I don't get it, why is metric better?

Makes it very easy to read core dumps.
Posted by Scott Lurndal in Woodworking Forum 9 years ago 
Pat Warner, how'd you do those dovetails?

An interesting risk-free method, albeit contrarian. The case work is assembled with trivial joinery (very shallow t&g, e.g.). Then with special templets and standard cutters the dovetail ways are cut. Spacing is arbitrary, cutters are too. Arrange to suit.
Posted by pat in Woodworking Forum 21 years ago 
FS: extra shelf pins

I have some extra shelf pins from bookshelves I was making. I accidentally ordered waaaay too many and didn't feel like going through returning them at the time and now it's too late. I'll ship them for free. Send me an email if you're interested.
Posted by JB in Woodworking Forum 22 years ago 
Hinge

That's a useful site that is now bookmarked and i found a hindge that is more suited to my application a, 'Brass Card Table Hinge side fixing,' that I did not know existed.
Posted by Dystopia in Do-It-Yourself Homeowner 18 years ago 
mortise lock - no key

sm_jamieson presented the following explanation : Grind off one end of the hinge pins and punch them out -That should leave the door free to be pulled open at the hinge side. Remove lock and obtain a new one to match complete with keys.
Posted by Harry Bloomfield in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 19 years ago 
Only in Aberdeen...

A quick visit to the Worcester web site identified the problem and following thie advice to lag the pipe cured it. Not below -5 down here. Colin Bignell
Posted by nightjar in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 17 years ago 
Re: OT: March to support BP. Your pension depends on it!

I was thinking on the lines of whenever "execs" visit a site they are usually ignorant and arrogant in equal measure and no matter how much one tells them to touch nothing, they usually can't resist poking and fiddling.
Posted by Steve Firth in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 16 years ago 
Some good info and ideas

In his reply he had a link to a formula page of his site. http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/CNC/trig.html. If you click on "Home" you will find many other pages you can visit. This is a great site that has much useful info and ideas. Check it out. Frank
Posted by Frank K. in Woodworking Forum 20 years ago 
Attic insulation under and over plywood.

Back when I had first learned to tape n finish We got a call to My Boss' friends plumbing shop..There was an office built within the shop with a drywall cieling but exposed 2xs above..My friend that worked for the plumbing shop had stepped through the cieling while walking on ...
Posted by Dean in Home Repair 19 years ago 
Repetitive crosscuts for a box with matched grain

I use it most days, and curse it cause it's too big, too heavy, too awkward to store in a small shop and still couldn't imagine being in any shop without one. Tanus http://www.home.mycybernet.net/~waugh/shop/
Posted by Tanus in Woodworking Forum 18 years ago