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P.m. to follow on the marking knives

Firstly, stuff from China isn't necessarily junk in my experience. The saw looks fairly versatile and stowable. And, it looks to have an iron top...

It looks okay, but there is not much counter space to work on. We thought about changing the countertops to granite, so it wouldn't be quite so...

I ended up using a small set of French Cleats, and until I read this above I had no idea what they were. The Barometer is 6 inches in diameter and...

PVC pipe becomes very pliable with heat. I've made some 6" smaller with a heat gun and hose clamps, but never enlarged any. I'm sure it can be done...

The Japanese trades, architecture, writing systems, etc. were in no small part imported from or influenced by China as early as the Chinese Qin...

It's a bird, it's a plane, what the heck is it?

It's for cutting "Beaded Inset" face frames for cabinets... The smaller bead is 1/4", and the larger is 3/8".

I've started building this. If I don't mangle this lovely piece of heartwood pecan I'll try to document the process. Got it cut into its...

You guys in Oz get all the cool looking wood :D

And..this helps the OP cut a straight line? :rolleyes:

Scrub plane considered sold also.

Since a lot of the strength of a construction like that comes from how the material intersects with each other and how adjacent components help...

Someone beat me to it. I'm glad someone probably got it that needed one. I was tied up to start with, and didn't know how long I would be, so I...

Even though "fractional horsepower" sounds like the belts are not heavy duty enough because of the name, they're run on riding lawnmowers (not...

Another good solution is turn on the outboard side of the headstock, or get a lathe with a sliding headstock that lets you stand at the end of the...

On a 14" that has that problem, the hinge for adjusting blade tracking is really bent or broken.

Wow, Andrew, that's a beautiful table. I was going to show a picture of a bench I made from quarter sawn construction material but not after you...

When I'm welding, I usually wear a full leather jacket that is designed for welding use. For me, it's not just the spatter it's also the UV. It...

I’ll have this one as well.

AFAIK These saws were not wafer thin at inception, they went through an evolution in parallel with all the other ciltural, spiritual and economic...

About ten years back we milled up a cypress log that had over 1000 growth rings in it. It was around 35" diameter and came from a section of the...

That looks better than a lot of people's primary residence, Tom, and the Krud Kutter looks like it didn't hurt the finish at all. John

Been there, done that. A couple of weeks ago I burned through two bits because I screwed up the chipload and was spinning too fast. After...

A big feature of a torsion box is that it is light. That’s why they build airplane wings like torsion boxes. You can make one to the dimensions...