Every purchase made through our Amazon Affiliate Page helps support this site
Jamie
-
Posts
1,467 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
54
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Downloads
Gallery
Events
Store
Articles
Blogs
Posts posted by Jamie
-
-
18 minutes ago, Kev said:
They should have shipped you a new saw!
I agree. I mentioned to them that this process has drug on long enough. Half tempted to say to them ship a new saw or a refund.
-
1
-
-
After returning the saw last early last week I looked at the tracking and Grizzly recieved it on Thursday. I called them on Tuesday asking if they found anything out on it, their respose was that they didnt have the saw. Went over the tracking numbers with them and they agreed that the saw was at their place but nothing has been done with it. Not in their notes that they even had it.
Jump ahead to today, same thing. Nothing showing on their end that it was even there. Frustrating. Half tempted to ask for a refund.
-
37 minutes ago, Coop said:
Jamie, is the bit depth adjustable?
Yes it is. Little set screw on the counter sink cutter head on a tapered bit. If I remember the set was like $20 for 3 bits
-
1
-
-
48 minutes ago, Kev said:
Yea, I use those pilot/countersink bits all the time.. I used to order them from Rockler until I found them at the local big box store. They work great and I leave one chucked up in a drill all the time.
You running the dewalt ones? I picked them up at hd one of my last trips there. 3 piece set and have been pretty impressed by them. I also use them all the time. Really never take it out of my m12 drill.
-
Great video showing the different ways that you organized the drawers. Really liked the blue foam board idea, have a couple sheets of it in the shop and you gave me a bunch of ideas for them!
-
1
-
-
Did mess around with my hcm tonight. Put a new base and fence on it. Had to go with a 2” thick fence to allow the hold down to clear the head of the machine. Not the highest quality piece of equipment made but fir $75 with like six chisel sets it should do the trick. Thanks fir the advice of doing two passes with the half inch chisel, works pretty nice and by flipping the board end fir end it makes sure the mortise is centered.
Did a little practice run with it and didn’t go to bad. Think it is going to be the method that I use for the 8 mortises.
-
3
-
-
On 5/11/2020 at 9:50 PM, Coop said:
I have actually, and am ashamed to admit it, forgot to turn my Grizz bs with the riser off due to how quiet it runs. When my dc finally wound down, I heard a slight noise and realized what I had done. Hope your replacement is as good.
I can only hope for that!
-
Nicely done sir, looks very stable. I like how the adjustment seems very simple to operate.
-
1
-
-
I’d stain it with sweat. ?
-
13 minutes ago, Tmize said:
Just he them send you the 17” this time for the trouble ?
Now there is an idea!
-
31 minutes ago, Coop said:
I like your style. Is anyone else aware of your plans? ?
If I mention it I bet I will get the eye roll from across the room.
-
1
-
1
-
-
The saw is boxed up and ready to ship. Hopefully not a 2 week process of shipping back and forth.
-
1
-
-
1 minute ago, Kev said:
I doubt they work with a flip phone since you can't really buy them anymore but, I doubt vehicle manufacturers will tie themselves to a particular brand of cell phone..
It’s not so much the manufacturers but the phones. Don’t believe iPhone has the magnetic charging. I know when I switched to iPhone I asked about it because I had a charging base for my android. They told me then that it wouldn’t work. But that has been a few years back and things might have changed.
-
4 minutes ago, Kev said:
For starters, the 1/2" is probably fine but, that's not what you want.
Why not do it with a router and an edge guide to get the mortise you want?
Thought about doing it with the router, don’t have the bit yet. It is ordered. I agree I’d like it to be 3/4. The table is going to have to hold up to some late night shaking from time to time. Well hopefully.
-
2 minutes ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said:
Why not cut the 3/4" wide mortise with the 1/2 inch chisel making 2 passes.
Yeah no kidding. ? boy I feel silly! Thanks!
-
23 hours ago, Coop said:
Yeah, I blew my cover a long time ago. I’m still trying to sync my flip phone to my truck. And there’s a cordless charger that doesn’t seem to work either. May have to take it back to the dealer for assistance.
I believe in the Chevy that the phone charger is built into the tailgate so you can hold your phone against it while pushing. ?
In all honestly I believe the charger in the arm rest only works on android smart phone. Don’t believe they work with iPhones, or flip phones
-
1
-
-
Hcm
in Power Tools
Congratulations on the new tool!
-
1
-
-
23 hours ago, Chet said:
epoxy won't show with stain, you could even do it with CA glue unless you have a lot.
They are pretty nasty cracks. I’ll try to get you a picture of them.
Question for the group.....my Mortising machine is an old Craigslist find, the biggest bit I have that fits it is 1/2”. Was originally planing on the legs to do around a 3/4” mortise. Did a practice one the other night by using the drill press to hog out most of the material with a 3/4 bit and cleaned up the rest by hand. Wasn’t to hard to do but boy do my hands throb doing it. I have had carpal tunnel surgery done on both of my hands a little over a year ago and it seems to have flared it up again. So long story for a short question.....do you think the 1/2 tenon will be acceptable in the legs that are going to finish up around 1 3/4 inches?
-
5 hours ago, Chet said:
To big for epoxy?
They are mostly hairline cracks and checks that extend quite a ways through the piece. Thought about working some glue into them but would probably show up when staining.
-
1 minute ago, Chet said:
I've been lucky in that way because I am one of those people that as soon as something is set up I cut up and dispose of all the boxes and packing material.
I usually do that as well. With this one I plugged it in before I had a chance to burn the boxes. Had a gut feeling that it might be going back right away. Am really surprised that they don’t have rainbows and unicorns drawn all over them from the girls playing in the shop.
-
2 minutes ago, Chet said:
Just curious, what is the resew capacity without the riser block? I know some people have added them to this model but I also know that it can stress the frame of the saw. On my Laguna it is 13 inches and I don't think I have ever resawn anything over 8 inches mainly because there hasn't been a need and I don't find much at the lumber yard over 8 inches wide anyway.
I can see people that slice their own veneer needing the capacity.
Just playing devils advocate here.
Coop will tell you I am good at helping people spend their money and here I am trying t save you your's.
It will take it from 6 to 12 roughly. Idk if I will ever resaw anything that big but would be nice to have the option. Especially if it’s free! I’m a cheap bastard, usually bites me and costs me more in the long run tho. ?. I’m almost thinking of just asking for a return of my money at this point and just cut my losses. All I’d be out is some time and about $50 spent on blades.
Boxing this thing back up hasn’t been a lot of fun either.....had a neighbor over this morning to help set the machine back in the box. Hard part is doing the puzzle of packing all the parts in their spots. No clue on some of them.
-
Did get the leg parts all milled up. Will have to go back and make a few new ones as I found a few cracks that I didn’t know were there. Hard to tell when the lumber hasn’t been skip planed. Thinking I might take the stack back out of the garage to a buddy’s planer. My little dewalt isn’t quite big enough for most of the boards. Wife has decided that she doesn’t want the look of breadboard ends, so the project got quite a bit easier. She did mention that she would like a bench for one side of it.
-
Grizzly got back to me on Saturday.
Dear Jamie,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
Unfortunately, at this point, we believe the best option would be to return the bandsaw for repair, or replacement, based upon our inspection. Please note that you would be responsible for packaging the machine, preferably in the original packaging. We would then email you information for return shipping. Please advise if this is acceptable.
I got back to them and will be boxing the saw back up. It’s kinda disappointing because I could use it on the table project. I did mention in my response that a riser block upgrade would be nice for the trouble, they responded by saying compensation will be determined later. Overall I’ve been happy with their customer service, not happy with the product so far.
-
10 hours ago, Chet said:
I did a trestle dining table back in May of 2018. I did faux breadboard ends in that they look like breadboard ends but they are the section you pull out to put in the other leafs. I built it out of Red Oak also, we had found some chairs that we liked and I built the table to match. I did a journal of the build over on WTO. I can probably put a link here, I think, if you would like.
Yes share the link! That idea of the extension crossed my mind. Our dining room isn’t overly big. The magazine built theirs 80 inches long, I’m feeling more like 72-76 will fit better in our home.
Grizzly bandsaw
in Power Tools
Posted
Hey wouldn’t you know it they called me back and said the tool is defective. Am on hold with them now.
Yeah I agree I have bought a few other things from them and haven’t had to much issue. For the money they are good products.