What have you made lately?

[Sharxfan]

i should correct myself on the saws:
they'll all need to be adjusted to cut straight/square. some are easier than others

i'm super envious of the shop build. if you're planning the whole thing consider provisions for a large-ish rotary phase converter so you have 3 phase available. it opens up lots of possibilities on the used equipment market

karbon:
creepy, but cool you can do that. are you still making knives too?

Just checked SawStop again man $3K I can get Delta Unisaw, portable planer, and dust collection on that budget. I know the cartridge thing is awesome but wish it was more affordable. My riving knife and saw guard on the Bosch jobsite are awesome and I always use push sticks of some sort.

I am going to try and go high on the workshop ceiling so that I can do 2 floors around the outside and leave the center open. I also want to see about doing a finishing room with AC/Heat and maybe attached hardwood storage to avoid temp/humidity swings. This will also be my tractor, ATV, motorcycle, golf cart, lawn mower and muscle car rebuilding garage so it will serve many uses.

Wait what Karbon makes knives. Pics please. I have wanted to get into blacksmithing for a while..... so many interests and so little time in the day. Hmmm looking at workshop diagram and thinking about how to cram a smithy into it.

 

[Karbon]

Got some mad skills going on there Karbon.

Thanks!

 

[auntiebling]

i hear ya on the sawstop. someone always says it so i'll be That Guy: how much are your fingers worth?

i'm in the same boat, except i don't even have room for a cabinet saw so sawstop isn't really in the cards. nor do i use it all that much, or have a roof to put it under. i'm fine having my shitty jobsite saw under an awning, no way i'm putting a $3k tool out exposed like that.

if i were in your shoes i'd probably make someting like this (there are dozens of variations, this was the first one that came up for me)
[YOUTUBE]QXKYn7hYWgs[/YOUTUBE]

and have a wad of cash hanging around when a sawstop shows up used around you

re:knives
hopefully karbon will do some showing off and education but you don't need a smithy to make knives. in fact that's the hard way, start with just grinding and heat treating (heat treating can be farmed out also).

check out Walter Sorrels on youtube. he has lots of videos geared to the novice knife maker

 

[Mike95060]

speeds and feeds... i cut some aluminum plate in by backyard and kinda just left the shavings because i ain't got time for that. the chickens thought they were AMAZING and started eating them. stupid chickens

mike do you disable the safety brake or wear gloves when cutting metal on the sawstop?

Yeah you have to use the bypass on anything conductive or you trip the safety stop. 90% of the time I'm cutting acrylic so the safety is effective. I was quite careful chopping those blocks.

 

[fraz]

Thanks Climber, trying to step it up a little.

If it's just oil..dont let city rain hit it!..


I also did the red on red on my deck.

Deck looks killer. Exactly what I was scheming for a small, low hot tub deck minus the railing. The bench is on well covered porch so not worried about this one. For a deck like yours I might use a boat deck sealer or something heavy duty.

I swear I don’t get a kickback on saw sales. That’s 3” thick 7075 T651 plate. The sawstop made quick work of it. They really are well made tools.

Man, I'd totally get one but I am of TinyShop(tm) space. Curious if you hit the bypass everytime you cut aluminum or if you found some other solution. My machinist bro hates them cause he'd forget the bypass and boom, there goes a cartridge, blade, and down time. For most bulk materials he uses Jet horizontal bandsaw and that works well.

That planer is probably out of my budget was thinking more along the lines of a bench planer.

The go-to almost everybody went to was the Dewalt 735 "lunchbox" planer. They aren't cheap at around $650 but I'll likely get one of those next.

My old man's planer took a dive in middle of a project I was on and needed a replacement. Picked up a [cringe] Harbor Freight Bauer 112.5" for $350 and it has been working surprisingly well. Still need to square the base to the head better than the factory as it is off a little. Other than that, it works well. Not to mention, the blades are dual sided so you can flip and reuse. And a pair of new blades is like a whopping $25 so cheap enough to keep spares on hand.

 

[Mike95060]

In a shop that cuts mostly metal a sawstop would not be ideal. There is a key to turn as you power the machine on to activate the safety bypass. I cut 90% acrylic or delrin. In that situation ya just flip the switch and cut. If I were cutting tough metals, stainless or steel, a horizontal band saw would be the way to go. It is great to be able to dice up 3” aluminum plate tho!

 

[Dubbington]

I went from a Bosch job site to a used 3hp 36” right of fence Unisaw to a 5hp 52” Sawstop. Both Unisaw and sawstop were used.

A 3hp PCS sawstop and 3hp Unisaw are gonna be very similar in build quality. Both tanks.

The ICS line of sawstop are the industrial and have larger table tops and thicker trunnions. Mine was a 2005-2006 CB model, their only model at the time. Mine wouldn’t accept a dado cartridge which lead to a $550 replacement of the arbor and all electronics. It turned my 2005 cb into basically a new ICS with latest switch and controls. SS’s has amazing customer service. They were purchased by the company that owns Festool. The SS patent is going to expire soon. Interesting to see what comes out.

My 52” does take up a lot of space but we park outside. The space to the right is really handy as an assembly table.

 

[Dubbington]

What my dad and I’ve made the past 2 weeks roughly. What was once the bedroom doorway and adjacent pantry is now a much larger pantry and we moved the bedroom for down the wall. We picked up about 9sqft in the master bedroom room and about 9sqft more of pantry. We also moved the bathroom door down about 20” so a floor to ceiling cabinet can go in there now for even more storage.

Glad we started all this work 2 weeks from baby dude date

 

[sf250gto]

Nice work, Dubbs. That'll keep your mind off the impending baby.

The earliest Saw Stop patents expire next August, but it sounds like they could keep market locked up for years with extensions and other patents. It would be nice to see others, like Bosch Reaxx, come to market and drive down prices.

 

[auntiebling]

Looks good dubbs. Better 2 weeks before, than "when I catch up on sleep and the baby is calm and isnt napping" cuz that could be years!

 

[Mike95060]

Nice work, Dubbs. That'll keep your mind off the impending baby.

The earliest Saw Stop patents expire next August, but it sounds like they could keep market locked up for years with extensions and other patents. It would be nice to see others, like Bosch Reaxx, come to market and drive down prices.

I'm not sure where I heard it but, IIRC sawstop never wanted to be a tool manufacture. I think I was told they just wanted to licence their technology to all the big name tool makers and then sit back and collect their $$$. For one reason or another it never worked out that way and so instead they resorted to making their own tools. I really think the world would be a better, less maimed, place had they been able to make their tech standard equipment on a lot of power tools. After using the tech I see no reason it should not be considered mandatory safety equipment. Just like seat belts.

 

[Sharxfan]

I went from a Bosch job site to a used 3hp 36” right of fence Unisaw to a 5hp 52” Sawstop. Both Unisaw and sawstop were used.

A 3hp PCS sawstop and 3hp Unisaw are gonna be very similar in build quality. Both tanks.

The ICS line of sawstop are the industrial and have larger table tops and thicker trunnions. Mine was a 2005-2006 CB model, their only model at the time. Mine wouldn’t accept a dado cartridge which lead to a $550 replacement of the arbor and all electronics. It turned my 2005 cb into basically a new ICS with latest switch and controls. SS’s has amazing customer service. They were purchased by the company that owns Festool. The SS patent is going to expire soon. Interesting to see what comes out.

My 52” does take up a lot of space but we park outside. The space to the right is really handy as an assembly table.

Looked it up and seems like SawStop can extend it quite a few more years out to 2027 for the early patents.

Looks like Unisaw or Grizzly are going to be front runners.

I looked and no one within 4 - 6 hours of me is selling anything good or maybe my craig-fu sucks....

 

[auntiebling]

I find a lot more viable ads on Facebook Marketplace these days. Which sucks because I find CL much easier to use.

 

[Dubbington]

I'm not sure where I heard it but, IIRC sawstop never wanted to be a tool manufacture. I think I was told they just wanted to licence their technology to all the big name tool makers and then sit back and collect their $$$. For one reason or another it never worked out that way and so instead they resorted to making their own tools. I really think the world would be a better, less maimed, place had they been able to make their tech standard equipment on a lot of power tools. After using the tech I see no reason it should not be considered mandatory safety equipment. Just like seat belts.

Yeah, the inventor/founder I think was a lawyer and wanted to sell/license the tech. That didn’t go over well so he then tried to make it an OSHA requirement to have the sensing technology. That didn’t please a lot of people. Courts were involved and SS didn’t win. Many won’t buy a SS because of that.

Many are converting over to track saws for space. Can’t do dado cuts thoughts.

I’d like one for cutting down sheet wood. I’d also like a sliding table saw one day. Hands are further away from the blade with sliders.

 

[bikeama]

I say spend the money and buy a Saw Stop. Don't be like Bill.

 

[ctwo]

So, you made stubs?

 

[bikeama]

So, you made stubs?

Damn expensive stubs.

 

[NOTCH1]

pair of salad service sporks in sapele for a buddy's girlfriend's birthday. bout 14" long. finish is bee's wax.

the wood grain is quite twisty and reverses on you quite a bit, which is tricky to deal with when just using a knife blade for the final surface. but the finished surface is pleasant.

 

[ctwo]

Damn expensive stubs.

Very sorry about that. I at least hope that is an old picture.

 

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