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| 34 days ago |
Wireless noise cancelling headphones? - 3 replies I like listening to music in the shop, the stereo cannot overcome the power equipment though. Also, getting headphones will be added hearing protection (I don’t blast my music anyway). Just wondering if anyone uses a wireless headphone, with noise-canceling or without, etc. and which one? I think I can get the Sennheiser wireless and ... |
| 35 days ago |
Looking for unique clamps - 4 replies So I am looking to build a cutting board glue-up jig. I need to start making cutting boards at a rate of 4 a week and figured I would build a clamping jig. I envision a table top with wood U-shaped pieces to run across it. Then I wanted to find some hold-down clamps where I drilled holes in the top part of the U, these clamps then bolted/scre... |
| 84 days ago |
Looking to swap a chair for a desk and shelves... - 1 reply Hello all, I need a new office area for my wife. Unfortunately I do not have the time to devote to this project. I do have several rocking chairs planned for inventory though so was wondering if anyone would be interested in building me a desk and shelves in trade for a rocking chair. Looking for it to be an xmas present. I would be wil... |
| 153 days ago |
DW735 no longer blowing dust - 7 replies Last week I was planing some material through the DW735 thickness planer and I heard a snap and now the chips and dust just pour out the front and no longer come out the dust port. I still have my dust collector hooked up and it is sucking. If I remove the DC the blower in the planer is still blowing lots of air out the back, just no chips c... |
| 175 days ago |
summer 2009 contest themes? - 1 reply Any word on the 2009 Summer contest themes? If we follow the same schedule, projects are due for submission in July, gad-zooks it is June already… |
| 223 days ago |
Strip Canoe project for sale - 1 reply For all those local to Western NY and Ohio… My cedar strip canoe project is up for sale. You get the strongback, the forms attached to it, the strips that are glued in place to the forms and the remaining strips and cedar lumber that was being used to make the strips. Also included are the bead and cove router bits and Gil Gilpatric... |
| 225 days ago |
Grizzly zero-clearance band saw insert? - 1 reply I am looking for a zero-clearance insert for the Grizzly line of band-saws. I was in the showroom a couple weeks ago and they only sell the factory replacement part. I googled it and found some that had the description that they fit most 10” to 14” bandsaws, including, xxx, yyy, Grizzly, zzz, etc. Just wondering if anyone had bo... |
| 257 days ago |
Need to find blind shelf hangers - 5 replies So I am looking for those metal pieces that have a screw-head sized hole with a slot machined into them. So that you can put a screw in the wall and then the metal thing slides on and down the screw, securing the piece to the wall. I was unsuccessful in my googling of them, not even sure what to call them. Any idea of where to find them? T... |
| 299 days ago |
G0457 shipping dimensions - 2 replies Hello, I was wondering if anyone could tell me the shipping dimensions of the G0457 14” band saw from Grizzly. I called them and they confirmed it ships in two boxes but she could not tell me the dimensions. I tend to pick up all my freight at the depot and want to make sure it is going to fit in the van. Thanks.-Rich |
| 388 days ago |
Intrasia vs. scroll saw piecing - 3 replies So I was wondering if anyone could detail and define what the difference is between intrasia and scroll sawing out pieces and fitting them together…Thanks. -Rich |
| 392 days ago |
Wood suppliers - 16 replies I look at all these wonderful projects and all this amazing wood and was just wondering if people would mind sharing their favorite suppliers, either local or on-line… Locally in Arcade we have a dairy farmer by day and lumber dealer by night. Two barns full of every variety of domestic lumber you could want. About 15 minutes with a f... |
| 399 days ago |
Look what fell into my shop out of thin air... - 7 replies So I got a call over the weekend from my Mother-In-Law. Seems they were cleaning out the basement and came across this beast of a machine… My Father-In-Law worked many years for Bausch & Lomb up here in New York. When they closed the plant they let employees take any machinery they wanted. So it sat in his basement for 22 yea... |
| 440 days ago |
Looking for some spruce lumber - 1 reply I am looking for some spruce lumber. I only need about 5 or 6 bd ft, preferrably in 5 or 6 foot lengths. I am going to build a crackerbox, which is a RC boat, usually powered by a weed wacker or chain-saw engine. They are about 4 to 5 feet long and go around 30 MPH with a stock engine and can reach 60 MPH with a modified engine. I got the ... |
| 440 days ago |
Latest project has been born - 10 replies Our latest project was born last Friday at 9:57 am. 7 lbs, 10 ounces, which is considered small for my wife’s family. Our first born was 9 lbs, 6 ounces. Anyway, baby and mommy came home Monday and all are doing well. We named him Alex Matthew. Our 2 year old loves to watch him and help out when he can. We also got him his own baby... |
| 461 days ago |
Native American Flute - 3 replies Just wondering if anyone knows of any resources for the design and making of the Native American Indian Flute, also known as the Spirit Flute. Lots of useful scrap wood lying around that I can experiment with. |
| 461 days ago |
IWF in Atlanta, need a favor - 1 reply If anyone is going to be at IWF in Atlanta tomorrow (Thursday). I believe Jim Craig is going to be there doing autographs on 8×10’s at 8:15, it was in an advert e-mail I got, forget which booth. Just wondering if it was possible for someone to snag me one of these and send it my way. My wife is a huge hockey person and would love t... |
| 464 days ago |
Wooden train tracks - 9 replies I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the Rockler router bit set for making your own wooden track…router I know when I was a kid my dad managed to make some of the track without these bits, but he cannot remember how he did it. |
| 465 days ago |
Board width when doing panel glue ups - 4 replies The question was recently asked of me:Is there a rule of thumb when determining the maximum width of a board when gluing up panels? In other words, at what point do you cut a board down and then re-glue. I really didn’t have an answer for him, I kind of follow the rules of what looks the best and if my gut tells me I should cut this bo... |
| 468 days ago |
Donations to charities? - 29 replies Usually after a rocking chair has sat in the gallery for a year I like to rotate it out and put a new one in there. I decided this year to try and donate the chair. I have attempted to contact a few places, like Ronald McDonald house in Rochester, etc. I have received no reply, not even a letter stating “we cannot accept furniture donat... |
| 469 days ago |
Drum sander versus Belt sander for large pieces (a shop review) - 5 replies So I convinced my wife of the sacrifice I would make by building a drum sander. Recently I did a large dresser top with the belt sander method and four smaller tops with the drum sander, here is what I think of the methods… The drum sander is a 30” stockroom supply kit, with a 3hp sealed 3450 RPM motor purchased seperately, I use... |
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