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| 7 days ago |
Happy Canada Day - 5 replies Happy Canada Day fellow Canucks. Its also rememberance day in in NL of the Battle Beaumont-Hamel. On July 1, in broad daylight, one hundred thousand men climbed out of their trenches and advanced shoulder to shoulder across the crater-torn waste of No Man’s Land. At Beaumont Hamel, the Newfoundland Regiment was virtually annihilated.... |
| 18 days ago |
Help with House Plan Design - 4 replies Hey All . . . DW posted over on GardenTenders looking for some input into the design of our future home. Here is the link to the GT post. Please post any thoughts, ideas, comments, skectchup drawings here or over on GT. http://gardentenders.com/projects/128 FYI . . . here is our current place. http://gardentenders.com/projects/38 ... |
| 30 days ago |
WARNING - Check your hearing protection - 9 replies Today I needed to use my shop-vac for an extended period of time and instinctively reached for my hearing protection. As soon as I donned them I felt an itchy\crawly feeling on the top part of my ear. I paid no real attention as I thought it may have been a stray hair tickling my ear. When I felt the itchy\crawly feeling move down the back of... |
| 30 days ago |
Templates - what to use? - 13 replies I Have been reading some wwing articles where they use templates for the layouts of cuts. They mostly use thin plywood or hardboard. What the heck is hardboard? In the pics it looks like heavy duty cardboard, but what is it? Does it have any other names? What do others use to make templates? |
| 31 days ago |
Looking for some ebony (mail order) - 11 replies Hey Folks . . . I am thinking about making a few G&G inspired pieces . . . and for that I need ebony. Anyone buy any on line? I know that I cannot get it locally or even in the province for that matter. |
| 46 days ago |
Just saying hey !! - 5 replies Hey All . . . Have not been doing much posting the last little while. Work had me on the road and non-wwing projects had me busy. In addition DW (Dear Wife) confiscated my laptop as her’s bit the dust. Took a while to find a new one for myself . . . now she likes my new one. Go figure. I did finally puchase a band saw . . . a Kin... |
| 80 days ago |
Wooden Marble Machine - you gotta see this - 17 replies I found this Wooden Marble Machine. I see absolutely no point to building this . . . besides being able to do it. Its looks really fun. All I can say is wow. |
| 143 days ago |
Happy Birthday to me . . . - 21 replies Happy Birthday to me . . . Happy Birthday to me . . . (Everyone) Happy Birthday to Zuuuukiiiii . . . Happy Birthday to me! Well you dragged it out of me . . . yes today is my birthday. I cannot keep any secrets from my fellow LumberJockiens. As Saturdays are a little crazy for DW and myself, we had a little celebration thing last night &#... |
| 143 days ago |
OT: What the heck is IEXPLORE.EXE - 8 replies Yea . . . I know . . . another off topic post. :-/ What the heck is IEXPLORE.EXE and why will it not let me shut down my pc? About 2 weeks ago I noticed that my pc was running slower. I thought it was my internet connection but it has now gotten slower. Its sooo slow that Tomcat could drill a hole through a piece of 8/4 Oak with a 35mm f... |
| 144 days ago |
Rambling: How many telephones are too many? - 9 replies When DW and I had one phone in the house and it rang . . . we would follow the ring to where it was laid and pick it up. It would end up in the weirdest of places as DW likes to “roam” when she is chatting. About a year ago our phone died and we bought a 4 pkg of Panasonic cordless phones. I though our phone searching would now ... |
| 147 days ago |
50 LJs in 2 days !! - 9 replies Geeze . . . pretty soon the LJ counter is going to have to be live to keep track of all the new folks. :-) Welcome everyone !!! |
| 147 days ago |
Tip: "Japanese style" coping saw - 5 replies I thought I would pass on this tip. Not sure if it was posted before. While working on the dovetails for Project X (2×4) I was using a Stanley pull saw and a regular coping saw. I found it a tad awkward switching from pulling to pushing to cut wood . . . so I flipped the blade in the coping saw angling the teeth backwards. Now it cuts... |
| 156 days ago |
Anyone use Lock Miter bit . . . arg - 11 replies DW gave me a couple of sets of router bits several years ago and one of them contained a Lock Miter bit. By its design it will “lock” a joint together . . . BUT . . . you have to get it set up correctly. One Saturday I spent about 3 hours playing with the bit and got nowhere . . . I was frustrated !!!!! I just popped over to P... |
| 158 days ago |
LF: Dovetail Saw for Birthday - 11 replies My birthday is coming up un February and DW asked me what I wanted. I immediately said “dovetail saw”. For me to have an immediate answer for a tool related gift is odd . . . I think it had something to do with the dovetails that I cut on Project X. I actually enjoy cutting them. Ok . . . I know that I prefer the Japanese style... |
| 160 days ago |
How it all started - From Lot to Landscape - 3 replies Hey All . . . DW posted this over on GT . Its about how we built our house from empty lot to landscaping. Quite a few pics as well. http://gardentenders.com/projects/38 |
| 165 days ago |
Craftsman Bandsaw ?? - 13 replies Hey All As most of you know I have been looking for a bandsaw for some time now. Here in NL we are pretty limited to selection: King, General, some Delta and Ridgid. Until last week I completely forgot about Craftsman @ Sears when I saw this one. Sort of looks like a Rikon. 14 in. band saw with steel frame construction for reduced... |
| 178 days ago |
Any LJs going to be in Montreal in February? - 2 replies I believe that I may have to go to Montreal, Canada (work related) for a couple of days in early February. Just a stab in the dark . . . but are there any LJs gonna be in the area? |
| 181 days ago |
I got a great deal today !! - 8 replies Bosch TS2000 Gravity-Rise Wheeled Table Saw Stand Before I went off to work this morning I popped out to the workshop to look at my coping saw. Somehow I had inherited one from somewhere and never had a use for it. The blade was rusty so I decided I NEEDED another visit to a big box store on my way home from work. This evening I dropped ... |
| 190 days ago |
Mastercraft 12-in. Lathe with Chisel Set - $159.99 - 1 reply Mastercraft 12-in. Lathe with Chisel Set – $159.99 http://www.canadiantire.ca/browse/product_detail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474396672966&bmUID=1199139605701&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524443294672&assortment=primary&fromSearch=true If you click on the link and need a postal code – use A1C 5M2 12” mini... |
| 192 days ago |
Power Tool voltage\amp question (Bandsaw) - 16 replies Looking at getting a bandsaw on Monday. King KC-1401HD ($399)http://www.kingcanada.com/Products.htm?CD=13&ID=57110v 7.5 amps King KC-1433FX ($599)http://www.kingcanada.com/Products.htm?CD=104&ID=58110v 10 amp or 220v 5 amp Im leaning towards the 1433 as it appears to have a larger motor, enclosed base, ball bearing guides and a ... |
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