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1. 
   YesIWood | Dec 10, 2006 07:11am | #1

   PMM,

     I have been using the wood slicer resaw blade and just love it.  FWW had an article so time ago (Nov/Dec 2004) on how to set up for resawing, and it works great no more drift.

     I usually use a small brush to spread glue when gluing boards together.  The finger thing gets too messy for me.  I do use formica samples (from a big box store) to spread glue, epoxy, and the like.  And they are free.  I also use them on Red Oak.  When I want to "pop" the grain I mix up a couple colors of water based wood filler and spread it all over the top.  Then sand clean.  apply finish and Wah-laa.

     I understand that you like all types of wood working.  So do I.  I like taking on the challenge of a new project.  I try to expand my horizons with each project.

     Hope all the new tools you want are under the tree this year.  Or do what I do.  I buy it myself, wrap it, and put from the dog's (name) on it.  He always buys me the right tool, hehehehehe

    

   Joe

   Even a broken clock is correct twice a day...

    

2. 
   mapleman | Dec 10, 2006 09:30am | #2

   Matty,

   Am I the only idiot who likes spreading glue with my forefinger?

   Nope. And I wipe the excess off under my assembly table. I crawled under there the other day for some dropped screws and looked up at what looked like 500 rock hard crusty boogers all around the edge.

   Am I the only woodworker who hates changing my regular tablesaw blade in and out for dado blade use?  Am actually considering dedicating an old tablesaw to exclusive dado use.

   Got ya beat on that one. Bought a lightly used Powermatic 66 a year ago off of Ebay, and couldn't give my mid- 70's craftsman direct drive 12" tablesaw away. So I put it at 90 degrees to the powermatic with both butted against a 4X8 mdf assembly table(same table as above) to use as an outfeed. Now the dado stays on the craftsman 24/7, and it works out great. I build kitchen cabinets and do a lot of dadoing, so this is an ideal set up for me.

    the more I see the more I want to build.

   Sounds very familiar!

   Merry Christmas,

   Lee

    

3. 
   Pondfish | Dec 10, 2006 05:11pm | #3

   Yessir, a good blade in the band saw makes life wonderful.  A bad blade makes you want to sell your bandsaw.  I resaw maple and english sycamore a lot, and when I got a woodslicer, life got way, way better.

   I too am a card carryin' member of the spread-glue-with-your-finger club.  It's quick, the glue spreader is always in your hand, and cleanup is as easy as peeling off a layer of skin (or, like the other poster, wipe it on the underside of the table).

   Concentrating on one or two specialities may be better for business, but I didn't quit my $250K/year executive job for the money to be made in woodworking.  I like making whatever I want to make, and trying new things all the time.  Maybe someday I'll find something that i want to focus on, but for now, woodworking is a way to express my artistic urges.

   All the best.

   Recommending the use of "Hide Signatures" option under "My Preferences" since 2005
4. 
   Knotscott | Dec 11, 2006 04:35pm | #4

   Yes...you're the only one on all accounts!   ;-)

   Merry Christmas to you as well....

    

5. 
   user-199510 | Dec 11, 2006 10:16pm | #5

   You're not the only one who hates switching between single table saw blades and dado blades.  I solved the problem by mounting my old 8-in. Delta contractor's saw in the side table of my newer 10-in. Jet cabinet saw.  After routing the square hole in the table, I attached angle-iron mounts around all four sides and dropped the dado-mounted Delta saw (which I had separated from its base) into the hole. I made the angle-iron square about 1/8-in. large on each side and drilled holes for set screws in each corner so I could square the dado blade with the Jet saw blade.  The irony is, that still left enough table room on the right to mount my router (replete with lifter).  Now I have three of my most-often-used tools occupying the space of one.  And all three use the same fence.  Best thing I ever did.  One concern, though. You want to make sure the extra weight of the dado saw doesn't cause your side table to sag; if you think that might happen, make some sort of "legs" to prop that section of the table up to keep it level.

6. 
   PCWoodworks | Dec 11, 2006 10:56pm | #6

   I'm a finger spreader also. However , I would reccomend one precaution.

   If you are used to spreading and wiping off excess PVA with your fingers thats all well and good.However, it would be well within reason to rethink your methods when using CA. It's awful hard to open a can of acetone with your lips!

   Not that I have any personal experience in the matter!

    

    

   
   

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   Edited 12/11/2006 2:58 pm ET by PCWoodworks

1. 
   gmoney | Dec 12, 2006 01:50am | #7

   yow! now that is a point well taken.

2. 
   mike4244 | Dec 13, 2006 03:21am | #8

   I laughed out loud about CA glue. A certain woodworker I know had to leave the shop,go into the kitchen to get his wife to open the acetone.She still laughs at me after a full year.Next time I'm walking to the firehouse with the acetone, it's only a half mile.

   mike

7. 
   mudman | Dec 13, 2006 08:24pm | #9

   Good blades work better. Duhh. lol.

   It seems to me that the more experience one has the more likely they are to use the ol' finger. If I need to spread a lot of glue I use a paint brush or roller.

   Lots of comercial shops have a saw dedicated to dadoing. But remember that you still have to change shims and chippers a lot, unless you only mill MDF or PB which all have the same thickness. However I can change over in about 10 minutes, including test cuts and measureing.

   I try to focus on kitchen, bath, office, media, play room and dineing room cabinetry and furniture in the contemporary style, and the modern style, and really am focusing on ultra highend paint grade finishes, I currently engrossed in hand carved details and effects. I specialize in archaetechual work focusing in interior and exterior work.

   So yea I am pretty focused and specialised..... in anything that dosent require a lathe. Heh heh.

   Pardon my spelling,

   Mike

   Make sure that your next project is beyond your skill and requires tools you don't have. You won't regret it.