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OT: google maps
well I just heard on the radio that google maps is now showing historical pics of what areas looked like... you can put in a time period and it will show it in street view. Now if they can only fix...
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OT: Fd up country
This country is so F'd up right now. I just spoke to a friend and former co-worker, he was laid off last month, he told me that about a dozen others who I knew were laid off too. They had to train...
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Interesting cheap and easy saw mill
obviously the crank needs to be reworked... more leverage less drive.. And I would probably add some trigger mechanism to pull the trigger and stand straighter.. but this really looked promising. Not...
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Rudimentary Wood Working
I had my dad bring me a section of log the other day. Not particular big. Maybe 7 inches in diameter, and 2 and a half feet long. A neighbor of his wanted it split in half with flat faces to paint on....
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poly for outdoor plywood signs
We have some painted holiday "mice" as a chorus created by an Uncle - very nice paintings... They are 1/4" plywood - painted. They are showing signs of "weathering", and would like suggestions on how...
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BLO...
I left a can of boiled linseed oil open for 3 days. Damn. I took a diversion the other day and decided to refinish a few hand planes that I got 10 years ago... wooden ones. I had come across them in a...
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How can you say no?
I got another request from a customer that I have built 3 projects for in the last year, the last being the walnut curio cabinets. This is like playing golf. You have a bad round and on the...
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OT: Roy Underhill's Daughter's Band
Eleanor Underhill is a member of a band: Underhill Rose. Roy has a good reason to be proud. Here's a video of the group: I have no financial interest ... blah, blah ...
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R.A.S bad behavior
I just came in from the shop, and a thought occurred to me that I thought I would post about. I was gifted an old Crapsman RAS from probably the mid 70's. I know; there are two camps on these saws,...
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Odd white spot in my maple.
Working on a top, too wide for the planer, hand planing it. Saw a white spot.. Looked like tear out to the eye. Kept working it, then took the scraper out. Still there. Feels different, softer.....
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Ping Leon Re: Staining
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:36:35 -0600, Leon Hi Leon. I saved this message you posted in January. Apparently, the Canadian Home Depot stores do not carry the Wooster brand of foam brush. (not that I could...
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once more on pneumonia
Just a thought. Since it's so difficult to tell pneumonia from the flu and its ilk, I bought one of the little O2 sensors that fits over a finger. I'm using it now to measure my progress at getting...
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Camping Table Plans?
I would like to build a small table to take car camping (not backpacking). Something approximately 16" wide x 12" deep x 16" high. It needs to fold or knockdown easily so I can stow it in the car. It...
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Looks like I'm gonna do it again.
For those of you who remember what "Jummywood" is - hey there old friends. In the process of making things happen all over again. 12 years since the divorce and my life has completely turned around...
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Newbie drill question
I got a bunch of Forstner drills over the years at yard sales. Some have round shafts, some have four sided shafts. Are the four sided ones for use in a brace? The old hand style drill? I need to...
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