Some maintenance was due on the bandsaw and one of the best time to do it is while chasing the blade. Does not take much more time as you need to adjust the guides anyway.
Battery powered portable tools
In the category of battery powered portable tools, a new addition was made to the global collection used around the house. So this this tool was added to the arsenal Nope, its not woodworking related, but it subscribe to minimizing the battery technology/manufacturer that I use around the house. History The previous edge trimmer […]
Latest tool addition – Table Saw
After 5 years, a table saw has seen it’s way back into the shop. Portable Contractor Table Saw Well the idea of adding a table saw in the shop has been in the works for a little while. Various model, brands and a whole bunch of criteria were looked at and one of them that […]
Band Saw Blade Replacement
I was due to replenish my band saw blades form the last purchase I made. I have always used the highland woodworking wood slicer saw blades. As it was primarily to resaw or rip, I took a pretty large blade (3/4″) blade. My band saw is a Laguna LT3000 16″ band saw and the length […]
Power Tools – Router
One of the first handheld power tools that I bought was a router. Probably the first portable power tool was probably a sander to better finish the surfaces of the pieces I did. My first router was a Dewalt DW616 combo kit, which included both the fixed base and plunge base which made it a […]
Router table – Storage and dust management
I have equipped my shop with a router table for quite some time now and had set my target on the Jessem router table combo. My local dealer had combos with the table top, stand and 3HP router. Had my eyes on the standard kit with the white top, fence, lift and open base. […]
Tool Cabinet – Carcase Assembly
Carcase Assembly The past week was concentrated on completing the carcase assembly frame and have the joinery completed and fitted. It is a cabinet carcase with dovetail at the 4 corners. Last post covered the dovetail cutting process all done by hand and now was time to fit all 4 corners of the main assembly. […]
Tool Cabinet – A fresh new start
Few years back, I built a tool cabinet out of Fine woodworking which got me going for a good while. Well up until now. I never properly evolved the tool cabinet and never built the doors and hung them to offer storage. Here is what it looks like now Planning I was able to adapt it […]
Oscillating spindle sander
Last christmas, I added an oscillating spindle sander to my power tools arsenal. The acquisition has mainly been driven based on project that I either had in the pipeline or future project. for the time being, it’s a little bit of both where I have a project, still on the bench and waiting completion, one […]
Festool MFT/3 table
There are some operations that were cumbersome in the shop, including cross cutting boards or panels. Since I just changed the shop’s layout I needed a table that could address some operations and the Festool MFT/3 was the chosen solution. Operations By choice, I do not have a table saw nor to I have a […]