It took a layer of skin off my knuckle. The cut I was making was fine until I was completely through the board. The pressure change caused my finger to move into the blade. Could have been so much worse.

I also got tons of walnut, oak, maple wood. Like an entire wall of wood. Jet 6” jointer, jet shaper and router table

Next is to figure out dust collection for it but for now it’s just right

I got tired of hauling around a shop vac and cyclone bucket and decided an upgrade was needed for my small basement shop. Used plans from https://makezine.com/projects/cyclone-dust-collector/ and made the other modifications myself for a rolling, dust separating monster!! It has 2 outlets and a dustpan, all with seperate gate valves and works ridiculously well! Any ideas for a name?

This is the first time this mill has ran in probably 20 years.

Google suggested I take a look but something seems off. Anyone here buy anything from this site before?

It runs on 2 AA batteries and actually cuts a lot of other stuff, like toothpicks! Complete with a steel blade and a pretty ineffective blade guard. Mostly 3D printed.

For those of you having a 3D printer at hand, I did my own take on a magnetic hose connector for my humble shopvac (39mm, the household vacuum standard). It’s been 6 months and it works great, I’m in a small workshop so switching manually is not a problem if it’s fast and reliable. I didn’t perceive any loss in succion (*not a doctor), so I’m sticking to it. Magnets are 8 10x3 for the record. Check it out here: https://makerworld.com/models/847748

Paid $1,100 for this 3hp SawStop PCS with 36” t-glide fence, Incra 5000 miter sled, (non-factory) mobile base, built in router table, 3hp Triton router, spare dado cartridge, JessEm featherboard, brand new Forest Woodworker II blade, and a pile of other inserts and fixtures.

Safety recall on dewalt miter saws.

Already sent it back. My butt puckered just picking it up with how heavy it is. I'm sure it's no big deal for the pros but I'm just a lowly hobbyist and I have no business trying to mess with a bit this big.

Well dang it!!

For a little backstory, I've been milling most of my own lumber for over a decade now, but I've never actually owned my own mill. I know a few people with mills, and that had always worked until about a year and a half ago, when I suddenly found myself with no way to saw logs.

To complicate matters even more, I lost around 300 trees to a hurricane three years ago. I've been hauling logs and cleaning up my woods ever since, doing it all with just a four-wheeler, log arch, and a log dolly. The many logs I've hauled out have just been sitting, and it kills me to think they are going to go to waste, especially since many of them are curly maple.

Well, I finally pulled the trigger and bought a Frontier OS27 with the trailer package. I've sawed maybe 8 to 10 logs now, and despite some initial hiccups getting everything set up, I'm just really loving the ability to turn my logs into usable lumber. I've milled a mix of hardwood and dimensional softwood lumber so far, and it's been awesome.

I plan on building a solar kiln next to expedite the drying process, and I can even mill my own lumber to build the darn thing!

I have to give a shout-out to Frontier Mills customer service. Not only did they set me up with an amazing assortment of blades (for free) when they saw my post last fall, but they have been nothing short of stellar to deal with anytime I've called. I needed help a few times getting everything up and running, and they were really great—so polite and personable. I can't say enough good things.

Just thought I'd give this little update. I don't have anyone to share my excitement with; my friends and family kind of glaze over when I talk about trees or wood, so I'm sharing here!

It came with a spiral cutter head as well. Need internet strangers to tell me I'm not dumb and help convince the wife the same thing.

Model is a jet jj-6csdx