BTW, has anyone ever told you that you look a little like Leo Laporte?

The tip about re-acclimating the wood is a good one. Is one week long enough? I haven’t really milled much (if any) off the faces of my boards, since I am already starting only about 1/4-1/2″ from final dimension.

Was the burning due to wood stress relief during the rip? I got some on 1 or two of my cuts. I didn’t force it, even though I had a riving knife in place. Instead, I turned off the saw, pulled the piece out, and ran it through again – this time with most of the stress effects nullified – much safer than risking a kickback or unduly stressing the blade or saw.

I like your explanation of layout decisions. I thought I was doing that too, but turns out I kept getting confused about which parts of the board to mark, which faces to joint, etc. – even though I know what I should be doing – seems when I actually ended up doing it, the stress of it all got me confused. I still ended up with some decent milled stock in the end (I hope).

Dealing with inferior equipment doesn’t help. I have the same planer as yours, but I keep getting snipe, sometimes very little, sometimes decent gouges. Also, knowing just how much the planer will take off is a guessing game, and because I am already at the limits of my minimum dimensions, it’s scary to run my boards through for one more pass. I guess I can always repurpose the stock for making toothpicks (or mulch).

My first visit to your site — saw it on Kaleo’s workshsop.

First of all, I covet your shop. Great complement of tools and great space.

Enjoyed blog entry. Made me rethink what I’ve been doing making legs by gluing up 4/4 boards which is close to twice the amount of work than using a 6/4 board.

Also has some advantages in selecting grain patterns.

Guess I’ll just have to get a 6″ jointer to replace the old 4″ I have. Also a dust collector. This is in addition to the new table saw I have on order.

I think I’m about to stimulate the economy…

Keep up the great information and podcast!!

And you have a beautiful daughter!

I might consider that approach now that I’ve got my own little haven as opposed to using the local high school’s shop.

And the rough mark out of the pieces on the lumber is a nice idea.

Thanks for the post