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| 126 days ago |
Help, Help, Help - 7 replies I am having extreme difficulty in the project that I am currently working on and cannot seem to get my mind to wrap around a very simple, or so it should be anyway problem. I am building a spice rack and need to put in some small spice drawers and cannot figure the spacing and drawer size nor how to inset the dividers. There is of course a top a... |
| 180 days ago |
Workbench Stool - 12 replies I am trying to find a small sitting stool – small or collapsable that I can use in my shop – but I cannot find anything that I like that are simple for the shop. If anyone has a set or knows where I can find some, thanks. |
| 180 days ago |
Just wanted to share one - 3 replies Okay I understand that I am stupid and am working to correct this issue hence the membership on this board and just noticing this area of the website today. As I have said in the past I work on a Shopsmith – it’s a good tool in some ways and not so good in others. Now on to the safety issue – familiarity. I have been using the ... |
| 180 days ago |
Plastic Resin Glue (Weldwood) - 2 replies Just a quick question – I will be needing the long open time of this glue here shortly but noticed that it said I needed temps above 70. I do not have that kind of heat available and the wife said no way for using the house and I have a few more months before I get that temp outside. Can I still use it, what will happen, longer clamp time?... |
| 182 days ago |
Wood movement - 2 replies I am building a new work bench and due to monetary constraints I am building the top from Premium grade pine 2X4’s jointed, planed and cut to 1 5/16×2” and I will be turning each one on it’s side (1 5/16th up), I would like to put an alder bread board edge and band it with alder. The top is 23 inches wide or so and I am pl... |
| 184 days ago |
Another newbie question : Dovetail Jig - 2 replies This may be a no-brainer or awnsered elsewhere but here ir goes. I have that Porter Cable 12” machine and while it does say in there that I can dovetail boards as wide as I need by clamping the template to another board and indexing off the last dovetail. It seems like a pain and I have a concieved project coming out that will require 24&#... |
| 185 days ago |
Pitch and resin remover - 14 replies I just recieved some of Rockler’s pitch and resin remover and used it for the first time yesterday installing new blades in the jointer and it was working pretty good. I had the wife helping me and she asked what the goo was for and when I told her she asked if I had tried this product we use for our cleaning company. It is called Krud Cut... |
| 187 days ago |
Another question from the newbie - 5 replies Sorry about all the questions but I have all those nice tools out there in a cleap shop and I am just itching to get out there working but as luck would have it I had shoulder surgery on Thursday on my right shoulder (and of course I’m right handed). So to the question – I have always wanted to build a small boat for me and possibly ... |
| 188 days ago |
Hollow chisel mortiser set-up question - 2 replies As I mentioned in a previous post my lovely wife allowed me to purchase some new tools and one is the Jet JBM-5 hollow chisel mortiser. I set it up as per the directions but one thing I wasn’t clear about was the setting of the drill bit versus the chisel – how do I know whether it should be 1/16th or 3/16th or any other distance. Ot... |
| 195 days ago |
New tools - 6 replies Okay I just got to brag a little about an awesome wife – she gave me the income tax refund to buy tools for my little shop (8’ X 15’) – yeah me! Jet hollow chisel mortiser, Porter Cable 895pk (Question – this sounds stupid but I have been using plunge for a long time what purpose is there in the fixed – it was... |
| 197 days ago |
Squaring lumber - 7 replies I know this is an old topic but forgive me as it is still new to me. I have been wood working for a few years but money consraints have limited the accessability (and spelling know how) to good wood. I have always used dimensional lumber but all that is starting to change and now I own a planer. Granted the planer is a cheap 12” Delta but ... |
| 198 days ago |
Woodworking software - 14 replies I do not want to open a can of worms here but I am looking for an inexpensive, comprehensive, all in one one, wonder of a piece of software to aid my woodworking ability. I am looking for something that is designed by and for woodworkers that does not have a giant learning curve but will still let me draw up plans with a knowledge of woodworking... |
| 212 days ago |
Bandsaw Help - 4 replies Okay first I am sensitive (LOL) so be gentle, I have a very small home shop – sharing a small one car garage with a hot water heater, 6 1/2 HP 60 gal compressor, washer, and dryer. Don’t laugh at me but I own a Shopsmith MK V 510, and while I wish I had stand alone tools my space is just not sufficient though I do have a radial arm s... |
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