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The only house I worked on as a carpenter from foundation all the way to "occupancy", the Journeyman Carpenter obsessed about who he hired to build the forms and pour the foundation. He told simply, a poor foundation will cause you extra time and work through the whole construction of the house. I have never forgotten that tip.
The same is true with woodworking, if we start off knowing as much as we can about the wood, it can save trying to fix things later on, which very often take more time to fix than doing it right the first time ...
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In this video I am adding a steel plate to the top of the existing plastic deck on my Ridgid Oscillating Belt and Drum Sander. I have purchased a plate of 10 gauge, mild steel and had it cut the appropriate size and now the real work begins.
I will be drilling holes large enough to accommodate the belt sanding mechanism, which will also mean all the drums will work as well on the sander. The big PLUS for me is that with this added feature to the sander I can now build and use a variety of new jigs for this sander and use Magswitch Technology instead of wood clamps to get quick, super solid positioning with all my jigs.
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I seem to have spent a lifetime creating and re-creating shop made stands, work benches and cabinets. After purchasing a new tool, I often need to make some sort of a stand for it, which usually means something "quick and dirty" with the idea I will make a better one later or ... which I do, but sometime MUCH later ...
My Favorite NEW Shop Made Planer Stand
Such is the case with my Planer Stand. I love my little 13" (thirteen inch) helical head planer. With my other tools, it is perfect for my shop saves me tons of time and works like a gem, but the stand has always been an issue for me ...
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Diamond sharpening has not been a mystery to me, but just not something I have ventured into ... probably because I was a bit unsure of what to do and what I could expect. Well ... that all changed when I received this Side by Side Diamond sharpening system from M Power Tools, it changed everything - sharpening for me.
Diamond Stone Sharpening a $uper Rare Stanley No. 2 Plane
I have know the "mechanics" of proper blade sharpening for decades, but I don't use hand planes and chisels all that often and do look after them so they don't get dull very often, and to be honest, the process I had been using was SO TEDIOUS, I would oftne put off sharpening intil a number of pieces needed sharpening then do them all at the same timee ... but that has changed ...
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