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  1. 24 minutes ago, swt61 said:

    I can recommend Sherwin Williams Wall & Wood Primer and Sherwin Williams Emerald Eurethane Enamel paint. That stuff is Uber durable and easy to spray.

    Oil based paint is whatever I can find around here. Hit or miss mix off PPG and Benjamin Moore. Sherwin Williams has been a dry hole for a while. 
     

    I would assume any place that supplies cabinet shops has HDF. Rare to find at box stores. 

  2. 4 minutes ago, swt61 said:

    Wait, WTF? Are those raised panel doors and drawers carved out of a solid chunk of MDF?

    Al just answered my question. That's fucking crazy. Crazy cool!

    That's a first for me. 

    Al is correct. Raised panel HDF single piece doors are pretty common for painted cabinets. There are CNC bits to match just about every shaper knife profile. 

  3. 20 minutes ago, VPI said:

    Spoke to SawStop. It all comes back to the shitty 15a circuit. Either get a better circuit or stop using the saw is their advice. 

    I find that hard to believe, have you measured the voltage of when the saw kicks on? Just because it’s a 15a circuit, doesn’t mean it can only carry 15. 

  4. 5 minutes ago, swt61 said:

    BTW, Bourbon Moth guy says he only buys Forrest flat grind blades for everything. 

    Seeing the cuts he's getting even on plywood, I'd have to agree with his choice. Normally a beveled grind blade scores before it cuts, leaving a very clean edge. But the flat grind Forrest blade leaves just as smooth a cut. The benefits of a flat grind blade are many. A few of them are much smoother datos and half lap joints, but there are others. Not having to change out blades all the time would be a big time saver. These don't really make sense as a jobsite blade, because I trash a blade within a month, and the Forrest are expensive. But in a shop setting I'm convinced its the blade to use. Also, a lifetime of free sharpening. You just pay postage, and send the blades to Forrest whenever needed. 

    I think Doug has already made this determination. 

    Curious how they compare to the Ridge Carbide blades. I’ve been meaning to get one or the other to replace my Freud. I really liked it when I had my Jet, but now it just seems to do a okay job at best. 

  5. 8 minutes ago, swt61 said:

    You need a Festool. The trenching feature alone is very worthwhile. 

    I attach the gate as a unit, with two hinges on each side. Then I  cut the top 2x4 and bottom 2x4 of the gate frame, right in the middle, where I have left the 1/8" space.

    Okay, I see it meow. 
     

    Tenching feature? Does it do moats as well?

  6. How are you attaching the the two sides of the gate where the 1/8" gate is?

    Decided I need to do some more meta woodworking and build a proper miter saw station. Going to clean off some space, remove some built in shelves, and build a station. How are you liking your setup so far, Al? Also need to decide if I just roll if my old Hitachi saw (which has been a work horse and pretty solid over the years) or move to something hopefully better. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, swt61 said:

    I've used much of the Amazon Basics hardware lately, including doorknobs and deadbolts. I've been really happy with the quality. They are a bargain price, but even more important, they just work well. On the other hand, I've had nothing but problems with the uber expensive Emtek shit that the posers love to buy and namedrop. Baldwin is my fave, but these Amazon Basics are damned good for the $.

    On a different note, I've discovered a few new YouTube woodworkers worth watching.

    Bourbon Moth Woodworking and KJ Sawdust.

    BTW, The real Blum hardware is also excellent. The Bourbon Moth guy has some good tips on easy installation of their bottom mount drawer guides 

    Good to know the rest is the line is also good. 
     

    The Blums are impossible to get here and online, why I’m looking for the best alternatives.  

  8. I’ll have to check them out, hopefully there is a local supplier. 
     

    Picked up these Amazon Basics Euro handles for the cabinets. The quality is surprisingly good. Solid stainless with quality look and feel. Best part was they were $1.15. Which is probably bad since I’m just supporting the Bezos and China. 

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  9. 2 hours ago, VPI said:

    Very nice. My work is way too sloppy to get clean lines so I have to cheat with adjustable Blum hinges.
     

    The magic ping pong table does the dados?  I need a mini one of those, but I think I need a jointer more at this point.

    I also use the Blum hinges, impossible To get it perfect without some tweaks. Really wish the Blum slides were in stock, the cheap knockoffs make it much harder to do. 
     

    The ping pong cuts everything minus the face frame rails and stiles. Kind of wish I had an edge bander now 😂

  10. 3 minutes ago, swt61 said:

    Pretty damned sweet. Your shut lines are perfection. Not an easy accomplishment. 

    Is it going in your house?

    Going in one of the two smaller houses we bought recently.  I have another vanity all cut, just need to put it together. I think getting the faces on take up about half of the construction time. 
     

    Getting it all lined up is definitely a chore, I have a fully kitchen to do next, think I’m going to go with a larger reveal so being perfect isn’t so critical. 

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  11. 3 minutes ago, VPI said:

    Any of you guys using automated/remote blast gates?  Looking to try some but most of the ones I am seeing look to be poorly made. 

    I am. Using iVac. I have a metal pro one and plastic one. So far no issues other than the power supplies they supplied were AC/DC and would keep on frying from static. Turns out there is already a DC power supply already built into them. Switched to just using transformers and I haven’t had any issues. 

  12. 3 hours ago, VPI said:

    I think you have better things to do than making drawers. I am looking at basic magic side tables for my shop so I can make some cool stuff.  Just cannot fit your ping pong table. 

    Actually really easy to make if you need a flat pack of anything. 
     

    Ping ponged the carcasses, and put together the first one. Started to make the HDF doors and found that the latest  version of my cabinet software causes problems with cutting the doors properly. Nothing like having a $1800 year piece of software that ruins sheets of wood. 
     

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  13. 47 minutes ago, VPI said:

    I cannot find where to order drawer boxes on your website Naaman, can you give me the link?  I would like two 21x14 for the entry cabinet and I am sick of having to build drawers without a magic ping pong table. 

    Easy peasy, what type of slide are you using?

  14. 14 hours ago, Voltron said:

    I wanted to show off the sign that Steve engaged Naaman to design and carve on the ping pong table. It is a beautiful piece of cherry that will age along with us, although unlike is it will look better over time.

    I haven't really organized the stuff on the peg board, it's just there temporarily because I'm trying to get everything out of the old shop space.

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    Looks like it found a good home. 

    Slowly getting going on the cabinets, have the drawer boxes built. Not having to figure out any dimensions for them was really nice. Design the cabinet and have the machine cut the parts to size. Whatever that size may be. 
     

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