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More O/T
Attn: Male Captains and Crew Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties and local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink from any woman. Many females use a date rape drug...
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Repetitive crosscuts for a box with matched grain
Hi, I've been trying to figure out how to setup a table saw for cutting the sides of a small box that has the grain matched on 3 sides. If I didn't care about the grain then I'd use stop blocks on the...
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New Band Saw for Christmas?
Hi All. Checked the archives for band saw info, but not much in the past few years. Also went thru my stack of WW mags, and didn't see a review of band saws. Anyway, I'm looking for a 14" band saw for...
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REQ: Bellows' plans
Hi All, We've been using our wood insert a lot so far this year, and I don't want the kids blowing on coals to get them 'fired up' again. I thought it would be a neat (and fairly simple) project to...
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Ellipse jig for large oval top
I've built a trammel (Less than 4ft square) to try to make an 8ft by 4ft oval works as a trammel but is too small using my current geometry to make an 8ft table. When I've looked at pictures of...
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Compact Belt Sander
Has anyone bought the Porter Cable Compact Belt Sander # 371 (2 1/2" x 14"belt)? Are its capabilities different enough from its bigger brother ( PC 337, 3" x 21") to justify the purchace price? Joe G
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Can I bake particle board at 350 F?
I'm planning to create a clay scale mock-up of a project and the most convenient base I have for it is a scrap chunk of particle board. The clay needs to be baked for about a half-hour at 350F to...
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What is it? CCVIII
This week's set has just been posted: http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/Rob
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O/T: An Now On The Lighter Side
On the farm lived a chicken and a horse, both of whom loved to play together. One day the two were playing, when the horse fell into a bog and began to sink. Scared for his life, the horse whinnied...
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AD: Create unique Celtic designs for woodworking
Hi Folks, The Celtic Knot Font is a revolutionary way to make beautiful designs for your woodworking projects. Each "letter" of the font is a piece of a knotwork design, so you create your custom...
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what is the name of these threaded fittings?
I have only seen them used in kit furniture, never the good stuff. The outside diameter is about 15 mm and has a coarse thread that screws into a hole in the wood. In the centre is an internal thread...
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Ducts for dust collector?
I just got my new dust collector (1-1/2 HP JDS Dust Force), and have started researching duct work. I'm just a small garage based do-it- yourselfer. I will never use more than one tool at a time. PVC...
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TREE STAND
Not even vaguely close to what I was actually looking for. JOAT You'll never get anywhere if you believe what you "hear". What do you "know"?. - Granny Weatherwax
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TS repair - spray welding?
Seems like a lot of the old table saws have the areas in front and back of the throat plate worn away. (From slamming the wrench into it to loosen the arbor nut I'd assume.) Is spray welding and...
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WorkSharp WS3000 User's Review
Folks have been asking about the new WorkSharp sharpening machine/system. As a Sharpening Phreak (ok so maybe it's just "Phreak") I've tried many ways to sharpen woodworking tools and own quite an...
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