With the Lee Valley Cyber Monday sale coming, I can feel my willpower weakening. I'm leery of buying stuff that I don't need. What tools have you regretted buying? Please talk me out of buying more planes.
Last Post By: Günter VögelBerg Today, 9:01 AMHello, It's been awhile since I've posted, but I often read and learn here and am thankful for all the thoughtful contributions. I had read some archives around similar situations to what I'm facing, but thought a fresh thread wouldn't hurt too much. I have an older Grizzly 1023 3hp cabinet...
Last Post By: Tom Bussey Yesterday, 6:21 PMI've been thoroughly enjoying this project, so I thought I'd share... I'm a big fan of Curtis Buchanan's work. His videos have a humble, 'golly-gee' quality that is endearing. His latest offering, the Democratic Chair is really on a different plane though. I have never seen such an...
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Last Post By: Michael Weber Today, 12:28 PMA hand plane makes a better surface than a planer because it makes one long straight cut vs many short curved cuts. But a planer impacts the wood. Does blade speed also make a difference? This may sound like a power tool question but I've brought it to the Neandercult because here we think a...
Last Post By: Kurtis Johnson Yesterday, 5:38 PMYES (Votes: 12)
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Paul asked about the bevel angle(s) for building the Pentakis Dodecahedron.
Good question! Don't know. I expect there's some formula to calculate
I only "shave" my neck. The rest gets trimmed with the same high quality clippers (Andis) I use for my hair with a #1 or #1.5 ceramic cutter
Jim Becker Today, 2:30 PMA 500 cc quad with a 48" blade.
I have a 3 car garage that's actually about as wide as a 4 car, a shop that's as big as a 4 car
If that's a breadboard end or similar, only glue the Dominos in one piece except for the center one that should be glued on both sides. The Dominos glued
Jim Becker Today, 2:25 PMHere's one more thought on a mobile base on a drill press: as long as the mobile base itself is stable, the mobile base is larger than the base of the
Jay Kepley Today, 2:25 PM
Vintage Martin T75 restoration
Thread Starter: Patrick WalshSo I have a opportunity to purchase the above machine for a fair deal from my employer. I am aware of the phenolic guides being pop riveted I the the sliding table along with not availible for replacement. So my question is as follows to those in the know with regard to the phenolic ways....
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