Comments on: Woodworking In America, Contest Winner(s) and Other Stuff…

By: Rutager

Rutager — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:18:10 +0000

Peter,

I had more than a few ideas I couldn’t execute due to common decency, and yes, out of fear of rejection, I made my bases to a very high standard.

That’s your writing, geez, my finger painting and my writing are better than yours. Just a tip, the secret to successful finger painting is to keep your finger out of your nose during and even more important, after the painting.

Oh, if anyone cares, my entries were the “Rosebud wood” and “Quarter Sawn White Oak.”

Rutager

By: pfranks

pfranks — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:22:30 +0000

Hee hee! I already have mine. And it rocks!

By: Rutager

Rutager — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:33:57 +0000

Ok, quick and dirty: all the things that needed a stop, base and post were killer, the micro adjustability is so sweet and easy, much better than clamping a board to the fence; bearing cut on top of the post got you cutting without changing the blade or fence angle, this would have been even more noticeable if we were doing all the cuts on a single JMP; squiggle wood was no different in practice since it goes so fast just holding with fingers and lining up with pencil marks, if it needed accuracy to the .001″ the micro stop would have allowed for it with ease.

Love this new fence, I’ll be waiting by the mailbox for mine.

-Rutager

By: pfranks

pfranks — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:19:46 +0000

WOW! That’s a whopping HUGE gift certificate! I hope that this spurs everyone to submit their own entries to whatever contest John does next time. There’s serious $$ involved!

I bet Rutager’s bases were a lot nicer than mine. I was sure John was going to check them all with calipers, and reject ones that were more than a few thousandths off. Maybe with my new JMP and fence system I can do a better job next time!

Thank you, John. This contest was quite inspirational. I had a few ideas that I couldn’t execute due to lack of the proper tools. Maybe next time.

So now we Dream Team members have to be able to write?!? Sheesh! Nobody told me that. Rutager – can you write? I’ve seen your finger painting and it’s pretty good. Mostly brown, but what can you do…?

– Peter

By: John

John — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:42:20 +0000

Rutager-

I will show you in person. Then YOU can write about it!!!

You make the DREAM TEAM, you WRITE.

-John

By: Rutager

Rutager — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:40:55 +0000

John,

What are the main differences in making the detector pre and post precision fence?

-Rutager

By: Rutager

Rutager — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:38:44 +0000

Congratulations Peter,

Due to all of my earlier smack talk to Peter, I will be eating a lot of crow this WIA weekend; hope they cook it well in Pasadena.

My thinking cap is a bit snug, but I still have a few ideas I didn’t get around to making this round and lucky me I made several extra bases.

-Rutager