{"id":2433,"date":"2008-12-31T10:47:51","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T15:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2008-12-31T10:47:51","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T15:47:51","slug":"january-sledding-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=2433","title":{"rendered":"January Sledding in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call me the Wood Whimperer<\/em><\/p>\n

I didn’t get a whole lot of input on the planer sled idea, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s a done deal. One reader said it was a pain to set up, but compared to sacrificing a fourth of the garage for a jointer that will only plane small pieces of wood, that is a small problem.<\/p>\n

As for planer choices, it sort of looks like a reconditioned DeWalt is the way to go. I just got a reconditioned router, and it appears to be unused. A new Ridgid or Delta planer costs about the same amount, but the Delta is not as good as the DeWalt, and the Ridgid is not as good as the Delta. And DeWalt offers a good warranty on recons. You can’t compare it to Ridgid’s lifetime deal, but you get a much better tool.<\/p>\n

I have to think about a project, and I have to get the lowdown on obtaining wood. I’m interested in using free local live oak. Some people say it’s not very good, but I have seen bowls made from it, and they looked fantastic. Not as pretty as maple or walnut, but well worth the effort. I wonder if any of the exotic trees we have here are of any use. This town is full of Australian pines (casuarinas) which have very heavy wood, but some people say it’s useless because it cracks and warps as it dries.<\/p>\n

I can just see me, jumping out of my dad’s SUV and wrestling people’s garbage into the back. That’s where live oak is found; in trash heaps.<\/p>\n

I don’t know of any other hardwoods that grow down here, except for mahogany. We have no maples or hickories. Definitely no walnuts or pecans. The web says there are red maples in the Everglades, but I’ve never seen one in Miami. Believe it or not, citrus wood is supposed to be good for turning.<\/p>\n

If I succeed in making even one box, everyone who reads this blog has to tug the forelock and acknowledge my prowess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Call me the Wood Whimperer I didn’t get a whole lot of input on the planer sled idea, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s a done deal. One reader said it was a pain to set up, but compared to sacrificing a fourth of the garage for a jointer that will only plane small […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}