Ryan and Mason’s Workshop - Shop of the Week
This week’s shop comes from Ryan in Jacksonville, Florida. Let’s see what he has to say:
Here are some photos of my shop. I claimed the two car garage as my room, and the rest of the house is all my wife’s (it would have been hers anyway). I feel like George Kastanza when I go to this room. I usually say “serenity now” to myself. After working for about a week, I decided to install the HVAC due to the heat and humidity. The room is about 18′ square. I found it very difficult to fit everything in the room, including the yard tools, the water heater (electric), the water softener, and the refrigerator. You will notice Mason, my little shop buddy, in the clamp drawer. He is a huge help.
Climb-Cutting - Question of the Week
This week’s question comes from Paul-Marcel who says:
On play-day earlier this week (when I got my Bosch back from warranty repair -and- got the OF-1400!), I was using the 1400 to plow grooves for panels in this red oak cabinet. I was using a 3/8″ compression spiral bit to create a groove for 12mm plywood panels. Naturally this takes 2 passes. The second pass, I know to go the correct direction to avoid doing a climb-cut. But, I thought that when you plow the first pass, there really wasn’t a climb-cut or regular-cut direction since the bit is surrounded by wood (except in the wake). As it moves forward, one side of the bit is climb-cutting while the other is regular-cutting (hmm, not the right word, but you know…)
The thing is, the router got pulled and jerked exactly like I was doing a climb-cut when I was pushing the router (so the dust port was in the rear). If I changed directions on a different panel’s groove and pulled the router (dust port taking the lead), there was no climb-cut feeling. aWas it just something funky about this red oak or did I somehow miss an important footnote about climb-cutting? Turns out I preferred pulling the router because it was easier to give up slack on the vacuum hose than it was to pull the hose with you, but that still doesn’t explain this.
And this was my reply:
Hey dude. Good observation. I have made the same assumption about climb-cutting on that first pass. How can it be climb-cutting if the bit is surrounded, right? But as you saw, there is definitely a difference in force when you go one way or the other. Fortunately, this is not evil German black magic. There is a sensible explanation. Although the bit is surrounded by material, it is still rotating in a clockwise direction. So if you also push the router in a clockwise (or right to left) direction, you are still pushing in the direction that the bit naturally wants to go. So combining your hand force and the natural force of the bit, especially when you aren’t expecting it, can lead to disaster. Here’s a good analogy in case you can’t visualize the scenario. Think of a paddle boat with a fully submerged wheel (wheel has directional paddles on it). The wheel, even though its submerged, still has a natural directional quality that propels it forward. And if you are in the water pushing the boat in the same direction, your life will be much easier because you are both applying force in the same direction. Now think of that boat paddling away, and you are trying to pull it back. You are then pulling AGAINST the direction the paddle wants to go. No fun if you are the swimmer in the water. But if the boat is a router and the swimmer is your hand, that leads to a much more controlled cut. It all comes down to the direction and orientation of the blades. Make sense?
Small Shop Tribute - Shop of the Week
This week’s shop comes from Pierre-Alexandre who says: “Hi Marc, here is my tribute to the small shops. I share my shop with my wife’s car and my bike so every thing must fold away and when I want to produce some sawdust, the same ritual applies: Get the car out, put the rolling table saw, get the saw horses and the top of my assembly-toolrest-router-outfeed table. My shopvac and compressor sit under my “workbench” and the little fan is my air supply system for the very hot Florida summers, I’ve covered the walls with shelves but I always need more space!”
Setting up the shop : 1/2 hour
Cleaning the garage and putting the car back : 1h
One hour or two of sanding/sawing after work : priceless
Wood Talk Online #42
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Status Report:
Marc talks about his recent router table injury and his experiences with both the Laguna Resaw King bandsaw blade and the Final Cut tablesaw blade.
Matt just completed the chisel plane build and confessed that he purchase pre-made legs for an office desk. He is also continuing his experimentation with spokeshaves.
Around the Web:
The all-wood X-Wing Fighter!
News:
Rockler offers new cast iron router table. Sears offering Craftsman benchtop spindle sander that looks a lot like the Delta Boss unit. Lee Valley intros two new planes: Side Rabbet Plane and the Skew Rabbet Planes.
Hot Deals:
25% Off Bessey F-Style bar clamps at Woodcraft 6″ - 30″ long versions thru Sept.30, 2008.
Bessey K-body clamps at Woodcraft 24″ & 40″, buy 3 get 1 free.
WoodRiver Carbide Anti-Kickback Router Bits 10 piece 1/2 shank bits Woodcraft $50 or $5 each bit.
Bora Clamp-N-Cut Edge Guides (Mentioned in listener voicemail)
And a very special offer from Highland Woodworking. FREE SHIPPING to listeners of Wood Talk Online on any order over $50 through 10/03/08. Listeners just need to put “wto” in the Discount Code field during checkout. Terms, conditions and details are here.
Voicemail:
Roberto had a question concerning tablesaws with built-in router tables. Ray wanted our opinions on Gorilla Glue. Chris wanted advice on clamping straightedges and cutting large sheets of ply.
Tom’s Tip: Uh oh, you dropped some screws!!
Giveaway Reminder
Hey everybody. I’ve been pretty quiet about the giveaways this month, but rest assured, they are still taking place. So if you haven’t gotten your entry in yet for September, what the heck are you waiting for?!?! Go to The FesCool Giveaway Page and The Wood Whisperer Giveaway Page to sign up for each individual giveaway. As always, we have some great prizes and of course, Festool is hooking you up with a great tool again this month. So hop to it!
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