Woodworking ⁽⁹¹⁾

Brian Bilbrey November 4, 2012

6 Weeks

Just sayin'. I finished this week's schoolwork yesterday, so I managed to read the documentation for the new saw, adjust things that needed adjusting, and push some wood through the machine for the first time. Much easier to set up square and true. I still need to pay close attention to feed rate, because I didn't want to spend 4 grand + an electrician to get a cabinet saw in... but it's a very nice saw, and I've got it dialed in within about .005 on the fence, and an invisibly small fraction of a degree on the miter gauge.

Brian Bilbrey November 1, 2012

Finger-saving Tool Assembled

Shiny new SawStop tablesaw

Brian Bilbrey October 8, 2012

Nine Weeks Left

Ten actual weeks left in my quest to get my first BS. I'm in the last week of my penultimate class, and the instructor just cancelled another assignment. That's nice and all, yo, but I'd been doing research and prep for it. That's the second big syllabus change in an eight week session. Really? I would ask why, but I'd probably be angry at the answer, so it's best to to let that one pass. It's Columbus Day, one of the Federal holidays my employer chooses to observe. So I'll be using today to get ahead of the game on…

Brian Bilbrey November 21, 2011

Continued Woodshop Reorganization

The "cart" I use for the jointer and the router table was empty space at the bottom, and when stored against the wall, I kept the compressor in the niche. But I had to move the compressor every time I wanted the cart out in the middle. Now the compressor rolls with the cart! Previously seen on that shelf: an Aiwa boom box. This new setup uses the old Logitech system from my office desktop, providing an audio input for the iPhone, which also can charge (which is good in the low-signal environment in the basement): Being a wood-hoarder, I…

Brian Bilbrey November 21, 2011

New Coffee Roasting Cart

So, I've got the week off, this week. And we're not going anywhere, so I have time for projects, mixed in with the schoolwork. The first project is to clean up and reorganize the woodshop a bit. To do that, I need to get the coffee roaster and vent hood off of my workbench, where it's lived for the last two years. I haven't minded much, because I've been too busy to do much woodworking, but you never know. Sitting in a box. I had components for a 6' tall slender rack, rolling or standing. An alternative is to build…