Woodistry Shop Tour
One of the companies whose tools I use has a slogan: "Quality
is contagious". I use high quality equipment, and I
believe my work reflects that.
The centerpiece of my studio is a high precision Austrian made
Felder KF700S Pro saw/shaper which weighs in at about 1800
lbs. These machines are built with both accuracy and safety in mind.
Since it's a European saw, it comes with a
splitter
which tracks the blade movement and is very (about 1/8") close to it.
This is extremely important for safety reasons. The slider is also very
close to the blade - about 1/8" away - which insures smooth and precise
cutting. Cutting panels
on this machine is fairly easy.
I've got a precision
Felder AD731 12" combination jointer/planer machine with a
slot mortiser which mounts to the front of it.
For sanding, I use a 15" Sunhill wide-belt sander with a 5 HP motor and a Delta 6" edge sander.
I also setup with a Castle TSM-21 machine for pocket holes.
For edgebanding I've got a
Casadei 15/10 hot air machine. This is shown next to my
Sunhill sander.
I'm also setup with a
Blum Mini-Press for hinge
boring and a
Maggi 23 spindle line boring machine.
I have two flavors of benches designed by
Ian Kirby - a maple topped bench with a douglas fir base and a MDF
veneer press bench. To be honest I don't currently do a lot of
veneering. If I did I would probably invest in a vacuum bag veneer
press. That was what Ian actually recommended to me when I spoke with
him here in my shop.
Of course, studying under Ian Kirby I developed a love of hand tools, so I have an ample assortment with plenty of Record hand-planes.
Tommy and Bobby
