Jonahhole

A while back I had a fire in my shop caused by a woods fire. My work bench was somewhat damaged. I was able to repair it but it now has some limitations. I would like to build another and incorporated in it all the ideas I have seen over the years of which many I can no longer remember. I hope to have a new bench that fits my needs for years to come.

Whats the hurry - slow down be safe - enjoy the work. I see no reason to put it in the magazine. A better article might be how to organize your work to maximize the process of cutting multiple tenons.

It has been some years since I have done anything with pine but it seems that we used to treat it with it own juice - turpentine and it would dry it to a white powder that could be scraped off - it usually took two applications to stop the weeping then a finish could be applied.

A Tale of Two Companies. I recently had a fire in my wood shop that damaged many of my tools and am working on restoring some and replacing others.

Delta. One item I am working on is my Unisaw with a Beisemeyer fence system. Working with the Delta website was almost as much work as working on the tool. Trying to reach a knowledgeable customer service person was next to impossible and the the cost for replacement parts when available is high. I hope the new company can do a better job.

Lie-Nielson - Called to replace the handles and tote on my hand planes. With the help of a very knowledgeable customer service person I received the replacement handles and tote at no cost for parts or shipping within days of my call. I also explained I needed the tool for removing the handle on my dovetail saw. Instead customer service suggested I send them the saw and they would replace the handle. Which they did along with polishing the fire stained steel and resharpening all at no cost - and they shipped it back with no cost.

Maybe Delta could learn something about customer service at least have knowledgeable customer service people operating at they South Carolina Site. I also wonder if Beisemeyer was part of that sale.
G Renfroe
Spruce Pine, NC

by the time I would gather the all the parts and build this professor Frid and I would have built a sofa table by hand chopping all the mortises and still had the time to get started on a new bed for my daughter = other than that my mortising tool works just great without even thinking about a router. If I was doing production work I would just buy a machine. As far as the other uses it seems that a few simple jigs take care of the matter without having to find a place in my shop for another tool.