Any woodworkers?

Damn! I wish I had your jointer! I'm currently stuck with a 6" Jet that doesn't really want to stay in adjustment. I sure do love my Festool equipment though.

 

I noticed the oil based poly is too thick consistency, im thinking of cutting it with mineralspirits to apply on some of my stuff

 

First machine I bought. It’s a beast! When the knives get dull I may shelix it up, if the motor can handle it.

 

I was replying to you above and somehow missed the quote button. Just like I missed the giant tension knob on the raise/lower adjustment that has been missing from my machine since I bought it!

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So that knob sitting just under the dust collector shroud there - I'm supposed to have one on the front AND the back. Go figure. Short trip to the hardware store and I ought to be good to go, just slap a nut and a nylon washer on it. Been trying to figure that out for months! Hard to see what isn't there.

 

I did a sewing machine base table like that as well.

 

It takes less power to run a shellix head. You'll be fine.

 

Most of my old machines are metal working machines. I do collect vintage wood working tools though.

 

What wood is that? Looks great!

 

It's maple with a light stain, can't remember the color though, lol.
These where the boards it came out of. It was kind of a darker maple to start with.

 

Looks like hickory to me

 

Nice

 

Nope, it was definitely a maple, not sure what species though. Possibly a Norway or a king crimson. I used to work with a tree company years ago and that's where I got a lot of my wood stash. I would just mark boards maple and not the actual species.

 

It's a little hard to see in this pic but here is some of my wood stash.

 

A little jealous here. Lol

 

This is one of the ways I get my wood. A chainsaw mill. I can make cuts 38" wide. I dont move the logs, I carry the mill to the logs and remove them a board at a time.
This is the set up for the first cut.

Making a 5" slab of maple. This got cut up into turning blanks.

A nice ambrosia maple log.

Pushing through another 5" slab.

 

What year is that Honda express?

 

1980, I still have it.

 

Man I love turning wood.