I'll finally be non-nomadic, and I'd like to finally build up a workshop. Before I get started, I'd love to get ideas. I'd love to see how you do things, and how you do things differently with all the disciplines here: tuners, neanders, power tool users, festoolies, etc. For those of you who...
Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Today, 11:04 AMLooking for a new project to do. I've been spending a few months upgrading the workshop / fixing minor annoyances, and really need to actually build something. I ran across this in a magazine ad. The furniture is supposedly solid teak, though I don't think that will be in the cards for...
Last Post By: Alan Lightstone Today, 1:11 PMI'm a hobbyist on a limited budget looking for a bandsaw, primarily for resawing. Let's say, 12" of 8/4 hard maple cut down the middle would be the maximum I would ever ask of it. I'm under the impression that I'll need a steel framed bandsaw for that. What else do I need to know? Are guides...
Last Post By: John TenEyck Today, 2:54 PMI just ordered a dozen pencil sharpeners for 12$ from Amazon. These should last me through the small project I have on the back burner.:D
Last Post By: Jim Koepke Today, 12:08 AMI have needed a long measuring tool that is rigid for checking square on doors (measuring the diagonals). I bought this a bit reluctantly because it is in three pieces and I don’t normally trust rulers that come apart. This is dead-on accurate and the joints where it comes together are precision...
Last Post By: Andrew Hughes Yesterday, 7:39 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)
Harold, I don’t think the headstock comes off. The manual is silent on this point but clearly describes an assembly process in which the headstock is
Dan Gaylin Today, 3:12 PMFrom my observations side guides are of almost no importance on a bandsaw that can adequately tension a wider blade (1" or more. Maybe 3/4",
John TenEyck Today, 2:54 PMsome buy the land to park money and the land goes up and its sold seen this in TO past,. They want it to make money but more so they want the land that
Warren Lake Today, 2:52 PMWhatever you want to justify is fine, I would have to do an inlay in my shop, or not buy them in the first place. If the supplier was as good as suggested,
Richard Coers Today, 2:28 PMHow you tell they are backed out from that angle is beyond me. You really think he backed them out after showing the curls? The only showed a tapered
Richard Coers Today, 2:23 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.
Last Post By: Jim Allen Today, 11:38 AM