Responding to another post got me thinking what other hobbies do you partake in? The one specific that made peaked my curiosity as if to others did it..........Scale Model Building Now I did take a long hiatus from this hobby, but got back into in 2019 heavy and built a lot as a kid, teen and...
Last Post By: bill godber Today, 12:25 AMOne simple tip for dealing with declining vision: Get a flat tape and lay the square across it to mark. No parallax errors and easier to make an easy to see mark. If your vision is declining and you have not heard of Derek Cohen;s Blue Tape trick, I urge you to go to his website and...
Last Post By: Jim Matthews Today, 12:21 AMProfessor Dr. SWMBO and I are "more than casually" looking for our "downsize" property. The two of us do not need such a large home and property going forward as our older daughter is already living "independently" in town (she's a special needs adult, so isn't totally independent) and the younger,...
Last Post By: Jim Becker Yesterday, 8:32 PMI've got a couple bandsaws, the one in question being a 14" Delta. It is exactly as it was when it left the factory, except it's on it's 10th or so blade, and has new cool blocks. I use it for the odd job saw, so it gets used often. I was using it tonight, and I got to thinking, the last time I...
Last Post By: Steve Rozmiarek Today, 3:11 AMI got this idea from another woodworking forum. I thought it would be interesting to see what SMC members have for old woodworking machines. My oldest is a circa 1900 Putnam sliding gap bed pattern makers lathe, s/n 13. This is a cross between a woodworking lathe and a metalworking lathe. It...
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I didn't yet, I was hoping you'd buy it first and give it a good test so I'd know if it was a good idea! Sounds like you are probably spending wisely
Steve Rozmiarek Today, 3:11 AMI put the LTX on the wallywagon and like Jim was happy with them. Concerned they would be noisey and they were not at all, did shocks and coils and the
Warren Lake Today, 3:04 AMWell, I’m still awake! I’ve always painted ceilings white, but truth is we don’t do much painting as we have made a lot of changes and done
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This site needs a like button. Might be the best advice in thread.
In Chris' c2020 workbench book he skipped the tap and used #14 x 1.5"
My own experience was being able to cut dovetails or mortise and tenons before being able to accurately dimension a board. So for me cutting joinery capable
Jim Koepke Today, 2:15 AMThis thread may help. Besides Grandpa's 1950 Emerson I had a 1970's "113." contractor. I added a decent...
glenn bradley Yesterday 11:13 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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