cahudson42

Loan out tools? Depends on the tool. Of course

Loan out my TS-55? No way. My 25-year old Skilsaw? No problem.

My Lee Vally Veritas BU Smoother? Again no way. But I do have a truly horible #4 chinese Footprint should I be asked.

My Router and Router bits? No - not at all. I forget who said loaning out your router bits is like loaning out your toothbrush..

Come to think of it, the 'toothbrush' answer should be a good one for all our tools... "My XXX is just like my toothbrush. I wouldn't loan it out - and you shouldn't want to use it..."

Interesting to see if the Confederate pieces are mostly SYP - and the North? Walnut? Cherry? or what?

Hi Roland,

Any chance that FWW could videotape one of the handplane clinics for viewing later by readers who can't attend in person?

Preferably the entire class/clinic - not just a 5 minute excerpt?

Don't woory about tight editing. I'm sure many of us enjoy stuff like this 'as it happens' - like with the recent 'live' cherry table 'finishing shootout' with Asa, Mike, and Anatole.

In fact, why not do it live, just like the shootout?

Best Regards,
Chris

Bosch used to (may still?) make an aluminum adapter for their jigsaws to do the same thing. I don't think it was sold here in the us, but I found and ordered mine from the UK couple years back.

Chris

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but for a lone woodworker trying to break down a 70 lb sheet of 3/4 ply - there is no easier solution than a Festool TS-55 and rail system and a 'sacrificial' sheet of cheap CDX. Move a 10lb saw instead of a 70lb sheet.

Don't dismiss it until you try it. The TS-55 is perhaps the one Festool actually worth its outrageous price. And you can return it in 30 days if for some reason you don't like it.

Great unbelievable edges. Here is an example: http://www.cfnet.net/yc/

(I do not work for Festool, either,,:>)

Chris

Hi Stephany,

I also have an 'outside shop' at my Adirondack camp. Little different approach - I cleaned out the junk in our 'mower shed' (mowers too - they are outside) - an 8 x 10 - and now 'roll out' my tools to the gravel driveway in front of it when I use my 'shop'..

For both space and cost I bought Hitachi benchtop bandsaw, drill press, and belt sander. They work - the bandsaw particularly is nice for bevelled backs of Adirondack chairs because the saw tilts - not the table. Also Ryobi mitersaw and 10" table saw (Home Depot), router table mounted in a workmate, Sunhill 12" planer. I wouldn't want to work 8/4 Oak with this stuff - but for Western Red Cedar and White Pine - they are fine. And my favorite - a Festool TS-55 plunge saw/guide system. Next week, I'll bring up an MFT. (The TS-55 is perhaps the one Festool worth its cost - it is really great. Here is an example of what I used it for outside: http://www.cfnet.net/yc/)

Thoughts: Can some part of the deck be enclosed on three sides with a shed roof top - and perhaps your marine fabric used as a roll down/drop down 'door'? Here the rain is really a pita - I now keep the bandsaw and the drill press in the shed and use them there undercover - the rest I roll out when I use them.

That said - the rain is the worst. I also would really like to be in the shop when it rains - and thats a lot more here in the Adirondacks than at SF.

If I can somehow find the money I am looking at possibly a 'sheds-r-us'-type prefab from Home Depot - 12 x 16. Almost 200 sf! I will be in Hog Heaven - comparatively..


Good Luck!
Chris

Asa,

I also heavily use my Festool TS-55 at my Adirondack Summer Shop, and am bringing up an MFT to there next week as well.

I do use sheet goods up there as well as the 5/4 cedar and pine - and the Festool makes it possible for one person to handle them easily. Plus - you will not believe the edge cut quality you get with that thing.


Yes, horribly overpriced - but perhaps the one Festool product that is actually worth the money paid.

A great 'benchtop tool' you might consider adding to your set.

I would think this DVD would improve anyone's woodworking skillset - just as all the videos here at the FWW website do.

One of the main reasons I signed up for full FWW site access is the videos - plus access to all the past great articles.

While that is a 'library in itself' - additional DVDs are always welcome!

The inexpensive Hitachi benchtop bandsaw is great. The saw tilts rather than the table - making it perfect for cutting stuff like the beveled top back support of an Adirondack chair.

I also have the Hitachi benchtop sander and drillpress. Plus Ryobi (Home Depot) BTS10 table saw, and Ryobi 10" miter Saw.

Finally a Sunhill 12" benchtop planer and Router mounted in a Workmate.

All At my Adirondack camp as my 'Summer Workshop'

I'm not sure I'd want to build an Oak Morris Chair with this stuff, but they all work just fine with the 5/4 Western Red Cedar decking and 1" White Pine I use for Summer projects.