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Re: SketchUp 8 M2 Released
Thanks Dave!
posted: 9:35 am on December 3rdSketchUp made it easy for us. Just open SU and it says a new version is available, and click here to get it.
Don
Re: UPDATE: Using and Tuning Your Bandsaw by Hendrik Varju
The competition looks heavy, but I'm always looking for more information on machine maintenance.
posted: 5:17 pm on September 16thRe: Tracing a Reference Drawing
Dave,
posted: 9:34 am on March 14thas usual, this blog reveals your mastery of this medium.
And, as usual, I would have made the mistake of 'turning' the entire column with FollowMe instead of making a wedge, thus increasing the file size!
Thanks for this nice tutorial.
ddwwb
Re: Drawing a Flame Finial
David,
posted: 1:36 pm on February 12thThanks for this!
I tried to do this a few weeks ago, but failed badly.
I knew I could count on you!
Don "Dances with Wood" Butler
Re: Drawing a Flame Finial
posted: 1:34 pm on February 12thRe: Have you seen Tommy Mac's new woodworking show? Let us know what you think.
Sad to relate, here in the hinterlands, our local PBS station reports that they have "just begun recording" Rough Cuts, whatever that means.
posted: 2:41 pm on October 20thTentative start date is December.
ARRRrrrghhh.
Re: A Fluted Quarter Column
David,
posted: 11:46 am on September 28thAT LAST!
My foggy old brain gets it!
FollowMe wants a perpendicular line.
That's why you rotate you circular paths half a segment.
I got it!
At last!
db
Re: Is the Radial Arm Saw on its Last Legs?
Well, it's extinct as far as I'm concerned.
posted: 8:16 am on July 13thAs an owner of three of them, in the past, I can tell you this. I won't give the precious floor space to another one. I've given the RAS all the money, time and material I can.
Imprecise and cranky, dangerous, too, it just doesn't compare well with other saws. Not even the ShopSmith.
The maintenance factor alone makes it a poor competitor. I just don't want to have to check a saw every time I use it to see what else has slipped out of square or gone loose.
I find my stationary cabinet saw is rock solid and even when I check it, rarely, it's still square and parallel, and needs only cleaning and lubrication.
Is the Radial Arm Saw extinct?
I hope so.
Don "Dances with Wood" Butler
Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Choosing & Installing Hardware by Robert J. Settich
I have great respect for FWW's publications.
posted: 7:22 am on June 1stSo, I'd really like to have this book.
Don
Re: Components & Make Unique -- A Simple Piano Hinge
Dave,
posted: 9:57 am on April 6thAs sometimes happens, my eye slipped right past the word "shift", probably because I thought I knew what I was doing.
Thanks for your help, as usual.
Don
Re: Components & Make Unique -- A Simple Piano Hinge
Dave,
posted: 8:27 am on March 31stUmmm - For some reason that isn't working for me.
After creating the component and copying it so they abut one another, I open each component for editing and use the erase tool with the control key on each seam line. When I'm all done the seams are visible just as they were when I started.
Don
Re: Components & Make Unique -- A Simple Piano Hinge
David,
posted: 11:01 am on March 28thI was going to show you a drawing, but I don't see how to do it here.
I was able to follow your clear instructions, all except the part about making it look continuous.
Instead, I expoded all the bits and intersected them, Erasing lines was then easy.
What did I miss in the instructions? I wasn't getting it right, I guess.
Don
Re: Wrapping Beadboard Around a Curved Surface
Dave,
posted: 10:08 am on November 12thI've noticed a curious thing. If I'm not logged on the images in the article don't show.
Another thing is Shape Bender.
I followed the link and, for the life of me, can't download it.
Where's the download link?
By the way, nice tut.
d
Re: FREE PLAN: Rip Fence Extension: A Safer Way to Cut Plywood
That infeed support wouldn't hold for a second if it was needed for support of a sheet of plywood.
posted: 6:42 am on November 12thEither it should be supported by a leg or it should be eliminated, because the whole extension rig could be popped off the rip fence in a heart beat without it.
I prefer to break 4x8 sheets down with a guided circular saw.
d
Re: Shop made grooving planes
Matt said: "but what in particular would you like to know about them?"
posted: 6:47 am on November 4thEverything!
Materials dimensions, sources, video demonstration of the steps in building, - EVERYTHING!
Matt said:"They weren't hard to make. I basically used the Krenov method and it only took me about 1 hour to get the pair done."
What's the Krenov method? I don't know what that is.
These are neat planes and it would be great to know more about them.
Did you make one to do the drawer bottom groove and the other to make a rabbet on the edge? I sort of looks like that in the photo.
So much to learn! So little time!
Best regards,
Don Butler, working wood in Waterford, PA
Re: Using the Shape Bender Plugin
Dave,
posted: 11:21 am on July 17thThanks for this video demonstration. When I originally installed shape bender much difficulty was experienced. Your step by step demo got me going on the right track.
Thanks, once again.
Don
Re: Seven Beginning Steps in SketchUp
Tim,
posted: 10:21 am on June 30thI heartily endorse your view, continuous use of SketchUp is essential. I learned to use SU, after a fashion, by watching the many video demonstrations available online, and through everyday practice. The demonstrations helped a lot, but without the daily practice I would never have achieved the abilities that I did.
I add this, without contributors like you and Dave, I would be stuck at a much lower level.
However, complications in my life kept me from using SU for a while, and I found myself struggling.
Yes, one must continue to keep the skills learned at a fine hone!
Regards,
Don
ps. I tried to find your domain, killenwood, but the 'web doesn't seem to have such an address.
d.