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: Curt Harms Today, 9:48 AMI 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 PMAttention to my woodworking friends! I have a fair amount of Gaboon Ebony cutoffs I've collected over the years and I'm looking to put them to good use. I'm thinking about making a number of small Krenov style apron / block planes that would be available for sale. They would be made of Gaboon...
Last Post By: Dale Osowski Today, 10:35 AMOkay 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: Bruce Jones Today, 2:22 PMThinking about buying my first welder. Probably going a bit overboard on size, but looking at the Miller 212 Autoset. A good welder or not? I like the Miller line and if I decide down the road to sell it, it should command a decent return. Or I hope it should.
Last Post By: Gregory King Today, 9:44 AMThank you John you are very kind, this build is now done but I have a different type of piece already started this past spring. I now have a new lathe
Bruce Jones Today, 2:22 PMDo you mean you have proper clearance between the rear of the blade and the thrust bearing while cranked up to the maximum height (and locked) but the
John K Jordan Today, 2:22 PMI believe that the 500 series has a simpler trunnion than the 700. Beyond that I can’t comment because my machines are all older than the current
Greg Quenneville Today, 2:21 PMDid you check the wheels for coplanar?
If you take the table off you can use plumb lines for levelling machine in both axis of the column (machine
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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