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Oar making article
Interesting short piece in today's paper about a specialist oar maker W http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/oct/31/how-to-make-scullsTim
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Can someone identify this wood?
I use a lot of poplar. It machines beautifully, paints beautifully in the pigment of your imagination and is dimensionally very stable and cheap. Never had any nose issues with it, unlike teak and...
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REVIEW - DMT M.Power Precision Sharpening System - www.onlinetoolreviews.com
Hi folks, I have just finished reviewing the new DMT M.Power Precision Sharpening System. It is a handy system for those looking to retouch or refine chisel or plane blade edges, although i am not so...
 
Wood Help
I recently started cutting up some wood I have had sitting for 2 to 2-1/2 years drying. I had sealed all the open ends with anchorseal. What I am finding, aside from some very dark, modly looking...
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Re: Planer question BAD ADVICE!
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:31:27 GMT, the infamous "Lew Hodgett" scrawled the following: Open season on illegals and attorneys?
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Re: breadboard ends
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:18:15 GMT, the infamous "Joe" scrawled the following: I'd go with 3'6", Joe.
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O/T: Think Test
Beat 20 out of 25. Enjoy Lew ----------------------------------------------- http://Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
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Re: Shed roof question
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:37:55 -0500, the infamous -MIKE- scrawled the following: That's how one of the did it. Harold had his 3-car garage built (complete with metalshop space and HVAC) and he and his...
 
Re: Tablesaw comparison/buying guide
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:11:22 GMT, the infamous "Lew Hodgett" scrawled the following: What, you're dissing the ARHA of the Crapsman routers? Searz sells them with that Automatic Random Height Adjuster...
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Re: Compound Miter Saw vs. Circular Saw
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:18:03 -0500, the infamous Tom Veatch scrawled the following: As a working handyman, I can attest to that. But get a 12" _slider_, bobted. I picked up a 10" Delta CMS for $25 and...
 
Re: "The" Workbench Vice
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:41:10 -0500, the infamous "Leon" scrawled the following: (Nice vice, though.) Eat your heart out, Paddy, wherever you are! Normites just don't get that "scritch, scritch,...
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Re: OT Wow Frontline The Warning
=A0If I am more vehement in Obama's case it's only because How many people has Obama sent off to die so his friends could line their pockets?
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Toolboxes then/now
Found this thread on Make online: 's a photo of a contemporary plastic B&D ROS tool box and an older oak one that held a valve grinder. The box now would cost more than the tool inside. I'm working on...
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Proxxon FKS/E or Micro-Mark equivalent mini table saw
Referring to this table saw; anyone ever used it to cut aluminum say .1" thick using the 24 tooth carbide blade or similar? http://www.miniaturetree.com/imgcategory/257_b.jpgHas
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Re: OT - Bending Z Flashing
Thanks for the replies. I wasn't aware that I could buy pre-made Z flashing. When looking at the job, a friend commented that it would be nice if I knew someone who could form up a 12 ft. piece of...