sullyscroller

I have used wood from pallets and crates for years and not had any issues with the chem. I started with a dewalt planer and got years of great service from it. When it finally gave up the ghost 2 years ago I bought a Porter cable 12" at lowes for less than $300 figuring that would be fine for my needs. I have used it daily for those 2 years with very little problems. If I was to estimate how much wood I've run thru it would easily be over 100,000 linear ft. Most of the pallet wood I get is from a vinyl supply comp. and the boards are 12' long. every 2 weeks I pick up around 3-4 hundred boards and run them thru the planer after pulling the nails. I'm tough on my tools as far as working them hard, I don't give them much of a break!!! On the PC planer the blades cost $30 to replace vs $60 on the dewalt. I have resharpen my blades at least a dozen times. Most of my wood is pine but I do run Hardwoods as well thru the PC planer. There is one really nice feature with the dewalt in that it has a built in dust system that can be hooked up to a cyclonic collector. Hope this helps and wasn't to long winded. sully

thanks all the sawdust and alcohol we knew about just trying to find a faster way to do it sully

Just wondering if Damprid could speed the drying of wood . Maybe build a wood box to store wood in with stickers between each board and then have damprid inside of box ? anyone ever try this ? Friend of mine wants to speed the drying time for turning bowls. Also what is the best way to prevent logs outside from splitting .Logs are 1-2' round and 2-3' long. Thanks all sully

they sell the rolls at Walmart in office supplies and harbor freight for less than $ 10.It's my newest friend in the shop to bundle finished products for storage till my shows get started. the rolls are 6" by 1000'. lasts a long time. sully

Edward, we did our last show this past weekend and i'm ready for a long winters nap ! 30 shows this year has kept me away from the saw more than i like. I'm going to take about a month off then get started building up my inventory again. Thank God for my shop heater or it would be April before i could. God bless ya'll sully

I do it all the time and it helps lots. Also if you use a miter saw much use a scrap peice of hardwood as a backer to make a cleaner cut on the back.mine is screwed to the fence from the back sully

I make a lot of sawdust also , I spread it on my flowerbeds like mulch to keep the weeds down. Works great !!!! sully

looks like my Skil brand saw sully

I bought my Porter cable planer at lowes for around $250 and i love it. probably have run 5000 bf thru it in a couple of years. might be my most used tool in my shop sully

Google is a great place to start BUT some of the images are copyrighted and could be an issue if you post the pattern here. sully

I've had the same saw for 5 years with different issues. For the price it's a good saw. because it sounds like the motor is frozen or the linkage is frozen i'd take it back and get another skil. If you tear it down you may not be able to return it. maybe just take the cover off the left side and see what it's not doing sully

DWV stands for drain,waste,vent. It is used mainly for sewer and venting it's what i used. Sch 40 is pressure pipe and is thicker and more expensive. Ferguson is a good source or check other plumbing supply houses in your area. As mentioned static can be a problem so tape a copper wire to the outside of the pipe when you get the system built and ground it . also remember if you reduce from 6" to 4" or smaller the machine will not work to it's peak so have at least 2 - 4" open at the same time. Hope this helps sully

On fretwork I use black felt 95% of the time or red felt for my valentine stuff. Glue the felt to the back with wood glue. sully

If it was me first i'd break into my happy dance then rest and do another dance lol lol lol. sooner or later you'll figger out what to make or do with it. Till then just keep dancing . sully

My vote goes to hard maple sully