All Things Woodworking

[Lpherr]

My old Craftsman radial arm saw can be seen in this pic from earlier in the thread. I looked up the serial number. It was made in 1968. My Dad bought it to fix up the old farmhouse we lived in. I know there are sliding miter saws, but for me, nothing crosscuts like this old saw. It cut every one of the 150+ boards that cover the walls in the basement and the stair treads that lead to it.

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I have my grandfathers 10" Craftsman RA, and I also inherited the MRS. grandfathers 12" RedStar RA. He had a cabinet shop that he used it in. He used it to build the bleachers in the gym at the high school he attended years before.

 

[B40B]

Yeah, my 5'x5' might be able to handle them. It's a tight fit on the table though.
I don't knock them out pretty quickly. To retain the detail, it requires the correct tool, set-up, and time.

I'm curious to see your rendering. Maybe yours is better.
What machine do you run?

My bad, when you asked "if these should be cut" I assumed you weren't of the CNC variety woodworker. (I'd bet your setup does extremely similar to mine)

I run a Onefinity and use VCarve pro. A grip carve on my setup usually takes about an hour tops so far.

 

[Combat Engineer]

I've gotten into this pretty hard core in the last couple of years.Im currently working on a muzzle loader that I'm adorning with some stock art.

 

[Lpherr]

My bad, when you asked "if these should be cut" I assumed you weren't of the CNC variety woodworker. (I'd bet your setup does extremely similar to mine)

I run a Onefinity and use VCarve pro. A grip carve on my setup usually takes about an hour tops so far.

My apologies. I do a little bit of everything with woodworking, and other stuff.

How do you like the Onefinity? Doesn't it utilize GRBL for the controller?
The machine I would like to get, some day, is the Camaster. I'll need two more jobs though.

 

[Wstar425]

I made these barn doors out of the same tongue and groove as the dividing wall between warm
And cold spaces in my new shop. Used some to build some shelves for my tractor collection and my “me” wall.

Mostly going to be a motorcycle shop but a man cave of sorts I suppose as well.
That’s the old craftsman 10” radial arm saw I bought in 1973 when I was 15. It’s been in Indiana, Wisconsin, and now New Mexico.

 

[Wstar425]

Took a year and 2 days to get built from money downbto
Completion due to Covid. I had the steel frame up and then nothing for a couple of months. Afraid I was going to have to finish it myself and they had a bunch of my money. Electricity is now going on 5 months. New Mexico SUCKS!! I have lights and pellet stove heat and a circuit breaker box, just no juice so I Macguyvered an extension cord into the box from the chicken coop. And a generator for the saw

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

https://www.youtube.com/@newyankeeworkshop/videos

Another thought. I always assumed Norm owned this building.

 

[Lpherr]

Another thought. I always assumed Norm owned this building.

Me too. It seemed he walked out to his backyard and went to work.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Me too. It seemed he walked out to his backyard and went to work.

Working from home before it was a thing.

 

[Lpherr]

Working from home before it was a thing.

I would take that job. He had most of his equipment donated too.

 

[Frosty]

So it turns out most of us learned woodworking on radial arm saws doing rip cuts? My father also owned the molding cutter, i believe he used it once. I think I was in my early 30’s when I mentioned using it in the table saw and he just said no, it’s not safe.

 

[Born2vette]

Me too. It seemed he walked out to his backyard and went to work.

The magic of television!

 

[Lpherr]

I'm going bonkers and a little cross-eyed.
Been looking at the computer screen for far too long, but I don't own a 1911, and would like to verify the fit of the grips I make, so I'm going to attempt to make a frame. This is where I'm at, and done for now.
I need to make the wider mag base for the magwell cut grips. Another day.

 

[Frosty]

I'm going bonkers and a little cross-eyed.
Been looking at the computer screen for far too long, but I don't own a 1911, and would like to verify the fit of the grips I make, so I'm going to attempt to make a frame. This is where I'm at, and done for now.
I need to make the wider mag base for the magwell cut grips. Another day.














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As a friend it’s my duty to tell you that’s pretty damn cool, but also you can only really verify by going out and buying yourself a 1911!

 

[Born2vette]

I'm going bonkers and a little cross-eyed.
Been looking at the computer screen for far too long, but I don't own a 1911, and would like to verify the fit of the grips I make, so I'm going to attempt to make a frame. This is where I'm at, and done for now.
I need to make the wider mag base for the magwell cut grips. Another day.














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You could mail them to me, I could verify fit on my 1911, take photos for you and if I really like them they might get lost in the mail back to you

 

[Lpherr]

As a friend it’s my duty to tell you that’s pretty damn cool, but also you can only really verify by going out and buying yourself a 1911!

It's on my list of I wants. Other things in line before that though.

I have factory grips, that I used as a pattern in the beginning, and all of my grips fit so far, but if I had a jig for fitment, it would help tremendously. I'm modeling magwell cut grips, and this will help me get them correct. It will also help as a jig on the cnc to hold grips for some other ideas I have.

 

[Lpherr]

You could mail them to me, I could verify fit on my 1911, take photos for you and if I really like them they might get lost in the mail back to you

You could drop off your 1911, and if the grips fit, it might get lost in a boating accident.

 

[B40B]

No real fancy woodworking over the weekend. A few hollow shelves to hide cords in but mostly turning the Home Depot brick sheets into something that looks somewhat real. At least I got to use my tools! (And I think the wall turned out pretty darn decent)

 

[Bugzilla]

Had an old 1970-80 vintage Craftsman lathe that I don’t remember where I got it. Going to do some lathe work so decided to get it running. Can’t say I restored the lathe. Took it apart, all bearings were in spec so I painted it and upgraded the hardware with brass and stainless. Picked up an old 5’ bench and motor for $30. Put new 4’ top and shelf on the bench, painted the legs and used the old top and shelf for the drawers and sides. Had the porcelain lamp so I cleaned it up and added that also. It can rotate side to side. Gave it a quick run through the other day and now ready for the project that I needed this for. The block of wood under the motor is to take the tension off the belt. Will make a more presentable piece that matches.

 

[Lpherr]

Had an old 1970-80 vintage Craftsman lathe that I don’t remember where I got it. Going to do some lathe work so decided to get it running. Can’t say I restored the lathe. Took it apart, all bearings were in spec so I painted it and upgraded the hardware with brass and stainless. Picked up an old 5’ bench and motor for $30. Put new 4’ top and shelf on the bench, painted the legs and used the old top and shelf for the drawers and sides. Had the porcelain lamp so I cleaned it up and added that also. It can rotate side to side. Gave it a quick run through the other day and now ready for the project that I needed this for. The block of wood under the motor is to take the tension off the belt. Will make a more presentable piece that matches.
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I can't say that it doesn't look nice.
Now show us what you make with it.