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Dave, I also make different boxes, both square, domed, box joint and 8 sided (22.5 degree cuts) . On the joint box, I always leave at least 2 extra pins for the top. Depending on the width of the wood, I may end up with short pin and I'll mount the top on that side. I have a 8" HF band saw and cut it on the 2nd pin. I have a Kreg fence for even cuts. After various attempts to get the cut marks out and even, I decided to "lap" the lower and upper edges of the top and bottom where they mate. I have a tempered 1/4" piece of glass that I carpet taped with sand paper. I also use it for glue ups. I pencil mark all edges to be sanded and proceed to figure "8" sand. When all the marks are gone, the surface is perfectly even. It can be tedious and time consuming but the effects are always the best. I need to find some sort of oscillating table to make short work of this process. On my 8 sided boxes, I make sure that all the side pieces are exactly the same height. I sneak up on my 22.5 degree cuts until my miter is set for the rest of the cuts. On glue up, there can be a slight miss alignment but since the sizes of the pieces are identical, the lapping is minimal. Hope that helps. BTW, paintings by my wife.

Gold Medal!!!!!!

The Boeing 314 is the 3rd in my cuttings of vintage luxury airliners and this airplane has the most interesting story. PanAm was operating the luxury B314 flying boat Clipper Ships across the long legs of Pacific prior to WWII. The story of the Pacific Clipper on December 7th 1941 is one of courage, ingenuity and perseverance. I have included a PDF file of that amazing adventure along with a route map and pictures of the aircraft. I hope you enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed cutting the B-314 plaque. A movie is in preproduction called the Escape of the Pacific Clipper. BTW, wife says I need to give the planes a rest for a while. Back to boxes and fret work. The Round The World Saga of the.pdf

The colors and the shadow on the text make it POP! Nice job!

I'm still on an airplane kick. I have always been interested in the Boeing -377 Stratocruiser. It's based on the B-29 bomber with an enlarged double deck fuselage capable of holding between 63 to 84 passengers depending on if the ship had births. It was one of the last radial reciprocating engine luxury airliners and only 55 were built. There was also an enlarged freight version called the Guppy and the Air force used it as the C-97. BOAC and AOA operated this aircraft and PAN AM named it a Clipper like its earlier long range aircraft, the B-314 China Clipper. The introduction of the jet engine British Comet and the Boeing 707 brought an end to the operation of the B-377 in 1963. More info on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_377_Stratocruiser

Great looking cabinet. Wonderful workmanship!

Still Chasing planes. Found a line drawing of a Lockheed Constellation ( not a super) built a lot of bridges (3D paint). A beautiful Queen of the Sky. Looking at a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser for my next project. Missed the age of luxury flying. Too many trips on a 737 middle seat, row 24 and the vent and recliner were broke and #24 for departure.

Thanks all for your kind comments. I'll be looking to do more aircraft in the future but now my wife has me building another box joint box again so she can paint it. I'll post when I'm done.

What can I say, Just beautiful!

I have been cutting a fair amount of cars lately and decided I needed to elevate my game and move to planes. Fan of WWII aircraft so tried my hand on a PBY and a P-40. Fun to cut.

I had bought the EX16 to replace and old Sears this spring. It came in one well built box! The Sears drove me crazy. I had modified it so many times and it still took time just to tighten the blades right. The EX16 is well built and quiet and down feeding blade changes are a breeze. No need to look, just feel. The blower works just fine, even on slow cuts. I never hooked up the vacuum base. The pieces I cut can be very small and would clog up the container so I eventually removed it and added a plastic tub under the blade that traps all the dust and chips. The EX16 is so quiet that I can listen to music in the background while I'm cutting. Very relaxing. The tilt mechanism works well and have done a few angle relief lettering cuts. A little experimenting with depth, thickness and angles to get it just right. When I upgraded to the EX16, I went from the stone age to the jet age!

To get back in the game, you may want to try this. Swap the fixed hex screw with the thumb screw. Either Loctite or epoxy the hex screw into the stripped side and keep cutting. I had this happen to me. The Loctite was enough but I eventually bought a #6.0 1 Helicoil kit and replace the stripped out thread. I also ordered a replacement mount for my EX-16 but now I have a spare lower mount. BTW, having the "T" bolt on the left will preclude you over tightening. I actually prefer this set up now.

Ray, you have been offered many reasons for and against buying this saw. Regret is a painful thing. I have made some painful choices I have regretted and chalked them up to experience or lack of. My biggest regrets have been missed opportunities. Back in 2000 at the time of the internet bubble we bought some "penny" stocks. One of them was Amazon... It sat for years and didn't go anywhere. We made some money on some other stock and needed to take a loss and sold it. That was a missed opportunity and I do regret it. Lesson learned. The EX is a great machine and I loved it since the day I bought it and never regretted what I paid for it. I enjoy cutting with it every day. Ray....?

Ray, Tgiro's info is spot on. I went through the same issues. Bought a replacement lower but I decided to modify the original mount. Bought a helicoil kit so now it's steel thread and steel t bolt. This is all fixable stuff and it looks to still be a good buy. My ex-16 about 3 years old and works great!

Stemy, Welcome to the site. You'll find a wealth of knowledge here and help and advice when you need it. There are several patterns on hunting fishing and sports here and links to other sites with similar patterns. Welcome to the home of saw dust fanatics!

This forward backward aggressive blade motion has always frustrated me. When making tight turns or thin lines it can be hard to stay on line. I'm currently doing the Ford font script on my Mustang project and it has been a challenge to stay on track. Decided to try elevating the back of my EX-16 by adding 6 each 1/4" washers along with rotating my motor. It's not perfect but it is a major improvement. Much less bounce on the blade. I did have to go to Lowes and buy 2 #6 1.0mm screws longer than the ones currently installed. Great recommendation.

I have made several different types of boxes and try to add a felt base. I use the adhesive felt but found the stiffer type is easier to install. The thin stuff pulls too much. I will cut a 1/8" or 1/16" (if I can find it that big) so that it drops into the box and take it out and adhere the felt. I usually don't glue in place incase I want to remove it. Several people have suggested flocking. I have not tried it yet but it would not work for an extensive fretwork box like yours. If you plan on doing this in the future, add the felt and base thickness dimension to the height/sides of the box so it stays below your fret work on the bottom. I have also used 1/8" colored Plexiglas for the sides. It cuts like butter with a 60/80 tooth blade on my table saw (Leave the paper on!) I glue it on with contact cement brushed onto the wood or just go for interlocking snug fits on the sides. If you also do the felt, the base will help lock in place.

Really nice cutting! I wondered, with all those cut out pieces, could you have done a reverse pattern and glued them on a backer board using each cut layer as a gluing guide?

Dan that is a truly nice box. I have done a similar one in oak and it is time consuming and blade consuming but definitely worth the effort. Nice job!

I was using Valspar Gloss lacquer that I bought from Lowes and was very happy with the results. I went back and could not find it on the shelf? Asked the paint manager and he said that Sherman Williams had bought them and discontinuing some of the spray lines. Got the same answer from Home Depot. Tried S/W's Krylon product. Their phrase on the can is " No runs, Nor Drips, No Errors. Not so much. I used a black lacquer for the backing of one of my car projects, well it didn't cover well and dripped out of the nozzle all over the project! I probably would not have seen that on the gloss Clear Lacquer. I bought the Min-wax Spray and it works well but it scares me to think that Sherman-Williams have bought them out also! I have also used the Deft Lacquer with good results. I am concerned that there are fewer choices available...…..

Thank you Marg. I didn't think there were any Stude's in AUS but come to find out there were quite a few and many fan clubs. Very interesting since they were never a very high production car.

Glad to hear you are back to square one. Backup, backup, backup and stay away from the weasel Ted!

Thanks All, Charles Dearing has some very detailed and challenging projects. There is always a bit of planning because the pattern is always bigger then the throat of my saw. I have to drill multiple holes to change the direction of the cut. Blue tape is my friend especially when I cut out large sections and things get floppy. I'm on to other projects. I'm going back to domed boxes but this time I am making 3 and making molding jigs for the tops. With the I-Box I can knock out the box portion in no time. Next week my steamer comes and I build the box, "I'm full steam ahead" LOL!

Fish, This Ted's Woodworking plans is an insidious web site. Like you, I got trapped on his site and one time actually sat through his whole boring spiel. No mater how you try to leave, it goes back to his page like an endless loop. He will even tag onto other wood working sites on various search engines. The only way I could get out of it was to open the task bar window and close out the internet explorer. This guy is a plague and the IP should shut him down. As to your computer, there is a long winded process to get your files back and I have had to do this before. My computer had "The Blue Screen of Death" and there was no way of bringing it back. I had had it for a while and decided to upgrade. Each time one of my computers have died, I purchased a adaptor that will accept a stand alone hard drive. It's a case that is screwed together and your old HD mounts inside. It comes with a power supply and a USB adaptor cable that will hook up to another computer. Chances are that you operating system failed but all your other files should still be available on the HD. Once you plug it in is should come up with a drive letter on your file directory and you should be able to access them from the remote drive. Tough part may be getting the old HD out. Most upright case units are pretty easy. Remove the cover, unplug and unscrew the HD. There may be some mounting plates for your computer that may need to be removed to mount into the remote unit. I had a Dell "all in one" unit and it was more involved to get the HD out. This is an example of one of the HD enclosures. I don't have the particular model shown but they all, pretty much, work the same. There are also adaptor cables available but once you have the enclosure, you have a backup drive. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Protronix-E35-B-USB-3-0-3-5-Inch-SATA-Hard-Drive-External-Enclosure/141701728628?hash=item20fe14c974:g:Gb4AAOSwQz1bCdCI Good Luck!

Your Humming bird cuttings are fantastic! My wife is crazy for them. Last year she was able to feed them with a hand feeder. Not so many this year.. so far. Just watched a Nature special on PBS on Humming birds. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/super-hummingbirds-full-episode/14586/ really fascinating!