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HF diamond stones
I bought their set quite a few years ago and they don't sell them anymore. I just need to know how the colors mate with grit size. I had labeled them with sharpie but no longer exists. Once I get this information, I'll scribe it into the backs. I've used these for starting after grinding and flattening my ceramic stones, though I now own a large 400/1000 diamond stone for that.
I bought too much gas and diesel fuel
The day it was announced that we had attacked Iran the night before, I decided to fill up everything we had with gas and diesel. I have six 5 gallon jugs that normally I fill up three times through the grass cutting season with non-ethanol. Wanting to get away from handling the 5 gallon
FS: 5 LN Bench Chisels $400
$400 shipped CONUS 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1” - original factory handles included. Currently there are custom Mesquite handles installed. These are lightly used and well cared for.
WTB 12″ Cole Jaws +/- Nova chuck
Well I got to researching cole jaws and to my surprise most of the turners on this forum seem to rarely use them even when they have 'em. So before I plunk down a lotta cash + tax on new ones, I figured I'd check if anyone wants to get rid of theirs. Ideally looking for a direct thread 1 1/4" Nova chuck with it. I am in NorCal and willing to send you a prepaid UPS label wherever you may happen to be within CONUS.
My new high tech dust collector
After a long period of R+D spanning approximately 45 seconds this morning, followed by an arduous 2 minutes of punching a hole with an awl and cutting and twisting some wire, I have a solution to my bandsaw dumping sawdust on the floor in the walkway when I am cutting and the dust port is not
Powermatic Drill Press Gear Rack
I absolutely do not like the aluminum gear rack. It’s garbage. Buckles. I want to replace with a copy made of steel. Surely someone here has addressed this. I understand pitch and pressure angle. I suspect the pressure angle is 20 deg. Regardless, has anyone ever found a source?
A Tale of Two Makas
At the beginning of the summer, I rented a Penske truck and drove to Indianapolis to pick up Dave Sochar’s Maka mortiser he had used in his now-closed doormaking business. It’s a 1970 DB-5. I was particularly interested in the unit because Mark Hennebury had previously rebuilt the head. As luck
Image Paint Software
Anyone else checked out the new advertiser, Image Paint Software? Their website has some absolutely gorgeous inlays. It says it works for the lasers as well as CNC. We don't do any colorful things like that for our inlay work, but that's really some beautiful work. If I did inlay work more often, I'd be taking that software for a test drive. Check it out..... http://www.amazoncanvas.com
Goin Fishin intarsia
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Fascinating Bit of History
Always looking to expand my knowledge, I clicked on a random link because the title caught my eye and found it surprisingly very interesting. Now I'm curious how many more hidden gems of history are out there. Wonder if there are any woodworking methods that were used?
Shop Saber 23 question
Hello I found a used one for sale and what the seller to send me the serial number so I can figure out the year of it. Does anyone have a picture of one so I can send it to the seller to find his? Seems simple to me but the seller can't figure it out.
Base Cabinet for Tool Chest (Dutch)?
My (Dutch) tool chest is on the floor. This is not very good for getting things out of the bottom storage compartment. As that bottom compartment is full of metal planes... almost too heavy to lift for me to get it up on the sawbenches for a more comfortable reach. Also, then I find I need the
Color Matching - Every Case is Different
I built two headboards recently for the same customer. The first was made of rift sawn white oak and needed to match other cabinets I had built for them over 10 years ago. The finish involved a dye stain (SW’s BAC Wiping Stain, custom mixed plus some more modification with Transtint by me to
Not So Vintage Stanley Hand Plane Repair
I got into woodworking in the early 2000’s and bought a #4, it was a couple of years before I figured out I needed a Jack plane too. At any rate I purchased some new Stanley models, at the time still being made by Stanley in the UK (Sheffield). But they came with plastic handles which I really
Metabo 12″ Dual Bevel Sliding Miter Saw (HPT C12RSH3M)
Hey gang... I wanted to upgrade my 30 year old 10″ Milwaukee SCMS and did a deep dive into the reviews, finding that the Metabo was ver highly rated except for two shortcomings... the bevel release was inconveniently located at the back of the saw, and it used a laser instead of a shadow line
I Used to Enjoy Baseball
I used to enjoy baseball and still watch it some. All the changes have me thinking this is not the game I loved and grew up enjoying. I was more of a fan back in the day when pitchers in both leagues had to grab a bat and take some swings. Some pitchers were actually decent hitters. Now some
Still alive
I haven’t been posting on any forum for nearly two years. Somehow I just seem to have lost interest. I’m still alive though !
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