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Is there Really any Free Plans?
If you use Sketchup and go to the warehouse there are countless, more than you can count woodworking drawings. If you are not using Sketchup you should be.
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2 Books on wooden planes
The Finck book is exclusively Krenov style planes. Whelan goes farther a field. Of the two, a newcomer would be more likely to get a finished product using Finck.
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Rockler Pock-it Hole Clamp
It seems to me that the screw will pull things together in the way this clamp works. What I have trouble with is keeping the faces flush. Using their vise grip style clamp (or any other clamp) solves...
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Formaldehyde Free Plywood at HD
The Home Depots around here will do one or two cuts free. I have them rough cut the sheet into a couple of pieces and do the final cutting at home. Safer for me and easier to transport.
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Replacing bandsaw motor
Excellent, thanks. BTW, this is an older made in USA model with enclosed base, not the open stand model sold in the box stores today. It looks identical to the 475x model sold today with the 1.5HP...
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Things are kind of slow here on Sunday evening...
That man played a mean horn, especially in the 50s with Kenton. Lew
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bunk bed plans
Got a request from the daughter for a bunk bed like the one in the pictures. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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OT: I still don't think nukes are as dangerous as gas-fired stations
Actually, world-wide, the most hazardous form of power generation is... wait for it now ... hydroelectric. Dams don't fail often, but when they do... Equivocation: The above conclusion was reached...
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Looking For A LEIGH FMT Experienced USER
I've been working on an illustrated comparison of the LEIGH FMT and the Festool DOMINO - for what seems like FOREVER. Now that I've gotten familiar with SketchUp I finally have an adquate way to do...
 
Visit to the dark side.. I bought a set of tv trays..
I've been looking at different plans for TV trays for a few months and haven't gotten around to making them.. material lists, cutting layouts, etc.. We were in the States last week and Wal-Mart had...
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Through Loose Tenons
Thank you and yes it is, but I've never eaten there.
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Sandpaper storage
I just posted a photo of the one I did long ago. They sound about the same. It was a great way to use up scraps and got a LOT of use.
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Design for my garage shop
"Bill" wrote in news: Put your DC in the corner, it has to be connected via plumbing anyway. Your drill press being there limits the places you could possibly drill holes. Figure on around 3'...
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Sandpaper
80 grit Aluminum Oxide (abrasive) sandpaper versus Silicon Carbide (abrasive) sandpaper. What is the practical difference, from the point of view of sharpening chisels, say? Any? I noticed a feller on...
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Looking for feedback...
I like as much glue surface as possible. _________ Why go to the rigamore of making floating tenons and two dadoes? Stopping a dado is simple. ______________ Wow, man...how big *is* this thing?...
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