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6th October 2020, 01:14 PM #16
Nice featherboards, Bob. Mine work well but are no where near as pretty as yours. How did you cut them and get the tops of the feathers so even?
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It sure does. It's interesting what personal perceptions do. My mate who recently started wood working and I am sort of mentoring, and was deemed too incapable to own an angle grinder so his sons took it away from him, was very wary (and I have no trouble with that) of the table saw in my workshop. OTOH he did not think twice about using my new glide saw even though SCMS are more dangerous than TSs.
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1) Start by cutting out a rectangular blank.
2) Then I used some strips of wood I docked from the ends of wooden Venetian blinds I had to cut to size, and laid these up against the TS fence as auxiliary fences to make the other cuts.
1 strip up against the fence - 1 cut, add another strip to the other strip another cut etc.
Used a stop clamped to the fence to get the same depth of cut.
3) route the slots
4) Cut the slope/angle using the TS mitre.
I've had them for 14 years and they have worked really well.
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6th October 2020, 04:31 PM #20
Thanks, Bob. If I raed you correctly, we basically use the same technique. See drawing:
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For me it worked fine when the bottom of the featherboaeds was at 90 degrees, but not when it was angled.
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Some really good ideas in there - and not just about the space issue. Am following up the ducting thread (have a DC to setup) and will read more guidance on feathers when i get to that.
Love the idea of a multi-machine and the Mafell Erika is exceptional - but too many $$$$. And i just bought a glide saw!
But the router in the Table saw wing is definitely the go. It doesn't change my basic issue with storing the TS when not in use but will tidy up the shop overall. Looks like the old Triton router bench is finally going to get retired.
Cheers
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7th October 2020, 10:59 AM #23
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I think i just agreed to order the new baby Harvey Ambassador. Its the most compact of all the saws i looked at I should be able to squeeze it into a corner with minimal disruption to the workshop.
Seems a fair deal - a bit less power than some but up to date features and by all accounts better quality and reputation than the low end Sherwood/Hafco/Carbatec machines i was looking at.
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Hi Graeme,
yes it does look nice. Something else to consider is a second hand ELU small table saw. I started off some years ago with one of these units and used it to build a home and some furniture in the early 90's. These saws also operate as a drop saw. They were designed as a site saw although mine also had a sliding attachment. Quite a few are still around if you watch the sales. I later went to a Triton and then a cabinet saw but when I retired I spent up and went for a Minimax Cu-300 combination unit. Now in a smaller workshop have for 4 years been using a MiniMax SC-2 slider with excellent results. I have been using sliders for over 10 years and do like the improved safety relative to cabinet saws. Like you I also breakdown slabs on the slider then use the bandsaw to make thin sections for boxmaking. I have both my slider,bandsawand thicknessers on wheels and use a snall front dolly wheel if I need to move items around.
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Paintman
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10th October 2020, 06:24 PM #27
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