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  1. Jim Finn
    I just bought this plunge router (November 2020) attachment for my Dremel from Home Depot (On Line) for less than $27,
  2. Jim Finn
    I have 10 and resize using "Paint"
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    Never worked for me even at 40% fee.
  4. Jim Finn
    I keep an excel spread sheet up to date with each purchase going back 20 years now. I only list name, brand, voltage, motor size, purchase price & date, and current replacement cost.
  5. Jim Finn
    I installed Hegners quick clamp on the bottom. It is made to be used on the top. It worked for me but because I do not do fretwork I do not need this. so I went back to just using it on the top.
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    Nice demonstration. I do not do it his way but he gets good results.
  9. Jim Finn
    I have been out selling at our farmers market three times, and all three were $100 over last years average sales. This Sat. I will be there again and it may also go well because it, like the other three , occur just before father's day. Most of my sales are purchases for gifts.
  10. Jim Finn
    I resaw 8" and 6" ash, oak, maple and LOTS of cedar. I can easily re-saw 24 lineal feet of each of the hardwoods before the blades starts to wonder. I then , with that same blade, re-saw cedar for about 200 lineal feet before any problem. I also use this blade for many cuts other than re-sawing and it works fine for that, indefinitely it seems. I change out to a new blade when I next need to re-saw hardwoods again. I use many of these blades per year because I am working in my workshop forty hours a week.
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    I resaw ash, oak, bubinga, cedar and maple on my 14" Grizzly bandsaw and I use the blade you mentioned. It lasts MUCH longer than Woodslicer does. About 10 times a long. It , of coarse, does not last forever. I buy those blades by the dozen about once every 18 months. For about $28 it is a good deal in my opinion. I get other blades from Supercut and they work well on my 14" saw also.
  12. Jim Finn
    I make small boxes of cedar or ash. I cut the corners of the four sides on my miter saw and apply white Elmer's glue and hold them together with rubber bands. It sets up fast though. On larger projects, I still use Elmer's white glue and tape the corners together before applying clamps. This glue dries clear .
  13. Jim Finn
    Welcome from a former Wisconsin resident. I spent my first 38 years in Racine and now live in Lubbock Texas.
  14. Jim Finn
    I use the HF "click on click off" foot switches. (I do not do fretwork). I have one of these footswitches on each of my two scroll saws, the drill press, the 14" band saw, the 9" band saw and on two different stationary belt sanders. I have not yet set one up to turn on the lights. <grin> I have them all screwed to the wooden floor.
  15. Jim Finn
    Oh I now see. The BLADE teeth ok yes.
  16. Jim Finn
    "Teeth in the center of the top wheel"? What is that?
  17. Jim Finn
    Thank you for your respect for my efforts, but to be honest, I do fairly good quality and a LOT of quantity. People tell me I have talent but I tell them "No I have perseverance" Life is good. This is my latest: It is a offering box for a local church. I have made three of them. It is made of Ash with inlay of their church logo, using Mahogany and Maple and stained with golden oak stain. Finished with Lacquer, inside and out. Measures 7"x 10" x 3 1/2". Slots in the end are for the offerings to the church to be inserted as it is passed instead of an offering plate. This was inspired by the current virus scare.
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    I bought my GO555 new in 2008. That model is no longer offered at Grizzly. The ones offered have letters after the "GO555" When I bought mine it was called "The ultimate band saw", I think. 1 HP.
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    These are very simple inlays. The best sellers are a bit more complex but "different strokes..."
  20. Jim Finn
    Yet again more inlays in box lids. I have kept busy making toys but a friend, since 1947, asked me to make some custom boxes for his grands. Maple inlaid into aromatic (eastern red) cedar.
  21. Jim Finn
    I enjoy re-sawing and milling wood! I use mostly cedar , maple, bubinga, walnut and oak. I am making boxes with images inlaid into the hinged lids. I have a 14" grizzly GO555 band saw with a 6" riser and a resaw fence. I re-saw all my wood to 3/8" but could just as easily re-saw to 1/4". With the 6" riser I can resaw up to 12 1/2" wood. Usually resaw 6"-8" wood. The secret to resawing is a sharp blade. As soon as I get a tapered cut I toss the blade and install a new one. I pay less than $30 per blade at "Supercuts". 1/2" their top of the line carbide impregnated blade 3 teeth per inch. After resawing, the cut needs to be run through the thickness planer. I buy some eight foot boards of different woods and resaw it all to 3/8" . I need to do this about every three months. I purchased the Grizzly bandsaw in 2008 and have had to repair it twice. (I use it a lot. not just for resawing). Repairs cost me less than $20.
  22. Jim Finn
    Yes, I just googled "Rhino Drawings" and came up with one I liked and patterned it after that drawing.
  23. Jim Finn
    I do not consider myself young enough for much. I will be 78 this year.
  24. Jim Finn
    Today I am working on 17 more rhinos, only I am making them of African Mahogany that was given to me. Dark brown color suits this critter I guess.
  25. Jim Finn
    This is what I made today, along with 103 toy trucks. I just found an image of a Rhino and cut it out of 3/4" sugar pine. I like this, so I plan to make at least fifty of them. Our club donates toys to local children's hospital and The Salvation Army & to Ronald McDonald House.
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