They are going crazy building standalone car washes in my area. I know of at least three currently under construction nearby, and a few others that recently opened. Car washes are going up all over the Minneapolis metro area. There will easily be three times as many standalone car washes once...
Last Post By: Zachary Hoyt Today, 12:47 PMI have a 1/2" sorby detail gouge that I have ground at 40° (also removed the heel) and it works ok now that I moved away from the jigs and started sharpening by hand... but it's still just an ok tool. I now have a d-way detail spindle gouge (1/2") on the way and was thinking about trying a 25°...
Last Post By: Edward Weber Today, 3:48 PMThis is a follow up to an earlier post about how to create an aged maple finish on a table I'm making of maple and mahogany. Based on the input I got in that post I tried several approaches. - Waterlox OSF by itself does a pretty good job of giving maple an aged look. The think I didn't like...
Last Post By: Patrick McCarthy Today, 1:04 PMMy cottage is on well water. Several years ago we started with the dreaded sulfur smell, hot water only. I had a plumber replace the anode. Smell came back eventually. I found the model of the anode he installed and see that is just aluminum. Seems like the one I need is aluminum/zinc? Has...
Last Post By: Bruce Wrenn Yesterday, 8:29 PMI glued up this oval Santos mahogany coffee table on Sunday. Yesterday morning, Tuesday, I placed it outside under cloudy skies in the hope that the UV to hasten the darkening of wood surface before finishing later this week. The center seam opened up. I used brand new T-88 epoxy with...
Last Post By: STUART Robertson Today, 12:58 PMSure - why not? (Votes: 9)
Never. If I needed something, I'd buy or rent it. (Votes: 10)
Maybe. Depends on the person and the tool. (Votes: 52)
Eric, The saw arrived ready to go and I already put it to work Many thanks - Paul
Paul Bent Today, 6:23 PMI don't think ceramics rotating at high speed would be very feasible, in my mind. I think maybe what you are looking to find out about may not exist.
Zachary Hoyt Today, 5:39 PMRichard, again, you want to call them "geared or equalizer slides" but in fact they use a form of rack and pinion as I showed in the illustration.
Ken Fitzgerald Today, 5:31 PMYou can't discount the belt or pulleys as a possibility.
Richard Coers Today, 5:05 PMI once asked him what it meant. He came up with the term. Since he's the only one who uses it, it doesn't mean anything in the wider vintage tool market.
Rafael Herrera Today, 4:53 PM
Forget 'Baby on board'
Thread Starter: Rick PotterI need a bumper sticker that says 'Nobody on board'. Tesla has opened up the 'self driving' app on newer Tesla's for a free 30 day trial. It is factory installed on all of them, they just don't turn it on unless you pay, which we didn't. All of a sudden there is an octogenarian who cannot...
Last Post By: Bob Turkovich Today, 2:32 PM