About a month ago I began a thread about designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs were purchased all those years ago along with a table, which is around 200 years old. We need a larger table, and time has come to...
Last Post By: Jim Ritter Today, 12:59 PMLord, give me patience and understanding for those folks that drive needlessly in the left lane. Amen
Last Post By: Brian Elfert Yesterday, 3:21 PMAfter a lot of searching, the Hammer A3-31/41 (or possibly the SCM Minimax) with a helical head, is my next piece of shop equipment. Where would I look for either machine used? I've tried the usual suspects, FB Marketplace (seems to be limited to local only), Craigslist (seems to be losing...
Last Post By: Jonathan Biccum Today, 1:11 PMOne of those sitting at the computer in the morning with a cup of coffee itching to buy a new tool ... So I come across this Veritas Scraper Burnisher for Turners and looked at a few videos reviews of it and thought why not. After reading a few reviews posted on this forum I later realized it was...
Last Post By: Cameron Wood Today, 12:56 PMHey All, I was going to build that "Knock Down Nicholson" bench in Chris Schwarz' workbench book this weekend. Question. He recommends getting your big box lumber, whatever it is, and letting it acclimatize and reach equilibrium in your shop before building. Totally makes sense, but I kinda want...
Last Post By: Ron Citerone Today, 8:46 AMBeen doing it like (or equivalent) this for years. (Votes: 4)
Wow! Never thought of that. (Votes: 0)
Been doing it with mirrors. (Votes: 2)
Ain't got a boat, truck, care… (Votes: 0)
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Lee Schierer Today, 1:32 PMI recently saw a PM 100 planer with tag stamped "120". So Powermatic did occasionally make mistakes like that. It's also possible that a previous
Geoff Crimmins Today, 1:30 PMDoes "unit area" means the amount of ground covered or the leaf area? I can well believe that lawn grass is more efficient per square inch of
Lee DeRaud Today, 1:25 PMYeah, I saw that but tried not to assume they would distort the facts. Actually if you Google "which is greater carbon sink, lawn or deciduous forest",
Doug Garson Today, 1:18 PMI know it’s been a few months, but we’re up in Eau Claire and recently came to the conclusion that we’ll be moving to be near my wife’s family. As a result
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California bans the SALE of gas lawn mowers and leaf blowers after 2024
Thread Starter: Bill DufourSaw a sign at hoe despot and looked it up. California has banned the sale of gas lawnmowers and leaf blowers after 2024. If yours is getting tired better buy a new one in a few months. I assume they will be gone from stores by Fall. It will probably take ten to twenty years until this ban goes...
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