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KMG 2x72 and old rebuilt Delta 1x42.

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My FIL and I rebuilt this old industrial sander. Its really useful as hell. That 12" disc hogs off material like you wouldn't believe.

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Door, anvil, planer, and giant old scroll saw we rebuilt. (Atlanta has a fantastic used tool dealer.)

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Lathe (rebuilt), shaper, and chop saw (set up for steel). And, the Cajun flag too, I'm a coonass from Louisianna.

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Wood, wood and more wood... I've spent a bit of time collecting all this wood. It sits in the shop a year or so before I'll use it.

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Hand tool storage bench, and my router table. I had a guy tell me recently that he used his router for knifemaking. I even went out and bought the bits he was referring to. But honestly, I'm just too scared to touch steel to the thing.

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My tablesaw was the first machine I bought. And its still my workhorse. Its powerful and accurate. The second day I had it I got bit by the kickback snake. Luckily I didn't make contact with the blade. But I didn't need to either. It was so powerful that my pushstick knocked a 12 stitch chunk out of my palm!!! Be careful with tablesaws!

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And finally my jointer. A jointer flattens wood. I used it more for woodworking. But still get use out of it for knives too. Especially when I harvest a piece of wood. This allows me to start with a flat side.

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For some reason I forgot to take a pic of my drillpress. Its the biggest grizzly table top press they sell. Basically a full size tube support on a benchtop drillpress. Nothing fancy. Nothing expensive.
 
Nice shop Fiddleback :thumbup: Thanks for the tour.

On a side note, if you really like them brand new windows I would move the grinders especially the KMG. Sparks will fly back off the bottom of that belt and pit them nice new windows very quickly.

Brad
www.AndersonKnives.ca
 
Just a thought, but I'm guessing he opens the windows when the grinders are in use to let some of the sparks/debris exit the shop as it flies back. I see a nice area without grass there to avoid fires.

--nathan
 
Caden_Vekk said:
You live like 55mi from me.
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Cool. We should have a beer together.:thumbup:

I put fans in the windows behind the grinders and move air out of those windows. But I'm going to install some dust collection, so thats good advise.
 
Say where is this Atlanta tool dealer?? I get there from time to time
thanks
Tom
Soggy So.Ga.
 
Tommegow said:
Say where is this Atlanta tool dealer?? I get there from time to time
thanks
Tom
Soggy So.Ga.
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http://www.redmond-machinery.com/

Its on the west side of town. He's got more machinery in there than you can believe. Racks and racks of ever machine there ever was. He'll wheel and deal with you too.:thumbup: (Talk to Scotty.)

While you're in town, hit Carlton's rare woods. Its hands down the best hardwood dealership I've ever been in.

http://www.rarewoodsandveneers.com/
 
Gracias!! Most of the accolades must go to my wife. Damn. She really let me go all out.
 
I'm always jealous of these nice shops when I think back to when I was making and was down in the basement with about 10 sq feet of space, no ventilation, etc! Nice shoppe! ;)
 
Great shop. I like the clamp rack that holds the clamps open instead of closing them on a piece of wood. I did the same thing and I don't knock em down anymore. I have the same saw too, I love it :thumbup:
 
Mike Fennessy said:
Great shop. I like the clamp rack that holds the clamps open instead of closing them on a piece of wood. I did the same thing and I don't knock em down anymore. I have the same saw too, I love it :thumbup:
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My father in law did the clamp racks. He loves little projects like that. We have a lot of fun in the shop.

Which saw? The table saw?
 
What, you can't telepathically tell which of the five saws I meant? Yeah, the table saw. :)

I need to adjust fence so it's square and I oddly can't find any obvious way to do it. I was gonna ask if you ever had to mess with yours but you have a different fence then me. I bought the saw at the Grizzly scratch and dent tent sale when I lived out in Seattle and it came with the older fence.
 
When you go ajusting that saw, first make sure the miter slots are paralell to the saw blade. Then ajust the fense. Mine has ajusting screws near the clamp handle.

If the talbe isn't squared up then you're wasting your time fiddling with the fense.

Is yours left tilting?
 
No, it's the 1023S. Good point on the miter slots. I'm getting geared up to redo our kitchen cabinets so I'm just starting to get everything tuned up. I haven't done a woodworking project in a while (knives became exactly as addicting as everyone warned they would be). Not one that required any accuracy anyway.
 
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