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It certainly feels that way from today's perspective, where it's odd for a road bike not to have displays for things like engine speed, engine temp, gas level, gear selection, etc. Not to mention other features like at least five gears, hydraulic disc brakes, automatic fuel shutoff, and rear turn signals. But I'd argue that while you don't *need* an oil filter, it might have provided a significant boost to some of the maintenance intervals. I'm also glad to have had MSF training to always use both the front and rear brake together, because only the rear brake lever activates the brake light. And it does have (unused) sidecar mounts. 😂 It is, as you guessed, a load of fun to experience a machine built with a different perspective of "necessary", though.

@@beerriot I detect a small level of carcasm.

I wonder what happened to all of those. It seems to have been a somewhat popular choice of bike to restore in the US in the past 10 years, judging by all the walk-around-and-cold-start videos one can find here.

Interesting! I'll make sure those stay on my list to investigate. Thanks!

Ah, I see. Note that if you're making a different size of jig, you'll need a different size of blade. If you have a dado blade you can set up to cut the whole tooth gap at once, then yes, making a jig to match will mean far fewer steps to cut the joints. The technique in this video will get you by if you don't have such a blade.

Thanks for watching. If you feel like describing what's confusing, I'll see if I can clarify. Or there's also a blog post with diagrams, if that would help: blog.beerriot.com/2023/08/27/box-joints-without-dado/

Different jigs would use a different blade. As stated in the video, and in the title, this is about using a plain rip blade, and thus also using the jig matched to it.

Or at least a clean camera! Darn bugs! 🪰 But also watch for new cameras this winter in Season 2. 😉

Thanks, Chewie! Hopefully I'll get some time to make one about those (literal) edge cases I mentioned soon.

I found it to be one of those things that was confusing to plan, but relatively straightforward once I started making cuts. That's also the reason I decided to push discussion of partial teeth/gaps into a future video. Good luck!

Short story: the metal throat plate shifted and came into contact with the blade. Long story: blog.beerriot.com/2023/08/15/dado-blade-explosion/

@@beerriot ouch. I never use a throat plate with my dado blade. Now I know why

@@skiphughes7705 Yeah, looking back through older projects I remembered that was the choice I made on my previous table saw, that didn't have a plate for dado blades. Live and learn, I guess.

Awesome! So glad I could help. … and now I'm remembering that the joint that I showed right at the start of the video required a dado stack that was just barely too thick for the throat plate of my table saw at the time. I made the cuts without the plate installed. 😬 I wish I would have thought up this method at the time - it would have been much safer!

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Let's hope the ice clears in a reasonable amount of time!

Thanks! It was pretty great. We went in mid-September. After Labor Day, but before stuff started closing for the season. Your camping plan sounds like a great way to get to see more of the island!

What sort of specifics do you need? I've posted a plan with dimensions and instructions here: woodworking-plans.beerriot.com/laundry-rack/index.html

That sounds like a great idea - no worries about water absorption at all! Let us know how it goes.

By "pre-curved timber slats", do you mean the dowels? The round parts running in between the arms and legs? If so, the primary benefit of them being round is a good fit at the hinge points. If your pieces are square, instead of round, the corners will likely wear down faster as they rub inside the holes. That would loosen the joint, so the rack would not be as sturdy. Glad you liked the video, and good luck with your build!

I think it is just the camera lens he is using. Like a fish eye it makes the wood look curved at some angles/shots, but they are all straight.

@@beerriot i got that too almost straight away when i watched this, sasha is right, it looks like a fish eye camera view giving an optical illusion effect, when actually they are straight slats,

Wow, somehow I missed Sasha's message. You're both right. These are wide angle lenses that are usually mounted on my motorcycle. I'll try to remember to correct that distortion in my next how-to video.

Wow, thank you! Such a nice thing to hear after tiring of listening to this video over and over while editing!