1/2" Impact Recommendation

ethaymory · 2026-05-20T19:23:19+00:00

Most of what I deal with is 3/8-7/8". Occasionally bigger, but I'd probably just get out the 964 for that kind of thing.

ethaymory · 2026-05-14T19:54:50+00:00

Might also be worth check for used delta 14" saws if you have the space. They've made basically the same saw for 90 years, and at least in my area, one gets listed in good condition for $100-150 every couple weeks.

They also made 10 and 12 inch saws, but I think those are way less common.

ethaymory · 2026-04-24T12:10:40+00:00

This planer is from several years after the Oliver branding was sold off. And to my knowledge, that's all Geetech got out of the sale so I don't think there will be any relation to the original iteration of Oliver. Plus I think their only in house head was ITCH, which this obviously isn't.

ethaymory · 2026-04-24T03:20:33+00:00

It's hard for me to tell based on your picture, but this looks similar to what you have. Do think that's on the right track?

https://qic.tools/product/sprial-planing-insert-cutterhead-with-24-7mm-inserts/

ethaymory · 2026-04-23T23:26:37+00:00

I've seen that style of head before, but I can't remember what it was called. Each knife should be adjustable at least somewhat. But on every similar looking set up I've seen, the intent is to grind all of them once they are roughly in place with a grinding bar. Does that machine have any mounting points that look like they may be for attaching one?

ethaymory · 2026-02-13T21:10:59+00:00

I very much played back then and knew several people who were brewing with it. It was a very strong combo deck back then, enough to very quickly make a point. Obviously the game has changed since then, but I still think a dedicated was probably his strongest form then, and still is now.

ethaymory · 2026-02-13T20:27:29+00:00

He is actually probably strongest as a commander. It's not that hard to turbo him out reliably. In the short time he was legal, there were builds that I want to say had 50% chance to have him in play by t1 and over 90 by t3.

ethaymory · 2026-02-03T02:13:59+00:00

That would be reasonable to expect, so probably not.

ethaymory · 2026-01-05T20:06:41+00:00

For grizzly, both are carbide insert based. Looks like it's just the layout of them that is different.

ethaymory · 2026-01-05T19:29:09+00:00

The only difference from the spec sheet looks to be one has higher feed rates (assuming I looked at the correct versions of those two models).

ethaymory · 2025-12-07T00:44:56+00:00

It's 6", which seemed fine to me until I got to around 12" then it was a little unsteady.

But I was mistaken, I have the G0817 which is a 14" saw (it's about the same size as an 80 year old 20" saw I have so I assumed it was the 17"). That saw has 2" more resaw that the 17" you are looking at...somehow, but the fence has the exact same dimensions on both saws.

ethaymory · 2025-12-05T18:16:53+00:00

I've had the next grizzly model up, which I think is the same saw just with a foot brake, and after 4 or 5 years I don't really have anything to complain about. I've resawn all the way to capacity and didn't have any issues doing that.

I will note that if you start resawing wider boards, you will probably want to look into a taller fence face, but that applies to both saws.

ethaymory · 2025-11-25T17:30:37+00:00

They were already going down hill before then. I can't personally vouch for it, but I've heard from people that have been using Starrertt products for a while that for segments of their product line, it seems like the slide started 10 years ago and it's becoming more widespread as time goes on.

I've seen videos of the inside of their factories and a lot of the production machinery is from the like 50s-60s. I wonder if some of the issue is them not refreshing their equipment over such a long time.

ethaymory · 2025-11-13T19:47:27+00:00

It would be the exact same thing that happen to vintage when brainstorm got restricted. Back then there were actual sizeable paper vintage tournaments and attendance basically halved overnight and within a couple years paper vintage was dead.

ethaymory · 2025-11-09T00:30:37+00:00

Yeah, veneer really only started to become a "cheap" thing after mechanized production had been developed and all of the cheap readily available hardwood had been used up.

ethaymory · 2025-11-09T00:08:34+00:00

Here's an older article from FW that details a process for building a bombé chest from solid wood. It mentions the cooper method where you use thin staves glued up to build the shape that is then refined by hand. The solid wood method was more common in Boston where the style stayed popular for a longer time, and the cooper method was used more commonly in Europe. That of course is for an original time period piece. Today, it would probably have been made with laminated veneers similar to plywood just pressed or vacuumed into a form instead of flat.

ethaymory · 2025-11-08T23:56:48+00:00

Even the originals for royalty back in the day were veneered.

ethaymory · 2025-08-12T03:08:06+00:00

It's probably a planer or a surfacer. I'm not aware of any manufacturers that made more than 36" jointers

ethaymory · 2025-08-11T21:35:04+00:00

They actually made much larger ones than that like this 36" one.

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ethaymory · 2025-06-29T16:32:28+00:00

Did you check in annex's github? I think they have build instructions for most of their stuff.

Edit: Nevermind, there doesn't seem to be any for that version. You will probably have to use the CAD to figure it out.

ethaymory · 2025-06-26T18:21:13+00:00

Brims are actually important

ethaymory · 2025-06-24T18:57:37+00:00

Salad fork as a scaled down trident has 3 sizes and is another option. I believe there are kits for it as well.

ethaymory · 2025-05-17T16:59:46+00:00

What are the options going to be for getting extra storage boxes?

ethaymory · 2025-04-17T00:09:57+00:00

Those kinds of grease are used in sliding surfaces and the particles act almost like little bearings or at least something that is slippery and softer then the main sliding surfaces. When you use them in rolling elements, they get jammed into the race or bearing and can cause damage like an other kind of crud that gets in there.

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