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How to bend wood like this - Outdoor furniture project
Thread Starter: Alan Lightstone
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...
Last Post By: Alan Lightstone Today, 9:07 AM

California bans the SALE of gas lawn mowers and leaf blowers after 2024
Thread Starter: Bill Dufour
Saw a sign at hoe despot and looked it up. California has banned the sale of gas lawnmowers and leaf blowers after 2024. If yours is getting tired better buy a new one in a few months. I assume they will be gone from stores by Fall. It will probably take ten to twenty years until this ban goes...
Last Post By: Brian Elfert Today, 8:41 AM

Dining room carver chairs - Take 2
Thread Starter: Derek Cohen
About a month ago I began a thread about designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs were purchased all those years ago along with a table, which is around 200 years old. We need a larger table, and time has come to...
Last Post By: Jim Koepke Yesterday, 2:55 PM

Lumber supply
Thread Starter: steven c newman
Has been restocked.. Bought 10 planks...for $30...had to cut a few of the 10 footers down, to fit into the Trunk of my Chevy Equinox... Eight 1 x 6 x 6' Five 1 x 4 x 6' And he threw in a stack of shorts And a 3/4" x 8" x 39" slab..
Last Post By: steven c newman Yesterday, 8:07 PM

Itching to buy a new tool? What tools have you wasted money on?
Thread Starter: Steve Mathews
One of those sitting at the computer in the morning with a cup of coffee itching to buy a new tool ... So I come across this Veritas Scraper Burnisher for Turners and looked at a few videos reviews of it and thought why not. After reading a few reviews posted on this forum I later realized it was...
Last Post By: Patty Hann Yesterday, 7:30 PM

Used Hammer A3-31/41 Where to look?
Thread Starter: Rick Jacobs
After a lot of searching, the Hammer A3-31/41 (or possibly the SCM Minimax) with a helical head, is my next piece of shop equipment. Where would I look for either machine used? I've tried the usual suspects, FB Marketplace (seems to be limited to local only), Craigslist (seems to be losing...
Last Post By: Jonathan Biccum Yesterday, 1:11 PM

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Woodshop for Kids.....is not just woodworking

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Published on 01-31-2015 9:16 PM

Woodworkingfor Kids.....isnot just woodworking

Kids need Hands On activities. ...

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Using CA Glue in Woodturning

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Published on 11-23-2014 6:59 AM

There have been some recent threads on CA glue on the Turners forum. The following is an article I did for my turning club ...

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Tom, I made my flattening/cutting/clamping table modular so that it can break down into easy to handle and store pieces when it's not needed or I need
Jim Becker Today, 9:10 AM

How to bend wood like this - Outdoor furniture project

Lots of useful information there. Thanks, guys. You clearly have better bandsaw skills (and all skills for that matter) than I do, Derek. The back
Alan Lightstone Today, 9:07 AM

cutting plywood

I looked at Engler's cutting grid and when the piece he is cutting off is complete he is going to have to catch the board, guide and saw with one hand.
Tom Bussey Today, 9:06 AM

cutting plywood

I have two of them that I bought many years ago to provide simple, temporary work surfaces for finishing, etc. On sale, they were about $35 each and the
Jim Becker Today, 9:06 AM

New Workbench Accessories

If you have a printer, than making your own makes a whole lot of sense. Can I assume you can put a pause in the file to be able to insert the metal or
Jim Becker Today, 8:59 AM
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