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Great photo! Nice to see those warm colors... quite a contrast to the silver and pearl (aka gray) skies in North Idaho of late...

rcsaylor; You might consider gluing up your blanks from some box store 1 by poplar. Not too expensive, and the mild grain makes it much easier to turn than fir. You can do the same with construction grade "white wood" by cutting your glue up stock from between the knots. Won't likely work ...

Bearing replacement kit for the bandsaw. Runs much quieter now. Also new bandsaw tires which I have not tried yet.

IMHO of course he should stay. I agree with Roy...RFGuy has posted his opinions, expressed clearly and honestly, and if they cause others to rethink some long-cherished notions, well that's a good thing in my book.

JPG wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:21 am My money is on correctly created finger joints.

I think so too...the spline seems like "belt and suspenders"

Ed, not sure which sort of scarf joint would work. See attached illustration. Which one did you have in mind? Looks like if I took two scraps and joined them with a scarf, I would wind up with a piece not much longer than the original scraps. Lots of glued area however... Steve... What I was thinki...

Just curious...why not consider scarf joints? With a 12 to 1 ratio the simple scarf is easy to make, nearly invisible and should be plenty strong. Finger joints are great...but to join lots of cut offs into a few long pieces, scarfing would be quicker and not require any special jigs or tools. Discl...

The "need for the services of the trades" is NOT going to disappear. Rest assured: Someone will takeover those positions. Now the cost of that labor may be the same as it is now for a "Professional" but that is the way the cookie crumbles. The law of supply and demand. That is e...

100% in agreement...they are extremely useful. And, when combined with feeler gauges, can in some situations also be used to make precise adjustments almost as easily as the adjustable collar. Which I also own...

Adrian; Here is a link you might find interesting...it looks like you can minimize or maybe even eliminate springback by steaming before laminating...I have never tried that, but it sounds interesting. https://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Springback_formula_for_bent_laminations.html What about jus...