239 days ago
by Dan Lyke |
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Built a utility table for the back shed today, used a 6’ length of bowling alley, 6×4 doug fir legs. I was originally going to do mortise and tenon joints in the doug fir legs, but had a few issues.
The lesson which hurt most: My Festool C12 cordless drill in low range gearing has a lot of torque. Way more than my DeWalt wall powered drill. Enough to really hurt my wrist when the 1¼” Irwin Speedbore drill bit binds and rips the drill out of my hands.
Made a quick...
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366 days ago
by Liam |
10 comments »
*copied from the web
Explanation of Common Tools:
DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flatmetal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest andflings your beer across the room, splattering it against thatfreshly-stained heirloom piece you were drying.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere underthe workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints andhard-earned guitar calluses from fingers in abou...
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532 days ago
by Shopsmithtom |
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Well, the last time I saw fit to do the blog thing (you can tell I’m not a big blogger…just check back) was because I decided to see which was tougher, my thumb or my table saw blade. Now, granted, it’s only an old 10ER shopsmith, but it was still tougher than my thumb. In fact, it wasn’t even a fair fight.Now I’m back, a mere 119 days later to blog my little buns off.It seems that the only time I have anything to say, it’s when I hurt myself. Oh well, man...
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