Does anyone have any experience using a Supermax Tools Combo Brush / Drum sander, or any kind of brush sander? Looking for options to quickly sand profiled panels such as raised panel doors, carvings, ect.

Great review! Pocket holes are also great for a knock down type of joinery, especially if you want to ship a piece of furniture. You are able to ship it all flat pack (IKEA style) and once on site it can be built. This is what we use on our technical furniture, and we ship all across Canada and the US.

My tool of the day was this trim router, 45 degree chamfer bit and a custom base great for trimming hundreds of feet of edgebanding. Don’t have to worry about the grain direction, just pass the router along the edge it cleans it up nicely. Great to have if you do a lot of edgebanding, saves a lot of time!

I purchase all of our fasteners, hardware and supplies from Richelieu. They have warehouses across Canada and the US for pickup, but we get everything shipped to our shop. Been dealing with them for over 5 years and never had any issues. Depending on the products, they’ll even send you samples if you are unsure or wanting to personally try it.

r-ice wrote:

JamieM wrote:
If you do a lot of pocket hole joinery, I would recommend these little clamps from Rockler. We have several in the shop and they come in handy in some situations where other clamps don’t seem to work.

i’ve never seen those before, if you are in ontario, where can we pick a set of these up?

@r-ice I purchased our…[Read more]

r-ice wrote:

JamieM wrote:
If you do a lot of pocket hole joinery, I would recommend these little clamps from Rockler. We have several in the shop and they come in handy in some situations where other clamps don’t seem to work.

@r-ice I purchased ours through Elite tools, they offer free shipping for orders over $99. I’m sure you can find t…

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cmeyer25 wrote:@jamiem that’s a neat clamp have you ever used the Kregjig pocket hole clamps? It looks like they do the same thing, so I’d be interested to know how they compare. This one looks like it’s probably less expensive though. Everything from Kregjig seems a bit pricey.

@cmeyer25, I have used the Kreg pocket hole clamps too, but I pre…[Read more]

Clev08 wrote:

JamieM wrote:
If you do a lot of pocket hole joinery, I would recommend these little clamps from Rockler. We have several in the shop and they come in handy in some situations where other clamps don’t seem to work.

Interesting, do you put the clamp in one hole while you put a screw in the other and them switch or can you drive a s…

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@DirtyWhiteBoy I believe they are just called pocket hole clamps. I know Rockler sells them, Elite Tools in Canada, and you can find them on Ali Express too.

If you do a lot of pocket hole joinery, I would recommend these little clamps from Rockler. We have several in the shop and they come in handy in some situations where other clamps don’t seem to work.

Just a note about the double edge trimmer, it works well with PVC or other materials, but not so well with veneer or any real wood edgebanding. You have to cut with the grain, if you don’t it will most certainly will cause tearout on the edgebanding.

If you plan on edgebanding a lot, I would suggest getting a trim router and either a 45 chamfer…[Read more]

I bought one about 5 years ago to spray water based stains and top coats, it was fantastic to use. Not much over spray, quiet unit to run (not much louder than a shop vac) and easy to clean up. I wouldn’t want to spray any oil based products, and if you plan on spraying paint I would suggest a larger tip / needle, and might have to think the paint…[Read more]

My go to clamp for clamping stock to the workbench or clamping a jig or template is the Kreg Automax, these clamps are amazing. The clamps I use most often when assembling are the Bessey Duoklamps. They are lightweight and easy to handle with just one hand.

roninohio wrote:That is a nice job! I bet there are a million wires under all that?

@roninohio,

There are so many wires behind these desks, it crazy! But we install pathways and cable ports for all the cables to run from one end of the desk to the other, so once all the equipment and cables are installed, they all get velcro strapped to the…[Read more]

JimDaddyO wrote:Studio/control room builds are so cool. They come with their own unique parameters and challenges. Nice job.

@JimDaddyO,

Thanks. Doing this type of work is very different than building for a kitchen, or even household furniture. The size and weight of equipment is a huge factor, then you add the fact everyone has different…[Read more]

jponto07 wrote: Nice work! Is it made from birch?

@jponto07,

It was all made from 3/4” maply ply and some hardwood maple.

58Chev wrote:

JamieM wrote:
A few photos of a custom workstation I designed and built for a recording and voice over studio in Toronto. The digital audio board in the middle weighs in at 75 lbs. let alone all of the other equipment they managed to fill it with.

@JamieM,
That looks nice and beefy. Not going anywhere. Where in TO is this…

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r-ice wrote:r-ice

@r-ice,
The stain is an aniline dye, then 3 coats on each side of a pre-cat lacquer. Everything was sprayed using a HVLP system. The pre-cat lacquer is very durable, great for any type of work surface.

@madman_us,

Yes it has been awhile since I posted but it’s good to be back and chatting with everyone again!