Woodmaster1

I get mine lljohnson’s workbench. picking up some Friday at the wood expo.

Try making bandsaw boxes with spalted maple they look great. I have a friend that gives me extra wood hat to get rid of it. He’s a wood turner so I get his junk wood. On walnut slabs my friend has several as well as cherry, oak and curly maple. I get it at at below market price. When I make live edge tables I charge market price and give him the money. That way we both come out at about $1200 apiece after expenses.

The furniture looks great. As much as I build I never thought about combining the two. But lately I’ve been building live edge dining tables. Great money maker for me. Below are my last two and I have another that will be done next week .

I have both a planer and a drum sander that I bought from Johnson’s Workbench. I planning on going to the Wood Expo at Johnson’s in a few weeks and take advantage of the good deals.

I have been woodworking for over 50yrs. Still enjoy it. I’m in the shop almost everyday. I taught woodworking 40yrs. I love not having to supervising all the students butchering wood but I had fun helping students with projects.

Awesome setup!!

I bought a 12" Delta Cruzer which has a clone in Ridgid. I replaced my radial arm saw that was 45 yrs old.

I fixed the. Same problem about six months after buying one it was easy. I have had no problems since and that was 3 years ago.

I have one on my 14” bandsaw that Ouse exclusively with an 1/8” blade. I have a second bandsaw I use for resawing.

Curly maple, curly cherry, gummie cherry and poplar for puzzles.

My friends say you will be very happy with your new planer. I sold my 13” Delta planer that still ran great and upgraded to a 15” jet helical planer. I give away my old tools to friends as well.

On your way upgrading the shop that’s great! I started upgrading mine six years ago when I retired. Just about all my equipment has been upgraded. I gave my old equipment to aspiring new to woodworking friends.

I put them on my Delta with no issues.

I have the Delta pegas chucks and I had to put lock tight on the set screw to keep it from moving out from use.