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| 456 days ago |
Short soft-close drawer slides, max width of drawer? - 9 replies I’m doing up drawings for a bunch of kitchen cabinets, and given that we’ve got a small house with a small kitchen, a couple of those cabinets are going to be fairly shallow. For instance, I’m laying out a full wall cupboard that I’m wanting to make about 3 cans, or the width of a cereal box, deep. Because of hardware iss... |
| 609 days ago |
Storing Lumber: Unheated garage, or a shed outside? - 17 replies I live just north of San Francisco, in northern California. My shop is in an unheated garage, shared with a washer and dryer. We have an open shed/awning in the back yard. We’ve been trolling Craigslist for deals, and currently have a couple of hundred board feet of maple and birch in the shop, and a similar amount of mahogany stored ab... |
| 629 days ago |
Ryobi 2HP router for $50: Good deal? - 9 replies For handheld tools, I’m a Festool junkie, but between a Domino, a DeWalt 735 planer and a Leigh dovetail jig, I’ve spent my tool budget for the next few months. However… my (home made) router table router is currently running with an ancient single speed Craftsman with a 1/4” collet, my Festool router only goes to an 8... |
| 704 days ago |
Choosing a hardwood floor finish: Looking for help - 15 replies We’re in escrow on a house here in Northern California, a cute little 1947 bungalow and you people who live in real estate markets with sane prices can snicker right now, just to get it out of your system. The original floors are hardwood, and they seem to be in decent shape, with half of them covered by carpet. So in the week between w... |
