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Re: Clamps and RO sanders

Pau lLaPierre
 

Philip,

Gross-Stabil makes a clamp similar to the Bessey K model which I feel is a
more sturdy and better clamp. The jaws are all cast metal w/ removable pads
that cost less to replace than those on the Bessey. They also work w/ those
nifty support blocks that Bessey makes for setting up clamps to do all four
corners on doors while keeping everything level. If you can't find a source
for the Gross-Stabil clamps, let me know.

I tried both of the Festo RO machines, 5" and 6", at the recent Mid-Atlantic
Woodworking show in PA, and they are the best electric RO sanders I have
ever seen. Quiet, stable, and no vibration. You can turn on the sander, take
your hand off, and it will stay put. Also has a very efficient dust
collection system. All sorts of accessories(a la Felder) for doing contour
sanding, solid surface work, etc. Haven't gotten one yet, but when the last
payment on the current job comes in I'm getting the 6" model.

I would be interested in your thoughts on the Hoffman edge flushing
machine-despite the cost, I'm leaning in favor of that one over the Virutex.
I do a lot of rim-raised panels for architectural work and one of those
would save a lot of time over my present edge-flushing method.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: Philip Tamarkin <tamarkin@...>
To: <felder-woodworking@...>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:39 AM
Subject: RE: [felder-woodworking] Prices for the Friis Micro Adjust for
Crosscut Fence???


Jason - these are terms that we old masters share from time to time with
you
cubs, all derived from a lifetime of trying to work a living, moving
material to within the tolerance of a STBCH...it's kind of a folklore
thing,
passing the traditions of the craft along to the next wave - Brian and I
will be happy to share any and all terminology with the list. Soon as we
think it up!

Let's face it, we're in it for the male-bonding, the jokes, the cutesy
terms, the secret handshake (you DON'T know the secret handshake??? Oh.
Sorry.), the facial hair, and, above all else, the plaid shirts. Cutting
wood has very little to do with it - notice how Brian's posts have
increased
and gotten sillier since actually receiving his machines? Remember when he
was Mr. "I'm so bummed 'cause I don't have anything to cut wood with and
I'm
so overbooked, and I'm so desperate to get to work"? Now it seems that
his
chair must've gotten stuck in the ruts in front of his computer desk,
since
he's probably become the leading poster of late (Just kidding, Brian!)...

BTW, the Hoffmann lipping planer arrived - at first blush it's beautifully
made, and has all the requisite cool-guy appeal - two-tone grey/orange
finish, and that amazing (how do they do it???)Swiss motor-sound that just
screams "I parted with a grand for this little handful! Nice, huh?"

How does it work? Hell, who cares? Actually it's nice, at least on
samples
I tried. Has a cutterhead guard that has to be manually retracted,
compared
to the Virutex's 2.5" of buck-naked angry spinning carbide. There's a
certain learning curve with keeping the outboard handle up in order to
keep
the cutterhead/base alignment, and there is no fence. Adjustment seems
easy
and very positive. It has to be used right-handed, bit of a PITA, but got
used to it quickly...

The $64k question - is it worth 2 1/2 times the cost of the Virutex?
Probably not for me, given the amount of use it'll get in my one-guy shop,
but I know I'll enjoy it anyhow!

Next items in the line of sight are a new R/O sander, and a whole batch of
those neat-o Bessey edging clamps...anybody out there have any hints?



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