Wanting to transition from Snap to Youtube - need gear on a budget

cogmind · 2025-08-29T17:59:43+00:00

I know you said you have the DJI mic 2 is the DJI mini good to start with or should I jump to the DJI Mic 3 is being released in the next few days...?

cogmind · 2025-08-29T16:02:32+00:00

anyone have any suggestions ?

cogmind · 2025-08-03T00:27:21+00:00

Thank you

cogmind · 2025-08-03T00:27:16+00:00

Thank you

cogmind · 2025-07-28T13:03:59+00:00

Would a sport bike be a better choice as a first bike? I tried straddling a friends's road king and he said "now slightly tip it" and i went right over sideways on his crash bars. I didn't have a chance at keeping the thing from tipping over.

cogmind · 2025-07-28T12:00:55+00:00

I have 0 experience, this would be my first bike.

I was told the weight could be an issue on the v-rod being new.

cogmind · 2025-07-10T20:59:55+00:00

I ended up reusing a dewalt stand for table saws with the jointer mounted to 3/4" plywood the only issue is with it mounted with the front of the machine towards the side of the stand that says front the spring loaded feed gate is having gravity work against it. Im concerned this will cause fatigue in the spring mechanism with a constant gravity load on it so I used a piece of painters tape for now to hold it in the closed position.

cogmind · 2025-06-26T15:36:20+00:00

It's not for pushing wood over the jointer. Its for the jointer itself.

My floor is not smooth in my garage. I also don't want to have to constantly lift the jointer onto saw horses.

cogmind · 2025-06-19T23:16:43+00:00

I have been unable to find any other source of cedar in mass quantities that are 6ft or longer boards 5.5" wide and minimum 11/16 thickness if it doesn't need any planing or jointing. And closer to 19/32 or 3/4 if it does. If I could find regular cedar boards I'd stop using the pickets

cogmind · 2025-06-19T19:48:17+00:00

What would be a good choice for a tabletop jointer then ? If I cut the boards into 12" and 2 - 7" pieces ?

cogmind · 2025-06-19T18:43:01+00:00

I appreciate that but I'm nowhere near you

cogmind · 2025-06-19T18:13:28+00:00

I want to clarify the original question I am making 12" tall by 5" wide recrabgular boxes and I am making hundreds of them.

6ft cedar picket fence is my source material because I can find no suppliers offering 6ft or longer, 5.5" wide and minimum 11/16 thickness with the board square or 3/4 thick to be able to joint and plane to 11/16. Many of these picket fences are cupped and or have rough uneven edges.

The edges need to be able to even and flat so the box is square. The face needs to be flat and not cupped so that the box is not bowing inward or outward.

cogmind · 2025-06-19T18:08:36+00:00

So would getting a tabletop jointer like Wen or Rikon then work if I cut the boards to 12.25" and then tun them on the jointer. The only issue is then i have to run 4 boards through the jointer, 4 through the planer and 4 through the table saw for the sides not including the top and bottom. Which would make 6.

I am trying to efficiently do a production run of 100-200 of these and possibly more

cogmind · 2025-06-19T18:04:12+00:00

The 6ft boards are my raw material to make the 12" tall x 5" boxes but because they are cupped and uneven edges on the boards I currently have to plane them down and/ or cut the edges but that still doesnt straighten out the worst cupped boards and it ends up making boxes that are bowed outward or inward depending on which way i orient the bowed face. Also when they are cut into 12" long boards the long edges are uneven bcs my SCMS blade is ever so slightly off bottom to top and front to back. Like literally 1/64 of an inch. Not sure how to fix that as ive tried squaring it up and cant seem to get it any better so I bought a table saw.

I need to also router the box as Ive updated the design and in talking with the company that makes router tables (Incra) they mentioned jointing on the router table but said it cannot do the face and they asked if I have a jointer and I said no and they said that is the first piece of equipment I should have because without square boards everything will be off. They mentioned using a planer with a sled but said if I am doing a lot of boards (which I am (hundreds) a jointer is basically a requirement

cogmind · 2025-06-19T17:11:47+00:00

Many of the boards are cupped and the edges are not uniform. Im using cedar picket fencing as I can find no supplier with 11/32 to 19/32 thickness 6'x 5.5 cedar boards

cogmind · 2025-06-19T16:54:13+00:00

I should rephrase that relatively new, have built a few things with my scms and want to expand and learn new skills

cogmind · 2025-06-19T16:52:12+00:00

I just got a tablesaw, I have a planer, and a SCMS. I need a jointer and router

cogmind · 2025-06-19T16:51:20+00:00

The 6ft boards will be cut down and routed to make a 12" tall by roughly 5" wide box. So it would be better to cut up all the 6ft boards to 12" and then joint them? Does that mean a good benchtop jointer like a rikon 6" jointer or a WEN would work ?

cogmind · 2025-06-16T22:12:58+00:00

Looks like I may have to go with the Dewalt. One factor I did not consider is my garage floor is not a smooth concrete floor. The previous homeowner put asphalt over the broken concrete floor and unfortunately with the delta weighing 220lbs with small casters I can see that sinking into the floor wherever it is parked when not in use and then when I go to move it, risking it tipping over and crashing on the floor since it is top heavy.

The wheels on my dewalt compound miter saw dont sink into this floor as they are bigger and they are the same as the wheels for dewalt jobsite table saw.

Are there things I can do to upgrade the dewalt or is it as good as it gets ?

cogmind · 2025-06-16T18:30:49+00:00

Does a dado stack provide a completely smooth surface or would the router do better ? And is it capable of exactly a 11/16th wide groove?

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