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Just what I read here past. My inserts heads knives are straight.

Nope. I looked at the video. I can’t see where that rig would do anything but slow you up. I can’t see plastering a ceiling with it would be...

Mike, What are you going to use the vise for? That would determine what vise to get. I do a lot of curved work that needs to be held so that...

There is a national shortage of skilled tradesmen. Might be that something like this might keep some old guys in the trades for a little while...

That’s dumb. Construction workers need strong muscles and the only way to get them is to do the work. What happens at the bar Friday night when...

Is that because they are insert heads? Or is there an issue with sharpening them? When i sharpen shear heads, they cut square. (This set is very...

Several years ago, at AWF, there was an articulated band saw cutting stair treads automatically (CNC.) If you had a friend who was handy in metal...

Kyle from RR Buildings on the 'Tube just received his and will be putting it to the test doing the ceiling work in HQ V2 in the recent future. This...

You really don't need any accessories for the ETS EC 150/5...other than abrasives and maybe a soft pad if you plan on working on any curved...

Pat, check any local full service lumber yards that cater to contractors. Their millwork operations often have access to a broader selection of...

Yes, maybe long ago. I apologize for not putting it that way. With the volume that Costco does in tires (because of their pricing combined with free...

Mike, given that the bench is the most important tool in a workshop, along with it being used the most, cheaping out on the vises is foolish. Get...

I would like to see some documentation for that statement. Gluelams and the like may have higher strength values than solid timber of the same grade...

Others here are more knowledgeable than me, but that won't stop me from offering my $.02.... They are ceramic stones. Usually water is used as a...

The only reason you should not have two GFCI's is wasting money, not code prohibition on doing so.

I saw that on their site the other day, I wasn't sure at first if it was an April fools joke or what. It does look interesting, science-fiction is...

Well, seems they included a stone to level the other stones with... There water stones, or Oil Stones? As I can not read Japanese. ...

Ok..that MIGHT be a problem.. Well, since this is a Stile, and will get a Mitered Half Lap joint.... problem solved... A Crochet was used...

The ocean DID absorb a lot of the CO2 (it's more acidic.. we can measure it). It's why we haven't seen as much impact as we would have otherwise. ...

Yes, that was definitely a cringey part...

One of those was for sale on Craigslist near me recently. Good for decorative corbels, but it's been years since the last job with those.

It's more convenient to make future generations deal with it instead.

Close-set cap irons are in every British woodworking manual written since the early 1900s. Nobody here 'rediscovered' a bloody damned thing. George...

He is a research scientist and just became director of a 16 person lab. I spoke to his in-laws last month. I gather that he doesn't do much...

One set of spigot jaws sold. The rest are still available.

John, here is a video I did about one of the 300mm, Z4 dual shear blocks. It was modified at the bore to work on a radial arm saw for a friend but...

Typically the way it works, it works in your favor. With green timbers I often cut the shoulders slightly off 90 on purpose to account for...