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I think you did good on this one. That was not an ideal set of veneers to choose from, but putting the dark ones under one drawer pull and the light...

I have a fixed height stool in my shop that isn't comfortable to sit at - until I put one foot on the shelf of my workbench and then lever my knee...

Thanks everyone for the replies, I've ordered one that has large casters, a comfy looking seat and will adjust from 23 1/2 to 31 1/2" high. The...

I did look at that one's specs. It's spec'd at 60dB, the same as mine and a couple other CAT's and one of the Rolairs. There's a couple of smaller...

Thanks Lee, I had never even seen a picture of a chickadee before. My only knowledge of them came from W.C.Fields.

A dozen years ago, the old man had some nice white oaks and elms from his yard taken down, and he decided to have them milled up into boards. He...

The Kobalt “Quiet Tech” compressors are crazy quiet. My 4.3 gallon unit is IMO quieter than a coffee machine. I’ve never tried to spray with it,...

Bill, why not make your own? It would bring a smile to your face every time you used it :) Here's one I made, copying the general idea and...

Received Jet bench top jointer today, shipped through Home Depot. Well packaged, no damaged goods. As expected, no coplanarity adjustments are...

You'd have to see a professional operate one to understand.

If I need the edge to be better, I will recut it. If I do not, I generally don't.

There are some nice hammers here > https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/search#q=soft%20head%20hammer&sort=relevancy&numberOfResults=24 jtk

Some of my best tool finds were in the Bay Area when that was my home. You just got to keep looking. jtk

While I agree, demoing his Felder slider in a suit, in a shop with floors that looked clean enough to eat out of is suspect. Sliders are incredible....

If the stock piece is larger than a few feet I make the piece 1/4 larger then final easy cuts. Twice the dust but I wear a mask and also use a small...

Tony, I’m in exactly the same boat, we probably have the same tool set. With respects to Joe, I’d suggest that you be a little careful about the...

i also second the crank on the table advice. Mine is a very old Craftsman “industrial” model, a table crank is the one thing I wish it had.

Hey, if you like birds, get some free scrap clippings from your local llama/alpaca farmer. We usually have a big bag of "seconds", not worth keeping...

regardless of which press you look at, always check for runout at the chuck. T do this, run the quill down as far as it goes, grab the chuck,and try...

I never leave a factory edge. It's just not worth the hassle of finding some flaw when your knee deep in the project.

If it's not planar you may end up with a stack of boards with dips or bends. I put down two rows of cinder blocks then put lengths of 3x3 or 4x4...

Thanks for the link. The blades he was using were similar with the flat bottom and double bevels on top and varied angles and profiles. The...

I was going to check out Lance tools soon he was a year or so behind me in high school I drive by his place on the way to climb Mt. Pisgah. I will...

Thanks, got mine today! Frank

They do. I got upset with my pancake compressors noise, (I suspect many labels on this basic machine,) even though it did everything I use it for. ...

You will want some kind of chair pad under that. You might also check if one of your local hospitals has surpus sales occasionally. There is a...

I would think you can put on tires without taking off the wheel.