Thread: Not my shed but I get to set it up and play.

Originally Posted by BobL

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The bench is being made from 50 mm thick Jarrah pieslabsces mostly milled by me on their property in 2009.

Geeze Bob, thought you usually milled straight stuff, not bananas

Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

Geeze Bob, thought you usually milled straight stuff, not bananas

Hey I had to work hard to get straight slabs turned into bananas.

Now that I have been here a week and working with these new machines I though a small update on the machines might be useful.

Jet 14" BS
Pros: cuts really nice
COns: Not supplied with any fence or mitre slide.
This sort of thing pisses me off because the sample in the store at least had a basic fence on it!

Jet 6" OScillating Sander
Pros: Hogs out wood very quickly on the rougher grits and sands smooth on the medium and finer ones
Cons: Magnetic switch failed after 5 minutes and have had to prop the on switch with a stick until a replacement arrives
Lowest side cast iron table location is 10 mm too high so one cannot access the bottom cm of the belt so it's not a 150 mm sander but a 140 mm!!! - this really irks because most of the pieces we used in the bench are 145 mm wide.

Jet 6: Long bed planer
Pros: Very smooth, quiet and accurate
Cons: No magnetic switch supplied

Woodman 12" table saw
Pros: seems to have plenty of grunt even with the 3HP motor. Basic but smooth and accurate fence
Cons: Loose throat plate makes an irritating noise while cutting.
The off switch is an emergency rotating type contractor which means extra fiddling is required every time it is switched on - poor location too low down and under machine

Festool TS 75 plunge saw
This is an excellent tool - definitely the best well thought through circular I have ever used.
It is only 1600 W but it out cuts my big makita in thick hardwood - maybe its the slightly narrower kerf?

12" Metabo SCMS
Also a great tool, accurate and very smooth cuts.
The clamps and side supports seem a bit flimsy and fiddly compared to the rest of the saw is well made.

This is going to make a lot of people jealous. A big shed, lots of tools, JET and 2 babes playing with wood.

See what happens when you retire Bob?? You get to play with all sorts of goodies!!!

Seems like a big shed, keep up the updates.

Originally Posted by Christos

Seems like a big shed, keep up the updates.

Yesterday, nearly 8 years since I helped set it up, I finally got back to visiting this shed.
The main woodworker, Sandi, has really developed as a wood worker and been creating lots of products, eg tables, chairs, stools etc.

Quite a few things have happened including several machinery additions and upgrades.
The nicest addition is the large Wood Wizz but with the shed being so big you hardly notice it's there.
The 18"Jet has been replaced by a 20" Felder and they have added a 12" Hammer combo thicknesser planer.

The main reason I went to see the shed was rear Sandi wanted to improve their dust extraction.
I should add I was not involved with any initial dust extraction setup.
They already had a stock 2HP DC for collecting chips and thought they would be OK with the two massive double doors which basically turned it into a 3 walled shed.
They then subsequently purchased 2 more 2HP DCs (both inside the shed!!), one dedicated to the Wood Wizz, and one was converted to run a 6" main.
However, all of the machines were left with stock (4") dust collect ports and they were using lots of 4" flex so no wonder they were having probs.

To add to the levels of dust a second person (a carpenter/joiner) is now also regularly using the shed.

Anyway I recommended a Clearvue etc and will be helping them to install their new DC system once all the parts arrive.

Wow, that is a really heavy duty bench! Just look at those legs! Good stuff

Originally Posted by Dan87

Wow, that is a really heavy duty bench! Just look at those legs! Good stuff

Here's the WIP on that bench with lots of photos
From log to workbench