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| 129 days ago |
Ryobi lithium batteries - 17 replies I have several of the larger Ryobi, 18-volt lithium batteries, and recently two of them went bad on me. Neither will hold a charge for more than a short while, and one will not charge up past the yellow power-level point at all. I have tried charging overnight, but still could not get them to work. I have two others that are working fine, plu... |
| 288 days ago |
Kitchen cabinet clearcoating - 12 replies Hey, I have a group of oak kitchen cabinets that I installed about 25 years ago. They still look good, but in a couple of places the finished has deteriorated to the point where the clear coat has flaked off or rubbed off. My wife uses hand lotion a lot, and I think that may have played a part. Yesterday, I installed handles and knobs on the... |
| 349 days ago |
Antique look for gold picture frames - 4 replies My wife collects art, and to make her items look better I have made quite a few picture frames to hold them. Some are stained and clear coated and some are simply painted. However, one thing I have not been able to do is replicate the “antique” look I find with some of those certainly recently built, gold-finished frames one sees in ... |
| 359 days ago |
Modification for Ridgid R4510 jobsite saw - 1 reply I have owned this small jobsite saw for a while and even posted a review of it on this site a while back that included the installation of an outfeed extension on the backside of the saw to make it easier to deal with long-board ripping jobs. I also posted a description of how I made a zero clearance throat plate for the tool. ... |
| 766 days ago |
Brazilian pine? - 3 replies My ex boss (we are both retired) recently broke down an old, seven-foot bookcase at his place and gave me the pieces. The sides were 1×10s, 1.5-inches thick, with the shelves the same depth, but .75 inches. I planed off the stain and varnish (rather rough varnishing work had been done on the pieces) and now have the items stacked and rea... |
| 836 days ago |
12-inch Oldham blade: 120C480. Good/bad? - 10 replies I was looking through my Grizzly catalog and saw an entry for an Oldham 12-inch crosscut blade, model number 120C480. This seems to be their premium thin-kerf crosscut blade. I tried looking on the internet for some reviews and comments, but there were none, beyond some vague specifications from various sales sites. Nothing about hook angle (imp... |
| 1427 days ago |
Splitter and Riving Knife thicknesses - 18 replies I have cut a lot of wood on my small table saw and have yet to encounter a workpiece being snagged by the back of the blade and flipped. My saw does not have a riving knife, but it does have a splitter that seems to be doing the protection job OK. Normally, I run the blade a bit more elevated than typical, which may explain how the splitter, thu... |
| 1679 days ago |
Sourcing small parts for projects - 4 replies My wife took me to a small shop that offers locally made items of small size and decent quality. Normally, I do not pay that much attention, but at one place a bell went off in my head and I saw dollar signs. One local guy apparently obtains things like small humidity gauges, clocks, barometers, etc., and makes wooden frames, display cases, and ... |
| 1680 days ago |
Kreg pocket joiner device - 89 replies I recently saw a lengthy video ad for the Kreg pocket joinery device. I have been using biscuits for years and one thing the ad did was disparage the entire concept of biscuit joinery, dowling, and tongue and groove. I can see the point and the Kreg device looked very competent in some areas. Of course, they made the various projects look eas... |
| 1687 days ago |
Craftsman trim saw - 2 replies For most of my cutting work away from my table saw and band saws and miter saws I use a nifty Skil Mag-77 circular saw. A nice piece of work, but too massive and heavy at times for certain tasks. So, I recently purchased a Craftsman 5.5-inch trim saw. It has the same left-blade orientation as the big Skil unit, and also includes a decent lase... |
