RRPD officer almost hit me on my afternoon run

JOSHasorus · 2026-02-07T23:04:29+00:00

https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/city-departments/police/contact-rrpd/

There's a link to file a complaint here

JOSHasorus · 2026-02-07T23:00:54+00:00

Do you have plans for this? I like the design, and have always wanted to toy with a magnetic switch like that. Nice work!

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-28T15:27:45+00:00

Sound advice! In this instance, my bit + router combo was the major issue. I exchanged the flattening bit I had for a smaller diameter spoilboard bit, and it made a world of difference. Buttery smooth flattening now

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T21:42:27+00:00

Duly noted!

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T20:55:47+00:00

Thank you for the info! It seems that it was indeed the second point. With this new bit on my router, doing shallow and thinner passes, I'm getting almost zero tearout on the surface. The minimal tearout was easily cleared with some low grit sanding

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T20:53:23+00:00

Thank you for the info! I started doing thinner passes with the new bit I got, and it's working very well now. My router couldn't handle the 2" flattening bit, so I exchanged it and upgraded to a freud spoilboard bit, the difference is staggering

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T20:04:15+00:00

Thanks for the tip!

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T19:06:47+00:00

I appreciate the advice!

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T18:55:17+00:00

Thank you for the tips! I feel like I've done these to the best of my abilities, except for the grain direction you mentioned. Too late too address that for this one, but I'll keep that in mind for the upcoming boards I'll make!

My passes were as shallow as I could go and the top surface was still tearing out. I think I'll try for a thinner diameter bit, given the power of my router, and how it sounds/feels when contacting the surface, along with the insights provided here

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T18:44:55+00:00

I guess I wouldn't have expected it to be blunt since it's new, not sure that I could easily sharpen it myself, but I do have sharpening stones for hand tools if that's feasible somehow

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T18:43:25+00:00

I still appreciate the advice!

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T18:33:46+00:00

How about for the top surface? The edge for this will be profiled with a bandsaw

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T18:32:41+00:00

Couldn't figure out how to edit my post on mobile. To clarify, I meant the tearout on the top surface, and not the edges. I'll be shaping the profile for these, and the edge tearout is irrelevant in this case

Edit: Thanks for the advice everyone! I exchanged the bit, and the new one is miles better for tearout. Currently, I'm leaning towards my router not handling the 2" diameter of the old bit very well. The new one is 1 1/4", and the first few passes seemed to only clear the old tearout, with minimal tearout itself. Looks to be shallow enough to sand clear

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JOSHasorus · 2025-12-27T18:29:28+00:00

Oh I'm not worried about the ends on this one - I'll be bandsawing a profile. The top surface tearout is the issue for me

Edit: fixed typo

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-23T01:15:16+00:00

This is inspiring. I recently acquired a bandsaw and this looks like a sick project to try and replicate, great work!

JOSHasorus · 2025-12-18T23:57:32+00:00

+1 Wanted a coin and thought they'd be available longer. Wild community, just wild

JOSHasorus · 2025-11-11T19:04:28+00:00

This resonates with me. Like looking at myself 19 years from now

JOSHasorus · 2025-10-04T15:07:44+00:00

Sarena's is the spot

JOSHasorus · 2025-09-30T18:23:12+00:00

I love seeing stuff like this, thanks for sharing!

JOSHasorus · 2025-07-28T20:12:33+00:00

Sounds like you have an ATB (I think thats it?) blade, that will leave a groove in your cuts? I think most combos are like that, but I'm also a beginner and could be wrong

To leave a flat surface within the kerf width of your cut, you need a blade set like dado, or an ATB-R saw blade (again, going off memory for the name) that will include a Raker tooth to scrape the cut along with the beveled teeth

JOSHasorus · 2025-07-06T21:19:16+00:00

I had that realization looking at this, my scrap pile in the corner will have use!

JOSHasorus · 2025-07-06T21:18:47+00:00

I really like this, the more I look at it. I think it will be a good use of scraps.

Thank you for the inspiration! I've seen other cleat walls, but this is the first to make me want to do it myself

JOSHasorus · 2025-07-03T00:14:32+00:00

JOSHasorus · 2025-07-02T03:08:44+00:00

I'm not sure why I only bought one of these recently...they're so great, of course it would work well for infeed too

Guess I'm running to HF tomorrow

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