I'm looking at getting a pair of bucket hooks: https://www.bxpanded.com/BX-bucket-hooks I like the fact they can be removed when not needed. I will use it mostly for lifting logs and pulling them out of the woods as well as sometimes lifting heavy items. Most of the time I'll use a chain which...
Last Post By: Edward Weber Yesterday, 3:16 PMI 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 AMThere 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 AMBack 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 PMhttps://youtu.be/bsbziMxL2Ss
It looks a good instruction video, but I cannot understand why he is using the abrasive powder. I would think
Any boat builders have sources for lumber longer than 16’. I am asking for a friend who has built two canoes and wants to build two 18’ kayaks.
Thomas Wilson Today, 1:53 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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