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    Dave Anderson NH

    Time for some levity

    Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NH

    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

    Help me choose a shaper from 3 options.

    Thread Starter: Kory Watson

    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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    mark weathersbee

    Question about finishing wood: hand planing vs sanding

    Thread Starter: mark weathersbee

    The main electric tool in my shop is a sander and I'd like to use hand tools to finish the wood but I'm curious as to how well a scraping plane or smoothing plane can finish a project compared to sand paper. General I use oil finishes but sometimes stain for contrast. Finishing is my weak area...

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    Erik Loza

    The Dummy's Guide to European Bandsaw Setup

    Thread Starter: Erik Loza

    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

    Thread Starter: steven c newman

    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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