Woodworker's Journal 2009-33-5, страница 72

Whats In Store

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Bench Cookies and Melting Wood

10-380 ready in November. The work surface on this big band saw is 19" x 24%", allowing a cutting capacity of 14'// height and 2114" width with the 3hp motor. Guiding those large workpieces is a 5"-tall fence with a resaw bar. The 10-380 also has dual 4" dust ports, a magnetic switch which prevents the saw from turning on until restoration of power in the event of an outage, and cast-iron wheels and trunnion. Its suggested cost is $2,199.99.

Are you ready to rout? If you're working in the kind of shop that sometimes has a car in it — or where you need to put even your big power tools away when you're done — Skil has designed some new router tables meant for easy storage, setup and portability. Both the RAS800 and the RAS900 come pre-assembled with an integrated accessory storage bag and a laminated MDF top. The self-contained structure provides storage for necessary parts like the fence and router bits. Included with the RAS800 are a guard, featherboard, miter gauge and bit inserts; the RAS900 comes with all that plus a tall fence with adjustable laminated MDF faces; dual featherboards, a starter pin and guard for support when routing curved workpieces; a bit height gauge for easier bit setup

As a woodworker, it's a pretty safe assumption that you work with wood. And you thought you knew it pretty well, right? For instance, you might have a project that would be just perfect if you could twist and bend your wood at just the right angle — but you knew wood just doesn't work that way. Guess what? With Cold-Bend™ Hardwood Lumber from Fluted Beams, LLC, it does.

Cold-Bend hardwoods are manufactured using an intense thermo-mechanical compression that creates a bellows-like effect at the cellular level, allowing the hardwood to stretch as it bends. This means it can bend into shapes with a thickness up to one-fifth of the board radius (in other words, a 1" board can be bent around a 5" radius circle). It's real hardwood, too, available in 10 domestic species. No chemicals or glues are used in this process, and the Cold-Bend lumber, which comes in thicknesses up to 1%", looks

Cold-Bend™ Lumber

the same as "regular" versions of maple, walnut, etc. and has the same ability to take finish. Prices vary according to species and dimension selected, with a 15-pound sample pack available in most species for $150.

Rikon's 22" band saw

Once a woodworker has some wood, you'll probably want to machine it. Got a project with large work-pieces? Rikon has several new band saws out this fall, including the 22" Model

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