- of speaking incomprehensible technobabble goobledygook, I am SO going to point to this thread.
Hey, Spiny,
Are you a Neanderthal, or a Normite? 
Damn if I ain’t done with the last piece! Whew. Decided to do the foyer, and some spots needed end caps/returns where the molding ends. That is fun.
Funny thing is that I am sitting at my built-in desk that I made, and I am looking at a nice piece of half round molding that I mitered. It looks good, but I wish I had my awakening a bit earlier (like before I built this desk).
Someone chimed in to complain about having to buy a coping saw after all the other purchases…well, good news: Coping saws can be had for 10-30 bucks! Can’t beat that with a stick.
As for TOH, I’ll bet that is the only episode I’ve missed.
(Hey, anybody got the skinny on this? Wooworker alert: Is it true that Norm has followed the practice of other woodworkers and - get this - has abandonded or almost abandoned the practice of using biscuits when joining boards?! Seems some of his work and others started to show an outline of the biscuit over a long period of time. )
My next interior project (if building a shed/pool house doesn’t kill me) is to build a built in corner cabinet…or ‘cupboard’. I have to pull out all the stops and make raised panel doors, use some pocket joinery for the first time and hone my other skills, especially with the router.
ARR ARR ARR. Take that techies!
Behold, the machine called “The Copemaster”! As seen on This Old House.
Hope it’s double insulated for protection from my drool:
Why didn’t I see this thread before? Urg!!
Nice machine Phil. Everything has pretty much been covered here. However, I will impart some very useful knowledge upon the Philster. When setting up my wood shop in the barn I used woodworking.org to get great up to the minute advice. They are chock full of professional craftsman. Mostly wood workers. The boards are very fast and you can post pics. Here is the direct link to their boards. If you have time today check them out. They really know their stuff. Be aware though…You can read on and on with all that useful info on the site.
They helped me buy this Delta a few months back.
Oh, Phlosphr, that’s just plain wrong. In just one post, you managed to rub my nose in the fact that you have you a Delta cabinet saw and a wood shop in your barn.
I ‘suffer’ in a two car garage with a Skil Saw 10" table saw. 
I found that site previously. Yes, from reading up on such things and watching the Tom Silvas and Norms from “This Old House”, I started to pick up on things that are marks of fine work. Now, I’ve seen some over the top techniques by hardcore craftsmen, like never using metal fastener or avoiding 90% of all power tools, but some things become common themes (like dovetails, mortise and tenons, coping, joinery techniques).
I am a city boy who knew **nothing ** of carpentry. So I had to read up at sites like woodworking.org and learn to seperate a short cut from a good technique. I’m glad to see you recommending that site, so I can be a bit more confident that I found a good one.
Oh Phil no biggy. I’ve had a lot of time to work on getting the tools I need (ok…the ones I want). Plus…the boss (my wife) has been quite supportive. My shop - if you can call it that - took me forever to build. It was on the back burner for years…I only moved it from my garage when my wife couldn’t handle the incessent banging and noise.
Me too.
I have holes in my hands and all the other indications I am a backyard carpenter. However, I digress…I make my living teaching. But that doesn’t mean I can’t have fun toys…erg…tools I mean!