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FS: Cherry, Poplar and Oak
I have ~400 board feet of 4/4 cherry for sale. Predominantly wide withs, 4,5 and 6foot lengths select and better, kiln dried. I also have a good bit of 5/4 poplar and 4/4 red oak available for sale....
 
Rockwell Table Saw Restoration
Thanks! I've joined OWWM. Pretty cool!
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What is it? Set 291
I think it is an escape compass. The clip is magnetized and points north when balanced on a pin. Paul K. Dickman
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Best wood for spokeshave curved coffee table legs?
Hi, I am building a low coffee table out of a lovely piece of burled Swiss pear. The top will be around 2.5 cm (1") thick and supported by 4 legs with a gentle curve and an oval cross section. The...
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OT: Cadence Calls
Tom Watson wrote in news: I don't have any authentic cadence calls, Jody or otherwise, but it seems to me that the thing to do would be to find a scout who can rap, give him the basic Duckworth chant...
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New research on limb regeneration
grow back. Google TED, ideas worth sharing. They have talks on many subjects. Biology and technologies and the combination of the two are very interesting.
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How Do You Know When It's Finished
"A great work of art is never finished, just abandoned"
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Are we lost
Good to know we are not lost - merely having trouble getting from there = to here. At time of original posting, nobody was home and all seemed to be = elsewhere. It was a first for me to not see any...
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good vise?
Ok, what makes one vice "good" and one "bad"? Why is a vice made in China automatically "bad"? A vice is pretty low-tech, easy-to-copy, I would think.
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O/T: The Knob
Enjoy Lew =============================== A woman visited a plastic surgeon who told her about a new procedure called 'The Knob,' where a small knob is placed at the top of the woman's head and could...
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OT discipline
A school teacher injured his back during the summer and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the fall...
 
Semi-OT: Satisfied with your health care?
I think you've wrapped your mind around the concept. It's evolution, you see. For generations, those of the old country who possessed initative, self-reliance, bravery, and the desire to risk for...
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Wedged tenon design question
I'm in the process of designing a knockdown shelving unit for our camping kitchen, having discovered some wire shelving bits left over from a guinea pig cage project. These wire shelves are the sort...
 
Sliding dovetail angle for sliding
Hi Does it make a difference what angle dovetail bit I use for a sliding dovetail. I am (finally) making a few cribbage boards that the bottom slides from the top and that is where you can store the...
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OT: Creative Puns for Educated (?) Minds
In the event that you have not had these cross your screen or that old correspondence mode called paper and . . . 1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's Round Table was Sir Cumference. He acquired...
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