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    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

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    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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    Brian Gumpper

    Your Favorite Value Clamps

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    I need to pick up some more clamps in the 36 inch range. I figured I’d see if anybody had any value options that work well. I have some Bessy and Jorge now but just trying to save a couple bucks.

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    Erik Loza

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    Seems like questions about Minimax bandsaws have been popping up and I wondered if there could be an opportunity to condense knowledge into and level-set some best-practices for setup? First, any contemporary Italian or large Austrian bandsaw ought be very straightforward to set up and get cutting...

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    Mark Rainey

    Router table

    Thread Starter: Mark Rainey

    Looking for router table. A couple projects I would like to do call for a lot of simple molding. I am a hobby woodworker partial to hand tools but use machines. I am a slow builder. My moldings have been with wooden molding planes, hand planes and scratch stock. I just picked up a Bosch router....

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    steven c newman

    A Design Problem

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    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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