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Bill[_12_]

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/14/2017 2:22 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:16:32 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 4/14/2017 9:58 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 09:13:15 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 08:26:14 -0400, wrote:

For those of you who have been following this fascinating series, the
project is nearing completion. In this episode Lou offers up some
tips on how to properly align drilled holes in thick material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvTh0SDHvZQ&feature=youtu.be

Lou announces that he plans to sell the completed boat on EBAY. It
will be interesting to see what it goes for.

I wish I had a monster band saw like that one he uses but it's not
going to happen.

Wow. The guy has some great tips. I would have clamped a piece of
scrap to the back of the transom
to keep it from splitting out when the bit came through. I was
surprised that he didn't do that.

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I agree but since he was going to counterbore the hole, some small
splitting wouldn't have mattered. This boat is going to end up being
the Cadillac of all work skiffs.

If I ever used that bandsaw I'd have 7 or 8 fingers left when the boat
was done.

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Bandsaws are relatively well behaved compared to table saws, jointers,
routers, shapers, etc. You do have to watch where your fingers are of
course but I've never had a bandsaw violently pick up a piece of wood
and fling it the way some of the other tools will.

I think the worst powered tool I've used was a large, Milwaukee hammer
drill motor. I was drilling holes in the framing of a shed I built to
run romex and the bit got stuck. The drill motor had the horizontal side
handle on it and the damn thing spun around and smashed it into my
wrist. Thought for sure it was broken.

At NCR we had a 1/4" Milwaukee drill. Was the same size and power as a
large 1/2" drill. When it got stuck, just let go as it was going to rip
out of your hands anyway.