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| 77 days ago |
Heart Attack in Shop? - 22 replies This may be the most important thing you can get for your shop!. It may save your life!. There is a problem for some of us in the shop. What if you got hurt or even a heart attack and couldn’twalk out of the shop for help? What would you do? Well, if you were like me with a detached shop outof shouting range, you would lay there unti... |
| 132 days ago |
Another Framing Square post - 13 replies Thanks to Calgirl for reminding me that I had this book. If anyone is interested here is a book from 1880-1883 on the use of the square. It’s public domain. The best way to look at it is to right click on it and select “Save Target As” and save it to your computer It’s 23 megs. It has just about every possible... |
| 150 days ago |
Here are a couple of home made tablesaw accessories - 24 replies Here two tablesaw accessories that might be of interest to some of you. The first is a tablesaw sled that allows you to cut large pieces square. You have probably seen a lotof them, but maybe this one is a little different. I added a blade guard at the end to protect yourself at the end of the cut and a stick hanging off theleft for clampi... |
| 156 days ago |
The proper way to cut wood for table legs - 20 replies By proper I mean cutting them so that all sides of the leg will look the same. It’s really very simple but sometimes overlooked The one on the left was cut with the grain running from one corner to the opposite one.This creates a leg that has all the sides looking the same. You can see the difference between the one on the left an... |
| 179 days ago |
Surfacing rough lumber without a 16" jointer - 68 replies If you don’t mine a little extra work, you can save money on lumber by buying it rough. This will sometimes get you a little extra wood. For example 8/4 surfaced lumber is 1 3/4” thick because it has been smoothed on both sides. Rough lumber would be an actual2”. Now if the board is really flat you may be able to get a 1 7/8... |
| 300 days ago |
Any opinions on moisture meters? - 16 replies Hey All, I was looking into getting a moisture meter and was wondering if anyone here had any experience with them. I would like to avoid the pin type. Any thougnts? Gary |
| 354 days ago |
Scarf joint explained - 4 replies I have been asked on how to layout some of the joints I showed in my project.Well, here are two of them. The scarf joints. One version has a peg in the middle to hold everything togetherand the other uses two pegs on the side faces. I hope this answers your questions. You can see both versions at: http://lumberjocks.com/projects/2072 |
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