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| 5 days ago |
Posting on behalf of Jeano - a new member - 5 replies I have a wallace universal table saw made by J.D Wallace co. I would say made sometime in the 1940s. I have been using it a lot lately . I is a gear driven saw that uses a timming belt to turn the gears. I was using it yesterday and the belt broke and i have not been able to find one. I found the saw on the web but nothing about any parts. The b... |
| 10 days ago |
Workshop Upgrade posted - 6 replies I’m far from done but decided to post a few pics of the shop upgrade. I originally boldly stated that I’d be done by Memorial day…2008. I’ll get there eventually. I had planned to wait until everything was the way I wanted before I posted again, but there have been a few Jocks with inquiring minds that wanted to know w... |
| 124 days ago |
Long time Lumber Jocks - 5 replies In the past few days we have had a number of active* Lumber Jocks celebrate their 3rd anniversary. Give them a shout out of congratulations.http://lumberjocks.com/Gary (Gary)http://lumberjocks.com/darryl (Darryl)http://lumberjocks.com/scottb (Scottb)http://lumberjocks.com/TonyWard (TonyWard) I think this is the largest number of 3 year me... |
| 156 days ago |
New to Bandsaw - 3 replies I have a 9” Craftsman band saw that has a 1/3 hp motor. I got it from my brother in law who said he never could get it to work quite right. I used it today and had some trouble with the blade popping off the wheels. I did get a lot of burning on the cuts whether I was cutting straight (or trying to) or making a curve. I did notice that... |
| 182 days ago |
Planer purchase - 10 replies Over the holiday weekend I visited a store called Direct Tools. They sell Ryobi, Homelite, Rigid and dust buster reconditioned tools. I talked myself out of a tool purchase twice but gave in the 3rd time I went back in there. I picked up a Ryobi corded plunge router for $44 and a 13” Rigid Planer for $189. Both come with a 1 year warra... |
| 276 days ago |
Electric Saw - 13 replies In Madison WI, the University runs a SWAP Shop (SWAP is Surplus with a purpose) where there are always some good deals to be had. They also sponsor an on line auction. This week an “Electric Saw” was posted. I checked it out and I had never seen an electric saw like this before. I thought the hand saws with laser sights were out ... |
| 355 days ago |
Interesting Storage Designs - 4 replies I’m not ever built anything that I designed, though I have tweaked designs of others to be more to my liking. With that in mind I go cruising the web for designs. Here is a site that I often find very interesting. It will bring you to yesterday’s feed about storage. Hope you like it. http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/03/shelves-ca... |
| 519 days ago |
Help with Shop Walls - 21 replies I am about to finish the walls in my garage workshop. I am trying to decide whether to use 1/2” drywall or to us 7/16” OSB. The workshop will be smallish at 13’ x 21’ but has 10’ ceilings. Which of these choices would you choose? There is only a small difference in total project cost between the 2 choices. |
| 529 days ago |
How do you make a pyramid on TS to use as a post cap - 7 replies I am trying to cut a pyramid to sit on top of some bed posts. I have taken a square piece of 3/4” stock, set the rip fence at 3/8” away from the blade, tilted the blade 12 degrees and set the height to allow for a small plateau in the center. I ran the stock through cutting the north edge, then the east, south and west. When I was... |
