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Today's Joke

39 days ago by John Gray | 9 comments »

One Wish …... A guy walking along the beach finds a bottle and picks it up. A genie pops out and says, “Thanks for letting me out. For your kindness I will grant you one wish.” The guys says, “I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii, but I can’t because I’m afraid to fly and ships make me deathly sick. My wish is for you to build a road from here to Hawaii.” The genie says, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can do that. Just ...

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Revamping and Updating my Old Shop #5: Interim update. Wiring the Delta 50-760 Sawdust Collector for 220

45 days ago by Jim Bertelson | 8 comments »

The Delta 50-760 Sawdust Collector comes wired for 110 volts. Had some issues with lights dimming, especially when running the sawdust collector and one of the big saws. I have decided, therefore, to put the dust collector and the two saws on 220, and then put a line stabilizer on my wifes longarm quilter circuit. The dust collector, in particular, seems to be an amps hog. I had seen a post about the noise level and pitch changing and becoming obnoxious on 220. So I approached it wondering if...

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A Little Trick I Never Would Have Known....

46 days ago by FunnelStudio | 7 comments »

So a year or so ago, I learned a little tip on an install at work. I’m not sure how known this is, but thought I would pass it along. We were installing a signage system for HSBC bank and had to paint an orange square behind everything. We taped the box off, and were told to put some matte white paint down first to prevent bleed-through at the edges. We brushed on some white at the tape line, then painted the orange, and had crisp, straight lines when we peeled off the tape. I rec...

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Episode 43 book case part 1

48 days ago by kosta | 8 comments »

In this video I cut the side pieces down to the right length and width.I am using oak for this project and it is going to a fire house in New York city. This is my entry for the saw dust chronicles 60 day buildchallenge.

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Book case so far

48 days ago by kosta | 6 comments »

Yo whats up everybody here is the book case so far. I still have to put the back on and I have to finish up a few things. The first part of the book case series will be out tonight. I will post the final pictures next week. This is my entry for the saw dust chronicles 60 day build challenge.

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Tool Life episode 10 tablesaws

52 days ago by kosta | 3 comments »

<div> Click To Play </div> Yo whats up everybody in this episode I talk about tablesaws and which one to buy this is not a review I am just talking about types like contractor saws.

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Tool Life episode 11 jigs

52 days ago by kosta | 0 comments »

<div> Click To Play </div> Yo whats up everybody in this episode I talk about the book case that im building and the problems that Im having with it. I talk about jigs and what you should make them out of.

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rosewood / curly maple /purpleheart / lacewood #3: operating in a vacuum !

53 days ago by patron | 24 comments »

now i am glueing down the inlay , using west epoxy .the problem being that i don’t like puting things ,( like bricks , paint cans , bucket s of sand or water ) ,and i dont have enough wood to make cauls .so back to an old trick i learned in the fiberglass boating world . as i think in a vacuum , it’s only natural to work in one too ? so here it is ...a vacuum is not pressure , it is the absence of pressure .when they went into space , it wasn’t like going down deep in ...

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NEW INFORMATION California meeting

53 days ago by rustfever | 31 comments »

Latest Update.The Woodorking Show people have given us a booth at the WoodWorking Show at the Sacramento Convention Center on Nov 13, 14, & 15. They also will tell our story in their press release and other print hand-out. They have made us another offer. FREE TICKETS, but with a condition. They will give us a free ticket for each person that works in our booth. I am passing that offer to LumberJocks. I will need each reciepient to agree to spend a minimum of 1 hour in the boo...

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rosewood / curly maple /purpleheart / lacewood #2: heres the tutorial for the starburst .

54 days ago by patron | 22 comments »

you asked , so here is the way to do this ..to start this ” cut and switch ” proses ,figure out your width of stock , by laying out your circle , and deviding it into as many ’ pie pieces ’ as you like , and as many concentric circles as you want .at the edje of the inner circle , measure the width of the ’ pie crust ’ , and rip your wood wider than this ,as it needs to be cut later to final size .and make somewhat longer for the same reason ..this is a sl...

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