While we were on a trip last week a war started and gas prices went crazy everywhere. Got back Monday night. Today, Friday, we decided to gas up two cars. The cheapest gas we saw while driving around was $5.47 for reg unleaded at an Arco station. That was cash, credit was $5.67. We pulled into...
Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Yesterday, 10:02 AMI know there are lots of Hammer customers here, so wanted to share some news from Felder KG: -Lead times continue to be a challenge but I found this very interesting: Austria hired something like 100 more workers for the production line, specifically for Hammer machines. Believe this or not,...
Last Post By: Clifford McGuire Yesterday, 12:34 PMI retired from the Air Force close to two years ago. It took us until now to find the house we wanted. So, I was ready to finally have a space dedicated for a wood shop instead of cramming into here or there as we moved every three years. We have a great house with some land and a perfect spot...
Last Post By: Jim Becker Yesterday, 8:43 PMI've been asking a lot of questions over the last several months and figured I would start a new thread to show whatever progress I make on the shop. I finally got my building permit on Monday for the workshop next to my "new" house in the Adirondacks. The shop is to be 16x32, built on skids...
Last Post By: Zachary Hoyt Yesterday, 9:33 PMOkay everyone the progress continues on my new WIP. Made from staves then turned on the lathe. I'm just about done carving out the first side. You can see in the photos some of the hand tools being used to carve the tear drops to a point. The first step is to make ta hole using a Dremel and a...
Last Post By: Richard Dooling Yesterday, 3:39 PMFluoropolymers, is the generic name for Teflon.
Hydroflouric aicd is one of the worst things to get on your skin as it causes nerve damage so you
Are you sure that you want your working height that low? I understand your nesting requirements, but if you ever have a lot of profiling to do you may
Greg Quenneville Today, 12:19 AMIt is VERY addictive, I've bought far too many tools there. The sellers have all been excellent and I've never had a deal go bad
Matt Gambardella Yesterday, 11:18 PMYay another made in china product knocking off an established product for likely not much less $
Jonathan Jung Yesterday, 11:10 PMYou need to give the boards a good cleaning first. Being stored for a long time there could be all kinds of crap on them.
As for milling; for most
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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