Any woodworkers?

I have the same one , had it probably 15-20 years , no issues

 

Did a bunch or grooves. No matter what a lot of chips go forward. I mean it catches some, but not all. Oh well.

 

Set something in front of it with a deflector into a 5 gallon bucket

 

Hahahaha I did. Nicely actually. Thanks. I'm not spending more money on it, edge routing no problem, chips all sucked up.

 

put a vacuum port on the front of the board you're routing

you're welcome

 

It’s so true, they hopefully will last my lifetime I really like a lot of the new tools especially the Festool stuff, everything these days has dust collection ports which I really wish all my old tools had. I just can’t justify replacing them for just that so I guess I’ll just keep getting buried in sawdust

Talk about old tools, here’s a small sample of my hand planes, I use these when I want no dust!

 

That’s a very nice collection! Damn!

 

Anyway one photo

 

The Smithsonian rejected my tools ... <sigh>

 

Cowards

 

Man I’ve got an old craftsman router and corded drill that probably qualify to be in one of those fancy glass cases. Still use them both from time to time. Router overheats and shuts off if you try to get too forceful with it but the drill will break your wrist if you’re not paying attention.

 

Prepping for my colonoscopy so have to run from my shop frequently…..not much getting done on the breezeway gates. I did customize and add some jacking casters to the (now) router stand

 

Haven't had much time in the shop. But the top finish is dry enough to flip it and do one more coat on the bottom.

 

Been there. It ain’t no fun for sure. For me, the prep was much worse than the procedure.

 

So, so much worse. Hopefully they get the dosing right for the happy drugs during the procedure and you remember none of it.

 

I bought this. Much easier and more accurate than using a combi square for my fence setting:

$65 iGaging 35-0928 Digital Table Saw Gauge

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AQGLB1K

 

That’s for squaring the blade to the miter slot…

Do you square that first and turn it around to set the fence?

 

Use it for both it is multi purpose

Blade is square to start so lucky there

But on router table super easy

 

Like this:

For dado location is critical so set that and triple check. Then get everything else set, check position then align fence:



Then check position again

There was a little hilarity. After wondering why nothing was holding in place - I realized my fence face was not super tight. The fence was locked down but the fingie nuts in back weren’t tightened enough. Operator error

 

I never thought to use it for a router table.

Probably because I don’t have one. I mean, I do, but it’s a Ryobi, and it’s in the back (black hole) of the shop.

It makes sense.