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| 212 days ago |
Ryobi batteries really are worthless, should I get Porter-Cable, DeWalt? - 52 replies I know that the problems with Ryobi batteries have been the subject of much discussion. I have just had my last day of frustration with them. Freshly charged, not too old old, 18v lithium-ion battery in my circular saw. I needed to make a series of 12” cuts (probably 12 cuts total). I got two of them done; the battery quit as I started th... |
| 236 days ago |
Hand planing before thickness planing - 5 replies I think I am mostly double checking that I am doing things right and I would appreciate thoughts and feedback: I need to take some rough cut birch to finished quality for face frames and door rails & stiles (some may remember an earlier post about making kitchen cabinets where I asked about using plywood for these parts and all of the adv... |
| 375 days ago |
Enduro-var on 100 year old pine kitchen floor? - 0 replies I just finished sanding our kitchen floor. I had to rip off two layers of underlayment and two layers tile to get to the original wood; which turned out to pine. House is from about 1910, so this is older pine. The guys putting in the underlayment must have been paid by the nail; they drove in a lot of them. I’ll try to post a pic. I wi... |
| 497 days ago |
Plywood Rails and Stiles--kitchen cabinet doors - 9 replies This question has probably been asked and answered, but I didn’t find anything specific when I did a search. Can plywood (3/4” Baltic birch) be used to make the rails and stiles for Shaker style kitchen cabinet doors? My wife wants wider rails and stiles. I made a series of samples and she liked ones with 4” rails and sti... |
