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| 15 days ago |
Cutlist help - 1 reply I’m trying to create a cutlist for a panel bed. I want to use plywood for the panels but I can’t get Cutlist in Sketchup to recognize the panels as plywood and instead creates a cutlist for multiple pieces of solid wood. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to specify the material as plywood? |
| 16 days ago |
Fundamentals of bed design - 4 replies I’m currently attempting to design a new bed for my wife and I but I had some questions. Does anyone know of some good sources for the fundamentals (e.g. bed height and overall dimensions) of bed design? |
| 85 days ago |
Cross dowel nuts - 9 replies I’m trying to find cross dowel nuts that will accept a 1/2 inch threaded rod. I know that Lee Valley and a number of other sites sell bench bolts that come with a the nuts included, but I haven’t been able to find anywhere that sells dowel nuts that large separately. Does anyone out there have any good sources for stuff like that? |
| 103 days ago |
Respect for a former wood pattern maker - 4 replies Here’s an article that I stumbled across today. The article states that he used to work as a wood pattern maker. I thought this would be a suitable site to honor his sacrifice and the sacrifices of many other who gave their full order of devotion in one of the darkest times in our country. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/us/14land.h... |
| 170 days ago |
Aligning a drill press - 8 replies My drill press is missing the gearing for raising and lowering the table, so I need to do it manually. In the process of moving the table up or down, I’m thinking that the table gets out of alignment with the chuck. I have a sliding fence on my sacrificial table that I can align on the table using a square, but I wasn’t sure if I n... |
| 183 days ago |
Sam Maloof passes away - 3 replies I just learned that Sam Maloof passed away just recently. Here’s good article about him: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-sam-maloof23-2009may23,0,3907018.story |
| 226 days ago |
Which vise should I buy? - 4 replies I was given some money as a birthday present from the in-laws as funds for setting up shop in my new house. I decided to use the money to buy a new front vise for my workbench (I don’t own a vise yet) but I’m having trouble deciding. I’ve looked at the Anant quick release vises, the Jorgensen version, and a quick release fron... |
| 252 days ago |
Lubrication for Old Wooden Clamps - 6 replies I recently inherited some old wood clamps with wooden screws that are a little tight. Is there a good way to lubricate the wooden threads? |
| 386 days ago |
Cutlist and Sketchup - 4 replies I’ve recently discovered Sketchup and its plugin, cutlist, but I’m having some problems using them. I can handle the tools in Sketchup but then I can’t generate a cutlist. What do I need to do to a model in order to generate a cutlist? |
| 415 days ago |
Parts for drill press - 2 replies I’ve been trying in vain for the past few years to get a replacement part for my drill press. I own an 18 speed drill press made by Omaha Industrial tools that I bought at an auction. It’s not a bad drill press, but a few years ago a family member, who didn’t know how to use it, was trying to lower the table and snapped the m... |
