Michael Mittleman

Charlie, Priya Kapoor, Smithtown Historical Society Society Executive Director, was clear: one size fits all. In other words, if storage is granted to one group, it must be available to all other organizations. Mike D. offered several scenarios, up to and including attending her board meeting to make our pitch personally. Ms. Kapoor demurred, but said she will outline our “solutions” to her board. I think she mentioned they meet later this month. Stay tuned…

Nice effort there, Jim. Don’t forget pathways for dust control hoses.

As the new junior back-up AV guy, I want to add that my goal is to remove much of the adventure experienced each meeting while setting up the various electronic connections. Minimally I hope to develop a cheat sheet for the configurations and get/make some color-coded or labeled wiring.

Corey, you’re amazing! Great work.

Bill, I have a Lie-Nielsen medium shoulder plane in A-2 steel. It is beautifully constructed and the blade remains sharp after much use. The only pain is the price @ $195! My principal regret is that I waited so long to purchase this tool.

This discussion thread seems ripe for a presentation. Daryl, Charlie or others… how about it? I think many of the LIW members would be interested.

Bill,

Please forgive the typo in my earlier post. Therein grove = groove. Also, “…’thinned’ of flattened” should read, “‘thinned’ or flattened…” Sorry for the confusion…

Mike

Hey Bill –

I use up-cut spiral bits and end mills almost exclusively since they have met my needs which include groves, dadoes, rabbets and stock flattening. The groves, dadoes and rabbets have been largely performed using a router table. The results have been excellent; cuts have been crisp and smooth on edges and bottoms. Board flattening tasks have been performed exclusively with hand-held routers.

On occasion while kayak building I have had one or two of the strips change position after gluing and apparently misaligned clamping. To save the work, the offending area can be “thinned” of flattened by making a few passes with a router and an end mill (1/2″ or larger). New strip(s) overlay the target area and are glued/epoxied in place. Later, sanding fairs the work area.

Down-cut spiral bits are really problematic with joinery work since the debris from the cuts tends to collect in the joint and obfuscate the layout lines.

Hope this helps,

Mike

Why not rent a van or two for interested parties? Failing that, how about using personal vehicles?

Up front: I have no personal experience with the Jet 10″ planer/jointer. On the other hand, 69 customer reviews on Amazon border on the horrible with many one star ratings. Further, it uses knives instead of spiral cutters. While knives are effective, newer models of many planer and jointer brands are tending to spiral cutters. Generally, each insert provides 4 cutting edges. Spiral cutters are also quieter and less prone to snipe. That said, the inserts are also more expensive initially and to replace when compared to models using knives.

Finally, I am unaware of any brand or model of jointer/planer that has received excellent reviews for both functions. Often space and/or pocketbooks make combo machines look especially attractive. However, at least in the case of the Jet 10″ planer/jointer, caveat emptor.