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Quest for the Quietest Bandsaw

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

Update: you can now check out a video of my 10 year quest for a better bandsaw here: https://youtu.be/WmfpUttxdL8  Why want an especially quiet bandsaw? To start with, it’s just more human friendly to use a machine that is not screaming away while you are trying to focus on doing good work.  We might also want to consider neighbourly […]

Planer Thicknesser Mod

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

After struggling to hand plane timber to correct and precise dimensions, we have finally taken the plunge and got a planer thicknesser. The planer part should allow us to make two precise, flat surfaces at an exact angle to each other. And the thicknessing facility should, well, let us work a bunch of wood to […]