I am in the middle of building a some what large tool box to try and
add more organized storage for my tools. About 25 cft. in 9 drawers.
Anyway, yesterday I began cutting dado's for the front and rear face frames
to fit the 3/4" plywood carcass. My first trial cut naturally resulted in
a beautiful 1/4" deep dado on the test piece but a bit too wide by the width
of a .012" shim. And Now the Dog wants to go to the back yard to do her
duty which for some reason cannot be done in the front yard.
I should add right now that I also naturally adjusted the depth of cut
immediately before having the width of cut set up correctly and after seeing
that the cut was .01" too deep naturally raised the dado set to compensate
and naturally the cut was deeper still. Another turn to lower the blade and
now the blade is 1/16" too shallow. Another adjustment of the blade and I
am back to .01" too deep. Another turn of the wheel and the blade cuts and
you guessed it, deeper still. Finally after another adjustment I am dead on
at 1/4" deep. And Now the Dog is finished with her duties and is barking
to come back to the front yard.
Back to the width adjustment. Since I spent 10 minutes working on the
depth adjustment I naturally did not want to raise the dado set and loose my
setting. Because the set is only cutting 1/4" deep the arbor nut is way
down there and I have to stick my hand through the skinny ass opening to
remove the nut. Naturally I have the saw extension cord at the back side of
the saw and have to walk around to unplug it before removing the nut.
Naturally I add that .012" shim to the stack, walk to the back of the saw to
plug it in, and make the test cut. Naturally the cut was wider still
because I needed to subtract the .012 width instead of add it. Naturally I
did not move the extension cord to the front of the saw to make things
easier and Naturally I again walk to the back of the saw to unplug it. Now
I need to remove a chipper and the .012" shim. Naturally because my depth
was preset I had to stick my hand through the skinny ass opening to remove
the nut again. I exchange a 1/8" chopper for a 3/32" chipper and made my
trek back to the back of the saw to plug it in. The cut is beautiful but
too narrow by what I thought was about .012". Because I just knew that I
was going to be cutting stock by now I left the extension cord at the back
of the saw and had to go back there again to un plug it. Back to the front,
stick my hand through the skinny ass opening to remove the nut and add the
.012 shim. Back to back of the saw to plug it in and yes the extension
cord is still back there more as a matter of principal than any other valid
reason. Back to the front of the saw and make a test cut. And Now the
Dog is asking to go to the back yard to finish what apparently did not get
finished 15 minutes ago. I come back to make the cut, and the result is
still to narrow. Because it is still a matter of principal I walk to the
back of the saw and unplug it once again. Back to the front and stick my
hand through the skinny ass opening to remove the nut. I add another shim
and go back to the back of the saw to plug it in. Now the Dog is barking to
come back to the front yard once again. I return to the saw and make a test
cut.
Perfect.. Life is good.
When I was in surveying we'd use a Lovar 100' "chain" (actually a
LONG tyhin strip of metal who's length had been calibrated at various
temperatures and tensions) and a spring tension gauge on the end of
it to measure distances in thousandths of a foot over 100 feet. This
"chain"/"tape" was used when doing property surveys.
If we were setting hubs (wood spikes to pound into the dirt) and
points (finishing nail in the top of the hub) for a sewer line we'd
shoot
for the nearest hundredths or even tenths of a foot. This order
of precision was referred to as "Close Enough For Sewer".
Perhaps there is a woodworking equivalent - close enough for shop
furniture. Principles, schmintziples - close enough for shop furniture!
Face frame that sucker and NO ONE will - ever ------ know......
charlie b
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Now the Dog is barking to come back to the front yard once again. I
> return to the saw and make a test cut.
>
> Perfect.. Life is good.
All those changes and you didn't even drop the nut. Yes, life is good.
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Leon" wrote in message
>
>> Perfect.. Life is good.
>
> But, as you know, life is better with a Freud Dial-A-Width dado set ...
> LOL.
Uh huh.. Wanna Trade?
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I am in the middle of building a some what large tool box to try
> and
> add more organized storage for my tools. About 25 cft. in 9 drawers.
> Anyway, yesterday I began cutting dado's for the front and rear face
> frames to fit the 3/4" plywood carcass. My first trial cut naturally
> resulted in a beautiful 1/4" deep dado on the test piece but a bit too
> wide by the width of a .012" shim. And Now the Dog wants to go to
> the back yard to do her duty which for some reason cannot be done in
> the front yard.
> I should add right now that I also naturally adjusted the depth
> of cut
> immediately before having the width of cut set up correctly and after
> seeing that the cut was .01" too deep naturally raised the dado set to
> compensate and naturally the cut was deeper still. Another turn to
> lower the blade and now the blade is 1/16" too shallow. Another
> adjustment of the blade and I am back to .01" too deep. Another turn
> of the wheel and the blade cuts and you guessed it, deeper still.
> Finally after another adjustment I am dead on at 1/4" deep. And Now
> the Dog is finished with her duties and is barking to come back to the
> front yard.
> Back to the width adjustment. Since I spent 10 minutes working
> on the
> depth adjustment I naturally did not want to raise the dado set and
> loose my setting. Because the set is only cutting 1/4" deep the arbor
> nut is way down there and I have to stick my hand through the skinny
> ass opening to remove the nut. Naturally I have the saw extension
> cord at the back side of the saw and have to walk around to unplug it
> before removing the nut. Naturally I add that .012" shim to the stack,
> walk to the back of the saw to plug it in, and make the test cut.
> Naturally the cut was wider still because I needed to subtract the
> .012 width instead of add it. Naturally I did not move the extension
> cord to the front of the saw to make things easier and Naturally I
> again walk to the back of the saw to unplug it. Now I need to remove
> a chipper and the .012" shim. Naturally because my depth was preset I
> had to stick my hand through the skinny ass opening to remove the nut
> again. I exchange a 1/8" chopper for a 3/32" chipper and made my trek
> back to the back of the saw to plug it in. The cut is beautiful but
> too narrow by what I thought was about .012". Because I just knew
> that I was going to be cutting stock by now I left the extension cord
> at the back of the saw and had to go back there again to un plug it.
> Back to the front, stick my hand through the skinny ass opening to
> remove the nut and add the .012 shim. Back to back of the saw to
> plug it in and yes the extension cord is still back there more as a
> matter of principal than any other valid reason. Back to the front
> of the saw and make a test cut. And Now the Dog is asking to go to
> the back yard to finish what apparently did not get finished 15
> minutes ago. I come back to make the cut, and the result is still to
> narrow. Because it is still a matter of principal I walk to the back
> of the saw and unplug it once again. Back to the front and stick my
> hand through the skinny ass opening to remove the nut. I add another
> shim and go back to the back of the saw to plug it in. Now the Dog is
> barking to come back to the front yard once again. I return to the
> saw and make a test cut.
>
> Perfect.. Life is good.
>
>
>
>
Who ever gets that close at golf, before calling it 'good'? ;-)
Patriarch