by hupka | Feb 5, 2018 | Products, Woodshop
Every wood worker has some special products that they absolutely love. These are the go to tools that you can always lean on to get out out of a jam. For us, one of those products is called Plastic Wood from a company called DAP. What is Plastic Wood you ask? This...
by hupka | Feb 4, 2018 | Bits Blades, Woodshop
There are a lot of simple pleasures in life that may go overlooked. Putting the first knife into a brand new jar of peanut butter comes to mind. Opening an Amazon box to realize they packed it with real bubble wrap. Hearing a fantastic new pun maybe. For me I...
by hupka | Feb 1, 2018 | Safety, Woodshop
Shop safety is very important. We all learned the basics in middle school shop class and those lessons carry over to today. I doubt you’ll ever see me running a machine without my safety glasses and ear protection. The glasses I have on here have a slight tint...
by hupka | Jan 23, 2018 | Dust Collector
Its always nice when the shop can get a new toy. As we approached the Christmas holiday we experienced a failure in our previous Grizzly dust collector. After 9 years of hard use it was no longer operating at peak efficiency and was more than due for a well deserved...
by hupka | Jan 19, 2018 | Band Saw, Information, Woodshop
There is no level of experience or skill that can overcome basic safety practices in the wood shop. This band saw blade broke on my while I was cutting through some soft pine. The drive wheel forced the blade to continue through the tension wheel and came rocketing...
by hupka | Jul 25, 2017 | Information, Planer, Woodshop
When it’s time to plane lumber the first few passes usually show the most change which is fun to see. However this mahogany is a pleasure from start to finish. Measuring 14″ wide and 2″ thick you can imagine it weighs a figurative ton. The Grizzly...
