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Anyplace special I should check out in St. Louis, MO.
My wife is the President of the Exchange Club of Lansing, MI. I believe it’s a group of bus...
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Does anyone know anything about the art of coopering?
I am in the process making a couple large teardrop shaped supports for a table, but know absolute...
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Reflections on a 58th Birthday
Actually the day after. We call these “dog years” by some of us that have drank too m...
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DON'T BE AN IDIOT, A WARNING
Do you all know that denatured alcohol burns, invisibly. I mean you can’t see it burn. Well...
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I'm back in business
After a long time of being latheless I finally found a control module, thanks to Karson, for 159....
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Please check out my review of Stanley Bostich
I got my Stanley Bostich Compressor from SB a few weejs ago but have been unable to give a review...
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Spalted Wood- Watch Out!
I wrote a blog quite a while ago about spalted woods and the dangers of working around the dust o...
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A milestone of sorts
Something I’m very proud to announce today is my 36th wedding anniversary. Yes, I’ve ...
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I got my new Bostich Compressor from Bostich Stanley
However, I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet because of my recent stay in hospital. Bu...
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You Never Think It's Going To Happen To You
Well it can and it does, I just got out of the hospital after a lengthy stay, where they removed ...
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Congratulations to all the winners
Great work guys on all the projects you turned out. Just amazing work. Gary you deserved first pl...
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Death of one of our own
I have been trying to keep you guys, that know xxxxxx xxxxxxx, in the know about his rupture...
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Well I DID GO BACK TO JOHNSONS WORKBENCH
Well I really did have to return a few items back to Johnsons Workbench were I got all the goodie...
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May have recruited a new member, joined a guild and might've gotten us a sponsor
Friday I snuck, yes snuck over to Jonhnsons Workbench in Charlotte, Michigan, about an hours driv...
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I need help, I know in more ways than one
My 16 in variable speed wood lathe model number( 46-745, 46-746, and 46-765x ) has a broken inver...
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New spinal surgery
I just read on MSN.com they have a new surgecal operation they can do with a laser that can fix ...
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Update on Mark Oscorner
Mark contacted me concerning another opinion he had gotten from a different spinal surgeon. He sa...
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Fallen comrade in need of our prayers
I don’t know how many if any of you know about Mark Oscorner having angioplasty and also fi...
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Just updating everyone that knows me.
I still don’t have a lathe. My Delta got a new inverter or whatever it was. It cost me 2 bi...
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I will soon be able to again make shavings and I just got my bandsaw fixed
A couple reasons I haven’t been able to make anything lately, aside from being short on blo...
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Just a Hi All
So where have I been, right here in Laingsburg, MI. doing no thing. Had a yard sale, or my wife a...
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They would'nt let me get one free today either Dick
I went back to the website today Dick and they would’nt give me another one either. Probabl...
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Get 1 month free access to Fine Woodworking Magazine.com
While searching for an owners manual on Portercable/Delta.com website, I came accross this notice...
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I made it through the exam
They called off the test on Tuesday and had the tests on Wednesday. It was’nt as bad as I t...
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Not the forum
I am sorry for running off at the mouth the other day with my problems, I really do appreciate al...
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Does it hurt to go to a urologist?
I’ve got to go to a urologist tomorrow and I’m wondering who else has gone and what d...
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Garage Sale
Well my wife has decided to have a garage sale to get rid of all my unused equipment, among hoard...
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Warning, don't buy bostitch compressors.
Here’s why. I bought one at Lowes about 6 months ago and found a little part known as a Val...
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Congratulations Martin, LETS BUY SOMETHING TO HELP THE CAUSE
What can I say, except thank you and thank you again. You have created an extraordinary website a...
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Table Challenge #5-#5
2 days left and I got a finish coat of stain on tonight, after my wife got home from work and hel...
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Martin you were half right
I did find something screwed up in my firewall, but the real problem was on this page. Somehow I ...
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Projects not opening
Am I the only one of you all that is having this trouble? The projects are not opening for me. Al...
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Getting sidetracked with little time
I suppose by now everyone knows I do not know how, or cannot for some reason, get the hang or und...
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#5-#4
Almost ready for a dry fit. Got every thing mortised and tenons cut still have one more mortise t...
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would not let me load unless I wrote something here
I finally finished my aprons as far as the scrollwork goes. It took me 2 weeks to cut out the des...
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Coming along very slowly on g and g.
I have one more apron to cut out on the scroll saw. So tedious, hard for me to sit for long and ...
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Thorsen Table Challenge blog #5
Well this is the second time I’ve wrote this I tried to slip in a picture and ended up losi...
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Thorsen Table Challenge blog #4
Well, I’ve got my lumber planed, jointed and some pieces cut. The legs, I’ve started ...
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Series entry #3 of Thorsen table
Did some more rendering down of the lumber, cutting the pieces I have to size. Then made the mort...
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Series blog #2 getting started.
Well, I dug out all my walnut, well not all, but the amount Karson suggested. After jointing and ...
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Series #1 Begining Thorsen Table Attempt
Geez Louiz, I’ve been railroaded. Not really, I’ve found out I have a lot of friends ...
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Do I have time to make the table, someone help me decide.
I was going to go for it then I started having problems logging onto this site. Now I just might ...
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guess I'll join
Well I don’t know what happen to my other blog, yahoo grabbed it. Anyway I was saying I did...
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Working on an Easter gift for every one
Well I’m working on an Easter gift for the 500+ Lumberjocks. So I’ve been a busy bunn...
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Spring is in the air, thank goodness
I’m so tired of the ice, snow, and cold I could barf. For one thing it keeps me in one litt...
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I'm back again
Back, now thats a play on words. I had to stay off my tailbone for another week, according to the...
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I''m back
Just a note to let everyone know I’m back. Last Monday I was hooking up my Labs outside and...
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Happy Birthday
why miss a chance to blog this EVERYBODY SING!!!!! HAPPY ...
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SPALTED EYEBALLS
I just wanted to let every one know the itchy, crusty, gunky, sneezy, coughing, spalted wood turn...
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Turners beware of Spalted Wood
I’ve been having trouble with my eyes for two weeks now, actually it felt like I had someth...
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I need help
I just bought a new bosch compressor and it will only pump up to 20lbp. It’s not leaking be...
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Jigs and Suggestions
With all the jigs and suggestions that have been made, espescially by Don why don’t we open...
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Martin, do you still want that interview?
Let me know. I’ve got some pictures and think I can answer your questions. Lumberjockmike2
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and cutting my shin on vacation
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