Sam, It is great to have you in the industry. We need people out there pushing the craft past beyond the CNC world. I was just having the conversation with my dad that this kind of craftsmanship seems to be dying as we all age. I am forcing my kids to be a part of this without much support from any local schools. As my shop gets finished and I get to building, I hope to add to library of content out there. I feel like the American woodworker is so stuck on cabinet saws, If they only knew. For me it has been 17 years with sliders and I will never go back. Plus I learn new ways to use it all the time. Keep driving the knowledge!
hey sam what brand is your shaper? I for sure need to upgrade my current setup. your work looks great , I like a little less gloss .I use a medium dull rub finish , conversion varnish from Sherwin williams although I'm checking into finish works products as they seam to be more geared to supply the cabinet and furniture business. could you help me out?
Sam, it looks like a sweet set up you have for making doors efficiently. You aren’t kidding about the “mass” when it comes to tooling heads. About 5 years ago I went from a router-table to a large shaper and never looked back. A large shaper, with the more mass that the cutter heads offer, makes it a real pleasure to mill for door parts! Hey just as a side note, my new slider is finally on a semi-truck and headed my way! Hopefully this Thursday it arrives. It only took almost a year to get! Lol Thank you for the video!
Tundra whisperer you are finally getting one. I have seen you for years it seems like asking others about theirs. I hope you love it and enjoy it like everyone else. You’re getting a felder right?
@@davidbryanwoodworksandmore Yes, a Felder K700S. It’s been a really long process from all of the research, to ordering and getting the thing made, plus during a pandemic, nearly 3 years time. Sam has been a huge influence and a wealth of knowledge for me! I can’t thank him enough for his help. Even though I went with Felder over the SCIM, he’s given me many good things to consider when building a machine, before buying. And even gave me a great source for tooling. Thank You!
@@tundrawhisperer4821 pretty cool. Long time to wait. But it will be worth it. I was very happy to get my barely less than a year old machine an hour away from me too, so I didn’t have to wait. Sam did help me though even though it was a used machine. It’s really nice to have someone like him to help.
That is such a subjective word. It is more "industrial than a Powermatic 66, say, but less so than a Martin T75 or SCM Class level. For Combination machines, the only one more "industrial" is its big brother, the Minimax CU 410ES.
@@SamBlasco for now i have scm 2041 invincible universal is very heavy build quality the only down point of the machine because no have long sliding table only 47 inch cut
I see you crosscut your final doors after ripping to width, how do you deal with tear out from crosscutting? I always crosscut first, then rip that way no blowouts. Who makes your stack insert cutters?
Dustin. I use a sharp crosscut blade (TS 2000) so there is very little tearout. When I roundover my corners in the sanding phase what little tearout there is disappears. Since most doors are longer than they are wide I find it is easier to square them up if I get the two sides parallel first. The cabinet door set I am using was made by Garniga, an Italian company no longer in business. However, Zuani makes very similar tooling and will supply insert knives for my Garniga tooling, thankfully.
I have the SCM/Minimax CU 410ES combination machine (saw/shaper/jointer/planer/mortiser). If this was just the shaper it would be the same as the Minimax TW 55ES.
@@jimbronzie3155 It depends on your situation. Home shop? Small production? Single phase or three phase. You can request information from SCM's and other companies' websites.
@@SamBlasco We are design/build firm and we are investing in opening a shop for all of our builds and for our client's. I would guess, 15-20 kitchens the first year and will grow from there. We do have 3 phase at our space. I don't want to double spend and save a few thousand on something now that I'm sure we will be outgrowing in a year or two when we need to invest in another, better one. I've been looking at the MiniMax and the Felder.
