I am converting my downdraft sanding table to a duel purpose downdraft/paint booth. Basically I have a 3'x5' downdraft bench on wheels with an old furnace blower to draw the sanding dust thru the table and out thru furnace filters. With my sander hooked to my Festool dust extractor, it does a...
Last Post By: Leigh Betsch Yesterday, 8:04 PMTypical use will be on 3/4 to 7/8" stock planing on edge for a a 1/4" groove about 3/8" deep for frame and panel construction. I'll also be using it for grooving a post, usually about 1.5" x 1.5" is typical, again to accept a panel for frame and panel construction. It needs to go both directions,...
Last Post By: Derek Cohen Today, 1:55 AMHad those planks of Ash....four at 7/8" x 5-1/2" x 77" and one at 7/8" x 5-1/2" x 48"......and figured I could try to build a Shaker Style Table, complete with a drawer....I remember way back when, during the New Yankee Workshop days, that Norm built such a table. Have to go strictly by memory,...
Last Post By: John Kananis Today, 12:52 AMI just saw an ad for 7 rusty saws for $25 and I may not be able to resist. One has the thumbhole but broken horn. It might be worth buying the whole lot but I'll have to get better at cleaning them up. I hate the mess. Hopefully someone will buy them before I decide to bite the bullet.
Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Yesterday, 5:46 PMThere is a pretty neat article in the Jan/Feb issue of Popular Mechanics about restoring a Mosquito. For those unfamiliar with this airplane it was constructed almost entirely from wood. Fuselage was a 5/8" thick sandwich of plywood and balsa!! That, combined with two RR Merlins made it a...
Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Today, 9:08 AMI visited Boggs shop. He uses high pressure steam with a abrasive media to sharpen the the teeth. That’s as far as I can say. After he’s done a Nicholson
Andrew Hughes Today, 3:36 PMNot sure how Boggstool.com does it but many an old machinist would soak them in Muriatic acid (other acids can also be used).
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Back many years one of my jobs was delivering furniture for my parent's store. All of the cabinets were secured to wall studs using "L" brackets
Jim Koepke Today, 2:44 PMAccording to the Proscale website, a two stop setup for an SC4 is $779. I got mine last year at the AWFS show for about a 15% discount. It wasn't difficult
Dave Cav Today, 2:33 PMThe Epoxy glued scarf joint is a common technique for boat building. Softwood dimensional lumber is commonly available in long lengths. Long hardwoods
Maurice Mcmurry Today, 2:22 PM
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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