July 2008

Tenoning jig

I got something else at the Woodcraft sale yesterday, too: a tenoning jig. I got Woodcraft’s model, which is the same a lot of name-brand ones out there. I turned out to be a nice jig, once I cleaned it up. It came packed with so much oil and grease it was amazing. I had to completely disassemble it to get all the goop off of it. Then I cleaned it up with some kerosene and waxed the machined faces really well then put it all back together. It cut my first tenon on it after squaring it up to the saw and it worked really nicely.

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New drill press

I’ve wanted a decent drill press for a long, long time and today I finally got one. I took advantage of the summer sale at Woodcraft and got a Powermatic 18″ drill press (PM2800). The table is much bigger than normal, and it has wings that extend to support longer work. It also has a continuously variable speed control from 400 to 3000 RPM and a digital speed readout. I’m super happy with it so far :)

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