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Speaking of home wood-related repairs...

Sort of a woodworking post... When the choice is given to me to use a nail or a screw, I almost always choose the screw...
89 comments posted 17yrs
posted by autodrill
89 comments posted 17yrs posted by autodrill

A sort of woodworking post

I have to install some 3/4 round on the outside of my house. I am using the PVC stuff. I am correct to use 3 inch stain...
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posted by lawrencenails.cronin
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by lawrencenails.cronin

Bedroom Project

I have posted pictures at a.p.b.w. of the progress of the "Arts & Crafts" style bedroom furniture that I am working on...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by lcb11211
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by lcb11211

How to Design Furniture

Just received my copy of How to Design Furniture. Five days postal from Tauton Press in the US to Toronto, Canada. Cost...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by upscale
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by upscale

Downfeed Pedals for drill presses

I would like to know if a downfeed pedal (not a switch, but a pedal to lower the quillo) is a part that I can buy, in my...
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posted by ignoramus9936
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus9936

Air nailers and dogs

Has anyone expirenced an issue with their dog while or after using an air nailer. My little guy (a maltese) shivered fo...
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posted by debridgeman
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by debridgeman

Routing a groove length of a 2x4

Seems to me that this is job for a router table. Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet) 2x4...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mjmwallace
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by mjmwallace

Pink Hammers

I stopped by Ace Hardware today to pick up a few small items. As I was checking out I was surprised to see a display of...
85 comments posted 17yrs
posted by leemichaels*nadaspam*
85 comments posted 17yrs posted by leemichaels*nadaspam*

Is there any value in an old 3 HP Rockwell planer?

I bought two chunks of metal from some small woodworking factory. I bought them for $20 because I liked the 3 HP 1725 R...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus14280
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus14280

exotic hardwood floors

I've heard a rumor that if you install exotic hardwood floors, you need to keep the humidity higher in the house, or th...
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posted by alias123.john
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by alias123.john

DeWalt DW735 planer

I picked up one at a garage sale yesterday and checked it out online after the fact. It seems that they had some issues...
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posted by ricodjour
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by ricodjour

Woodstock Wordworkers Show

Thank you for the pointer to the show, with no Show in Detroit this fall, My family and I took the trip yesterday. No h...
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posted by doug
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by doug

design idea - wooden flashlight

While poking around looking for something completely unrelated, I found this: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by lektric.dan
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by lektric.dan

A Law Against Armoires

Today I had to help move an armoire from a friend's house to his daughter's new apartment. The thing must have weighed...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tedross1
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by tedross1