yes, a friend of mine told me how to do it and lent me his saw. His saw is > left handed with a pistol type grip, big and heavy, pro grade not cheap. > He reckons the left handed model is the way to go for right handed > persons. Kinda scary taking that bad boy to a blank the first time. You > got to cut the outline before you skin it so you have to make the outline > deep.>>> I found it very fast and easy leaving a good 90 edge to the bottom, but > you could mess up in a hurry. true, it doesnt cut all the way through in > the middle of thicker boards, so you have to go back and knock those bits > off but for me i liked using it. I have a Milwaukee industrial catalog and they make all kinds of circular saws that I didn’t even know existed.Left handed,right handed,bigger blades for deeper cuts etc.I am sure they have a website.I think that Porter Cable offers some of these same options.
I had used saber saws up to about 15 years ago, I then reluctently started > using a circular saw, ah! A few momnths ago while roughing out a > Velzy-Jacobs balsa blank, I returned to the long bladed saber saw to get > through all that wood. Well when I turned the blank over, the f******ing > blade had tracked under for nearly an inch! Luckily, because the blank was > going on KKL’s machine, I had drawn the outline about an inch over. Velzy > was standing there while Bill Bahne cut the blank, The cutter, as it > passed over the under cut, has onlt an 1/8th inch to spare. I had some > HAWK eyes on me for that monemt, was I craftsman or kook? Nah Jim you are are a craftsman,that is the beauty of building by hand.The little Gremlin is always waiting to trip you up.After glassing tons of boards I managed to forget to add catylist to an abstract pigment job.(thanks for bailing me out).I can just picture your Dad watching the blank being machined,he would probably be laughing like hell.
Nah Jim you are are a craftsman,that is the beauty of building by hand.The > little Gremlin is always waiting to trip you up.After glassing tons of > boards I managed to forget to add catylist to an abstract pigment > job.(thanks for bailing me out).I can just picture your Dad watching the > blank being machined,he would probably be laughing like hell. I was sweatin’ bullets on that one. But like my Dad always said “the devil hates a coward”
If you must use a circular saw, try the finish type rather than the framing type as they have a better table. Also use a masonry blade rather than a wood blade. I still prefer a good hand saw and my Skil 100 for final cleanup. aloha, tw
If you must use a circular saw, try the finish type rather than the > framing type as they have a better table. Also use a masonry blade rather > than a wood blade. I still prefer a good hand saw and my Skil 100 for > final cleanup.>>> aloha, tw Amen to that.The planer is the key to the whole deal.I have tried em all and keep on going back to the old way.By the time I drag out a power saw,plug it in, put all kind of weights on the board etc. I can have it done with a hand saw.Yep I’m an old geezer set in his ways. I sure wish somebody would come up with a cordless planer,I have been tripping on cords for years. Bet I catch hell on the “tripping” part.
I had used saber saws up to about 15 years ago, I then reluctently started > using a circular saw, ah! A few momnths ago while roughing out a > Velzy-Jacobs balsa blank, I returned to the long bladed saber saw to get > through all that wood. Well when I turned the blank over, the f******ing > blade had tracked under for nearly an inch! Luckily, because the blank was > going on KKL’s machine, I had drawn the outline about an inch over. Velzy > was standing there while Bill Bahne cut the blank, The cutter, as it > passed over the under cut, has onlt an 1/8th inch to spare. I had some > HAWK eyes on me for that monemt, was I craftsman or kook? You just gave away a lifetime of experience. That inch was a very important piece of luck that shows what craftsmanship is made of sometimes. Smart move . Thanks!
Amen to that.The planer is the key to the whole deal.I have tried em all > and keep on going back to the old way.By the time I drag out a power > saw,plug it in, put all kind of weights on the board etc. I can have it > done with a hand saw.Yep I’m an old geezer set in his ways. I sure wish > somebody would come up with a cordless planer,I have been tripping on > cords for years. Bet I catch hell on the “tripping” part. I
ve always tried to arrange my toolscords so that they are suspended and following over the working surface and not under my feet. Next best thing to cordless. Dale
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ve always tried to arrange my toolscords so that they are suspended > and following over the working surface and not under my feet. Next best > thing to cordless.>>> Dale I have had the eye opening pleasure of witnessing “Magicperson” shape a few of his original fish. The thing that hit me first was his cord management. Very practical old school approach , tucking the cord behind himself in his belt with enough slack to prevent disaster. Did you ever step on your power cord and radically alter your plans?
I have had the eye opening pleasure of witnessing “Magicperson” > shape a few of his original fish. The thing that hit me first was his cord > management. Very practical old school approach , tucking the cord behind > himself in his belt with enough slack to prevent disaster. Did you ever > step on your power cord and radically alter your plans? easternpacific, Yes, I sure have… loose cords on the floor are an outstanding way to cause accidents! You know… I haven
t seen it posted here in so many words, but Id really love to read a collection "Murphys Laws" that relate specifically to surfboard shaping and construction... ha ha! What do you think? Anyway, if a cord is left unattended on the floor, it will usually find a way to get under foot or tangle itself around something that needs to be unrestricted. Its very hard to make up for the foam (or a lamination) that got inadvertantly gouged out by stumbling over something! Dale
I think something along the lines of funniest power tool incident or most unexpected or better yet “I knew better but ignored my intincts” when it happend would be priceless. A good lesson for all. Jim Phillips started it with a priceless description of the wandering sawsall blade. A followup chapter might be along the lines of those most unexpected incidents, you know, flip on the lights and to your horror, LOL, or some other response was triggered by what you saw. And then what you did to “fix” it or harness this new found knowledge. Best lesson you’ve learned from a mistake. …I walked out to the shop one night after dark and felt my way to the light switch on an exposed wall stud. Must have left a coiled extension cord on the hook near above the switch and seemed to be tangled all over the switch plate. As the lights came on the extension cord rapidly dissapeared, it was my buddy the 6’ rat snake hanging out and digesting his evening meal on the hook. He and I have an agreement now, keep the surprises down to once a month. Tom S.>>> easternpacific,>>> Yes, I sure have… loose cords on the floor are an outstanding way to > cause accidents! You know… I havent seen it posted here in so many > words, but Id really love to read a collection "Murphys Laws" > that relate specifically to surfboard shaping and construction... ha ha! > What do you think?>>> Anyway, if a cord is left unattended on the floor, it will usually find a > way to get under foot or tangle itself around something that needs to be > unrestricted. Its very hard to make up for the foam (or a lamination) > that got inadvertantly gouged out by stumbling over something!>>> Dale
I think something along the lines of funniest power tool incident or most > unexpected or better yet “I knew better but ignored my intincts” > when it happend would be priceless. A good lesson for all. Jim Phillips > started it with a priceless description of the wandering sawsall blade. A > followup chapter might be along the lines of those most unexpected > incidents, you know, flip on the lights and to your horror, LOL, or some > other response was triggered by what you saw. And then what you did to > “fix” it or harness this new found knowledge. Best lesson you’ve > learned from a mistake. …I walked out to the shop one night after > dark and felt my way to the light switch on an exposed wall stud. Must > have left a coiled extension cord on the hook near above the switch and > seemed to be tangled all over the switch plate. As the lights came on the > extension cord rapidly dissapeared, it was my buddy the 6’ rat snake > hanging out and digesting his evening meal on the hook. He and I have an > agreement now, keep the surprises down to once a month.>>> Tom S. I went out the side door of the garage one night to have a puff and upon returning, saw something that wasn’t there before. Damn, it was the biggest lizard I had ever seen resting on the firestop and hand truck hanging from the wall. As I got closer, it had no legs, it was a 3 foot diamond back, in my best Steve Erwin, with my Petacalco walking stick, I picked it up and dropped it into a Trader Joe’s handled paper shopping bag. My wife and then baby boy were in the shower, so I had to show them what was in the garage where he had be only a short time earlier playing with daddies tools!
I went out the side door of the garage one night to have a puff and upon > returning, saw something that wasn’t there before. Damn, it was the > biggest lizard I had ever seen resting on the firestop and hand truck > hanging from the wall. As I got closer, it had no legs, it was a 3 foot > diamond back, in my best Steve Erwin, with my Petacalco walking stick, I > picked it up and dropped it into a Trader Joe’s handled paper shopping > bag. My wife and then baby boy were in the shower, so I had to show them > what was in the garage where he had be only a short time earlier playing > with daddies tools! Great story…‘Petacalco’! Oh man there’s a seventies memory!
Great story…‘Petacalco’! Oh man there’s a seventies > memory! 30.00 dollars a month for a palapa/cabina on the beach and hoping for a day small enough not to get worked. Scorpions and rats dropping out of the thatch at night. On my last trip there in 1985, there was a hint of the old break, but the Rio Balsa dam has once again stopped the down stream flow of sand for another great break. Now the jetties at Lazaro certainly offer a wide variety of bone thumpers though.
30.00 dollars a month for a palapa/cabina on the beach and hoping for a > day small enough not to get worked. Scorpions and rats dropping out of the > thatch at night. On my last trip there in 1985, there was a hint of the > old break, but the Rio Balsa dam has once again stopped the down stream > flow of sand for another great break. Now the jetties at Lazaro certainly > offer a wide variety of bone thumpers though. Man, when we were there in '76 all I brought was a 6’0" Mike Oppenhiemer Summerfish! Nutty American exiled Drug Dealer Surfers from Newport were threatening us not to take pictures. People were heading off into the jungle mountains to collect ‘magic mushrooms’. There were hot chicks from Canada backpacking through, federales walking on the beach with military weapons! I had the turista’s so bad I only weighed 129lbs after 6 weeks in the jungle and I’m 6 ft tall!..Shit priceless memories…If you can get ahold of Surfer Journal Volume 3, Number 3 “Tim Bernardy’s Mexico Memories”, it’s a MUST for any 70’s surfer who headed south(mainland mexico) back in the day. We must have been frick’en nuts!!! Now ‘I’ gotta talk my teenagers out of going like ‘my’ Dad tryed to do!
I went out the side door of the garage one night to have a puff and upon > returning, saw something that wasn’t there before. Damn, it was the > biggest lizard I had ever seen resting on the firestop and hand truck > hanging from the wall. As I got closer, it had no legs, it was a 3 foot > diamond back, in my best Steve Erwin, with my Petacalco walking stick, I > picked it up and dropped it into a Trader Joe’s handled paper shopping > bag. My wife and then baby boy were in the shower, so I had to show them > what was in the garage where he had be only a short time earlier playing > with daddies tools! …I love monkey on a stick!It’s delicious!Herb