Are your tools dangerous?

Do you consider tools as dangerous? https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/how-to/g2394/10-workshop-tools-that-can-kill-you/ I came accross this article and it struck me, that I don't consider my tools as dangerous or not. To me it's just a tool. Sure, some tools can cause greater injury...

How much does a shop build add to property value?

For those of you who've built a shop, how much value did it add to the property? For instance, if a shop costs $150k, can the property value increase the same? Less? More? I know there's many variables. Thought maybe some of you have been through this, having built a shop then had property value...

MRI Question

My doc tells me I need an neck MRI to diagnose some arm pain that may be starting in the neck. On the phone the MRI facility asked me if I had ever been involved with "metal grinding". Of course as a woodworker I've sharpened tools on a wheel, drilled holes in metal etc. I'm hoping to get more...

Point of Use Hot Water Heater Questions

Hot water travels about 60 feet from the tank to our upstairs bathroom and it takes too long to get there. I'm thinking about installing a point-of-use heater with a mini-tank but don't know if it will do what I want. Can I install a 2.5 gallon POU heater in the hot water supply to the bathroom and...

Major upgrade- Grizzly 24” bandsaw has arrived

I will do a video once we get the 3-phase wired up, but here is how big the 24” 7.5hp Grizzly bandsaw is. No photos I found online really showed the true size. For anyone wondering if it will fit in the shop- it is 83.5” tall. The crate adds about 6” (4” pallet and 2” additional crate height.)....

Would you - borrow a tool?

A lot of people - myself included - make it a policy to really avoid lending out tools. The list is a really short one of the people I will lend a tool to. What about - borrowing a tool?

Nova Viking

I just checked. Apparently they now sell a floor standing version of the viking (looks like just a liner column), which offers the same 4.5" quill

2 items from a Road Trip

A closer look at that tag on the Stanley iron..

That be the original price tag...price was $1.53....Iron has never been used, nor sharpened..still

reporting spam

I see a spam post in the Necro thread about point of use hot water heaters. Member just joined, link to company, his location not given.
I do not

Would you - borrow a tool?

John, I had the same experience about 20 years ago. My neighbor/now friend and I share tools (he was a contractor, I am a woodworker) and its worked out

Nova Viking

4 and a half inches. Pretty sure the floor standing is 6.

SC Pig-Picking