Anyone here own any of these saws or have any gripes/good things to say about them? I have an old 36” crescent which is a well built machine but has a multitude of issues that aren’t worth it to me to fix. Looking at these smaller 24”ish saws to replace it. Primary uses resawing up to 8”...
Last Post By: Mark Woodmark Yesterday, 5:06 PMI have now read Chris S.'s Anarchist Workbench book (great read!!) and am ready to embark on the build. Overall, I plan to pretty much replicate what he suggests as his rationale throughout made sense to me based on how I've used my maple butcher block topped existing bench. But there are a...
Last Post By: Jim Becker Yesterday, 11:19 AMI just ordered from Lake Erie and Anchora Yacht Services, have a couple or four weeks to get my act together. My main questions regard the chop. I am seeing a lot of folks using 12/4 stock, but then trimming the top of the chop back to half an inch or so so they can get at the workpiece. ...
Last Post By: Scott Winners Yesterday, 8:25 PMGetting ready to do some wall cabinets, and I've got all my face frame and door parts milled and cut. Was going to start assembling carcasses this weekend when I happened to glance at plywood prices at the BORG :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:!!!!!!! So the quality of BORG 3/4 plywood is pretty well known...
Last Post By: Larry Frank Yesterday, 9:52 AMI'm refinishing an end table and it's not going well. I guess there wasn't enough burled walnut veneer left on the top so I sanded through it in places. Well, I learned, so that's something. The veneer is framed by red oak boards. I'm considering replacing the veneer, maybe using a router to...
Last Post By: Mike Henderson Yesterday, 11:59 PMYes, I would (Votes: 27)
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I got rid of my 16 gauge after getting the Porter Cable 15 gauge. I first bought a Hitachi but it would not take a 15 ga PC nail which they sell at Home
John Goodin Today, 1:12 AMI spend some time in attics and am a big fan of the foil radiant barrier. It may be my own subconscious bias but it seems like the radiant barrier attics
John Goodin Today, 1:05 AMWhen I made my Roubo, I used hard maple and Jatoba. The Jatoba was used for the chop, the sliding deadman, and the strip in the top for the dogholes to
Clint Baxter Today, 12:40 AMI have the Oneide Mini Gorilla for my shop as well. It might be more than you need for the tools you mentioned, but I really like mine and it would certainly
Gary Petersen Today, 12:34 AMWe've locked onto the reality show 'Alone'. The contestants have to survive 100 days in the wild, taking just 10 items with them.
They do
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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