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Kuffy, you can hide behind your call sign as long as you want.

Google me and my address. It's not a secret.

Now let us not get into any viewpoint about 3/4hp bandsaws. I don't own one. Mine...

Kuffy and I have some history, so bear that in mind in what follows.

To suggest that you should rarely have a sharp machine blade of any kind in your workshop is crap advice.

Unless you are...

Barry, I am clearly missing the maths here. You put a carcass together, then screw end boards in say 20mm wider than your cabinet at each end.

You then measure the width between the side boards...

sorry, $34 a sheet!

Time will tell. We live in litigious times.

I love my Sawstop (the original Industrial version) because it is a great saw, on a par with a Powermatic IMHO. Plus the safety feature.

Reality is...

Barry, I'm a hobbyist unlike some of the other guys/gals here who cut and make melamine into nice boxes, appropriately edge-banded. I typically use 12mm Vic Ash harwood for cabinets in my house and...

It's definitely not yellow box - the grain isn't close enough and guarantee, the local doesn't sell decent firewood other than kindling.

Nice pic Derek, it really shows the gap between the fence on the slider on the cast table to the left of the blade. Not ideal IMHO as you would have to have some occasions where your timber sat...

Chris,

Sorry but I can't agree with you entirely about ripping solid wood on a sliding panel saw. I have two (both Minimax) plus a Sawstop on which I do all of my solid ripping. Reason? The...

I didn't say twenty beers!!!!!

I've had my top of the line Sawstop for quite a few years. The only tablesaw that I've seen with the same build quality is a Powermatic.

I know I shouldn't do it, but I do operate the saw after a...

Good question. If you think of the first Wizz process the same as passing the piece over the jointer, I think you get the idea. Same as a sled with a thicknesser, only you can do much wider...

I now don't post often but this one got me. A commercial wide belt sander is no different to thicknessing boards. What you put in, you get out. That is, a banana in and a banana out. A commercial...

This will be my last post on the forum.

Kuffy, you clearly are not aware of what actions constitute libel or slander. Your description of me as a rabid dog is actionable. Look forward to seeing a...

The Rabid Dog has just resigned

Kuffy,

I don't doubt your reason for suspicion.

I am very mindful of dropping names - that is not what we woodworkers are about.

Can I start with Ken Wraight? Vic Wood? Jim Carroll?...

Kuffy, why not declare a truce?

This Xmas, as with the last 4 or 5, a group of us have spent several days around New Year generally just stuffing around, mostly turning. You might have to billet...

Well said, Peter. I admire you and others do what I cannot by hand.

Your sentiment is the reason why I have enjoyed my woodturning for some years. Tool control. Etc etc.

I reckon - with some...

Thanks, Bueller.

I haven't started on insults. Others have, telling me to get close to my workbench, spend a few hours fettling planes etc. Advice has not been provided in spades. Second hand? LV...

Ian, thanks for the post.

I originally asked for advice about handplanes. Since then, the thread has travelled far and wide. Backlash isn't important, get off your behind and get onto the work...

Tony, I will be very polite as I intend no distress. Listen to Bob L. I didn't for too long and now am almost allergic to wood dust. At 56, if I can't work wood, I am lost.

One of my mates who...

Kuffy asked for some pics. All on my Iphone so the quality is not great.

Please note Kuffy how I finished the bottom of my bowl/platter.

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Kuffy, I've had a few half-decent turners in my shed, including Vic, Guilio, Retired and Ken W.

You ask what I have designed. A fair question perhaps. I copy in most parts, as does every other...

DW, PM me with your address in the States and I will send you some crossed-gain Euc Cam. that you can have some fun with. It's not hard, just crossed-grained. You, will all your skills, will deal...

Kuffy, you obviously weren't listening when I said NOT to cut with a burr on your scrapers. In your own words, the burr lasted 2 seconds. Or are you just a slow learner?

Jeff (and what you give me...

Kuffy, I like the banter.

We have all seen your tool control and measuring skills as you went through the bum of a bowl. Well done, mate. Please keep posting pics of your fixes. I look forward to...

DW and others...

I must bite a little.

What I probably wanted from the start was advice on how to use planes and how to limit backlash on what I had. I wasted some time in learning that you...

Kiwi, I am sorry to be so vocal. I have two friends that didn't attend to appropriate dust extraction in turning wood.

One has the cancer, probably linked to the dust. The other has given up...

DW, some interesting observations about backlash and that you, as an experience woodie, don't think it an issue.

Sorry, but there are tens or hundreds of thousands of wood workers out there where...

The tone of this thread appears almost every fortnight.

"I want to work wood (I have a thicknesser etc) and have a one or two HP DE . I don't have a 15 amp circuit nor the dollars to invest in a...

DW,

I hear what you are saying. All I know from the last couple of days is that backlash on my Stanley planes compared to my Clifton smoother is almost a deal breaker. And you are probably...

Ian, I am sorry you didn't have a good experience with the Tormek. The system gave me repeatability and I swear by it. Yes, it can be slow, that's why I have the bench grinder attachment with a CBN...

Derek, thanks for your observations. I am unfortunately in the position where I need to keep things simple. Very simple. And you are probably right in saying that I am thinking like a woodturner....

Ian, please don't worry. Where I can, I buy the best. I have been caught too many times (not just with woodworking gear) that you get what, as they say, you pay for. So if you turn wood, you may...

Some of you dark-siders will be pleased to note that your latest pupil levelled off a bench top (Vic Ash) with a no 5 Stanley and my no. 4 Clifton smoother. I put the ROS on the top for only a very...

Willkim, please do not take offence at some of the feedback. I think we are all deluged by email, posts etc that sometimes you just state your mind without too much in the way of delicacy/diplomacy....

Kuffy, sorry to cause you any grief on the merits or otherwise of recesses on bowls. I didn't realise that you were a production turner and that time and $ were so important. Do whatever you need to...

As a now long-term woodturner, I always assess the front of a bowl/platter, then the back/underside. If I see a recess or unturned spigot on the back, I go no further..... The turner was either short...

Derek and Ian,

You both are earning your money today! Thanks for the very, very generous input you have given.

I spent some time today using my No 5 Stanley and No 4 Stanley smoother. On a...

Derek and others,

the only woods I use, turning or otherwise, are abrasive. Keys out of huon pine excepted.

I've had a quick peke on the net and the Veritas blades aren't cheap, especially...

Thanks, guys.

Back home and nothing missing, so all is good.

I checked my stock of planes. Aside from fettling a few of them, I clearly need to replace the blades on the following (not sure...

Very nice offer and gesture, Bob.

Jeff

Kuffy, it's very hard to respond to this one without appearing a PITA.

The lesson is to always measure. I can say that I've had teachers all the way through such that I've never been through the...

Derek, you are no doubt right about having say a 240 grit CBN wheel backed up by something like a 360 grit wheel.

I must admit that Tormek sharp (not using the Japanese waterstone) works OK with...

Sorry, Derek, but I can't agree with you on this one.

The D-Way guy should:

1. use a tip holding tool for sharpening those small cutting tips. Jim Carroll sells them for around $15 and are the...

My two bob's worth is that if the main blade is not aligned correctly within the table, Huston, we have a problem. Yes, you can adjust the rip fence to the main blade, but you will double the problem...

Thanks for all the replies - most appreciated.

I guess I should have given you all a better picture of where I am at. About 6-7 years ago I got into woodturning in a big way. I have enjoyed the...

I am away from home at the moment and the net is slow.

Thus, I thought I would seek advice from members on the board about hand planes for a start.

I already have three Bailey Stanleys - a no...

Mark, forgot to ask - has the new combo got a helical head? I did a retro on mine with a Byrd head and it absolutely outperforms it's earlier self and the opposition with the Silent Heads for power. ...

Mark, all of it sounds a bit of a worry though it would seem not an uncommon experience. One of my mates has similar issues with a Hammer PS.

Take a deep breath, iron out the problems and you...