Any woodworkers?

I'd go with the Harvey, bigger motor and free shipping if you ordered it today. Free shipping ends Feb 10th. The Harvey has had better reviews. I own laguna products but came really close to purchasing a harvey table saw but they where not available when I was ready to pull the trigger. If I was to purchase a 14" bandsaw today it would be the Harvey. Specs out better. And it's actually $100 less than the laguna with the free shipping if purchased today. After today it's another $400 for shipping. Money not being a consideration I'd probably still go with the Harvey if you have 220v power in your shop. 3hp motor? Yes please!
Rikon isn't even in the same league.

 

For what it's worth... I have a Rikon and it's been trouble free for several years. The dust collection port on mine was an odd size, so I had to make an adaptor.

 

Thanks for your opinion. I do have 220v in my garage so that is not an issue. I was leaning towards the Harvey because of the type of blade guides it uses. A Snodgrass Youtube bandsaw video show him switching out the ceramic guides to the bearing style. Another had him mentioning that he did not really like the ceramic guides that Laguna uses. I don't have any experience with either type, but would rather go with the more "accepted" style from the start.

The Harvey "free shipping sale" has been extended to today. Their current special is $100 less than it was a week ago. I don't like being forced to make up my mind quickly, but would also like to save some money when possible.

I was going to go with the Rikon at first due to the price. However, I am getting sucked into the "for just a little more money I could get ..." type of thinking.


Thanks for the help and advice!

 

I just looked at the Harvey online. That looks pretty awesome. I don’t even need a bandsaw but I was tempted…

 

Yeah the guides are another thing I liked, ball bearing and tool less. Makes blade changes and adjustments that much easier.

 

First leg assembly is glued up and in the clamps. One at a time because I only have 6 clamps this size. The blue tape really helps with the glue squeeze out and prevents it from getting rubbed into the grain of the wood. Particularly helpful with open grained woods.



Second one is all taped up and ready for the glue up.

 

I wish that I had done this blue tape trick with my Redwood patio furniture. I can still see places where I wiped glue off.

Well Done!

 

Sometimes if I forget to cover the face I've had good luck scraping glue tracks off with a piece of glass. Then sanding .

 

As I was contemplating how I'm going to mill and dry the olive tree logs, I got the idea of building a small kiln. I was thinking a small, insulated box with some kind of heater controlled by a thermostat. Figuring a lot of people have done this, I checked Google. What popped up was solar kilns. Interesting. Air dry is generally 1 year for each inch, commercial kilns are 5 to 14 days and solar kilns are 30-40 days for 1 inch. From my recent greenhouse build I have lumber and polycarbonate panels on hand. I think I'm going to make a scaled down version of one of these. Much smaller than this one:

https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/420/420-030/420-030.html

 

I have always been annoyed that the glue-seepage dis-coloring the surrounding wood. I have almost always had blue tape around.

Sometimes adding 1 and 1 is not obvious. But I will learn from your success, at least this time.

 

It works most of the time. Sometimes I have to get in the corners with a chisel to clean them up a bit but it's usually minimal and much easier than trying to sand off major glue smears and squeeze out with wet rags etc. It takes some time to properly tape it but it's worth the effort in the long run.

 

Short 8 hour day at work means get your butt in the shop! So I took the first leg out of the clamps and pulled the tape off. Of course some got glued on and needed to be cleaned up.
Stanley 82 scraper made quick work of it.

Cleaned up nice. A little chisel work on the inside corners to remove tape also.

First leg is cleaned up. It will get 4 through mortices cut into it eventually.

Last leg is in the clamps.

This is the last glue up.

Once this one cures and is cleaned up I'll start working on the cross stretchers. Still a lot of work to do but it's getting there.

 

Need help yall

I want to glue up a large board 3’ x 8’ dimensions with my company name and logo (it’s real simple) routered (or CNC’d) out of the board in big block lettering

how would one go about finding someone local that could pull that off? I’ve reached out to my local contacts (aside from my local specialty wood dealer, calling them tomorrow) and had no luck thus far. Only person I’ve found only has a CNC that was 36” x 12”

any tips?

 

Easy, index.

 

Pretend I’m real dumb and say that again using crayons on construction paper for me

 

Make big drawing (logo)

Take drawing, and separate into 4 programs

Run 1st program

Move wood

Run 2nd program

Move wood

Run 3rd program

Move wood

Run 4th

Celebrate with favorite IPA

This is assuming the table is somewhat of an open design on the opposite end the wood can be fed from (should be considering how small it is)

Anyone with a smaller CNC table that actually wants to make money will figure out indexing

 

Ahhhhh you meant indexing in the sense of the CNC. I was trying to sort how I might index something. Please refer to me being an idiot, especially at this point in the day

the one person with the smaller CNC didn’t even give that as a possible solution.

thanks! I’ll push that the next time I find someone with the right equipment

 

I'm not any brighter myself

But yeah it's really simple as long as you have your cut envelope measured correctly and laid out on the table the same way each time

Adding a sort of "guide" means you can press the wood piece against it ensuring the whole thing cuts evenly

But yeah even a small table can do it, just have to find someone that knows how to use their setup as even a hobbyist can do it

 

Just so I can accurately relay this info to my wife..

What you’re telling me is that I need to buy my own CNC as it will be cheaper in the long run.

Is that correct?