Kalimar Maia
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I’m 50, with a full time job and a child in elementary school so I appreciate all these comments too. For me, I almost gave up after the first year. I eventually realized that my problem was being in a hurry to get somewhere. Constantly frustrated. I went back to the shop earlier this year thinking “long game”. For me this is a hobby and until I’m retired I’m mostly just doing what I can.That means and nce a week for a few hours. I cherish it because it’s me time and have nearly 100% control over it. So while I have some goals to achieve before retirement, I just see my time in the shop as learning for now. I came with zero woodworking experience so there’s lots for me to learn.
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Should I call in on thursday night? I’ll be at the maker space and can show what we did. I don’t have any thing I can actually cut but I can show the tools and the technique.
thoughts?
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That was a great video. Thanks. I’m still a bit perplexed because we used a really nice spiral bit, and followed pretty much all of those suggestions. There are 3 factors I can currently think of that led to this kick back:
1. Black limba has inconsistent density.2. We were spinning too fast. I learned later that slower is better.
3. From that video: Our bit needed to be a 3/4″ instead of 1/2″ so it could take the vibration better.
Thoughts?
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Cool – I just recently learned that trick with the off cuts. It’s really great! We also made a platform for the blank that attaches to the vise so we can route without having to move clamps around. It’s works really well.
Ok, so it’s sounding more and more like the hand router is the big winner.
