Woodturning Read More »
A lot has been happening. So much so that I haven’t even had time to write up a new update. New Web Host I successfully made the switch to a new web host and (several small hichups aside) it went smoothly. I’m really happy with the speed increase that I’m seeing on this new web
I finally have some decent speed! After 12+ years at ImHosted.com I moved my site to a managed server. ImHosted has usually been pretty good but I’ve been having server overload issues more and more frequently as of late and I finally decided to change web hosts. I’m now with CloudWays.com and so far I
News – August 8th, 2018 – Moved my Blog to a New Server Read More »
Feel free to share this page with others… Introduction Communities SawStop Users’ Group Documents The Care and Cleaning of a SawStop Articles Thin-Kerf Blades and Riving Knives Choosing a SawStop – Contractor Vs. Professional Protecting A Cast-Iron Tabletop Adding an Extra Cast-Iron Wing SawStop Brake Spacing Explained Dado information: Converting Extension Table into a Router
One of the perks of working where I do is the metal dumpster. I try to regularly swing by and see what we are throwing out each week and lately I have found a lot of the heavy-duty angle-iron we use for fence rails. They have holes drilled in them and have a powder-coating which
News – July 23rd, 2018 – Stripping off Powder-Coating Read More »
Share on Social Media The subject of brake spacing on a SawStop table saw seems to be somewhat confusing to people, no matter how long they have been using the saw. I’m hoping to clear up some of the mystery once and for all. What exactly is brake spacing? Brake spacing is literally the space
This past weekend I attended the American Association of Woodturners Symposium at the Portland Convention center. The symposium consisted of many vendor booths and a gallery of inspiring woodworking pieces. I bought some wood and some mother-of-pearl flakes and chips for doing inlay work. I’ve included some photos from the gallery below. I didn’t think
News – June 19th, 2018 – American Association of Woodturners Symposium Read More »
