Sawmill Creek Woodworking Community

Hey y'all!

I've run into an edge jointing issue that I'd love some advice on. I'm able to match plane the edges of short boards and get a seamless joint but when it comes to longer boards I'm struggling a bit. My boards seem to always have a slight hump in their middle and I'm curious why that is and how it might be avoided in the future. I can get the joint tight u...

I was scanning through some YouTube vids and a series popped up where the woodworker uses a tool that I never knew even existed. It was a Pegas scroll bandsaw. For those like me who have never seen this, it is a relatively small bandsaw that uses a blade that is almost as thin as a scroll saw blade. Looks like the intended purpose is to be able to cut intarsia-type pieces that a...

Hi, Everyone. I can contact Epilog support on this issue during the week, but I thought someone in here might have an answer.

I've been using a 30-watt Epilog Zing CO-2 laser for ten years in my small business. It has been rock-solid and has given me impeccable service over thousands of hours of use. I use the machine for both engraving and cutting.

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This is simple walnut chest with Holly string inlay. Keeping the velvet lining clean during the build was the hard part. Fun handtool build that lets you use up those small pieces you’ve been hoarding.

Wife and I got married in 1978, second marriage for both us. June that year, I fell in an industrial accident, shattering radius head of right elbow, and then in August, wife found a lump in her right breast. Lump was removed, with no cancer. From fall at work, I received a permanent disability award, with which we bought three acres of land. With many blessings, in June 1980, w...