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Dust Collection – Burn down the house or get lung cancer, which should I choose?
Thread Starter: Maureen Ragan
I wish I’d read Bill Pentz’s site BEFORE I bought my Grizzly 0861 2HP cyclone dust collector, but now I must do the best I can with what I have. According to Bill Pentz, either: a) I use 7” duct thereby getting my 1000 cfm and fine dust removal, but worry about dust piles in the...
Last Post By: Alan Lightstone Yesterday, 9:42 PM

Do Veterans like being "thanked for their service"?
Thread Starter: Edwin Santos
"Thank you for your service" has become more popular and common than I ever remember in the past. Even among television newscasters, show hosts and Hollywood types. The subject over whether veterans like the gesture or not came up over some happy hour talk. I have a group of veteran friends,...
Last Post By: Malcolm McLeod Yesterday, 11:44 PM

Thoughts about glue-ups and clamps
Thread Starter: Frederick Skelly
A few weeks ago, I posted about how impressed I was with some new parallel clamps I finally tried. Since then, I've used them more and I'd like to compare notes with all of you on some of my observations about glue ups in general. 1. First, let me just eat some crow and say that our Pro's were,...
Last Post By: Larry Edgerton Yesterday, 10:29 PM

Let's Get This (Slider) Party Started
Thread Starter: Mark Hockenberg
I'm about ready to retire my Unisaw and move up to a slider. I welcome your advise. Here are my requirements/constraints/questions: - I'm located in the Denver area. - Thinking about SCM and Felder. I suppose these are the default choices. What else should I look at? - I frequently work...
Last Post By: Patrick Walsh Yesterday, 8:08 PM

Imported firewood?
Thread Starter: Perry Hilbert Jr
I am in central Pennsylvania, where firewood really does grow on trees in Penn's Woods. Outside our supermarket yesterday, I noticed a pile of bundles of firewood for sale. For $5.99 there is a bundle of USA grown firewood. For $2 more though, one can obtain Estonian White Birch firewood. I am...
Last Post By: Peter Kelly Today, 12:10 AM

Oilstone box
Thread Starter: Rafael Herrera
Hello, I came across some Mahogany at a salvage store and decided to make a box for my sharpening oilstone. I got the idea from a Bill Carter video (https://youtu.be/cdDSkDjyolQ) to add an end grain block on each end of the stone so one can use the whole length of the stone. Does anyone have any...
Last Post By: Andrew Pitonyak Yesterday, 11:16 PM

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Broken water spicket

But, you cannot use coins.
Bill Jobe Today, 12:12 AM

Imported firewood?

I noticed these bundles of firewood for sale at the grocery store here in heavily forested Northern Catskills. WTF?
Peter Kelly Today, 12:10 AM

Broken water spicket

You've lost me. Are you trying to glue a broken fitting back together?
Toss it and buy a new one. If the coupling in the image broke in half, it's
Bill Jobe Today, 12:08 AM

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Found the problem. The contact was bent not making contact to charge the capacitor. Bent it back in place, put back together. plugged it in and it about
Jim Outman Today, 12:02 AM

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Lowes has some pretty inexpensive butcher block tops, usually in stock. Cut to size, round over the front edge with your router, finish and Jean-Guy's
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