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| 204 days ago |
NBeener ... checking in ;-) - 54 replies Hi, LumberJocks !!! It’s been a while. I know. I was hoping to update you all, and let you know that I’m settled … things are good … I’m setting up my new shop … and un-crating my SawStop. Sadly, I can’t say that. Well … I COULD, but …. ;-) The bulk of the legal stuff is behind ... |
| 385 days ago |
I NEED HELP - 110 replies I mentioned this once before, but … Nothing’s gotten better. Everything’s gotten worse. I cannot get my health back. I’m out of money, ideas, and energy to try. I am humbly and sincerely asking each of you to take a couple of minutes and read the whole story. My neighbors, my neighborhood, and my city … ... |
| 413 days ago |
Woodsmith Shop Adjustable Router Dado Jig - 14 replies THE PLANS Will be starting my vanity storage cabinet project, soon. Wasn’t satisfied with the clamping straight edge guide solution for routing dados in panels, so … I decided to build the Woodsmith Shop boys’ little jig. It’s a few layers of 1/4” hardboard. I used scrap QSWO for the cleats that’ll squ... |
| 441 days ago |
Square feet - your shop vs. your home - 64 replies I figure my shop is probably 12.5% the size of my home (living + basement). What’s yours ? Rhetorical question. So … if this guy used only the same % of square feet for HIS shop, how big would IT be ? Yes … it’s a house made from a dumpster. Berkely, California. Where else ? ;-) Whaddya’ think... |
| 463 days ago |
HVLP - Spraying Lacquer - Inside ?? - 26 replies Hey, All …. As usual, I’m reaching out to this vast wealth of knowledge, assembled here :-) I’ve completed my Shaker-inspired Hall Table, out of beetle-kill pine: Yep. A leg warped, after glue-up. Gonna’ live with it … at least for now ;-) My mother was kind enough to buy me the Harbor ... |
| 491 days ago |
CraigsList score - Droid - 30 replies I’ve had one eye out (it’s okay. I have six or eight eyes, altogether) for a used ShopVac, for quite a while. I want to dedicate one as DC for the RAS, the CMS, and the band saw. Last night, I checked CL, and saw an ad posted only minutes before. A barely-if-ever used, 6.5HP, 16Gal, stainless steel ShopVac, with built-in dolly,... |
| 547 days ago |
Cutting down a kitchen cabinet - 18 replies My friends got a new fridge, AND wanted to yank the laminate countertop, and install granite tile. I volunteered to help. The countertop thing is moving along swimmingly. The fridge is probably 1/2” too tall for the space under the upper cabinet. They figured it might be. All the upper cabinet tops are at the same level on the... |
| 678 days ago |
Cleaning up .... YOU - 54 replies My shop’s in the basement, but … the more I thought about it … the more I realized … pretty much no matter where your shop is … you CAN’T just come in the house without doing something about the 4% of a tree you’ve still got on your shoes, your clothes, your hair, in your ears, your nose, your navel, etc... |
| 690 days ago |
Laying out my new shop - 57 replies Looks like LOML and I are having a new house built. Should be moving in about 4-6 months. This is a good thing ! My shop will be a basement shop—no walk-out, so … access by the stairs. Full basement with 9’ ceilings. We’ll likely just have the builder build out the shop, during construction. The space that len... |
| 750 days ago |
ALABAMA LUMBERJOCKS: PLEASE SOUND OFF !!! - 24 replies For those who didn’t know … a tornado swept through Alabama, over the last 48hrs, killing hundreds and devastating the landscape: THE STORY I talked to Emergency Services who told me that …. Grizzman’s TOWN is okay, but … couldn’t reach him, directly. Charles ??? Other Alabama LumberJocks ?? Are... |
| 759 days ago |
The TRUE Value of USED Woodworking Books - 32 replies Today, I was flipping through my eight dollar copy of R. Bruce Hoadley’s “Understanding Wood—” a “must read,” in my opinion—when THIS fell out: I’m told that—once I get it authenticated—it’s worth “upwards of $350-400.” A truly valuable woodworking book, indeed |
| 793 days ago |
Was this one of the Spice Girls ?? - 40 replies Was there … WAS there a Bosch Spice ??? I can’t be sure. Okay … so … over a month ago … I indulged in the VERY dangerous activity of Retail Therapy—chasing the blues away by buying yourself something. I try not to succumb to it often, but … hey … I’m human. And … only somet... |
| 795 days ago |
Wooden hinges ?? - 46 replies I’m working on a box. So far … ... The joinery is dovetails (came out fair-to-good)... Primary wood is walnut... Secondary woods are...... QSWO (lid panel)...... Brazilian Cherry (veneer, on the base), that I’ll either put a router profile on, or just sand to a nice curve I cut splines, and used keys (in the same wood ... |
| 816 days ago |
Consolidated Omnibus Shop Maintenance Schedule - ???? - 12 replies Just thought of this … again … and was going to tack it on to the thread about cleaning planer rollers. But …. Anybody done ANYTHING like this ???? Anybody have any thoughts about it, or … have any other thoughts about how to make sure you stay current with these things ? Anybody else just … wait until som... |
| 829 days ago |
The 1956 DeWalt MBF RAS quasi-restoration project: parts is parts - 59 replies And here they be. From top left, going clockwise: Forrest Woodworker I, TCG, .100” Kerf, 60t, 8” blade (Forrest)Anti-kickback pawls (Wolfe Machinery)RollerHead bearings (Wolfe)Motor bearings (Wolfe)Coiled, 14ga, 3-wire cord (motor to frame) (Grainger)14ga, 3-wire power cord (frame to wall) (Grainger)Gates radiator hose (will cu... |
| 831 days ago |
R-A-S-p-e-c-t: Mister Sawdust ? Your table is ready. - 24 replies I know. I screwed up. I ran the bar stock width-wise, instead of length-wise. I make a fair number of dumb mistakes (LOL !). This was simply one of them. But … it’s pre-sanded, hardwood plywood, so I’m not all that worried about warping. And … if it does warp, I have enough materials left to make a... |
| 840 days ago |
$110, well spent ! - 33 replies $75 for three oak cabinets – CraigsList$35 for a sheet of 3/4” MDF – Depot + sweat equity = I pushed the cabinets all the way together, after the picture was taken. Decided it looked better. Thanks for stopping by :-) |
| 841 days ago |
Loan me your pickup truck ??? - 9 replies http://denver.craigslist.org/mat/2178964847.html [No. I’m not serious, and I’m not going to look at it … but …. it WOULD be pretty cool :-)] |
| 854 days ago |
Gloat: 1956 DeWalt Radial Arm Saw - 55 replies I just ping’d CraigsList, and saw an ad for this 1956 DeWalt RAS. A hundred bucks. A hundred bucks. A HUNDRED BUCKS I bought it. Pick it up, tomorrow, at 10am. I’ve honestly NEVER used an RAS, and NEVER refurb’d any old iron. Guess I’ll be over at OWWM, soon. Any advice ?? I understand the early DeWal... |
| 855 days ago |
A casket for little Christina - 14 replies http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/13/national/main7242562.shtml Brought a tear to my eye. — Jan. 13, 2011 Christina Taylor Greene (AP/Mark Henle, Arizona Republic) Report: Monks Handmake Christina Green’s Casket A 160-Year-Old Catholic Abbey in Iowa Makes, Donates Casket to Family of 9- Year-Old Tucson Shooting V... |
