Woodworkers Thread

[BuffettClone]

Anyone ever sourced wood from Liberty Hardwoods in Ankeny? Buddy of mine that is a shop teacher recommended them.

I agree with 07Clone and CycloneBob. I've gotten hardwoods for projects there in the past and have had good luck with them. I've gotten quartersawn white oak, 8/4 red oak, and 5/4 maple and received high quality material. I would advise ordering around 10% more than you calculate you need due to the scrap from "finishing" the boards.

 

[Cytasticlone]

Thought I would share this experience here since you all know the context of lumber prices. I purchased some special order plywood from Menards and it came on a pallet with some crappy plywood on the top and bottom to protect it. Cool. I'm sure I can use some of those protective sheets for something at some point. Great. Then, when unloading it I found that someone had stuck forklift forks between the bottom sheet and protective sheet(YHGTBFKM) and damaged the bottom panel pretty badly. Well, I obviously wanted it replaced and contacted Menards. Side Note: These panels had already gone up like $4 each since I'd ordered. Anyway, the Menards people were great and just made an order for a single replacement panel. Well, this time when I picked it up it was sandwiched in-between two perfectly good sheets of 7/16 OSB for protection... Which, are currently going for about $53/sheet right now! I was pissed about the damaged panel at first, but obviously I'm not too mad about it anymore.

 

[JM4CY]

I noticed Menards in Ankeny is now 12.49 for one 2x4x8 stick of framing lumber. Holy ******* hell.

That is beyond stupid.

 

[wintersmd]

Anyone ever sourced wood from Liberty Hardwoods in Ankeny? Buddy of mine that is a shop teacher recommended them.

I use Liberty Hardwoods

I noticed Menards in Ankeny is now 12.49 for one 2x4x8 stick of framing lumber. Holy ******* hell.

That is just NUTS!!!! We had a few projects planned for the summer, basement bedroom/bar, and a nice size shed. Had to put the shed on hold because of lumber prices. Just plain crazy.

 

[JP4CY]

Great price:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-...ickid=2-hVUNWH0xyLRMAwUx0Mo3ZkUkB1z2S:NxrIXo0

 

[AgronAlum]

Great price:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-15-Amp-Corded-8-1-4-in-Compact-Jobsite-Tablesaw-with-Bonus-Heavy-Duty-Rolling-Table-Saw-Stand-DWE7485W7440/312597853?=&irgwc=1&cm_mmc=afl-ir-10451-483420-&clickid=2-hVUNWH0xyLRMAwUx0Mo3ZkUkB1z2S:NxrIXo0

Is it? Without seeing it in person I feel like the deck is really small since it takes a 8.25” inch blade instead of a 10” blade like most saws.

 

[JP4CY]

Is it? Without seeing it in person I feel like the deck is really small since it takes a 8.25” inch blade instead of a 10” blade like most saws.

Yes it has a small deck but the price point is really solid for the package.

 

[AgronAlum]

Yes it has a small deck but the price point is really solid for the package.

Gotcha. My FIL has an older Dewalt job site saw and the thing is solid as hell but it’s the 10” with the bigger deck.

 

[JP4CY]

Gotcha. My FIL has an older Dewalt job site saw and the thing is solid as hell but it’s the 10” with the bigger deck.

Yeah mine is this size and honestly since I have a track, I don't use it a lot anymore.

 

[AgronAlum]

Yeah mine is this size and honestly since I have a track, I don't use it a lot anymore.

I bought a track instead of a table saw because of the space I have and don’t regret it at all. I haven’t run into anything i can’t do on the router table, chop saw or track saw.

 

[JM4CY]

Air Compressor question

My little two gallon one finally sh*t the bed. It’s won’t inflate past about 40 PSI and it’s louder than it used to be. I had it for about 8 years so it served its purpose. I don’t need one a lot bigger than it but want to get something decent. Any recommendations?

 

[Casir0]

I found this thread this and can't stop to put mine!

I recently bought new DeWalt miter saw and I'm exploring to work with it. Yesterday I was working with it and I get such super experience of safety feature's. I also read it on article. It's very worthy tool I gotta!

 

[DJSteve]

Air Compressor question

My little two gallon one finally sh*t the bed. It’s won’t inflate past about 40 PSI and it’s louder than it used to be. I had it for about 8 years so it served its purpose. I don’t need one a lot bigger than it but want to get something decent. Any recommendations?

If you want some degree of longevity, I'd find something that uses a piston compressor with oil in its crankcase. The better ones will probably be belt driven between motor and compressor pump. However, if you don't want to spend that much and/or don't need a lot of air volume, my garage compressor is a 15 year old Clarke Bronco (2hp / 6 gal) that I think I paid ~$100 for and has held up great. Worthless for running an air sander, and marginal on a paint sprayer, but does fine with a brad nailer or impact gun where you don't have a continuous draw and can wait for it to pump back up, if needed. The same style oil bath direct drive compressor was sold under many different brands. Doing some quick research, it looks like Makita has some models (like MAC700) that use same/similar pump setup... I'd guess there are others, also.

If you want to compare performance when shopping, look at cfm ratings rather than HP. HP is almost always overstated on 120v homeowner-grade units.

I'm sure there are people with oil-free compressors who like them, but the ones I've been around were really loud and didn't seem at all serviceable if (when) something fails.

 

[JM4CY]

I feel like OSHA would have an issue with this.

 

[mramseyISU]

Air Compressor question

My little two gallon one finally sh*t the bed. It’s won’t inflate past about 40 PSI and it’s louder than it used to be. I had it for about 8 years so it served its purpose. I don’t need one a lot bigger than it but want to get something decent. Any recommendations?

What all do you want to do with it? If you want to run a nailer and occasionally air up a tire another pancake style will be fine. If you want to run air tools you probably need a 20ish gallon one. Personally I prefer the upright ones because they take up less floor space.

 

[NWICY]

I feel like OSHA would have an issue with this.

That's way safer than the belt operated buzz saw that my Grandpa had mounted on the front of a Super M. Worked the same way though, throw the log on the table and tip the table into the saw, throw the chunk into the wagon. They heated three houses that way for a lot of yrs. Hard work back then.

 

[mramseyISU]

That's way safer than the belt operated buzz saw that my Grandpa had mounted on the front of a Super M. Worked the same way though, throw the log on the table and tip the table into the saw, throw the chunk into the wagon. They heated three houses that way for a lot of yrs. Hard work back then.

I grew up running one of those tractor mounted buzz saws that was converted over to run off an electric motor. My grandpa had one in his sawmill and I used it to make heading (boards for the end of a barrel) out of culled staves (boards for the side of a barrel). Somehow after running one of those for 6 or 7 summers I still kept all of my fingers.

 

[NWICY]

I grew up running one of those tractor mounted buzz saws that was converted over to run off an electric motor. My grandpa had one in his sawmill and I used it to make heading (boards for the end of a barrel) out of culled staves (boards for the side of a barrel). Somehow after running one of those for 6 or 7 summers I still kept all of my fingers.

Barrel making that had to be a pretty interesting process, did he sell them for wine, whiskey, both or something else?

 

[mramseyISU]

Barrel making that had to be a pretty interesting process, did he sell them for wine, whiskey, both or something else?

We didn't make the barrels, just the staves and heading. Most of our boards ended up at a couple different cooperages in Southern Missouri where they mostly went into whiskey production. For a while they we were supplying to Seguin Moreau out in Napa valley. They were on the TV show Dirty Jobs showing the barrel making process. They make so really good wine or so I'm told. Every time I've tried to drink it I just taste sawdust in every glass of wine I've ever had so I don't drink it.

 

[AgronAlum]

Finished up a project for someone tonight. The last piece was getting the oak mantle finished and hung minus a little trim work. I did the tile, stone, built ins above the countertop and the mantle. The cabinets go from wall to wall and there is another built in on the far right side across the TV.