Jointapprentice Hobby a1 and kerfed linings - Ritmos sureños de Bolivia (Paul Paulino López)

[hasslefactory]

Wow - NICE job building your "JointApprentice Hobby a1"! Hilarious name, by the way. And (as a newbie woodworker someone just starting to explore kerf bending) I really REALLY REALLY love that gadget you've built for advancing the work. Thanks so much for posting this.

[charangohabsburg]

@hasslefactory THANKS! The name is an intentional malapropism of "Jointmaker Pro v2" which a similar saw made made of aluminum, available from bridgecitytools,com for the neglectable sum of 1300.- USD. My MDF copy cost about the same if I calculated 10 $ per hour, but my calculations go the other way round: every hour I enjoyed building the saw I did not spend money on some leisure activity! :-) You can see pictures of the building process on ANZLF,com (forum), search for "JointApprentice" ;-)

[hasslefactory]

@charangohabsburg Thanks for the reply! I'm a newbie woodworker determined to (someday) make fine miniatures and boxes. One of the first tools I bought was the SW version of the JMPv2 (essentially the same saw, but only one sliding table). $500 less than its big brother, but still a shockingly huge investment for me. I feel very fortunate to own it, and I just wanted to say that my familiarity with the complexities of this saw just makes me admire your shop-built version all the more. Amazing.

[charangohabsburg]

@hasslefactory Oh, so you've got the SW! Congrats! I think its certainly worth it's money if you have heaps of fun using it. There exist less intelligent ways to get rid of hard earned money!

Thanks again for your compliments! My saw is a bit less complex than the bridgecity version though: I cant tilt the blade of my shop-brewed saw. This has mainly to do with the building material: opposed to aluminum, my MDF-composites take much more space which blows dimensions up  like a balloon.

[MiguelSan38]

Mi estimado Markus, nunca me voy a cansar de decirtelo, eres un ¡¡¡¡MAESTRAZO!!!!

Salu2 Ecuatoriales

[charangohabsburg]

@MiguelSan38

Estimado Miguel, ¡muchas gracias por tu exageración tan amable! ;-)