I have had a couple of weeks to enjoy my Unisaw and this weekend was the first I really was able to use it extensively. It runs so smooth and quiet I can actually hear my music in my earbuds without having to wear ear protection. The Unisaw is very accurate. I did very little tuning but the Biesemeyer fence was quite a feat in itself. So far I have cut 2×6’s, 8/4 oak, 4/4 quarter sawn oak, miters and even some tenons. It preformed beautifully without the slightest hint of any bogging. 5hp was probably more than I needed but I didn’t really have a choice. So overall it is more saw than I will probably ever need and I am glad I got it.
Currently I am working on Christmas presents for my girls. I am making a couple of Jewelry hangers to hang necklaces and rings. I am also making 2 memory frames. The frames are going to be made from re-purposed panels that I stored for about 10 years made from quartersawn oak. It will have chicken wire for a backing with little tiny clothespins to hang pictures, notes and other stuff; I will post pictures when I am complete. I am also building a low budget work bench at the same time. It is constructed from SYP from the big box store. I will put a leg vise and tail vise on it like a split top Roubo bench. I am making the leg vise using a scaffolding jack screw and the tail vise from a Veritas / Highland woodworking bench screw from an old bench I gave away several years ago after I removed the hardware. I actually placed it at the end of my driveway and it was taken within a couple of hours. My current bench which I am not using is one of those metal benches from Sam’s club with the wooden top. I considered modifying that bench with a new top and such but it stands to high for me and would require metal working skills I currently do not have to shorten it.
When the bench is complete I will probably make a Paulk inspired assembly-outfeed table. I really need an assembly table especially considering I will be making bedroom furniture over the winter and spring for my wife and the girls. This will be a huge undertaking and challenge especially with the large amounts of lumber I will need to mill with my small 6″ joiner and 15 year old lunch box planer. Though I have plans in the future to acquire 12″ joiner and 15 inch planer it will not be in time for these projects. I am going to create another sections of this blog site for builds and a gallery. I want to start a YouTube Channel but I really do not know much about video editing or filming. I have a Nikon D5300 which takes fairly decent motion pictures but need to figure out the editing part.
If there are any woodworkers in the western Kentucky area drop me a message. I would like to meet other Kentucky woodworkers or even some north western Tennessee woodworkers I am always looking for like minded people that I can share information with and learn new things.