I don't know how far out of the ground your lowest log starts but the most interesting grain is in the crotches and in the stump. Even the part in the ground is interesting but unstable wood with...
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I don't know how far out of the ground your lowest log starts but the most interesting grain is in the crotches and in the stump. Even the part in the ground is interesting but unstable wood with...
I have no problem at all with people who prefer metric. It is a good system - for them. But I do have a problem with them or anybody else saying metric is a "better" system. It is not for me. I...
I do not use many hand tools. My final surface is established by sandpaper, not a plane. I have hand tools and use chisels pretty regularly, a block plane fairly often and a shoulder plane if I...
I would custom make wider loose tenons. It is not at all difficult and takes very little time. In a 3 inch wide piece I would make at least a 2 inch wide tenon. If the material is 3/4 thick, I...
With respect to patents expiring we should all know that they can be extended. In the youtube I watched they stated Steve Gass was working to make that happen. I know he sold the rights but...
I had to cut each tread to length to minimize gaps to the skirt board because the walls where not straight. They still did not meet perfectly but a little caulk solved it.
I also have a PCS and use a HF 2hp blower/motor with it. Mine discharges outside after most of the debris drops into a large container separated by a super dust deputy. My DC keeps the saw cavity...
I don't remember if it was Feldor or Altendorf but one of them said their technology currently costs $7000 to implement and they don't see any way it can drop to less than $1,000. Neither was...
I just say a youtube by a channel I think is called "731 Woodworks". He reports on some meetings by the consumer products safety commission (I might have that name wrong) where they are talking...
My risers are just nailed to the stringers, not sure I even used glue. My risers are painted (white) and the treads are clear finish oak. Both were finished before installation. I put on a riser,...
The skirt board is different if the end or ends of the staircase are open - do not go into a wall. Part of my staircase is that way and I mitered the skirt board and the risers to get a good fit. ...
There should be zero stress on the skirt board at least there is the way I did it so I don't think it matters much what you put it up with. The stringers support the treads and the riser. The skirt...
I can't picture your stairs but I will add a couple comments from my experience building a set of stairs for my house. When I tore out the badly framed original set, I noticed whoever put them in...
I buy hardwood from a supplier less than 100 miles from me here in South Carolina. They buy their wood kiln dried and store it in a large unheated building until somebody buys it. My shop is...
I am in the "complement, not compete" camp. I am glad to have both. It is hard to cut small pieces with a track saw. It is hard to cut big pieces of wood, solid or sheet, on a table saw. ...
I kind of did this but it wasn't simultaneous. I used to use a Ryobi 3100 table saw and added their extension rails to it in a long home made base and had about 60 inches of rip capacity. I used it...
I agree with the "doesn't make much difference" and "left hand on the track" points of view. I own a DeWalt and use an "Evolution" at church. Both are blade on the right. I use DeWalt track clamps...
I think we all develop ways of making things that work for us. Then we resist changing because we know how to do it the way we do it. We all probably have enough things to spend money on and if you...
I agree with Jim Becker. There are many ways to cut up plywood. I used my circular saw with a home made "shoot board", just two layers of 1/4 inch plywood glued together, for decades. I agree...
I am a hobbiest woodworker with a DF700 and cutters from 5mm to 14mm. You have to use an adapter for the little ones but they work fine in the DF700. The domino is my only Festool power tool. I...
I know a lot of people get good results from a sled on the table saw but they've never worked well for me. What does work is a track saw. There are a lot of less expensive options now. Like the...
That could be it. Or he might have had so many customers asking for planned wood he just decided to make it his standard offering. It also gave him something to do other than sit around and wait...
My favorite thing to make currently of figured wood is stocks, or parts of stocks, for my air rifles. Figured walnut blanks for stocks often go for pretty good prices. I just use wood I happen to...
Nice way to stir up some responses. I don't really think you believe what you wrote.
I have a 40V weed whacker and I think it works every bit as well as one powered by a little two stroke engine. I have a 40V chain saw and it works fine except it leaks bar oil pretty bad. The 18V...