Time for some levity

With 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.

How to bend wood like this - Outdoor furniture project

Looking 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...

MRI Question

My doc tells me I need an neck MRI to diagnose some arm pain that may be starting in the neck. On the phone the MRI facility asked me if I had ever been involved with "metal grinding". Of course as a woodworker I've sharpened tools on a wheel, drilled holes in metal etc. I'm hoping to get more...

Graule ZS135 Radial Arm Saw voltage question

Recently purchased this Graule at auction in Germany, it went for cheap but import and shipping resolved that bargain aspect pretty quickly. I'm rather unsure of what the voltage is, the tags seem to be giving mixed signals. I wrote the company, but I expect it'll be a while before they provide...

Drill w/guide or router?

Here's one I've been going over for the last 6 months. We have sliding pocket doors that separate our dining room and our family room. There are two of them 30 inches wide and they meet in the middle to form one 60 inch opening when open and a solid "wall" when closed. When they are open,...

Township building codes.

Any one know what the reason why a metal gazebo needs to be at least ten feet from the house? Per township ordnance :confused:

AC electrical puzzlement

Then open every box on that circuit and test where you have 120 between the black and white. Probably something as simple as a loose wire nut in the

MRI Question

Thank you but hardly!

MRI Question

George, I'd forgotten about the coldhead noise a patient hears. The MRI magnet is a super cooled (LHe = liquid helium), superconductive, electromagnet.

AC electrical puzzlement

I think Rod's got it. You have a disconnected neutral, and there is something plugged into an outlet somewhere else on the circuit, causing the hot and

Creeker’s Past Weeks Accomplishments

I’m taking a class in Veneering and Marquetry at the local community college and we have a project assignment due each week. Here’s assignment #9, a 10x10

SC Pig-Picking