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Shop Talk Live 47: Compromising Photos from FWW
This week we start things off with the harrowing (OK, maybe that’s an overstatement) story of a shopmade gift that fell flat on its face. Then, it’s off to the races as we answer a whole host of woodworking questions ranging from epoxy and spokeshave sharpening–to jointer tech and purchasing lumber off of Craigslist.
New Visual Shop Stumper Makes its Debut
Plus, we’re offering up a set of Rockler Bench Cookies to a listener who can correctly identify the guitarist seen in the photo at the top of this post. If you know which Fine Woodworking staffer that is, be sure to email your answer to [email protected]. Be sure to write “Visual Shop Stumper” in the subject line. We’ll select one correct answer at random and that person will receive a set of Bench Cookies for their effort. Note: Do not post your answers here in the blog post–any answers posted here will be disqualified from the random drawing.
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Know which Fine Woodworking staffer this is? Your correct guess could get you a set of Rockler Bench Cookies. Only answers sent in via email to [email protected] will be considered. Do not post your answer at the bottom of this post.
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This week on Shop Talk Live, the guys debut a new visual Shop Stumper, and report on a shopmade gift that fell flat on its face. Plus, your woodworking questions answered.
Comments
I have a quick comment about the first question from Podcast 47. The question raised several issues about purchasing a jointer. I completely agree with Matt's advice about finding a vintage cast iron Delta 6" jointer or even another maker such as Yates, Oliver, Powermatic, Walker/Turner/ Boice Crane, etc. I also agree with Mike in that if you can get a good deal on an 8" jointer, go ahead and get that first. The point I want to raise is that the person asking the question wrote that he wanted to use the jointer to clean up cuts from his table saw. Unless you are making a board and are jointing the ripped surfaces that will be glued together, normally I don't think you should need to return to the table saw after ripping to width. If your table saw cuts are leaving a rough or burned surface, I think that needs to be addressed at the table saw and then hopefully that can be tuned to the point where you will be leaving a clean enough cut that it can be cleaned with a small hand plane or through sanding and not resort to going back to the jointer for that purpose.
To the question about honing spoke shaves. I successfully hone Veritas blades using their MkII honing guide.
Your podcast continues to be entertaining and informative.
Dean
With respect to sharpening spokeshave blades with the veritas MKII honing guide: Veritas also offers a magnetic blade holder to hold small spokeshave blades so that they can be used normally in the MKII. The item is located here: http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=44484&cat=1,43072,43078&ap=1
Cheers!
Love the show, keep up the great work!
Jeff
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