Grateful

[TDHofstetter]

Boy, I'm grateful for electric power.





That's the first four passes on some poplar (secondary wood for cabinets here at the house); it's now down to 7/8" thickness - the mill here is a little generous with their 4/4.

[elizabeth]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

At first I thought it was snow. Then I said, nooo, looks like LOTS , ;D ;D, of wood didn't make it.

Sorry, I'm laughing so hard I can't see the keyboard! ;D ;D

[Doug B]

It might not be snow...but it looks like a snow shovel is going to be used to clear a path to the door ;D

Yeah, ain't electric nice to have?

[garyeng]

May 24, 2010 14:54:45 GMT -6 Doug B said:

It might not be snow...but it looks like a snow shovel is going to be used to clear a path to the door

Now that is funny!!! LOL

Gary

[Ruffnek]

Man, that's some fluffy looking stuff.

How do you like those tilt-top extension stands? I've got a couple of roller stands but if they aren't placed exactly square to the machine, the stock will head off towards the Joneses.

[TDHofstetter]

I like 'em really a LOT - the only real drawback to 'em is that, even if the pin is stuck back in the "tilt forward" hole, they still want a quick check after every pass or they'll tilt slightly backwards & get pushed over. I'm gonna' see about adding a tiny bit of weight to the front edge so they're guaranteed to tip the right way.

Front (first) one always falls right, but the rear one gets funny once in a while.

One of the things I like about 'em, besides the price, is that they don't steer the stock at all unless they lean pretty hard. They're wicked slick.

All that pile is gathered & bagged (six contractor bags) now, waiting for a neighbor with critters to come pick it up for certified-nothin'-but-poplar bedding. Now it's time to do a cherry run & bag it separate. I'll wind up with one bag of "mixed and sweepings" for somebody who doesn't care much. Last'll be the maple run... then it's down to the mill to buy more.

This wood's a good example of the "kiln dried" we get - it's end-checking like crazy, showing that when I got it, it wasn't nearly as dry as it is now.

[Beamer]

Holy crap!

Nice pile ya got there!!!

[fredbelknap]

I bet that looked like a snowstorm when it was coming out of the planer. You need a DC in the worst kind of way.

[TDHofstetter]

Na, GOT the DC, Fred - problem is, what'cha' see there is about one hour's worth of shavings. That means I'd have been stopping to empty the DC about every ten minutes... and this would've taken TWO hours to finish instead of one.

Only took about half an hour to scoop & bag it, including sweeping... and I didn't hafta' have two howlers (that F-B planer makes some NOISE, sir!) competing for the airspace between my earmuffs.

EDIT: Come the morrow, I'll pack the camera out there'n give ya folks a good look at the maw of this machine as it works. Half ya'll throw up on the spot...

[gomer]

Get a press and you could just make Poplar particle board. Three types of wood? Those will be some pretty cabinets for sure.

A little game: Place a needle in there.

[Doug B]

May 24, 2010 20:36:49 GMT -6 gomer said:

A little game: Place a needle in there.

Now that's funny!

[dburkhart]

Timmer thats a nice looking barn.

[sachbvn]

Spread it in the gulf!!!


Zac

[TDHofstetter]

The cherry run...



Cleaned up again:



Dang camera's "shutter speed" is FAST! This cutterhead is spinning at just about 5000 RPM:





Doesn't look at ALL like it's doing this, does it?

[Doug B]

Cool pics Tim!

[bch47]

When I buy from the mill, it costs me $20 for up to 200 bf to have wood planed to whatever thickness I want. I usually go for 13/16. That gives me a little to work with on my planer, and it saves me all of those shavings on the floor.

[elizabeth]

Tim! Tha'ts quite a planner WOW! And that cherry looks beautiful.

[law]

Wow!

You sure can make a mess.

But, you do a good job of clean up.

Bet you had plenty of dust on you.

I've never seen that much saw dust on the floor.

This should be interesting to see the completed project.

Thanks for sharing.

Larry

[Ruffnek]

I know whatcha mean about filling up the DC. The Cedar I have is mostly sawn to 1 1/16 - 1 1/4 thickness. It's too thin to re-saw when needing 3/4" stock so I just joint and plane it down.

I've filled up my 35 gal. DC drum three or four times in an hour or so dimensioning the Cedar. I just dump it into the yard trailer I pull behind my lawnmower and use it to mulch around my Dogwood trees. It seems to help them during the dry part of the year.

[Knotty_Pine]

Tim,

I don't mean to pick nits, but in the first pic of the cherry run, it looks like ya got some dust on your jointer.

Little advice Tim; don't throw your back out lifting the shavings up with the scoop!