• Complain

James Hamilton - The Homemade Workshop

Here you can read online James Hamilton - The Homemade Workshop full text of the book (entire story) in english for free. Download pdf and epub, get meaning, cover and reviews about this ebook. publisher: F+W Media, genre: Home and family. Description of the work, (preface) as well as reviews are available. Best literature library LitArk.com created for fans of good reading and offers a wide selection of genres:

Romance novel Science fiction Adventure Detective Science History Home and family Prose Art Politics Computer Non-fiction Religion Business Children Humor

Choose a favorite category and find really read worthwhile books. Enjoy immersion in the world of imagination, feel the emotions of the characters or learn something new for yourself, make an fascinating discovery.

James Hamilton The Homemade Workshop

The Homemade Workshop: summary, description and annotation

We offer to read an annotation, description, summary or preface (depends on what the author of the book "The Homemade Workshop" wrote himself). If you haven't found the necessary information about the book — write in the comments, we will try to find it.

Lets face it: Woodworking isnt cheap. Wood and materials alone can cost a small fortune. And well-designed commercial woodworking machines are often so expensive that they are beyond the reach of many home woodworkers. So whats a woodworker to do? Do what Stumpy Nubs does and build your own!

In The Homemade Woodshop, James Hamilton, creator of the popular Stumpy Nubs website, shows you how to build woodworking machines for a fraction of the cost of store-bought models and with more features to boot! Youll discover 12 detailed projects for building precise, durable shop-made machines including:

  • Sliding-top router table that makes joinery safe and easy
  • Multi-function downdraft table that combines dust collection with countless workholding applications
  • Sliding crosscut table that gives your table saw the precision and convenience of a high-end European saw
  • 24 band saw that offers all of the throat capacity of an industrial model...
  • James Hamilton: author's other books


    Who wrote The Homemade Workshop? Find out the surname, the name of the author of the book and a list of all author's works by series.

    The Homemade Workshop — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

    Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "The Homemade Workshop" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

    Light

    Font size:

    Reset

    Interval:

    Bookmark:

    Make
    Contents
    Guide
    The HOMEMADE WORKSHOP Build Your Own Woodworking Machines Jigs James - photo 1
    The HOMEMADE
    WORKSHOP
    Build Your Own Woodworking Machines & Jigs
    James Hamilton

    Cincinnati Ohio popularwoodworkingcom Thank you for purchasing this Popular - photo 2

    Cincinnati, Ohio
    popularwoodworking.com

    Thank you for purchasing this Popular Woodworking eBook.

    Sign up for our newsletter and receive special offers, access to free content, and information on the latest new releases and must-have woodworking resources! Plus, receive a coupon code to use on your first purchase from ShopWoodworking.com for signing up.

    or visit us online to sign up at httppopularwoodworkingcomebook-promo - photo 3

    or visit us online to sign up at

    http://popularwoodworking.com/ebook-promo

    Contents

    The unique sliding top makes joinery tasks safe and easy.

    Make precise adjustments from above, or use the lift itself as a fully functional mini table.

    The lead screw positioner enables this fence to do more than any homemade version ever has.

    Turn a hand-held power tool into a benchtop machine that can do things a band saw cant.

    Keep the dust out of your lungs while sanding, and use the T-tracks for countless workholding applications.

    Increase your vacuums efficiency and eliminate filter clogs.

    Create box joints, splined miters, tenons and more with the micro-adjustable joinery attachments.

    A crank-feed belt, swappable drums and top access for quick sanding make this sander unlike any other.

    Despite having the throat capacity of giant industrial models, this three-wheel saw fits on a benchtop.

    This unique homemade fence design has all the extras we wish the expensive commercial models included.

    The precision and convenience of a high-end European saw come to your workshop!

    Build a complete workshop in a 4' x 8' footprint.

    Introduction

    When I put together my first workshop, I couldnt afford a band saw. Now, I could have scrimped and saved, maybe skipped a few trips to the buffet until I gathered the funds together for a good used model. But I come from a long line of tinkerers. My great grandfather was an iron worker. My grandfather was a well driller. When they had a problem, they built their own solution out of the materials they were familiar with (and a little bit of duct tape). So I wondered, was it really possible to build my own band saw?

    It didnt take me long to find my answer. It turns out that homemade woodworking machines used to be quite popular. In the days before moderately priced imports, tools were very expensive. So innovative woodworkers began making their own. One of my favorites was found in an old issue of Popular Mechanics magazine. It was a detailed plan for a band saw built from steel pipe fittings. Later I learned that at least one company (Gilliom Manufacturing under the name Gil-Bilt) had for years manufactured bits of hardware that could be combined with wood to create all sorts of woodworking machines. I found that, not only was it possible to make my own tools, but that people had been doing it for decades!

    That is until the 1980s. The decade of stonewashed jeans and hair bands also saw an influx of imports from the Asian markets. Suddenly a new band saw could be had for half the price as before. The homemade tool revolution dwindled as quickly as Don Johnsons career after Miami Vice. But enough with the 80s pop culture references; lets get to the heart of the matter. These days homemade woodworking tools are making a comeback. But it isnt all about saving a few bucks.

    WHY BUILD YOUR OWN TOOLS?
    More Features

    I feel like the tool manufacturers have let us down. Theyve been pumping out the same old stuff for years with few new innovations. There are some exceptions, of course. But many of the most common machines havent changed in generations. Lets stick with the band saw as an example. Todays new models look very much like the old belt-driven machines in museums. Meanwhile a guy named Bell invented a box with a microphone that evolved from the candlestick telephone to party lines, touch-tone dials, cordless phones, cell phones and now Internet video connections and were still using the same band saw design!

    Wheres the built-in sliding crosscut table, the integrated dust collection that actually collects dust, or the space-saving design that gives you more than 14" of throat depth without requiring a 10' machine with giant wheels? My homemade version has all of those features, and thats just a start.

    You see, when you build it yourself, you get to decide what features are important to you. With a little thought (along with some help from this book and the content at stumpynubs.com ) you can make machines that are light years ahead of those available in stores.

    Less Cost

    Building your own woodworking machines is a great way to save money, if youre into that sort of thing. (Which I am.)

    Because the band saw example has been working for us so well, lets consider it again. I am the proud owner of a 1hp, 14" band saw that is considered a fairly premium model. It cost me $1,000. You can buy less expensive saws, but not with the features that come in this price range. I also own a homemade saw of my own design. It has all of the features that my $1,000 saw has, plus a lot more. It cost me about $100 to build, including a used motor. But that doesnt tell the whole story. My homemade saw has 24" of capacity. A 24" band saw on the commercial market will cost you several thousand dollars more.

    I also have a homemade horizontal router, a drum sander, a router joinery machine, a dovetail machine and all sorts of other machinery thats rarely ever found in a small shop, because the commercial versions are far beyond the financial means of the average woodworker. My shop is vastly better equipped than many professional shops for one simple reason: I made my own tools.

    Greater Access

    We finance the work we do, in part, through the sale of plans and building instructions for the machines I design ( stumpynubs.com/homemade-tools.html ).

    Thousands of woodworkers have built these machines, which is something I take a great deal of pride in. But the best part of my job is reading email from woodworkers who live in areas where woodworking machinery is either difficult to find or prohibitively expensive to import. Many in Europe, Africa and Asia have found that building their own machines is the only way they could ever hope to own some of the tools that others find easy to acquire.

    That band saw that cost $1,000 in the United States is two or three times that cost in some countries. Others simply cant find a commercial version for sale at all. While availability isnt an issue for everyone, for some it is a big reason to build their own tools.

    Bragging Rights

    My neighbor once came to my shop to show me a cutting board hed made. He was very proud of his work, as everybody is when they create something with their own hands. I complimented him and chatted about it until he mentioned that he still had to finish the sanding. Being a good neighbor, I offered to do it for him, flipping on my homemade drum sander. His jaw dropped as I fed it through, making a point to adjust every knob and crank as if it were H.G. Wells time machine. You may think me cruel to show him up like that, but you dont know my neighbor.

    Next page
    Light

    Font size:

    Reset

    Interval:

    Bookmark:

    Make

    Similar books «The Homemade Workshop»

    Look at similar books to The Homemade Workshop. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.


    Reviews about «The Homemade Workshop»

    Discussion, reviews of the book The Homemade Workshop and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.