The title says it is an engineer's approach to woodworking. My daughter is a mechanical engineering graduate from Queen's University in Kingston so I have developed respect for engineers over the last few years. When I was at McMaster all I saw of engineering was over turned benches and toilet paper flapping in the breeze.
I look in on this site regularly to see what he is up to and to get inspiration for my own workshop. I use his Zero Clearance Insert for the band saw all the time.
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Has anyone tried using 7 1/2 inch circular saw blades on their table saw that he talks about in his wood shop trick section. His logic is good but I haven't tried it yet.
My table saw is underpowered so I use an 8", 1/8" kerf blade for perfectly smooth cuts and no hp problem.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great web site. I've been sorting through it for about 2 hours & there is lots of good information to be found here.
ReplyDeleteThe advice on the smaller circ saw blades makes sense - given that most of what we cut is under an inch. While I don't think the thin blade will negatively impact the cut, there are always blade stabilizers. My only question here would be around the quality of the cut. Although I haven't looked (yet), but a high quality circ saw blade might be hard to find.
Thanks for the link, Ian!
As far as bandsaw zero clearance goes, I use a couple after market inserts (by R&D Bandsaws I think) that work well. The drawback to using a thin layer of plywood is that could interfere with a fence system. The inserts I use are cheap enough that I have one for each blade size - works well.
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