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About to start large table, worried about flattening slabs
This question is about practices, since you guys are all way more experienced than me. I hope it isn't inappropriate to ask here; if it is, my apologies. With my shop back up and running with the KF700SP and Minimax FS41ES, I'm ready to start on the dining room table I promised the wife. The table top will be 108" x 42". I purchased three slabs of Willamette Valley (Oregon) black walnut. Two are bookmatched, 8/4 x 168" x 20". The third is also 8/4, about 110" x 16". The pieces are not clear and have significant checks that will need stabilizing. My plan is to use tinted epoxy, though I am open to other options. The edges are also quite rough so I expect to lose at least an inch on each long edge. My plan, such as it is, is to trim 5' from the longer slabs and mill that wood into the pieces I need for aprons and legs. The top will be glued up from the three 9' slabs, with the unmatched slab in the middle. I'll use dominoes to align the edges.? I am concerned about my ability to flatten, square, and glue up these pieces due to their dimensions and weight. Moreover, even ripping the wide slabs down to 16" will put them at the limit of my FS16. I have a couple of options for access to a wide belt sander and/or larger jointer/planer. I have also looked at the creation of a router jig for flattening large slabs, though a) I'm not super excited about building one for a one-time use; b) no longer own a large router; and c) don't have a large flat surface for the base of such a jig. I would be exceptionally grateful for any suggestions (up to and including tough love) for how to best proceed. Thanks in advance ¡ª I've learned a ton from this list in the last year. /afb |
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And where do you get the "Felder Unofficial Survival Guide book" at? Jay On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:21 AM, David Davies myfinishingtouch@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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Re: Blades for K700S
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI have a few Leitz rip blades and love them. ? However, I have standardized on Tenryu blades for use with the scoring saw. ? Specifically, I use the Tenryu?IW-350100AB3 which is 350mm, and too large for a K700, so you¡¯d want the 300mm variant - IW300100AB3. ? I have about 5 identical Tenryu blades and just rotate them out for sharpening as required. ? Standardizing on a single blade type means you don¡¯t have to change the scoring saw blade cut width when you swap out blades. ? I recently bought a new scoring blade from Freud Industrial and returned it because it was garbage. ? I recommend you buy your scoring saw blade from Felder. Having said all that, I use Leitz exclusively for sharpening all my blades. ?They have been the most consistent and convenient and will sharpen any brand of blade. ?I had Leitz re-grind two of the mentioned Tenryu blades to flat-top instead of alternating-top-bevel so they cut a flat bottomed kerf for joinery applications. ? In my area (Portland Oregon) Leitz has a roving rep who comes down from Seattle every week and will come to my shop to pick up and deliver blades being sharpened at no extra cost. ? ?Even if I had to ship them UPS to Leitz for sharpening, I would do so to get their service. David Best
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Re: Blades for K700S
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThe Leitz no is still good talked with Dan he still works with leitz but center is closed.? He will be happy to help you,? Mac,,, martin/campshure/co/llc 608-824-0023?fax Designing and building for 47 years On Dec 2, 2016, at 2:31 PM, David Kumm davekumm@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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Re: See the new dust collector?
Good advise! Most likely, I will keep using my dust collector for now, I have spent too much money on the machines and other small gauges in the past 12 months, wife is not very happy. Funny thing is she had no problem when I bought my Lexus RX350 a few years back, and it was more expensive (30% more) than all 3 Felder machines I bought. I will never buy a luxury car again, too expensive, not worth it, you cannot make anything using it.? I need to make some furniture she wants to please her, then I can spend more on tools ...... James On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 3:40 PM, John jmkserv@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@
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Re: See the new dust collector?
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Re: See the new dust collector?
Well, only time will tell if this dust collector is anything more than good sales hype and an attractive package¡. you don¡¯t think those dual viewing ports were there for anything but the geewhiz factor did you? :-)
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If the unit is as quiet as they say, and if it filters as well as they day, it might not be a bad unit, but at that price I don¡¯t foresee too many other than the cool factor for sales. It does have a 6¡± intake port, but 2hp is marginal in my opinion. I don¡¯t partake of the 5hp or more crowd, mostly because I think that anybody needing 5hp in a small shop is dealing with either piss poor ducting design or a poor DC design¡. and I think there is a world of those out there. Now, if the design is getting a lot better usage out of the 2hp, then that would be great, but I didn¡¯t see anything special about their fan in the pictures, looked like the typical straight fin crappy fans in any Chinese DC made out there. In my opinion, the fan design is where there needs to be a lot of improvement Brian Lamb blamb11@... www.lambtoolworks.com On Dec 2, 2016, at 11:04 AM, James Zhu james.zhu2@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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Re: Blades for K700S
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI have a few Leitz rip blades and love them. ? However, I have standardized on Tenryu blades for use with the scoring saw. ? Specifically, I use the Tenryu?IW-350100AB3 which is 350mm, and too large for a K700, so you¡¯d want the 300mm variant - IW300100AB3. ? I have about 5 identical Tenryu blades and just rotate them out for sharpening as required. ? Standardizing on a single blade type means you don¡¯t have to change the scoring saw blade cut width when you swap out blades. ? I recently bought a new scoring blade from Freud Industrial and returned it because it was garbage. ? I recommend you buy your scoring saw blade from Felder.Having said all that, I use Leitz exclusively for sharpening all my blades. ?They have been the most consistent and convenient and will sharpen any brand of blade. ?I had Leitz re-grind two of the mentioned Tenryu blades to flat-top instead of alternating-top-bevel so they cut a flat bottomed kerf for joinery applications. ? In my area (Portland Oregon) Leitz has a roving rep who comes down from Seattle every week and will come to my shop to pick up and deliver blades being sharpened at no extra cost. ? ?Even if I had to ship them UPS to Leitz for sharpening, I would do so to get their service. David Best
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Re: See the new dust collector?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýNot trying to sell you on an RL, they have their own set of issues, just not so sure on first generation, new tech dust collector and being a Guinea pig.? John JMK Services? -------- Original message --------
From: "James Zhu james.zhu2@... [felder-woodworking]" <felder-woodworking@...> Date: 2016-12-02 3:15 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "phil_moger@... [felder-woodworking]" <felder-woodworking@...> Subject: Re: [felder-woodworking] See the new dust collector? ? John, The dust collector is the loudest thing in my garage shop, I just do not feel comfortable when it runs long time, so I do not keep it running even for a few minutes stop. True, there are concerns for the small capacity.? Cost wise, Felder sales person told me RL140 is CDN 4800 new, special pricing. I turned down an offer from Felder, 2 year old 3-phase RL160, CDN$5000. Footprint is too big for my garage shop. James On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:52 PM, John jmkserv@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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Re: See the new dust collector?
It's not just volume (db), but frequency too. ? Measured in db, my ClearVue is a little louder than my table saw, but the cyclone is still comfortable ear protection, whereas the saw is not. ?And from 40 feet outside the shop, the cyclone can barely be heard, whereas the saw still seems pretty loud. ? ?
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Re: Blades for K700S
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýMac, last I heard, Leitz had closed the Point shop.? Dave From: felder-woodworking@... on behalf of mac campshure mac512002@... [felder-woodworking]
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 3:29 PM To: felder-woodworking@... Subject: Re: [felder-woodworking] Blades for K700S ?
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Hi George,?
Call Dan Muto at leitz in Stevens Point Wi
715) 514-7498 he can sure help you out.
Mac,,,
martin/campshure/co/llc 608-824-0023?fax Designing and building for 47 years
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Re: Blades for K700S
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHi George,? Call Dan Muto at leitz in Stevens Point Wi 715) 514-7498 he can sure help you out. Mac,,, martin/campshure/co/llc 608-824-0023?fax Designing and building for 47 years On Dec 2, 2016, at 12:08 PM, John jmkserv@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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Re: See the new dust collector?
John, The dust collector is the loudest thing in my garage shop, I just do not feel comfortable when it runs long time, so I do not keep it running even for a few minutes stop. True, there are concerns for the small capacity.? Cost wise, Felder sales person told me RL140 is CDN 4800 new, special pricing. I turned down an offer from Felder, 2 year old 3-phase RL160, CDN$5000. Footprint is too big for my garage shop. James On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:52 PM, John jmkserv@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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Re: See the new dust collector?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýJames what other equipment is going to be running that is going to be as quiet as that dust collector, certainly not a saw, ?j/p or shaper. The small capacity would also be a deterent in my mind just to throw a few more negatives especially at roughly 5500.00 CDN before shipping and other associated costs.? John JMK Services? -------- Original message --------
From: "James Zhu james.zhu2@... [felder-woodworking]" <felder-woodworking@...> Date: 2016-12-02 1:04 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "phil_moger@... [felder-woodworking]" <felder-woodworking@...> Subject: Re: [felder-woodworking] See the new dust collector? ? Brain, I read Bridge City owner John's post, it says the Gryo Air's design idea came from a Korean engineer and his Chinese partner.? The technology is called Axial Centrifugation which makes flowing dust stream suddenly spins at high speed (over 4000 rpm), through a group of aerodynamic blades which generates very strong centrifugal force on dust particles (70 times bigger force than gravity). The particles are pushed away from air flow center by the centrifugal force and then drop into the dust bins. The clean air remains in flow center and goes forward to the final air filter. This process can successfully separate 99.9% dust particles from air. John also mentioned that Chinese state agency tested the dust collector, and found the air coming out of the separation chamber is already very clean. This means the separation is very efficient and effective. The following video demos the technology and product. I am interested in this dust collector. I have a delta 1.5 HP dust collector with a DIY thien baffle and 0.5 micron filter, it works fine, but freaking LOUD in the confined garage. I hesitate to buy Felder RL because I was told by their technician that RL 140 is even louder than my delta dust collector, RL's selling point is clean air. I simply cannot spend thousands to buy a dust collector louder than the current one.? I need a dust collector which produces clean air like Felder RL, but also very quiet. James On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Brian Lamb blamb11@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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Re: See the new dust collector?
The current Gyro Air is suitable for a small workshop, and can be moved easily cause it has wheels under it, Check this video?, fast forward to 3:41. here below are few Q-A from Bridge City John's blog. Q. The filtration specs are a bit vague. I see percentages and note a 5 micron filter, but HEPA dictates 0.3 micron filtration. Should I assume the unit isn¡¯t HEPA? A. Correct, the Gyro Air does not have a HEPA filter. As mentioned, certified laboratory results in China state that the outflow of the Gyro Air is less than .3 micron without a filter. Q. How many machines will the Gyro collect? A. Likely all of them?but not at once.?The efficiency of any dust collector is impacted by friction. The longer your runs, the less efficient the air flow. We can successfully collect two 6¡å industrial belt sanders that are about six feet away from the unit, and I have not tested opening the blast gates on our other two machines because my health concerns require minimizing my exposure to air born particulate. All that said, I think it would be a mistake to think of this as a centralized system without blast gates on each machine. I also think it is fair to say it will collect two machines simultaneously depending of course of the run length. Lastly, try to minimize collapsible hose, this stuff eats airflow. Q. Any independent reviews out there other than yours? A. Will post links as they come in. Bridge City is an early adopter, the unit has only been for sale world wide for less than 6 months. I believe the unit I received in July was the first in the U.S. All that said, we are staking our 33 year reputation on this machine by offering it to the Drivel Starved Nation! Q. 1100 CFM is fine for most dedicated applications, but it maybe somewhat modest for certain machines such as a planner or a drum sander. Any thoughts? Do they offer a unit with greater capacity? A. I don¡¯t think you will have any problem collecting an 18¡å planer or a drum sander ¡ª if they have a properly designed hood. I use to have a 24¡å Newman Whitney planer that could take a 1/4¡å pass on 24¡å wide butcher block and I would not purchase the Gyro for this application. The Gyro Air collects our 12¡å planer with a dialed down airflow to reduce the noise just fine. As for the bigger unit, I saw a prototype in Nanjing last October in the Harvey skunk lab, so I can say that it is in the works, when I do not know. On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:28 PM, 'James Baker' jamesbaker1@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@
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Re: See the new dust collector?
I read about it in the BC email ad they sent me. Several photos included. In one photo it showed a flex hose connected to the DC and it appeared to be quite small, 4¡± (but maybe 5¡±) . If that is correct, then I agree with Dave, going to be hard to capture a large volume of air surrounding your cutting tool.
From: felder-woodworking@... [mailto:felder-woodworking@...] Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 11:25 AM To: felder-woodworking@... Subject: Re: [felder-woodworking] See the new dust collector? The quietness is attractive, but one thing I don't quite understand is the target application. it doesn't seem to have the power (750 cfm) for a central system, and is too large to be portable and move around. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Re: See the new dust collector?
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýWhat you are describing sounds like a typical cyclone.? I would want independent testing before I trusted those numbers.? A woodworking cyclone is often advertised as 99% efficient but the numbers are misleading.? If you use woodworking standards of 20 micron
or so and consider the size of chips, a cyclone can separate 99.7% by weight or volume and still allow 40-50% of the sub 5 micron size into the filters.?
Quiet is nice but without verification you are better off with ear muffs.? I'd also caution- as I have in the past- with buying undersize.? I keep beating the horse, but if your collector doesn't pull enough cfm to contain the cloud of fines that surround
the machine during use ( and you can't see ) your lungs filter the fines before they are pulled back into the port and into the filters.? Dave From: felder-woodworking@... on behalf of James Zhu james.zhu2@... [felder-woodworking]
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 1:04 PM To: phil_moger@... [felder-woodworking] Subject: Re: [felder-woodworking] See the new dust collector? ?
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Brain,
I read Bridge City owner John's post, it says the Gryo Air's design idea came from a Korean engineer and his Chinese partner.?
The technology is called Axial Centrifugation which makes flowing dust stream suddenly spins at high speed (over 4000 rpm), through a group of aerodynamic blades which generates very strong centrifugal force on dust particles (70 times bigger force than
gravity). The particles are pushed away from air flow center by the centrifugal force and then drop into the dust bins. The clean air remains in flow center and goes forward to the final air filter. This process can successfully separate 99.9% dust particles
from air.
John also mentioned that Chinese state agency tested the dust collector, and found the air coming out of the separation chamber is already very clean. This means the separation is very efficient and effective. The following video demos the technology and
product.
I am interested in this dust collector. I have a delta 1.5 HP dust collector with a DIY thien baffle and 0.5 micron filter, it works fine, but freaking LOUD in the confined garage. I hesitate to buy Felder RL because I was told by their technician that
RL 140 is even louder than my delta dust collector, RL's selling point is clean air. I simply cannot spend thousands to buy a dust collector louder than the current one.?
I need a dust collector which produces clean air like Felder RL, but also very quiet.
James
On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Brian Lamb
blamb11@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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Re: Blades for K700S
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýGeorge I use Leitz exclusively for sharpening, 8 years now and they have always done a great job, I've never had a complaint unlike other sharpeners I've used in the past.? Felder scoring blade ? 03.09.10024 Felder Melamine blade ? 03.07.30096 Leitz Glue Line Rip blade ? 156017407 Leitz Plywood blade ? 61378 The above are all 300mm. I also use a Felder 315mm Rip blade 03.01.31514. The 315mm can only be used with scoring blade removed.? These are the main blades I use regularly and all give an exceptional cut.? John JMK Services? -------- Original message --------
From: "George george954679@... [felder-woodworking]" <felder-woodworking@...> Date: 2016-12-02 11:45 AM (GMT-05:00) To: felder-woodworking@... Subject: [felder-woodworking] Blades for K700S ? Hello all, I have a new K700S due to arrive next week to my shop. I need to get some blades for it. I got a recommendation to check into Leitz blades from a guy who has a lifetime of experience and who's opinion I trust. Reasonable initial cost, good performance and Leitz 's reputation for being able to consistently re sharpen their blades to a high standard all appeals to me. It seems like a good value. I plan on building kitchen cabinets. (Plywood boxes, hardwood face frames and doors drawer fronts, etc.) I guess I'll need a main blade and a scoring blade to handle hardwood veneered plywoods, probably a combination blade, a crosscut blade?,a rip blade?,and any other suggestions anyone may have. (The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.) The saw has a 7.5 hp,5.5kw,3ph main motor. 4800 rpm. 30 mm arbor with lugs. Blade can be 250mm-315mm in diameter. The electronic scoring unit has 20mm arbor and the manual says the blade can be 100 mm maximum in diameter* (*when used with a 300 mm main blade) I don't understand what difference the size of the main blade makes since they are adjusted independently of each other, but that is what the manual says. I called Leitz. The sales guy was friendly, but I knew I was in trouble when he said he had never heard of Felder. He said he'd only been there 6 months and was still learning. Their websites does show blades for a number of different saw manufacturers and Felder is not one of them. He was not able to locate a small enough scoring blade for the K700S and seemed pretty unsure of himself on everything else. Do any of you guys use Leitz blades on your Felder equipment? If so do you have any specific recommendations? I am open to other blade manufacturers too, not just Leitz. The great re sharpening reputation Leitz has is very appealing though. Thanks everyone, I appreciate this website a great deal. George Gerstner, Ostrander,Ohio |
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Re: See the new dust collector?
Brain, I read Bridge City owner John's post, it says the Gryo Air's design idea came from a Korean engineer and his Chinese partner.? The technology is called Axial Centrifugation which makes flowing dust stream suddenly spins at high speed (over 4000 rpm), through a group of aerodynamic blades which generates very strong centrifugal force on dust particles (70 times bigger force than gravity). The particles are pushed away from air flow center by the centrifugal force and then drop into the dust bins. The clean air remains in flow center and goes forward to the final air filter. This process can successfully separate 99.9% dust particles from air. John also mentioned that Chinese state agency tested the dust collector, and found the air coming out of the separation chamber is already very clean. This means the separation is very efficient and effective. The following video demos the technology and product. I am interested in this dust collector. I have a delta 1.5 HP dust collector with a DIY thien baffle and 0.5 micron filter, it works fine, but freaking LOUD in the confined garage. I hesitate to buy Felder RL because I was told by their technician that RL 140 is even louder than my delta dust collector, RL's selling point is clean air. I simply cannot spend thousands to buy a dust collector louder than the current one.? I need a dust collector which produces clean air like Felder RL, but also very quiet. James On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Brian Lamb blamb11@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:
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