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Fine Woodworking and some books - Free |
Posted by: alanealane - Yesterday, 04:58 PM - Forum: Tool Swap N' Sell
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All of these are being given away as a set FREE to the first person to commit to pay for shipping. I will give an accurate shipping cost based on destination. And I accept PayPal friends and family only since these are being given away. Or I'll accept a check sent in the mail. First come first serve.
Pictures here.
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Woodworking on a grand scale |
Posted by: GaryMc - 07-17-2025, 03:47 PM - Forum: Woodworking
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Got a once-in-a-lifetime experience yesterday. We are in the market for a new front door (42X80) for our moderately up-scale 35-YO house. After reviewing the existing one and our wishes (mostly LOML's), we got a quote for around $18K for a custom Signature door with leaded-glass inserts This, of course, almost made me throw up, but spouse pursued further and found out the Signature Door Company is in Altoona, PA - about 3 hours from us. She called and made an appointment with "Denny" since both of us were interested in what went into such a price. So we made the trek yesterday.
We show up and found out "Denny" was the President of the company, who spent time discussing our wishes and then took us on a near-three-hour tour of the whole shebang, discussing raw material, big processes, little details, and finished products for units his 47 employees were currently making. Holy Cow! Never had I ever seen such massive machines, like an oil bladder veneer press, a sequential 6-belt sanding operation and CNC machine with about 30 turret-mounted bits being auto-selected. A lot of the big stuff is computer-controlled but hand-operated and there were lots of typical glue-and-clamp operations. Every single product is custom-made -they don't use anything mass-produced and don't have an inventory of any product. Their preferred wood is Sapele but they can use just about anything else, and they prefer to use laminations with weather-resistant products on the exterior. There were monster racks of most commonly used species.
Another impressive part was the cut glass operation - intricate designs for bevels and curlicues going into leaded-glass inserts.
Essentially, we got the "Cook's tour" even more detailed than their videos and, as it turns out, a door like we want would be more in the $10K range. Still a lot but I am almost willing to spring for it just to support the idea that quality stuff CAN be and IS made here in the USA. Interestingly, the very first question on their quote sheet is "Does this need to be hurricane-proof"? I asked Denny what sort of investment is involved and he said "A lot", then showed a quote for a new machine they were considering with a price tag of $350,000.
If you want to spend an hour or two with Denny (who was the National Sales Manager at the time) going through the whole shebang, here is the link:
https://signaturedoor.com/media-center/
Click on the selections labeled PCN Tours. And the About Us section on their home page gives the interesting history of the company.
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router bit |
Posted by: oakey - 07-16-2025, 10:51 AM - Forum: Woodworking Power Tools
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anyone know of a rabbeting bit that has bearings allowing it to cut to 1 inch depth i can find 3/4 but need 1 inch for a project has to be a guided bit to do a rebate inside of a frame
the rebate only has to be 1/4-inch-wide slot cutter bit maybe work not sure ????
but a regular rabbet bit would probably be better
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Why no matching molding profiles in pvc? |
Posted by: MKepke - 07-16-2025, 10:12 AM - Forum: Home Improvement
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Has anyone else noticed the lack of larger molding profiles in cellular PVC compared to ‘standard’ wood moldings like basecap and corner profiles?
In my case, the big boxes DO carry the profiles I need in wood but the corresponding pvc profiles are always about 1/4” smaller. So the wood basecap is say 1.375” tall but the same profile in pvc is available in no larger than 1.125”
We're talking very common shapes.
When, in my frustration, I asked the dude working the lumber department at Lowes, he responded "They tell me its because larger moldings expand and contract too much". I then slowly turned and eyed the racks of 9" wide pvc boards they sell...
I ended up making my own to replace some rotted exterior trim.. The basecap I made looks good, tho it's a different profile (I used the most-similar molding knife I had on hand). The cornercap looks crappy - made out of two pieces of pvc flat stock joined at 90 degrees. Will have to redo that.
Took many hours more than necessary if I could just buy the stock wood profile in pvc...
-Mark
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Clear Vue dust collectors out of business@ |
Posted by: iublue - 07-15-2025, 02:13 PM - Forum: Woodworking
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Just found out (maybe old news) that Clear Vue is out of business.
I guess the owners are retiring.
Phone Number that I had is already reassigned and the website is gone except for a page saying they are retiring and that they would sell the business.
I just bought a cyclone about 3 years ago.
I hope I don't need anything that I can not get elsewhere!!
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