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Yet ANOTHER use for WD40

I spray it on electrical contacts and other electrical components to displace water and prevent corrosion. It works gre...
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posted by testosterone
30 comments posted 15yrs posted by testosterone

Cutting deep dados

Building a workbench. Plans call for a dado (4 of them) to hold cross braces at the ends. The dado cut is to be 1 1/2 i...
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posted by mjmwallace
13 comments posted 15yrs posted by mjmwallace

Wood Carving newsgroups?

I've been requested by a friend to point him to wood carving newsgroups. Not being a wood carver myself, I'm having dif...
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posted by upscale
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by upscale

O/T: An Observation

Since Angelinos appear to have stayed at home over the week end instead of traveling the freeways, my guess the materni...
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posted by sails.man1
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by sails.man1

Sander; HFT; 9" Disc 6X48" Belt

On sale, 4th of July for $150, I brought it home with some extra belts but no extra 9" sanding disks (hey had none in s...
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posted by charlessenf
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by charlessenf

Deck Project - Concrete

I bought one of those 3.5 cu ft Cement Mixers from HFT and mixed two 80# bags of SAKRETE concrete mix accodring to the...
72 comments posted 15yrs
posted by charlessenf
72 comments posted 15yrs posted by charlessenf

Bandsaw Tension Knob

As the first upgrade to my bandsaw (before I install the riser kit), I changed out the old tension rod/knob for this on...
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posted by puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com

Shop Fox W1707 Problem

A couple of weeks ago I purchased a new Shop Fox W1707 and had it shipped to me. Now to my problem. I put a 3/16" blade...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by woodrec
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by woodrec

Personal Observations: Hand Tool Awakenings

Well, well. Making a reproduction Thomas Jefferson portable writing desk (http://www.woodbender.com/Thomas_Jefferson_s_...
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posted by sconnieroadie
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by sconnieroadie

OT: A couple of articles by Rex Murphy.

Rex Murphy is a talent. Phrases roll off his tongue and I can think of only a few with such command of the English lang...
54 comments posted 15yrs
posted by counterfitter
54 comments posted 15yrs posted by counterfitter

Burbank, CA To Long Beach, CA

Burbank and Long Beach are both suburbs of Los Angeles, both have commercial airports, and are about 40 miles apart. Th...
23 comments posted 15yrs
posted by sails.man1
23 comments posted 15yrs posted by sails.man1

New Compressor?

I need a new compressor, one that I can roll around from time to time and than can power my 6cfm (@ 40psi) spray gun. T...
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posted by RimaNeas
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by RimaNeas

Woodworking Exhibit - Northern California

To all, We just opened up the Sonoma County Woodworkers Association annual Artistry in Wood show at the county museum i...
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posted by mjmwallace
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by mjmwallace

OT: Come on guys, help us out here...

Spread this around far and wide. Everybody you know! Megan (Elequen) is a close friend of my daughter and I am doing my...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by counterfitter
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by counterfitter

OT: Things happen in threes.

End of May, my dad passed away. This evening my sister died as well. (Some may recall some posts about her taking a tum...
18 comments posted 15yrs
posted by counterfitter
18 comments posted 15yrs posted by counterfitter