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Catalpa Candle Log
A friend has asked me to make her a candle log out of a piece of Catalpa. This "log" is about 5" in diameter and about 16" long. The idea is to make it flat on one side so it doesn't roll and leave...
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Craftsman Radial Arm Saw
If you have the model number for your saw you should be able to order a replacement top from Sears parts. I don't see a laminate surface as being an advantage. There's no magic there though--all you...
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Have I lost it - table saw technique
om/DeSoto/ | Ok - I think I've lost it. I just noticed that ripped boards have a concave | curve on the ripped side. Boards over 18" long are ~ 1/64" narrower in the | middle than the ends. Feather...
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Re: Shop Storage - How Do You Do It?
Thank you. I used 1/4" plywood for the bottoms. I built similar drawers for our kitchen 18 years ago and my wife was concerned that bottoms would fall out also until she saw me turn the drawer upside...
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MHG Chisels
I know this topic has come up before but I don't remember anyone actually having any experience with them. In any case the MHG chisels are on sale again at Hartville tool. Has anyone had some long...
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rail & stile width
Rails and stiles are usually cut 2" plus the depth of the panel groove wide. This usually makes them either 2-1/4 or 2-3/8" wide - depending on whose router bits you use. The reason for making them...
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Houston WW Show
Well, I suspect that Delta will succeed. Probably it will not prosper. I agree though, with out good people and experience the journey is either going to be tough or we are going to see the latest in...
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New Toy -- and I mean toy
I picked up a "real power tool" set from a toy store for about $20 today. One motor runs a lathe, sander (or lathe tool sharpener ;-)), scroll saw and drill press. For what it is, it's not bad. I've...
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ideal table saw height
I'm adding castors to my table saw stand to make it more maneuverable. This is going to make the table saw higher than it is currently which is approx 950mm. Is there an ideal height for a table saw...
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Who wants a Woodcraft?
who dream of owning a woodworking store. I've frequently fantasized about talking Robin into funding me to open a Lee Valley tools franchise.
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Building and installing passive solar heating panels
| I think that pretty much reflects a practical approach. I fully support | cost-competitive alternate approaches that work. Therein lies the rub with | most alternatives thus far, either 1) they are...
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The value of money and tools
I would never have thought about telling about the bits, blades, rags, bulbs, etc. Those are consumables, kinda like groceries - a fixed budget item. And taxes, well, we all know taxes are a...
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OT Horrid pun
...snip If it was so bad, why did you tell it? Just for the halibut? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough...
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remarkable saw for sale!
Toller wrote:
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Re: What is it? CXX
934 is a miniature microtome, for taking thin slices from biological specimens embedded in a wax block, for viewing in a microscope. Dave bt
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