Dan Shapiro's Blog

After a few more hours of ripping 5/4 walnut with this blade, I’m happy to say that it’s delightful and a joy to use, although not quite as miraculous as I had expected.

If you do decide to hit the tent sale, prepare by printing out the parts diagrams of any machine you’re interested in and do a thorough checkout before you buy.

A couple of weeks ago a friend and I decided to check out the Grizzly tent sale. We live in the Redmond, about an hour and a half south of Grizzly’s HQ, so this was a bit of an undertaking.

I’ve got a Forrest Woodworker II on the way. I’ll report back as soon as I start using it.

The place is Koa. Everywhere. According to our server, the Maitre d’ stand alone is $10k worth of lumber.

Check out the Rechargable Battery Recycling Corporation.

A magazine that you probably haven’t read produces a site that you probably haven’t found.

Home Depot regularly carries 4×8 sheets of plywood that are maple on one side and birch on the other. If you compare to just about any other retail source, this is the cheapest you can find plywood with two presentable sides.

And finally, the best part of all… the pictures of the final product.

When we last left our intrepid hero, he had a lovely tabletop sanded to 60 grit with three square 12″x12″ indentations. Time to get our hero some legs, then finish the damn thing.