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    Dave Anderson NH

    Time for some levity

    Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NH

    With 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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    Kory Watson

    Help me choose a shaper from 3 options.

    Thread Starter: Kory Watson

    I love making windows and doors in my free time, this is my hobby. I eventually want to do timber framing too. A shaper is an important part of making the above, and I want to upgrade. Background: My current machine is a Jet JWS-25CS (3HP, up to 3/4 spindle) I need support for a 1 1/4''...

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    steven c newman

    A Design Problem

    Thread Starter: steven c newman

    In a Master ( and only) Bathroom in the house...where all the wood cabinets are real wood...with raised panel doors.....these are to be changed over next.. Butt jointed corners, surrounding flat, plywood panels...20 coats+ of white paint ( Lead?) was supposed to be 4 doors here, until someone...

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    Rob Luter

    Tally Ho

    Thread Starter: Rob Luter

    Apologies if this has been posted previously, but my search of the forum found nothing. I've been watching this series for a number of weeks now and found it fascinating. It covers the restoration/rebuilding of a 100 year old sailing yacht. The scale of the build is huge and I can't imagine the...

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    stephen thomas

    Toothing planes? practice?

    Thread Starter: stephen thomas

    Something in one of the other handplane posts got me thinking about a subject that has puzzled me. Rigorous experiments by industry and the NFPL show that the best glue joint is between 2 matching smoothly knife planed surfaces. This includes hot hide glue; maybe excepting epoxy. Yet since...

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    Tom Bender

    Experience with reciprocating saw?

    Thread Starter: Tom Bender

    We have the Ryobi ONE+ 18v battery system so I'd like to stay with that. Looking at the reciprocating saw for trimming branches and possibly shop work. Getting older and trying to not buy any more tools but at $58 it doesn't make a big dent in the plan. Will it chew thru 3" limbs?

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    stephen thomas

    Toothing planes? practice?

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    Patrick McCarthy

    Help me choose a shaper from 3 options.

    Kory, yes SCM has sales. There was one a few months ago that almost got my attention. You can get as much HP as you want but you may be getting to overkill,

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    Mitch Barker

    Blade for brass curved spokeshave

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    Worked fine for my basic need to chamfer a board edge:

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    Bill Dufour

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    The Yosemite park Ahwahnee hotel is cast concrete. The architect experienced a house fire as a young boy. There is nothing flammable on the outside

    Bill Dufour Today, 11:10 PM Go to last post
    Bill Dufour

    3D printed houses

    [QUOTE=Jim Koepke;3333723]Maybe not a good idea in earthquake country?

    All of the USA is quake country except for the very south end of Texas

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