Thanks to fellow NCWWer Scott Kuykendall, I am now the proud owner of a Craftsman molding head set that I've been wishing for for a while. Thanks Scott! I promised Scott I would post some pictures of the first run in the shop, so I prepped some stock from some Spanish oak shipping dunnage I had laying around and gave 'er a whirl (pun intended!) :gar-Bi
Most of what I've read about these things said they are loud and scary - I found it to be neither.
Most of you know what this is, but for the uninitiated - here's the unit:
And here it is mounted in the G0690:
Next, add sacrificial fence and a hold down:
Run some stock...
And voila, nice cut.
Some observations:
- I made the cut in two passes, probably should have done 3
- Better grade of stock would produce better results
- Not as nearly as loud or as scary as I was lead to believe it might be
- Runs more like a shaper than a router table, I think it produces a more consistent cut than the router table.
Got big plans for this, next up will be some edge to edge glue line joints. Once again Scott, thanks - it's working great so far!:icon_thum:icon_thum:icon_thum
C.
Most of what I've read about these things said they are loud and scary - I found it to be neither.
Most of you know what this is, but for the uninitiated - here's the unit:
And here it is mounted in the G0690:
Next, add sacrificial fence and a hold down:
Run some stock...
And voila, nice cut.
Some observations:
- I made the cut in two passes, probably should have done 3
- Better grade of stock would produce better results
- Not as nearly as loud or as scary as I was lead to believe it might be
- Runs more like a shaper than a router table, I think it produces a more consistent cut than the router table.
Got big plans for this, next up will be some edge to edge glue line joints. Once again Scott, thanks - it's working great so far!:icon_thum:icon_thum:icon_thum
C.