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Author:  Serge Poirier [ Tue May 16, 2006 3:00 pm ]
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Hi folks, been at it a bit lately, i worked a little on my bandsaw, i added a base with casters and a decent fence that i had purchased at Busy Bee (NO, NOT lEE VALLEY ), the base will allow more space in the shop and the fence, well, it speaks by itself huh?

Tonight, i also thinned the back of no 2 though final sanding will be done with a finishing sander. I also cut the outline of the back with the bandsaw after tracing the template on it and leaving a 1/2" space to work with, just a safe precaution.

Finally, i precut the back braces and laid them without glue on the back

Here is the base with casters



And here's the fence



The drum sander doin' it's job!



template tracing



Da beast again!



Bandsaw moves!





Et voila mes amis!







I should be carving them braces sometimes this week after the glue up, i hope to be able to close the box during the coming week end!

Thanks for lookin'!

SergeSerge Poirier38854.0041782407
Author:  SniderMike [ Tue May 16, 2006 3:41 pm ]
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Nice work, Serge!

Mike
Author:  Rossy [ Tue May 16, 2006 4:00 pm ]
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Nice Serge. I always love to see progress.

Ross
Author:  burbank [ Tue May 16, 2006 4:04 pm ]
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Lookin' good, Serge! Way to go!
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Tue May 16, 2006 4:04 pm ]
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Thanks Mike and Rossy!
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Tue May 16, 2006 4:05 pm ]
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Thanks Pat!
Author:  Martin Turner [ Tue May 16, 2006 4:10 pm ]
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Brilliant work on the bandsaw Serge...and youve still got all your fingers!

Cheers Martin
Author:  peterm [ Tue May 16, 2006 4:15 pm ]
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Serge...its coming a long way! Looks awesome...lets see her closed up!
Author:  Billy T [ Tue May 16, 2006 5:26 pm ]
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Watch out, D'Aquisto, Cumpiano, Fox, and Manzer!
Poirier, is "com'in to git ya'll"!!

Sergio, Good Work!

Hey! Where's the beer drink'in alien? Billy T38854.102349537
Author:  RussellR [ Tue May 16, 2006 5:40 pm ]
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Well Done Serge

Looking Good, do the castors on the bandsaw lock somehow ? Just had vision of you chasing the saw up and down the shop

Thats a good idea as that way if you need to cut a long board you can just move your saw a bit to give more clearance
Author:  Martin Turner [ Tue May 16, 2006 6:45 pm ]
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[QUOTE=RussellR] Looking Good, do the castors on the bandsaw lock
somehow ? Just had vision of you chasing the saw up and down the shop


[/QUOTE]

Or even scarier....the bandsaw rolling down the driveway and into the
street!!
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Tue May 16, 2006 10:23 pm ]
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Thanks a lot guys, yeah, it feels great when you lead Murphy by 3 or 4 points eh? And then your pals come and cheer you up! WOW! lIFE IS JUST GREAT!

Martin, yeah, i still have my 9. 9 fingers, one nail got sanded off by the drum sander last week but it's on the road to recovery!

Thanks Peter, i'm getting anxious to see it closed up too bud

Muchos gracias Senor Billy, the Beer drinkin' dude had to go take a shower, i'm thinkin' avatar material with him! Even tho i'm on soda most of the time!

Thanks Russ, yeah,free movement and clearance for long cuts was the main factor for buying this and it works beautifully, i forgot to mention that it has 2 strait wheels and 2 casters only, it locks to the floor where you want it by lifting 2 handles and bringing down 2 rubber feet. Like you and Martin said,I wouldn't want to be chasing that beast down the hallways here, it would be hard to know which dentures goes in which grannies mouth after a scary chase episode!

Thanks Hesh, it sure does, sometimes i wish i had no neighbor to my shop so i could use the power tools for longer periods during the week nights tho but i still consider myself lucky, the lady living next door never complains. For the music in the shop,i only have an old am/fm radio right now but i'm gathering great acoustic guitar music from our great forum and will make myself a bunch of CDs of it soon and play them while building!

Serge





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Author:  Serge Poirier [ Wed May 17, 2006 12:06 am ]
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Now that would be worthy of some pictures too!

Edited by Hesh1956 on 17 May 2006 at 8:24am



especially if the wrong dentures are in the wrong mouth!!!
Author:  Bill Greene [ Wed May 17, 2006 12:38 am ]
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Serge: I am most impressed, that's very nice work. I'd like to try building a drum sander sometime, I'm a bit inspired by yours.

Bill
Author:  Alain Desforges [ Wed May 17, 2006 3:21 am ]
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   Looking very good my friend... I think I'll have to visit your shop soon.... Hmmm....
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Wed May 17, 2006 3:35 am ]
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Way to go Serge!
You know, Russ might be on to something. For real long boards, you can just hold the board stationary, and move the saw as you cut.




Steve
Author:  Billy T [ Wed May 17, 2006 9:34 am ]
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[QUOTE]Even tho i'm on soda most of the time![/QUOTE]

Now that I think of it, wasn't Al too? Pepsi I think!Billy T38855.1990046296
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Wed May 17, 2006 9:46 am ]
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Thanks guys!

Bill, if you ever consider building one, let me know, i'll give you a few tips on building one, it's pretty simple!

Alain, give me a call when you have a chance bud!

Steve, yeah, i do learn new stuff every day here!

Billy, nah, that was me!
Author:  crich [ Wed May 17, 2006 12:40 pm ]
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You are on your way! Before you close her up, more pictures. I like to see how others do their braces. Don't forget to make your bridge glueing caul. Clinton
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Wed May 17, 2006 1:30 pm ]
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Thanks for reminding me Clinton, more pics soon, as a matter of fact, i had thought of it but i could have forgotten it because i can't wait to close that box, anyone has a pic to inspire the Pear Bear? TIA



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Author:  old man [ Wed May 17, 2006 1:54 pm ]
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Looking great, Serge. It's going to be a winner, I can feel it.

Ron
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Wed May 17, 2006 3:05 pm ]
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Thanks Ron, i have to admit that sometimes i'm hypnotized by what i just done, asking myself: Did i really do this? Especially when all went well!

Serge
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