Vlog 166: Woah! This scared me 

Hickory 1820 Osage Orange (USA) 2760 It may be the hardest USA hardwood available

DeWALT Brand snot rockets :)

maybe a torquewrench so you "know" you have not undertorqued or OVERtorqued the collet? replacing the spindle because of overcompensating seems expensive too

I had a bit slip out of the collet during a cut recently also! It was crazy scary. It was a 1/4" shaft bit, so it did break the bit, but in a weird place...very near the non-cutting end of the bit. It can actually still be used, in fact, since there is so much of the shaft of the bit there. Glad you're ok!

Collets do not require excessive torque when tightening. They supply you with a wrench set that shouldn’t allow over tightening. If you use a snipe or longer wrench set you run the risk of damaging the threads on your spindle. Also make sure not to bottom out the tool.

Osage orange is used for fence corner posts here. It's never straight but will outlast barbed wire without finish. It's almost a nuisance tree and will take over if not controlled.

The bench had four legs and a tail…

Pollen bomb. I like it

When you say Osage Orange is a dense wood, I remember when I was younger and into Archery in a fairly big way, I bought a half dozen arrows for myself and they were Osage Orange, Even the best archers mess up sometimes and while I was practicing one day, one of the arrows hit the side of the target and deflected into a concrete wall in the range. The tip was a bit blunt after that incident(target arrows, not broadheads), but there was no damage to the shaft.

Hi Jay, Great project ... thanks for sharing. From experience ... collets (as well as router bits) are consumables. I've worn out three sets of collets (1/2" and 1/4") over the last 20 years using a Porter Cable 75182 router in my CNC. If I have a bit slip (and I have ... it's never nice), I toss both the bit and the collet. I keep spares on hand to keep running ... and I buy replacements as I use them. Keep up the great project videos and sharing your experiences and talent! Regards, R

Interesting and good feedback about the bit with the cut being too aggressive. I managed to gouge a 1/2" hole through the 3/4" sacrificial board and well into my vacuum plenum in the early days of getting to know my cnc. I now pay a lot more attention to ensuring the bit is in the collet is as tight as possible! Also, there is a neat trick to tightening and loosening the collet chuck with the way you hold two spanners so they are slightly apart from each other, with one hand you can squeeze the spanners together. This results in a lot more control especially compared to having a spanner in each hand. Having noticed the end grain on the base of legs for outdoor furniture tended to rot fairly quickly, I now cut a rubber pad the same profile as the leg end and apply it with contact adhesive. Legs 5 years later show no rot where they have been sitting on the concrete. Thanks for the video. Cheers, David

The mach 4 program itself i dont think is the problem its the os. Should prob come up with a easy flip up style safety barrier or something at least on one side of the cnc. I think i would be freaked out to, just thinking about what could have happened especially with a big bit.

Got lucky it just let go into the board instead of sending it flying!

Over tightening the collets will eventually lead to loose collet. There is a reason for short wrenches

Very nice build, Jay~! I have my grandmother's antique 5-legged sofa table made of Mahogany that is beautiful. I rarely see a 5th anywhere and it's a huge conversation starter with our friends and visitors. Also, very happy to see that no flesh or tools were harmed in the making of this video. Thanks for sharing this~!

Yeah... Scary stuff. 😬 Take care there, Jay! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

"The more you know" LOL! I can see the shooting star animation from Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid. Not far off of "Knowing is half the battle!" Hahahaha!

How much does a cnc cost these days?

Appreciated sharing your insight on finishes for outdoor furniture. I always worry about this - I guess you are saying "Hakuna Matata - Don't Worry" just plan on refinishing every so often.

More stress concentration points. Less strength. Circle or ellipse would be highest strength.

I've had a router bit start to slip out of the collet in my handheld router while making a dado with a 3/4" bit. The bit was in the original collet that came with the router, and I guess after so many years it just failed and didn't hold tight anymore. I caught it in time to prevent a huge gaffe in my project (only shop stuff, so it wasn't a big deal), but it would have gone into my workbench and likely hit an aluminum t-track if unnoticed. The collet was plenty tight, but just wore out over time. I had a spare so no biggie.

Great video of the build. You mentioned the you used a wax oil finish for the outdoor application... have you ever thought of epoxying the bottom of the bench legs? This would stop any wicking of water when the concrete gets wet.

When I saw your thumbnail I thought this was going to be a video about a peace pipe

I use easel to run my cnc sometimes for simplicity and I’ve noticed that if I change the feed rate mid project it has a tendency to glitch out on me. The glitch usually presents itself as going out of the cut path which is annoying. I’ve found that as long as I leave it alone while it’s cutting I’m good to go 😂

I had that issue with upcut spiral bits, switched to downcut and it pushes down on the material and doesn't try to pull the bit out.

Thanks for the insight on outdoor finishing 👍

Colored boogers!