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For pieces that small, lose the power and hand sand. We’re talking minutes of work. And frankly, you’re going to want to hand sand anyway to remove...

One thing you didn't ask about but is worth saying is I would go with a jack shaft with a torsion spring vs coil springs to counter balance the...

Glenn. I was thinking, "bring the work to the tool instead of the tool to the work", this looks perfect! The only thing is, if i built every cool...

Thanks frank and prashun I looked on Amazon but not for horsehair

BIN shellac based primer ;-) But its easy to remove them with a very light pass through the table saw or with a block plane. Don't use sandpaper.

IMO you should forgo this idea b/c its going to get covered with grease and grime & reaching over the top of a stove isn't necessarily a good idea,...

I am certainly no spokeshave expert, what I've found is there is a bit of a learning curve to spoke shaves & they are a bit tricky re: honing, blade...

My thoughts exactly - sharpness, depth and direction.

78 yr old woman sees the new, young Dr in the practice. 5 minutes later she runs out screaming "no, its impossible!!". When the older Dr finds...

My neighbor who does woodworking for a living buys wood by the truckload, I don't. He has more than a 1000 bf of hardwood just laying around from...

I have a super power. Whenever I watch a movie with dinosaurs, I can always tell which ones are fake.

Been there. A couple comments: Just when you think you're sharp, you're not. Double check your edge. Is the blade oriented properly? It will...

I realize all that and agree to an extent. I am still a sucker for marginal logs, but I would set the bar higher for a saw log than what I see in the...

Ok. How long is the remaining tenon on the end of your front stretcher where it goes into the vise leg? Now that you have trimmed it I mean. I...

Gentlemen, thanks to you all for your kind words. And, Joe, thanks to your wife as well-that's quite a compliment! Best, Chris

Thanks Michael, she is pleased and that was the main idea ;) Best, Chris

A few things come to mind on mailed checks. Almost every online retailer using USPS has a banner warning of delays because of staff and facilities...

John, If you can post some images it might be helpful to show some of your shavings from softer wood to see how thick your shavings are. To help...

Part of the problem with images is you can post them but you can not see them until you pay $6 to become a contributor. No, the bed is the...

Steven does have a point. Likewise I suspect I will have confidence in my glue up skills before this enormous piece of Doug Fir is done...

That is good to know. Mine also don't have stars, but they have the yellow plates on the tools. Thanks for finding this out, it will save me some...

Almost all residential panels I've installed use a conventional breaker that is back fed through to the buss bars. It's still the most common...

Thanks for this post Pete - I, too have the same problem. Three Strongholds of various ages, the oldest is the one that misbehaves with the newer...

I have a different spoke shave than that one, but I often find when I am getting chatter I am taking too much of a cut. You did mention it was...

Oh, i feel your pain. My house was built in 1931. We bought it in 1950, and our apple tree was there when we moved in. That tree meant "home" to...