Air Jets After doing the Pottery Logo project, I realized that I need to have air jets to both cool the router bit and clear away chips. With plastic especially, but even with wood, the chips, if not cleared, will collect in the channels and create friction, and, eventually, burn … Continue reading
Category Archives: Workshop
New addition to Workshop Tools
I’ve had my 8″ Grizzly Jointer for about 11 years and I love it. At 8″ wide and 75″ long, it does a good job of flattening practically any board I’ve thrown at it. However, the one thing I don’t enjoy is sharpening and re-aligning the long blades in the … Continue reading
New Tool! Wide Belt Drum Sander
I’ve gotten a ‘new’ tool (new for me, it is ‘previously owned’), a wide belt drum sander! This sander is a Performax 16-32 Plus Drum sander. It has a sanding drum that is 16 inches wide but, because one end is open, you can run a piece that it wider … Continue reading
New Woodworking Project, Pizza Peel!
It was a synergistic week this week with the acquisition of a new tool (wide belt drum sander) and attending a “Pizza and Wine” class at Southern Season, which was very thoughtfully given to us by our daughter, Clare. Needing to have ‘something’ that would use the new tool and … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
From your ‘neighborhood’ CNC router