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| 17 days ago |
Great customer service at Lee Valley!! - 2 replies Once again I am impressed with Lee Valley. I purchased 7 pairs of 18 inch full extension slides for the never ending bathroom renovation I am currently enduring and just today finally had a chance to start setting the drawer slides in…. and they were toooooo long. Apparently Jen’s idiot husband didn’t properly measure how b... |
| 43 days ago |
The kids just want to test out LJs! - 3 replies DADDY SHYMANSKI Lauren wants to ask a question; Where do you get the ideas? |
| 43 days ago |
Happy Thanksgiving! - 6 replies Hello All, and Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve been sawing up a sawdust storm this long Thanksgiving weekend, even booked off an extra day so I can finish the bathroom cabinets that have been dragging on far too long. Yet another thing to be thankful for …my incredible and patient wife. Working in the shop sure has giving me time to ... |
| 62 days ago |
Lumpy tablesaw surface! - 16 replies I guess this is one of those good news bad news situations. The bad news is that I’ve discovered that the surface of my table saw table is not planar and has a couple of bulges in it. The good news it that I have developed my skills enough to notice these bumps and how they were affecting my getting a clean slip joint. So I have abandon... |
| 105 days ago |
Eye opener on Grizzly marketing. - 9 replies Hello all, After reading all the positive reviews here about the Grizzly Ultimate 0555 14” bandsaw I decided to purchase one. As I live in Canada I could not use their web page to order it so I waited until the opened at 10:30 our time and asked how I go about ordering one. The very pleasant and helpful person answering the phone advi... |
| 108 days ago |
22 litre Ridgid Wet Dry vacs on sale for $39.99 at Home Depot! - 3 replies IF anyone is looking for a good shop vac they are on sale at HD, I just picked one up to replace the old craftsman I had that burned its motor out last winter. Hmmm it seems I am wearing out a lot of these wee electric motors lately? |
| 132 days ago |
First ever dados with my new Freud dado set! - 12 replies I know they are just tools but man am I ever buzzed about how well this new dado set (DS) works. I’ve never made dadoes before, had never even seen a dadoe set up close and personal before and as I am in the process of making a vanity for our bathroom I thought I would try to up the skill level and use dadoes…so I bought the Freud d... |
| 143 days ago |
Unparallel Dewalt 733 thickness planer! - 5 replies Hello All, Finally got some shop time so thought I would try out my new Leigh Super Jig. First step is to dimension some wood. Fine, I get my 5 test pieces lined up joint ‘em and then run them through the planer to dimension them. One side is dead on 3/4 ” the other about 1/8 or so narrower. I was a bit annoyed, as I’d ... |
| 155 days ago |
Changing avatars? - 16 replies Hello all, Maybe it’s just me but it seems like a bunch of LJs are changing their picture…now I have to re-imagine how you all really look….Napaman yours really has me confused LOL! I figured I should follow the crowd so I changed mine as well:-) Yeah 1200 posts…hmm maybe I should have made this one a meaningful po... |
| 247 days ago |
Flooding in North Dakota? - 26 replies Hello All, Looks like I’m spending the day bailing water out of my window wells as this downpour continues…. ground is too frozen to absorb anything so its just ponding and looking for low spots (like my basement) to flow into. I understand that North Dakota is gearing up for some pretty severe flooding, I was wondering if ther... |
| 261 days ago |
SU Help: How to stop features dissappearing into counter tops? - 7 replies Hello All, I am drawing up some office space with nice cherry counters etc. and am trying to populate it with models of computers, chairs and other typical office accessories. My problem is (and it is very frustrating) that if I move something in SU it will sink into the counter/floor and not sit on top of the surface. Is there someway to f... |
| 268 days ago |
Best day in a long time (even though it is far too cold to go in the shop)! - 15 replies Hello All, I am having a great day here, I’m LumberJocking, playing kerplunk with the kids and Jenn just made me my favourite breakfast and to top it of it is my birthday. Even though it is far too cold to be in the shop making sawdust I am having the best day this year. There are some amazing projects here and it is inspiring to trol... |
| 296 days ago |
Another woodworking supply store closing :-( - 4 replies I stopped by Wooden Edge on my way home from work Friday and was surprised to see a for sale sign on the fence. Talked with Ken inside and he advised me that they were trying to sell the business and building ( a rumour I’d heard and hoped was not true). As of a month from now there will be no Wooden Edge in Brandon…I am very disap... |
| 327 days ago |
Happy new year all! - 7 replies This new year finds me hours from home and aching to be there but I hope all my fellow Lumberjocks are enjoying a great start to a new year! |
| 347 days ago |
Hello I am back....yes, I was gone :-) - 6 replies Hello All, Its been a couple of weeks without even lurking here, work has been crazy busy so I’ve not had a chance to even look in the shop. BUT! My incredible wife has recognized that things have been a bit crazy and has offered a whole weekend of working in the shop, while she takes the kids to Winnipeg for the weekend. They get to ... |
| 389 days ago |
Customer service at LEE VALLEY - 7 replies I’d read here about how if you’d purchased something at LV they later reduce the price they’d send a refund cheque…cool I thought. My wife got a cheque from a purchase she made there… when I asked her how much and what for she smiled and wouldn’t tell me! Its killing me knowing that she bought a tool, got th... |
| 396 days ago |
I can't believe this tool exists! - 28 replies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxAqur7SKoQ A laser guided handsaw! I was perusing Marc’s Wood Whisperer site and followed links to this site. I am flabbergasted that these things ever see the light of day. |
| 405 days ago |
What to bring to an auction? - 14 replies Hello All,Well I’ve been bitten by the auction bug after seeing all the great deals and opportunities that have been displayed here. Next Saturday (if all goes well after my business trip for the next two days) I will be attending my first ever auction as a woodworker (if I can humbly call my self that :-). I was wondering what I should ... |
| 407 days ago |
Happy Thanksgiving All felloCanadian LJs! - 2 replies Well the guest have all headed home and now the cleanup begins! It was a great Thanksgiving here, I hope all my fellow Lumberjocks who celebrate Thanksgiving today had as joyful a one as we did. |
| 439 days ago |
Great neighbours! - 3 replies This is not at all woodworking related, just an expression of relief by a frazzled woodworker. I have just come back from the hospital where our local paramedics took my wife in after a weird after dinner accident. After they scooped her up and got her on her way our neighbour Randy from across the street knocked on the door offering to look a... |
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