While we were on a trip last week a war started and gas prices went crazy everywhere. Got back Monday night. Today, Friday, we decided to gas up two cars. The cheapest gas we saw while driving around was $5.47 for reg unleaded at an Arco station. That was cash, credit was $5.67. We pulled into...
Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Today, 9:19 AMI retired from the Air Force close to two years ago. It took us until now to find the house we wanted. So, I was ready to finally have a space dedicated for a wood shop instead of cramming into here or there as we moved every three years. We have a great house with some land and a perfect spot...
Last Post By: Alan Lightstone Today, 7:13 AMThinking about buying my first welder. Probably going a bit overboard on size, but looking at the Miller 212 Autoset. A good welder or not? I like the Miller line and if I decide down the road to sell it, it should command a decent return. Or I hope it should.
Last Post By: Bill George Yesterday, 7:42 PMOkay everyone the progress continues on my new WIP. Made from staves then turned on the lathe. I'm just about done carving out the first side. You can see in the photos some of the hand tools being used to carve the tear drops to a point. The first step is to make ta hole using a Dremel and a...
Last Post By: Bruce Jones Yesterday, 2:22 PMWe have an island in the kitchen and the top is made of beautiful, thick walnut. Its so nice, we don't want to use it, nor did the previous owners for 15 years. I was going to make a cutting board to place on top of it of either walnut, ash, white oak or oak to be able to use it. The wifey does...
Last Post By: Randall J Cox Yesterday, 3:24 PMNever noticed that the 3/4 gouge has a U flute. They do not take a swept back or 40/40 grind well. May be why I didn't care for it. As for the other D
Reed Gray Today, 11:28 AMThe track for the Kreg track saw comes with a 'cord manager' that does a very good job of keeping the cord (and dust collection hose) from interfering
David Walser Today, 11:22 AMWhat got my attention about the thread is I do own an electric vehicle, a Star golf cart ...I use it daily to go back and forth from the house to
Hi all,
Thanks for the great advise that is posted so far. I look forward to more good thoughts, but decided to give an update of what
The grass tiomos series hinges have three adjustable self closing force settings which makes it easy to compensate for door size and weight. I usually
Paul F Franklin Today, 11:05 AM
Time for some levity
Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NHWith all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.
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