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| 262 days ago |
New Scam Alert - 33 replies Just got this through PM.Hi,My name is Miriam Clubley, I am 20 years and a student. I have an important issue to discuss with you, I will appreciate your response via my email address miriam.clobley3@yahoo.caMiriam Beware LJ’s |
| 264 days ago |
Mexican Walnut Alert - 1 reply I just got back from a lumber run in Fort Worth. I saw some absolutely gorgeous Mexican Walnut for sale. if you are interested, Barney Robinson Hardwoods on Lancaster Street has several pallets of it. At $6.95 bf it’s a pretty good deal. I didn’t get any simply because I could not haul it. But I’m here to say it was some mighty... |
| 265 days ago |
Getting ready to pull the trigger on a saw stop - 87 replies I’ve really been debating about the saw stop. I currently have a delta unisaw – which is great. But I’m getting to the point where the saw is just too big for the space I have and I’d really, really like to be able to get my car into the garage. So I’ve been thinking seriously about the contractor’s model of t... |
| 266 days ago |
Raised panel doors. - 1 reply I’m getting ready to make the doors for a cabinet I’m working on. I’ve had lots of help from fellow lumberjocks with all the steps along the way. But I still had a nagging sense that I was not doing something right. So I’ve been trolling for videos on the net. I found this one posted by Marc, the Woodwhisper. It helped br... |
| 267 days ago |
Rockers how to question - 2 replies I’m almost done with my cabinet project and that will be the last thing on the list of to do’s for friends and family. So I’m trying to line up some of the projects that I’ve been wanting to do for me. I’ve got some turning projects to do, knobs and light pulls, etc. Taking a bowl class in April. One thing I alwa... |
| 281 days ago |
Throwing out an idea about Sketchup - 22 replies If you have followed my various blogs you know that despite much effort and coaching by DaveR, Brad Nailor and others, I’m still quite a neophyte when it comes to Sketchup. When it comes down to it, all this computer/electronic stuff baffles me – but I digress. Here’s my idea – and yes, I think I might be throwing myse... |
| 282 days ago |
Rough cutting 4x8 ply sheets - 35 replies Less than a year ago I would have “man” handled a sheet of ply onto a infeed and outfeed table and cut away – no problems. Now with my weight lifting limits that’s not possible – well technically it is, but I’d hurt myself trying. Anyway, I’ve had this nice piece of ply laying straight up against the wal... |
| 285 days ago |
Torsion boxes - 9 replies Can you use thick cardboard as the interior of a torsion box? Seems to me I’ve seen an article somewhere that said some large tables and doors have cardboard at the core. Wasn’t sure though. So can you use cardboard? Seems like it would be a good, cheap, readily available material to use. |
| 288 days ago |
Urn for ashes - 14 replies Don’t want to sound like a sad sack – but I had to put my friend Lucy to sleep last week. She got horribly ill and, while I could have treated her to an extent, the vet told me her quality of life would have been very poor. Keeping her going would have been more for me than her. So I had to make a really hard decision. I decided t... |
| 291 days ago |
Turning green wood versus dry wood - 6 replies I did not get any response to my blog post – I posted there first since I’ve been trying to blog my progression. But I wanted to open it up to everyone as I know some do not go to the blogs. So here goes. OK – to the basics. I’ve managed to learn quite a few of the basic cuts and which tool to do what with. Now I’d like to make so... |
| 296 days ago |
Mechanical problem - 9 replies I’ve got the Jet wet sharpening unit. Got it all set up, watched the video numerous times, etc. The machine worked for about 20 minutes and now the motor just whines with no movement of the wheel. I’ve checked the nuts on the two sides holding on the stone and the strop but are tight – but not too tight. I checked the tension o... |
| 296 days ago |
Ding Ding Ding moments - 8 replies I’m quite sure that some will disagree with my simple thought here – there are lots of gray areas and little black and white with this thought. Without picking on one post or blog, I just wanted to point out to one and all that my way or your way is not necessarily the only way to do anything. The best thing about this site is tha... |
| 302 days ago |
Kitchen gadgets - 8 replies I’m looking for a pattern to make a push stick for the oven rack. I used to have one and have been looking for a replacement. If anyone has a pattern to share, I’d appreciate it. Thanks in advance. |
| 304 days ago |
Sorry state of plywood - yes another rant - 33 replies I just left HD. I needed a small piece of ply to work on a project. To say the least I was completely disappointed. So much so that I sent the following e-mail to HD. “When is HD going to start carrying decent plywood? If you would go to any of the woodworking forums (lumberjocks.com; sawmillcreek.org, etc.) you’d see that HD loos... |
| 326 days ago |
Videos on LJ - having a problem - 7 replies I was trying to watch Mot’s turning videos. I’m not able to get them to play though. Is it just me or does anyone else have this problem? Thanks |
| 327 days ago |
RSS feed - 5 replies I did a quick search on what an RSS feed is. Just being on the internet is pretty amazing to me. I can’t imagine how it actually works – but it does and I’m glad. My search did not provide a whole lot of answers – just general stuff. Will someone explain to me in not too many big words——what RSS really is a... |
| 336 days ago |
yet another cutting board question - 21 replies I’ve done three or four end-grain boards and this is the first time I’ve had this happen. When I oiled the board – I generously applied the oil on the top and did that until the oil dripped through the other side. Then when it made it to the other side – I flipped it over and applied oil to that side. I applied oil unt... |
| 351 days ago |
Tile trivets - 6 replies Seeing this project by Richard – http://lumberjocks.com/projects/11875 – it made me wonder how much heat a tile can handle. I’ve seen some very decorative wall tile that would be pretty in a trivet. I was concerned though about how much heat it could take. So guys – will a decorative wall tile handle the heat of a pot ... |
| 353 days ago |
DeWalt 621 Type 1 plunge router - 2 replies I’m missing some screws! —yeah yeah – I know the jokes – but couldn’t resist. Today is my tool question day apparently. Anyway—- I’m trying to get part no. 70 on this chart http://www.dewaltservicenet.com/Products/DocumentView.aspx?productid=4856&typeId=3311&documentId=224 It’s a s... |
| 353 days ago |
Jessom router table mechanical problem - 15 replies Hope you can help me on this. I have this router table http://www.jessem.com/mastrliftxl.pdf. I was using it today and all of a sudden I could no longer move the router up and down. It’s like it’s frozen. Can’t go up or down. I’ve been using this table for about 6 years now with no problems. The rubber tire that goe... |
