• Building an artist easel

    From Bob Davis@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 27 19:19:53 2021
    I am building an easel for my wife. She is a professional artist. This is probably a bit more elaborate than what most of you might envision. It is almost 8 feet high and can hold a 4' x 6' canvas. It has a system of counterweight and pulleys so the
    artist can move the canvas up, down, or sideways with one finger. I am building it out of quartersawn white oak and mahogany. Most of the joints are dowel reinforced with a few dominos in parts. A sketchup drawing and photo of some of the parts in
    progress is shown here:

    https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0AGhtLJ3JGZyhe

    Bob

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  • From krw@notreal.com@21:1/5 to wrobertdavis@gmail.com on Mon Sep 27 23:31:05 2021
    On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:19:53 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davis
    <wrobertdavis@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am building an easel for my wife. She is a professional artist. This is probably a bit more elaborate than what most of you might envision. It is almost 8 feet high and can hold a 4' x 6' canvas. It has a system of counterweight and pulleys so the
    artist can move the canvas up, down, or sideways with one finger. I am building it out of quartersawn white oak and mahogany. Most of the joints are dowel reinforced with a few dominos in parts. A sketchup drawing and photo of some of the parts in
    progress is shown here:

    https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0AGhtLJ3JGZyhe

    Looks nice! Good choice of woods. I'd probably use ash, mainly
    because I have a pile of it but white oak and mahogany are perfect for
    this too.

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  • From knuttle@21:1/5 to krw@notreal.com on Tue Sep 28 08:18:42 2021
    On 9/27/2021 11:31 PM, krw@notreal.com wrote:
    On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:19:53 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davis
    <wrobertdavis@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am building an easel for my wife. She is a professional artist. This is probably a bit more elaborate than what most of you might envision. It is almost 8 feet high and can hold a 4' x 6' canvas. It has a system of counterweight and pulleys so
    the artist can move the canvas up, down, or sideways with one finger. I am building it out of quartersawn white oak and mahogany. Most of the joints are dowel reinforced with a few dominos in parts. A sketchup drawing and photo of some of the parts in
    progress is shown here:

    https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0AGhtLJ3JGZyhe

    Looks nice! Good choice of woods. I'd probably use ash, mainly
    because I have a pile of it but white oak and mahogany are perfect for
    this too.

    I threatened to build my wife an easel, but we found a rather expensive
    one on sale at a good price at Jerry's here in Raleigh. It was well constructed and of oak.

    I do like the idea of putting wheels on the easel. With the weight it
    will be easy to move around. Do you have locks on the wheels?

    She uses her easel for painting, but we also use it to photograph the
    paintings when they are done. She has large windows on three sides of
    her studio, so lighting is not a problems, but for the best results for
    the photographs the easel gets move for the best light on the painting.
    Wheels would be a big help.

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  • From Mike Stark@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 28 17:31:15 2021
    Hello everyone, I would like to ask you, how can I make the right choice and buy a quality plunge router. I noticed that I need this tool, but I do not want to buy a bad one.

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    For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/woodworking/building-an-artist-easel-3158916-.htm

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to Bob Davis on Tue Sep 28 13:26:17 2021
    On 9/27/2021 9:19 PM, Bob Davis wrote:
    I am building an easel for my wife. She is a professional artist. This is probably a bit more elaborate than what most of you might envision. It is almost 8 feet high and can hold a 4' x 6' canvas. It has a system of counterweight and pulleys so
    the artist can move the canvas up, down, or sideways with one finger. I am building it out of quartersawn white oak and mahogany. Most of the joints are dowel reinforced with a few dominos in parts. A sketchup drawing and photo of some of the parts in
    progress is shown here:

    https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0AGhtLJ3JGZyhe

    Bob



    Looking Good! And I spotted the glue bottle. ;~)

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to Mike Stark on Tue Sep 28 13:28:39 2021
    On 9/28/2021 12:31 PM, Mike Stark wrote:
    Hello everyone, I would like to ask you, how can I make the right choice
    and buy a quality plunge router. I noticed that I need this tool, but I
    do not want to buy a bad one.



    Makita, Festool, maybe Bosch. I would steer clear of the American
    brands that once ruled this market. Porter Cable to be more specific.

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  • From Bob Davis@21:1/5 to keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net on Tue Sep 28 14:22:28 2021
    On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 7:18:47 AM UTC-5, keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net wrote:
    On 9/27/2021 11:31 PM, k...@notreal.com wrote:
    On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:19:53 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davis
    <wrober...@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am building an easel for my wife. She is a professional artist. This is probably a bit more elaborate than what most of you might envision. It is almost 8 feet high and can hold a 4' x 6' canvas. It has a system of counterweight and pulleys so the
    artist can move the canvas up, down, or sideways with one finger. I am building it out of quartersawn white oak and mahogany. Most of the joints are dowel reinforced with a few dominos in parts. A sketchup drawing and photo of some of the parts in
    progress is shown here:

    https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0AGhtLJ3JGZyhe

    Looks nice! Good choice of woods. I'd probably use ash, mainly
    because I have a pile of it but white oak and mahogany are perfect for this too.

    I threatened to build my wife an easel, but we found a rather expensive
    one on sale at a good price at Jerry's here in Raleigh. It was well constructed and of oak.

    I do like the idea of putting wheels on the easel. With the weight it
    will be easy to move around. Do you have locks on the wheels?

    She uses her easel for painting, but we also use it to photograph the paintings when they are done. She has large windows on three sides of
    her studio, so lighting is not a problems, but for the best results for
    the photographs the easel gets move for the best light on the painting. Wheels would be a big help.

    It will have four 4" rubber swivel casters with a lock on each wheel. I've dry fitted the easel with these wheels on and it absolutely will not budge when all four wheels are locked. I added a photo of one of the wheels to previous photo album. I bought
    these at Lee Valley several years ago.

    https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0AGhtLJ3JGZyhe

    Bob

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  • From Bob Davis@21:1/5 to Bob Davis on Tue Sep 28 14:28:51 2021
    On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 4:22:31 PM UTC-5, Bob Davis wrote:
    On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 7:18:47 AM UTC-5, keith_...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
    On 9/27/2021 11:31 PM, k...@notreal.com wrote:
    On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:19:53 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davis <wrober...@gmail.com> wrote:

    I am building an easel for my wife. She is a professional artist. This is probably a bit more elaborate than what most of you might envision. It is almost 8 feet high and can hold a 4' x 6' canvas. It has a system of counterweight and pulleys so
    the artist can move the canvas up, down, or sideways with one finger. I am building it out of quartersawn white oak and mahogany. Most of the joints are dowel reinforced with a few dominos in parts. A sketchup drawing and photo of some of the parts in
    progress is shown here:

    https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0AGhtLJ3JGZyhe

    Looks nice! Good choice of woods. I'd probably use ash, mainly
    because I have a pile of it but white oak and mahogany are perfect for this too.

    I threatened to build my wife an easel, but we found a rather expensive one on sale at a good price at Jerry's here in Raleigh. It was well constructed and of oak.

    I do like the idea of putting wheels on the easel. With the weight it
    will be easy to move around. Do you have locks on the wheels?

    She uses her easel for painting, but we also use it to photograph the paintings when they are done. She has large windows on three sides of
    her studio, so lighting is not a problems, but for the best results for the photographs the easel gets move for the best light on the painting. Wheels would be a big help.
    It will have four 4" rubber swivel casters with a lock on each wheel. I've dry fitted the easel with these wheels on and it absolutely will not budge when all four wheels are locked. I added a photo of one of the wheels to previous photo album. I
    bought these at Lee Valley several years ago.

    https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0AGhtLJ3JGZyhe

    Bob

    Note that the casters are the type that lock both swivel and rotation. This is important if you want it to stay fixed in one place. Here is current model that closely matches what I am using.

    https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/hardware/casters-and-wheels/110538-heavy-duty-casters?item=00K2003

    Bob

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  • From Puckdropper@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 30 08:53:08 2021
    Mike Stark <a1f52ee2076f51348c7207e4df06e0a1@example.com> wrote in news:16a90cacbee86c43$1$2077917$4056de03@news.newsgroupdirect.com:

    Hello everyone, I would like to ask you, how can I make the right
    choice and buy a quality plunge router. I noticed that I need this
    tool, but I do not want to buy a bad one.


    I bought a Ridgid a long time ago, it was a nice piece of kit. It had swappable bases and the dust collection seemed to work pretty nicely with a vacuum attached. My Bosch Colt palm router, though, sees much more duty
    these days.

    If you can, look up the ones you find interesting on Amazon or another site that has product reviews. That can give you an idea of what is good or bad about the tool, but BE CAREFUL, you can't trust all the reviews. Some are anti-reviews, put out by unscrupulous people to dissuade you from buying a particular tool.

    Puckdropper

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  • From krw@notreal.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 30 12:25:23 2021
    On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:53:08 GMT, Puckdropper <puckdropper@yahoo.com>
    wrote:

    Mike Stark <a1f52ee2076f51348c7207e4df06e0a1@example.com> wrote in >news:16a90cacbee86c43$1$2077917$4056de03@news.newsgroupdirect.com:

    Hello everyone, I would like to ask you, how can I make the right
    choice and buy a quality plunge router. I noticed that I need this
    tool, but I do not want to buy a bad one.


    I bought a Ridgid a long time ago, it was a nice piece of kit. It had >swappable bases and the dust collection seemed to work pretty nicely with a >vacuum attached. My Bosch Colt palm router, though, sees much more duty >these days.

    If you can, look up the ones you find interesting on Amazon or another site >that has product reviews. That can give you an idea of what is good or bad >about the tool, but BE CAREFUL, you can't trust all the reviews. Some are >anti-reviews, put out by unscrupulous people to dissuade you from buying a >particular tool.

    Some are about the packing or delivery! Don't go by the numbers. Read
    the reviews. I discount any review where the seller has made good on
    the sale (replaced or refunded).

    There are also decent reviews of this sort of thing on Youtube. I
    watched one last night on palm router, in fact. The Bosch and Dewalt
    were at the top. The reviewer used a Dewalt, it that means anything.

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  • From knuttle@21:1/5 to krw@notreal.com on Thu Sep 30 18:05:22 2021
    On 9/30/2021 12:25 PM, krw@notreal.com wrote:
    On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:53:08 GMT, Puckdropper <puckdropper@yahoo.com>
    wrote:

    Mike Stark <a1f52ee2076f51348c7207e4df06e0a1@example.com> wrote in
    news:16a90cacbee86c43$1$2077917$4056de03@news.newsgroupdirect.com:

    Hello everyone, I would like to ask you, how can I make the right
    choice and buy a quality plunge router. I noticed that I need this
    tool, but I do not want to buy a bad one.


    I bought a Ridgid a long time ago, it was a nice piece of kit. It had
    swappable bases and the dust collection seemed to work pretty nicely with a >> vacuum attached. My Bosch Colt palm router, though, sees much more duty
    these days.

    If you can, look up the ones you find interesting on Amazon or another site >> that has product reviews. That can give you an idea of what is good or bad >> about the tool, but BE CAREFUL, you can't trust all the reviews. Some are >> anti-reviews, put out by unscrupulous people to dissuade you from buying a >> particular tool.

    Some are about the packing or delivery! Don't go by the numbers. Read
    the reviews. I discount any review where the seller has made good on
    the sale (replaced or refunded).

    There are also decent reviews of this sort of thing on Youtube. I
    watched one last night on palm router, in fact. The Bosch and Dewalt
    were at the top. The reviewer used a Dewalt, it that means anything.

    I have to differ with you about the reviews. From my reading of the
    reviews there appears to be two basic types. The first is the person
    who gets home starts up the unit, runs it for several minutes, and says
    it is a great unit in his review. The second type is the person who
    for what ever reason has a bad experience with the item. In his review
    he thoroughly trashes the item.

    There are a rare times I have seen a product with numerous bad reviews,
    being replaced by a "new" model of the product.

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