cabinet woodworking tools question
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blossomchris
I feel better than James Brown
Sounds like a 10ft x 5ft sheet chopped in half
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dan m
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Thanks for the tip Pete. Will do, when I get there. BTW, I will be using biscuits for the back and central dividers. It's just the end joints I'd like to dress up. All shelves will run the full 5'. Top and bottom will be rabbets, middle one dado. I think getting a rail might be overkill for those 3 joints per side piece. Will just use a straight edge and clamps as James does.
I've been doing DIY stuff for about 30 years and consider myself reasonably competent. Lately I've been doing a lot of work on my daughter's house including fitting a kitchen and making a dining table.
My daughter is an arts graduate and more of a perfectionist than her mother so I've had to up my game. This meant better tools and a new pair of varifocals.
When I saw the price of The Festool TS55 track saw, I thought it couldn't possibly be worth it. I was wrong. It's worth twice the asking price. The precision, ease of use and sheer pleasure of using it is amazing. Possibly the best tool I've ever bought. I also bought a Festool router.
If you can stretch to Festool then you'll never regret it. As an added bonus they hold their price incredibly well and their after sales is brilliant.
My daughter is an arts graduate and more of a perfectionist than her mother so I've had to up my game. This meant better tools and a new pair of varifocals.
When I saw the price of The Festool TS55 track saw, I thought it couldn't possibly be worth it. I was wrong. It's worth twice the asking price. The precision, ease of use and sheer pleasure of using it is amazing. Possibly the best tool I've ever bought. I also bought a Festool router.
If you can stretch to Festool then you'll never regret it. As an added bonus they hold their price incredibly well and their after sales is brilliant.
dan m
pfm Member
I would love to get the Festool track saw, but at $660- it's hard to justify at the moment, considering I already have a Bosch table saw. If I have success with these projects, and start to make things regularly, I will probably go for it. Of course that eventually means getting the vacuum, router, orbital sander and table. I'm sure once you are used to Festool there's no going back.
Pete MB&D
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Other track saws are available ;-)
You get a cleaner look if you rebate the back, you don't need to be as accurate cutting it to size, any gap will be behind the cabinet.
Pete
James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
Start with a new and bigger shed ... there'll be no end to opportunities to make sawdust.
dan m
pfm Member
You see, this is how things can escalate quickly on pfm - you want to make a shelving unit to hold a few hundred LPs and next thing you know you are pouring the foundation for an auxiliary building
Bourneendboy
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Biscuits will be absolutely perfect and more than adequate for the job.
dan m
pfm Member
I am sure they would be. As I have said a few times, the choice of a more complex joint is an aesthetic one.
This evening I am going to pick up a pair of Klipsch Tangent 400s. They have the same drivers & x-over as my Heresy speakers, just in a taller ported cab. I plan on building a pair of Hersey cabinets next - motor boards and new x-overs will be sourced from Bob Crites, but the rest is up to me.
This evening I am going to pick up a pair of Klipsch Tangent 400s. They have the same drivers & x-over as my Heresy speakers, just in a taller ported cab. I plan on building a pair of Hersey cabinets next - motor boards and new x-overs will be sourced from Bob Crites, but the rest is up to me.