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Thinner or Mineral Spirits?
I just finished helping a friend paint the interior of probably our 20th house in the last 10 years. Typically he rolls on the latex to paint the walls and I cut in. Also I do most of the oil based...
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Re: What is it? Set 308
1759: looks like an adze, for a woodcarver; could, however, be some kind of boat-caulking tool. If it had more metal parts or nastier wood ones, it could be a welder's chipping hammer... Or, it's a...
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What duct work do I buy for dust collection
Most home shop folks just use plastic any more. 26 ga snap-lock duct is the only (semi-)economical metal choice... for example. May have better luck at the HVAC supply places than box stores locally....
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What is it? Set 308
The answers to this set will be posted on late Friday afternoon as usual: http://55tools.blogspot.com/Rob
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Re: OT: Florida Traveler Advisory - Bushnell, FL
Good Warning. Post a copy to But, a little less verbose would be much better!
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Eye-Witness - Florida Traveler Advisory - Bushnell, FL
Yes, this OT post has become far more verbose than intended. Yet most of the lawyers and judges in this state/county are nothing but ladder climbing sycophants and pettifoggers of the worst kind....
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Re: Neader or Normite tool?
On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:44:32 -0500, the infamous -MIKE- scrawled the following: Bigass Normish hand plane with a conveyor belt on the bottom to push material through. Pretty cool, but you couldn't...
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Re: Question on staining oak
Huzzah!! Or, you could put on a coat of shellac first of all, sand it off leaving it in the pores so they won't absorb as much then add your filler and "normal" stain. No, I don't own a shellac...
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Re: Bookcase color
I painted my bookcases interiors with a very dark latex and a primer underneath. I allowed the bookcases to completely cure for 2-3 months before waxing, buffing and loading up with books. It has had...
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Re: No Electricity Table Saw
A few years ago, some teenage kid had rigged up an old Scroll Saw with a burned out motor to an old tredle sewing machine base. He had maybe $10 in it (mostly for new blades). He powered the tredle...
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Re: Nice deal on a lathe, perhaps even a gloat
You know what the bass player said? "Drummers can't READ!" :-) Actually, I've been thinking of changing it again to "Steve Rocker", since I what I *really* like to do is rock out on the drums and...
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Re: Finishing the finish?
I bought some shellacky from him; sorry to see he's out of bidness. No kiddin' Vern! I'd wrestle a muddy pig to get a gallon of that stuff for $41. Woodcrappers wants around a hunnerd bucks for it,...
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Re: “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will be in Buffalo, NY Nov. 7 to Nov. 14, 2009
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:07:23 -0400, the infamous Nova scrawled the following: I was tapped to be the handyman for a salon makeover program last year. I declined once I saw the waiver docs. If they got...
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Re: Florida Traveler Advisory - Bushnell, FL
When I was much younger I had friends who drove at the edge of consciousness - one passing out in the middle of an intersection and plowing through signs and ditches, and another who regularly smashed...
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Re: My Workbench Project (Design)
IMHO, bad encounter. If you need both a "high" and a "low" bench, then build both a "high" and a "low" bench. After the bench gets built and a couple of years of "Maybe I'll use it someday" crap gets...
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