The Gustavus Thread

[gustavus]

Ran a piece of 100 year old fir through the molder this afternoon, the power feed does not work. The previous owner ran it without oil and stripped the little brass crown gear, I've already put out a parts request from William & Hussey.



Even by force feeding the stock through the finished product came out smooth and ready to use had I a use for that particular molding style, no sanding required. The knives that came with the machine are the black nitride which is a few grades better than HSS.

After showing the little woman the finished molding from this afternoons run she's more impressed than I am, I see the wheels turning already.

Scrap wood into dollars, just have to run my metal detector over the salvaged wood for hidden nails and screws.

[DiamondN]

Good to see you got the molder up and running. I've seen a few guys over the years ruin their planer knives by missing just one hidden nail in old lumber.

[gustavus]

Good to see you got the molder up and running. I've seen a few guys over the years ruin their planer knives by missing just one hidden nail in old lumber.

Yea I've done that a few times on my 20 inch planer, it's a PITA to have to resharpen it takes forever to set each blade up in the grinder. But then you get what you pay for eh.