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New Williams and Hussey Guide System

Matthew | Posted in Tools for Home Building on April 17, 2005 11:23am

I was just at the Mid-Atlantic Expo and saw the new guide system that Williams and Hussey is offerning. It is avaiable on special for $99, and normally $129. Really well designed, much better than the 4 c clamp system.

http://www.williamsnhussey.com/molder/guide_sys_only.html

The front guide is straight, but the back one has an arch to it so that it has some spring to it. This looks to be a better method since it holds the wood tight so that it will not shift side to side, but not so tight that the feed can’t move the wood.

The new stands have slots cut into them to make it easy to install this. For older stands (like mine), you need to drill 4 holes on the top of the stand rails.

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  1. Piffin | Apr 18, 2005 04:28am | #1

    Still looks alittle weak and hockey compared to mine. I had actually bought some T-slot and cam parts to make one pretty mmuch like what they show there, but this is pretty versatile and stout, and I can add different shape curcves whenever I want. "platen" showes how it is routed to fit on bottom so it snaps right in place with no special installation

     

     

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    1. DaneB | Apr 18, 2005 06:57am | #2

      I don't mean to sound stuped but I am a bit uneducated in trades.  What is this machine used for?

      DaneI will always be a beginner as I am always learning.

      1. Piffin | Apr 18, 2005 07:15am | #3

        MillworkPlaner blades up to 7" wide or any custom casing/crown/base you can cut blades for 

         

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        1. DaneB | Apr 18, 2005 02:09pm | #4

          Thank you sir.

          DaneI will always be a beginner as I am always learning.

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        DDay | Apr 18, 2005 02:35pm | #5

        As piffin said, its to mill your own casings, baseboard, etc.

        http://www.williamsnhussey.com/molder/applications.html

        1. reinvent | Apr 19, 2005 01:23am | #6

          You should show DaneB an mpeg of the W&H milling in reverse so he thinks it will clean up old mouldings. ;-)

        2. DaneB | Apr 19, 2005 03:33am | #7

          Thanks for the link.

          I watched the video and am impressed.  I am sure that this machine would pay for its self in the type of work that I want to get into.  House preservation and restoration with some remodeling that hopefully look like it was part of the house when the house was built.  Those old moldings can be extremely hard to find and very expensive to have made, as you ya'll know.

          I have put the link on my favorites list so I can come back to it when the time comes.

          I bet running that thing backwards would be like scrapping paint back into a bucket to be reused again.

          DaneI will always be a beginner as I am always learning.

    2. Matthew | Apr 19, 2005 05:17am | #8

      I like the way you have the bottom routed out to slip over the base of the molder, that is a big improvement over the one that W+H is selling. What I like about theirs is that there are slots on the bed so that the rails can be moved forward or backward easily. Also, the 4 clamps they use only require a 1/4 turn to tighten (they are the same type that Delta uses on their jointer, with a button in the middle to reposition the handle).

      Nice addition to the power switch to put some outlets there. That addition would have samed me a 75ft exension cord that goes all over the basment.

      1. Piffin | Apr 21, 2005 01:17am | #9

        Normally, I only plug in a light ulb and the shop vac there. And don't use the vac while running the molder. The W&H draws something like 29.5 amps on startup and then settles down to run at 13.8 or thereabouts. Adding a four amp vac at the same circuit would keep me running to the breaker. ( this is on 110V - wired to 240V, the amperage is lower - but that would be hard on the light bulbs, LOL) 

         

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