Cx

[Rob Z]

CX

Are these the clamps you told me about? :)

http://www.collinstool.com/base.php?page=collins_miter_clamps.htm

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[LadyGodiva]

Hmmm...I sure hope he didn't tell you where to use those :uhh:

[cx]

Yep, that's one of'em, Z. Those are really, really good for the smaller stuff.

There are some heavier ones in a C shape that use similar installation tool. Different sizes for different applications. Make bigger dings inna wood, though. But I use'em plenty. Damned if I recall the name just now, though.

And I finally broke down a couple years ago and bought some of that fella's really high-dollar Clam Clamps, too. Gotta admit, for pre-assembly of mitered casings and such, they're fine tools. Leave lotta marks in the sides of the casings, but it's surprising just how many of those you really don't need to care much about in real life. I can find him if you wanna toss fifty bucks a pop onna table. I only bought four, but I know the next time I've gotta do a lot of serious casing work I'll be lookin' for a few more.

I'll send you mine if you wanna give'em a try. :)

Then you will send'em back. :D

[Rob Z]

Cool. :) Joe lent me a few of his and they seemed to be the same as what you had described. He refused to pay for the specialty pliers the same as you. :D

I think I'll order some this weekend. BTW, I found that link over at JLC. Remember that place? :noid:

[cx]

Oh, no, I got me them plars. Old people can't squeeze hard enuff for them little boogers.

Yeah, I remember JLC. Really wish I had time to spend over there again. Learned mucho there. Can't seem to get away from this place, though. :rolleyes:

And per our conversation the other night, here's you a picher of Big Bertha and some 4x12 cedar beams. Me an' Bertha's buildin' an entry way at the same house where I showed you them "antique" doors. :)

[Rob Z]

Nice! How much of a drain on the power grid when that beast gets the motor running? :sick:

Let me pewt you on the spot and invite you to post the pics of the gates/doors you finished.

C'mon now! :)

[Tool Guy - Kg]

Me & Big Betty (Bertha's cousin) had our way with a set of bowling alley lanes. Bertha and Betty are some big girls. :nod:

[cx]

Yep, them bowlin' alleys is thick enough to need ol' Bertha. Hard, too. :)

Happy to post them doors, Z. Doors are 1/10 x 8/7 and 2 1/2 inches thick at the stiles. And needed a little work, they did. :cool:

[Tool Guy - Kg]

Purdy! :shades:

You prolly got dowels holdin' them doors together. But whatchu got between the frame structure pieces to keep 'em together? More dowels?

[davem]

Watchu mean dowels! Kelly's a craftsman through and through. Prolly got pocket screws onna back side. :p

[cx]

Well, nothin' un-craftsman-like about dowlin', Dave, I do it alla time. And yes, there were a number of'em in the door repairs.

But the bottom rails of the framework use mortise & tenon and were captured as the bottoms of the inside stiles/jambs were set in a couple feet of concrete (see picher).

The top 4x12 rail was kinda pocket-holed, though, Dave. Inch and a half pocket holes part way down through the top and 1/2 x 10-inch lag bolts into the stiles. little overkill, that, but I needed them stiles to be still on accounta they had to be my door jambs, too.

[davem]

I was just funnin' Kelly. Nice work there. :) I think I see the screw holes where you fixed on your router template for those mortises. How'd you cut the tenons?

[John Bridge]

Looks like he cut the tenons with a table saw or a skill saw.

That is exceptional work, Mr. CX. I think now I know why you live in poverty, though. You can't be getting paid what that kind of work is really worth. :)

[flatfloor]

Someday an archeologist will marvel at the craftsmanship. :)

[Tool Guy - Kg]

Damn straight that's some mighty fine craftsmanship! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/happy0034.gif Agree with JB, looks like a circular saw or table saw used to cut that tenon.

[cx]

You can't be getting paid what that kind of work is really worth. Nope, not even real close. But I need to work more than I need to make a lotta money, and this is the kinda work I really enjoy. This particular customer appreciates good work and doesn't nickle and dime when I tell him how I wanna do things like that. I don't charge him what the market would bear, but it's close to home, I work as slow as I wanna, whenever I wanna, and my bills get paid. Makes me happy. :)

Those short sections were cut on the table saw, but there are some seven-footers to go betwix them 4x12s that were done with a circular saw. I made the router jig such that you can just set the saw for one inch in each direction, make all the cuts, and have a reasonable chance for a decent fit if your 4x8s are running somewhere close to 4x8 (not always the case). A little trimming of the corners of the tenon with the ol' chisel and you're set.

It's a pretty simple joint, actually, once you get set up.

[Rob Z]

CX

This is the toy I am currently lusting for...Joe finally got one, and Forum member Billy has one.

It is triple schweet!! Smooooth as silk.

[Billy]

Uh oh, Rob's going shopping...
Billy

[cx]

Oooo, miter saw races! :yipee:

Y'all gonna enter that inna Unlimited class? :D

[Rob Z]

I guess we have to settle for this one for now. It's been a good saw for the past 7 years...

[cx]

Mmmm, better enter that one in the Under Ten Inch class, Rob. You'll git creamed in the Unlimited races. :D

That's a very useful saw, though. Guy who does laminate floors on my behalf uses the same saw. Cuts wide thin stuff just fine and is a hellofa lot easier to move about than that big hawg I've got.

Don't wanna trade, though. :)

[stullis]

That be the slider I got Rob. I wish I woulda sprung for the 10" back then but at the time the 8 1/2" was all I needed. Hitachi makes fine sliders.

Nice looking work CX.

[Rob Z]

Hi Scott,

I wish that they had the 10" slider back then. That 8 1/2" cost back then nearly what the 10" slider cost now. :bang:

Kelly,

Now that I am in the picture posting mood, I finally found the pics of those problem openings I called you about. This is the one where we found that the commercial drop irons had been used in this house.

[doitright]

Hi Guys :)

I've got the Hitachi Rob's lookin at. Not! Got one of the last ones before the next model added the laser. They didn't even change the price. :bang:

[John K]

Geez Rob,

Do ya do any tile anymore? :)

Cx,

Do you ever do Dri-Vit removals in your neckof the woods? :)

[cx]

Do you ever do Dri-Vit removals in your neckof the woods? You talkin' about the EIFSs, John? Don't know if that craze ever really caught on down here, least I don't recall reading about all the problems all the time.

But I'm fixin' to use the outer coating they use with those systems over an existing real-stucco house instead of painting. The existing "finish" is difficult to describe except to say it's truly awful. Local plasterer put on some samples of the two-pass, trowel-on, elastomeric/acrylic stuff and it looks like it's gonna work fine.

I think the real big problems they got into with the EIFS was installing that foam board over existing exteriors with no kinda drain-plane or air gap or anything to keep it from just making a good place for the existing exterior to start rotting away. I've seen some photos of the customary damage that results, and read a lot of the information in the various lawsuits around the country. Apparently a good idea gone really bad in the actual application. I know some of the suits cover people in my part of the country, but I'm not sure just how widespread it was here.

You fool with that stuff?

[mark11755]

Sorry, but I had to do this.

Brand new, best-in-class with the best laser in the business LS1013L

[John K]

CX,

I have house with it. Boughtit 4 years ago with the intention of bricking it. Several in my neighborhood have had the dri-vit removed(eifs) and brick installed. I thought I had read something about Texas having been on the Dri-Vit bandwagon several years back before they discovered the moisture intrusion problems. :confused:

[flatfloor]

Some people have no self control. :D

[Tool Guy - Kg]

I've been doing some cabinetry with a buddy of mine who has the slightly older version of that Makita 10" slider w/o the laser. It is so smooth, it is rediculous. I've had 12" DeWALT mitersaws for a long time and am very happy with them. But that 10" sliding Makita is just killer. http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/happy/happy0034.gif

[cx]

That 1013's been gettin' rave reviews since it came out, Kurt. I've never had an opportunity to use one myownself, but I've never heard a single trim guy say a bad word about it. I've been tempted myownself. Only thing that doesn't look thrilling to me is that really low fence.

The little 10" Makita straight miter saw I have has a really neat little moving kerf thingee in the fence that makes it wonderful for really small work, like shoe returns and such. But it's got other limitations, of course.

And I've never tried one of those laser line drawer thingees either. If those turn out to be really accurate and reliable, I think I'd need to sign up for one. I can really see that being moderately wonderful, especially for things like crown where I always manage to mark the wrong edge and hafta do-over so I can line up the damn blade. Could learn to do better, maybe, but the crutch would be easier. :)

[Tool Guy - Kg]

You got some sharp eyes, Mr. CX. The low fence is the only thing I'm not completely satisfied with. Since I'm a righty, I hold alla wood onna left fence where it's a bit taller. While it's obvious why they shape the angle onna fence for beveled cuts, I wish they'd make a sliding beveled fence on the top of the low fence to accomodate all cuts like on our DeWALTS. This Makita saw I've been working with has a small flourescent light fixture (instead of the laser) on a gooseneck mount that can be positioned to light up the workpiece nicely. REEAAAALLLLLLLLLL handy for someone like me who likes working late and in low light conditions. That little light fixture is excellent. :)

[cx]

Yep, sure like those movable fences on the DeWalt.

I'm sure Mr. Longfellow is payin' close attention here. :)

[jgleason]

I bought this Delta 12" (#36-235) a few years ago. Works pretty good for me. Put a new Freud blade on it this year. Very nice with that blade!

[mark11755]

:)

Look for the new LS1013L (with laser) and give it a try at a demo day or check it out at THD next month. It is brand new, and will be in high demand. So if we had a 10" sliding miter with a light AND laser, that would be better, right? ;)

[cx]

Well, my eyes are so bad now that I set big lights up in most of the work area, and for sure in the cut-station area, so I don't know how much of a feature that light on the saw would be. I'd likely use it if it were there, though.

The laser is what I'm interested in and I'll try to check that out if it comes to my local Homer's. :)

So.....what about the fence? :shades: