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.
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Last Post By: Mark Daily Today, 3:50 PMHey Creekers, I hope this isn't a stupid question. I will be trying to organize my workshop over I'd like your thoughts on workshop storage. What are your thoughts on shelves, vs cabinets? Pegboard? Other?
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Last Post By: Mark Rainey Today, 3:58 PMWell, I've seriously looked at my finances and it has reflected that I am not going to be able to pay cash for a Stinger II or even a Stinger I CNC setup. So, I'm now looking at the Shapeoko 3 XXL to allow me to get experience with CNC and enable me to do a few things that I could surely use in my...
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Peter that’s exactly what I ended up doing.
What surprised me was one end needing a shim and then the other not. Shimming just one
Well no such luck with replacing the start capacitor. Still doing the same exact thing. I hit the start switch and the motor hums and then kicks out the
Dylan Wyatt Today, 6:49 PMI'm restoring antique hand plane totes and knobs, stripping them to the bare wood, finishing with a few coats of shellac for durability, a coat or two
Corey Rebette Today, 5:57 PMUnless you have a special need, don't make them very deep. Thing will tend to hide in the back, never to be seen again.
Richard Wolf Today, 5:53 PMThat is a great find Rafael. Many years ago when the original post was found on a metal working web site it was saved as a web archive.
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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....
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