February 25/14
Jim Hiltz, Jim Maclean, Chris, Miles, Brian, Wilson, Rick
We started work on the jewelery box project. Leo went over cutting up stock for veneer. Choose straight grain wood. Birch and Maple are best for this project.
Th thickness planer was used with a platform to carry in the thin strips.
Leo demonstrated how to use a thin kerf swedged blade on the table saw to rip. The teeth cut, whereas carbide teeth tend to push the wood and use a lot more power to accomplish the rip.
To rip a thin piece, dress the wood, run it through the blade, raising the blade gradually and turning the wood end for end to cut almost through.
Finish the job on the bandsaw. Make a cut across the end of the board on the table saw and this allows the band saw blade to get started more easily.
Rick showed a beautiful bowl he did on an irregular birch burl. He showed how to set legs on the irregular side and make the four legs level.
Leo challenged us to figure out this:
The earth revolves around the sun every 364 1/4 days but the year has 365 days.
How is this?
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