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 PMI truly enjoy the results from my corded mirka sander, but there are times when cordless would be really valuable. I can't stand going back to my DeWalt. Does anyone have recommendations for a great cordless sander? Numerous battery platforms doesn't bother me.
Last Post By: Bryan Hall Yesterday, 10:57 AMI just received an invite to join Capital One Shopping too. I have not joined or read up on it yet. I suspect one catch will be getting advertising emails
Maurice Mcmurry Today, 10:42 AMI'm not attacking the moderators. They do a good job. I'm sure there was probably a discussion held behind the scenes about the thread. I have been involved
Ronald Blue Today, 10:38 AMAny movement of the wood can be handled by making a slot in the support so the lag screw can move if the top expands or contracts.
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Just my $0.02 Alex, but I would put the Tormek low on the priority list of your tooling up process, unless you have a non-turning reason to own it. I
Dave Mount Today, 10:25 AMCould you describe what you see as "the issue at hand"?
Is it that the screw can only go in so far or is the post with the threads
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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