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| 148 days ago |
Be careful what you wish for - 5 replies A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks them for their orders.The man says, ‘A hamburger, fries and a coke,’ and turns to the ostrich, ‘What’s yours?’‘I’ll have the same,’ says the ostrich.A short time later the waitress returns with the order ‘Th... |
| 241 days ago |
Delta Drum Sander For Sale - 1 reply sold |
| 418 days ago |
New Stanley Planes - 11 replies There has been much discussion on the price and availability of hand planes lately. I got the Garrett Wade Tool catalog today and noticed that you can get the new, Stanley, made in England, hand planes, cheaper than some of the worn out American ones, that are on Ebay. I have one of the new low angle planes, and just like most of the old plan... |
| 493 days ago |
Surfacing Wide Boards on a Narrow Jointer - 5 replies Recently, one of my fellow Texans accused us Americans of being whiners. Well, hopefully after you learn this procedure, you will have one less thing to whine about. Namely, “I can’t surface wide boards because I only have a 6” jointer.” I didn’t come up with this technique, it’s been handed down from the craftsmen of the past. About 50 year... |
| 495 days ago |
Tenons on Dowels with jointer - 13 replies I have a side line of repairing and re-caning chairs. Occasionally I have to replace broken rungs on the these chairs. I normally will use a dowel of the correct size and species and I use my jointer to cut the tenon on the dowels. I thought I would share this method for those folks that repair or build chairs and would like a quick, easy met... |
| 608 days ago |
50 Cent Fix - 10 replies I have seen several post from people asking about saw blades binding and splitters, etc. I’ve also looked at a lot of the work shops that everyone has posted on their page. The majority of table saws that I see don’t have any kind of blade guard on them. I’m guilty myself. I also have one thumb that’s a little thinner ... |
| 617 days ago |
In Search of Olive wood - 14 replies Has anyone out there run across a supplier of Olive wood. I need actual small planks. 1/2” – 3/4”Tt x 3”W x 24” L approximately. The only thing I’ve found on the web is pen blanks, and they’re not large enough for the project that I have. Thanks. |
| 619 days ago |
Luthier Style Spring Clamps - 5 replies Some of you may have never seen this clamping technique. It’s used a lot by luthiers. It comes in real handy when you’re trying to clamp on the inside face of a piece and there’s no place to place a clamp or the reach is to far. You make these out of thin strips of wood. These happen to be 7/8” wide x 3/16” thick... |
