Woodistry Shop Tour

One of the companies whose tools I use has a slogan: "Quality is contagious". I use high quality equipment, and I believe my work reflects that. The centerpiece of my studio is a high precision Austrian made Felder KF700S Pro saw/shaper which weighs in at about 1800 lbs. These machines are built with both accuracy and safety in mind. Since it's a European saw, it comes with a splitter which tracks the blade movement and is very (about 1/8") close to it. This is extremely important for safety reasons. The slider is also very close to the blade - about 1/8" away - which insures smooth and precise cutting. Cutting panels on this machine is fairly easy.

I've got a precision Felder AD731 12" combination jointer/planer machine with a slot mortiser which mounts to the front of it.

For sanding, I use a 15" Sunhill wide-belt sander with a 5 HP motor and I've also got a little Powermatic edge sander.

I'm also setup with a Castle TSM-21 machine for pocket holes.

For edgebanding I've got a Casadei 15/10 hot air machine.

I'm also setup with a Blum Mini-Press for hinge boring and a Maggi 23 spindle line boring machine.

I have two flavors of benches designed by Ian Kirby - a maple topped bench with a douglas fir base and a MDF veneer press bench.

Of course, studying under Ian Kirby I developed a love of hand tools, so I have an ample assortment with plenty of Record hand-planes.

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