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| 631 days ago |
Something I learned about Dust Collectors Yesterday!! - 29 replies I have an 1HP DC, I purchased from Penn State. I don’t remember for sure, but it must be over 15 years ago at least. When I got it, it came with 30 Micron bags. That was the best they had at the time. After a few years, they came out with the 5 Micron bags, so I bought some. Now I ordered a 1 micron cannister type filter, &... |
| 639 days ago |
An excellent Wood Identification Site. - 12 replies I did a search this morning, & found this wood identification site. I’d like to share this with all of you. |
| 642 days ago |
Woodcarving Tutorials!! - 9 replies The National Woodcarving School. Thanks to Alin Dobra, he suggested this to one of our members, So I thought it would be Appropriate to post it in a forum, so more members can get to appreciate it. It has a lot of free tutorials, & patterns, that would be very helpful to anyone interested in carving. |
| 646 days ago |
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!! "76" and still shoveling away. - 78 replies I hope I’m not imposing on you, but it’s kind of hard not telling everyone here that, I’m wishing myself a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I’m 76 YEARS OLD TODAY!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And still shoveling away!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... |
| 649 days ago |
Router inlay set - 13 replies This is something I’ve had on my list of things to buy, for a long time now. After reading Karson’s blog, showing how he did the inlays in his frame, I thought this would be of interest to you Lumberjocks. It looks kind of handy. |
| 651 days ago |
Let's have a Pizza party!! - 12 replies Barb, & I celebrated today with a Heart shaped pizza. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I’m sorry we couldn’t have shared this with you. |
| 651 days ago |
My "Not just any box" is on Toologics today. - 16 replies Toologics, is showing my Bandsawn box for Valentines Day. |
| 662 days ago |
There is alarm, but action to save forests has been sparce. - 11 replies I read this article in our morning paper, & it makes a person wonder about the future of the world. Then I read Franks Blog today. |
| 669 days ago |
My Green, Wood finishing kit ! (Re-written) - 12 replies I just found out that I made an error on this posting, so I re-wrote it. I previously reported that The Toilet bowl seal was made of Beeswax, but I was wrong. I checked the fine print on the box, & it shows, 100% Petroleum wax. I’m sorry I made this mistake, I’m sure I’ve previously bought seals before that were ma... |
| 671 days ago |
Jambalaya - 4 replies Check this one out, I had share this one with you. A 4 year old performing with Hank Williams Jr. |
| 674 days ago |
Gluing some wood pieces to make a turned spiral looking object - 10 replies I was asked how I made salt, pepper mills that looked like it was spiraled.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I glued up some pieces of wood that are cut diagonally. You can only glue a few at time, because being on an angle they tend to slip. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... |
| 682 days ago |
Have you bought any apples lately? - 25 replies Last week at the local Walmart, I was at the check out stand. The cashier said , are you sure you want these Fuji apples, because they’re kind of expensive. I said sure, they’re on sale for 98 cents a pound. She said no, they’re 98 cents each. I said the sign said .98/pound. She went through the whole bag, & finally ... |
| 689 days ago |
Free home inventory download - 9 replies The latest issue of Workbench Magazine shows this interesting download. This would be a good tool for inventorying your tools, & equipment. Check it out! |
| 692 days ago |
A guide for buying sheet goods - 5 replies Plywood problems was brought up on another thread yesterday, so I found this article about sheet goods from Wood Magazine , it should help everyone. |
| 705 days ago |
Some fantastic art! - 7 replies I couldn’t hold back, I have to share this with all of you. |
| 709 days ago |
A White Christmas to all! - 23 replies Barb, & I wish all of you a “Merry Christmas!”: http://www.thecompassgroup.biz/merryxmas.swf |
| 722 days ago |
Not being notified by Email - 5 replies I haven’t been getting email notification of comments recently. Has anyone else had this problem? I checked my settings, & they seem to be right. |
| 748 days ago |
Beautiful NASA photos - 9 replies Take a look at these beautiful pictures of our earth. |
| 808 days ago |
Buying a new computer!! - 53 replies I’m in the process of buying a new desk top computer. I’ve been looking at the ”24 iMac., I’ve never had any kind of experience whatsoever with Mac’s. My 29 year old Guru Grandson has recently switched to Mac, But he now lives in Ecuador, so I can’t get first hand help from him. I would like some feed back ... |
| 822 days ago |
Just about everything you want to know about Dust Collectors. - 3 replies I was searching for some answers for ToddE, & I came upon this website. I think it’s the most informative site about dust collecting I’ve ever seen, so I thought it would be good to set this up as a thread of it’s own. It even has a plan, if you want to build your own cyclone. |
