With the Lee Valley Cyber Monday sale coming, I can feel my willpower weakening. I'm leery of buying stuff that I don't need. What tools have you regretted buying? Please talk me out of buying more planes.
Last Post By: Peter Oster Yesterday, 10:46 PMWe are replacing our stove top with a range, and not sure if we should get gas or electric. (Electric is 30% more. than the gas option). We currently have an electric wall oven currently, and have issues with baking cakes. Cookies, turkeys, lasagnes, enchiladas are all fine. Anyway, reco's...
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Last Post By: Tony Zona Today, 12:33 AMI'll soon be buying a used 8" jointer, and I'm trying to determine what tools I'll need for a full check, & later setup. This would include testing flatness, twists, etc. The tables, the fence, and whatever else. I know the basic concepts, but I can't figure out which exact items are best, to...
Last Post By: Allan Speers Today, 2:08 AMI was reading a thread about hiring an electrician and it seems that tradespeople are all very busy and getting responses is difficult, At the same time I read stories all the time about college graduates working at low paying jobs that have nothing to do with their degrees. So I'm wondering if...
Last Post By: Terry Lewis Today, 5:28 AMYES (Votes: 12)
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I have two 12' pieces that I bought off of CL because they were cheap, still new rolls in boxes-one white, and one black. Laid out in the Sun, on plywood,
Tom M King Today, 9:24 AMI've done many of these, using my home made unit. As others have said, this is beyond dangerous if done incorrectly. As a starting point, stay far away
Grant Wilkinson Today, 9:22 AMGo ahead and take your motors apart, inspect and fix what is broken. Clean it because dust is bad for heat transfer, relube the bearings (replace if needed)
Tom Bender Today, 9:21 AMThanks John, interesting article. Don't think I have actually ever seen the beetle, just the fresh powder. And being fine powder, I would suspect the
Ole Anderson Today, 9:19 AMIf you want to go ahead with this I would recommend a purchased burner such as this https://conestogaworks.com/woodburners.html instead of jerry rigging
Barry McFadden Today, 9:17 AM
Vintage Martin T75 restoration
Thread Starter: Patrick WalshSo I have a opportunity to purchase the above machine for a fair deal from my employer. I am aware of the phenolic guides being pop riveted I the the sliding table along with not availible for replacement. So my question is as follows to those in the know with regard to the phenolic ways....
Last Post By: David Kumm Today, 12:53 AM