MachineJunkie

Tannewitz 36" is down to $3250 on eBay. If it doesn't sell for that, I'm putting it in storage. http://www.ebay.com/itm/251478467759?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 I'm willing to talk with people about a payment plan, or any other creative option, like maybe lending the...

Thanks, Pete. Here's the updated listing - added some stuff, removed others: http://shutupandplayyerguitar.blogspot.com/

I'll continue to update it - I'm out on April 1st, so we're coming down to it now...

Hey all, haven't checked in here in a long time. I'm selling off my whole shop - many tons of machines, lumber, plywood, 15 years of accumulated sawhorses, finish supplies, jigs and fixtures, heaps of scrapwood and random assorted "where the hell did I get this" and "what the hell is ...

Thanks, man. I appreciate it.

Thanks, Pete. You're probably right, though I might be looking at possible aid from the State or the Fed, in which case I'm not sure I can shoot for replacement.

By the way, you freak me out when you call me Buck - you know this is Scott Braun, right?

Hey all, I haven't been around in a long time, so hello and hope you're all well. Hurricane Sandy decided that the roof of the building that houses my shop needed alterations, and borrowed a 40'x50' hunk of it. I'm one floor below the top floor, so it could have been worse, but it looks like my old ...

Thanks, guys - I'll try that, and let you know how it goes.

It'll be pretty easy, I've got on tenant who has a "sanding station" and a knucklehead standing there running an orbital all day long, the poor guy.

I'll just slap a regulator on that spot, and see if anything changes.

The only though I have is surely not the solution but i will ask it for my own knowledge base. Is it possible that the sander is designed to be regulated below 125psi? This could account for its insatiable hunger for air. Wait - giving it too much air would make it MORE hungry for air? Now I'm real...

Haven't been around in a while, thought I'd stop back and see if you iron heads had an opinion on this. I've got an 80 gallon tank, a 5hp 3ph motor, and a newly rebuilt Ingersoll Rand t30-253 compressor pump. Because the little box that sets your limits only allows me to set the top range and the di...

Nektai - You're right, it's based on conductivity. If something (like your finger) completes the circuit, the brake releases and the blade stops and drops on a pivot all at once. This is where the cool and the uncool part of the saw comes in. You can test a material, simply by touching the blade wit...

I have done many things in my life to help me earn the title 'idiot' as surely as the guy in my shop, or as any other idiot, for that matter, but that might be just a little too trusting. You know you're always welcome for a shop visit, though, right? Give me a little heads up, and I'll see if I can...

Ok - a moment of backstory: I had a tenant in my shop for a few years who came featuring a newish unisaw, which made for a nice extra saw to have around, even though it was poorly made. When he moved out recently, I decided to go looking for a 70's or 80's Powermatic 66 - the thought being, well - I...

I'm looking for a nice little saw for those extra little things - small miters, tenons, dados, etc. I like to have a saw around that isn't stronger than me. The old Powermatic 66 was perfect - 3HP, left tilt blade, nicely made. Now they make them in the basement of a school for the mentally handicap...

thanks, all. I'll try all of those, but first:

Arthur, it is basically the pork chop - it's broken and has been 'fixed' with two thin plates that are no longer doing the job.

what would you sell yours for?

feel free to email me: scottbraunfurniture@gmail.com

Well, we had a little accident - one of the guys in my shop lost a bit of his fingertip - it wasn't great, but it could've been MUCH worse. He did just barely clip the artery, but didn't hit bone or even nail. Regardless, it sucks, and I need to make sure this doesn't happen again, in whatever way I...

just realized i never came back to tell you all that the guides were, indeed, mounted upside down. i could argue that there is a reason to keep them that way, mostly that the "stationary" side of the guide blocks would then be on the same side for upper and lower, makes it easier when you'...

Kirk, I was going to suggest the same thing - why not buy one of those portable 12 inchers? They'd be perfect for all those spline-y type things, you could use it without worry of beating up the knives, and it's small enough that you could just hide it in your section of the shop and not share your ...

kirk - we miss you and your i don't wanna do woodwork attitude up here! (pete told me about the double sticked tape table at RIT...) ok - all the stuff doug said, plus: pretty much any type of cedar except aromatic is ok outside - alaskan, western red, spanish, etc. you can also use douglas fir (dou...

I recommend Larry Schmel highly as a source of good lumber, good advice, and good stories - but no matter what he tells you, I think trying to speed-dry 16/4 white oak is a fool's game. That "Canadian company" turned a couple grand's worth of green 16/4 walnut I had into total firewood for...

I doubt you're going to be able to find white oak at that thickness without checks and honeycombing, but if you can live with that, I've heard sawyers swear they can do it (I've tried, and they were wrong every time). Finally figured out that getting that four sides quartered look might not have bee...