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    Derek Cohen

    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...

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    steven c newman

    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..

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    Steve Mathews

    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...

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    Karl Card

    Help with low motor power on table saw

    Thread Starter: Karl Card

    Had a 7.5 baldor, had a seperate post on this because I thought I figured out what was going on but evidently this is beyond my knowledge or experience. I replaced caps on 7.5 baldor, no difference, bought new leeson 7.5 hp, both single phase motors, got it hooked up, check wiring, cranked...

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    chris hood

    Router questions

    Thread Starter: chris hood

    My router on the recently purchased router table quit, it came on then off then on now it will not come on. I have it pulled apart trying to get all the sawdust out of the connections, it's embedded pretty bad, not sure if that is the cause but worth a try. I found another identical one on eBay for...

    Last Post By: Doug Garson Today, 12:14 AM Go to last post
    Nick Crivello

    Economics of milling vs store bought hardwoods?

    Thread Starter: Nick Crivello

    I'm pondering the economics of a mill vs buying rough lumber at retail/wholesale. In the Bay Area, depending on where you shop hardwoods like Oak and walnut can run up to $15-18bf/ft, or more for the rift/quarter sawn stuff. If one is able to source your own logs, running your own mil and kiln...

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    Alex Zeller

    Help with low motor power on table saw

    I would measure the voltage at the motor under load. It's very possible to measure 240v when not loaded but have it drop once the motor starts to draw

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    Derek Cohen

    Dining room carver chairs - Take 2

    Stephen, are you referring to this photo?



    If so, it is a LN #51 on a Stanley #52 chute board (I also have the original Stanley

    Derek Cohen Today, 6:12 AM Go to last post
    Alex Zeller

    Interesting tool theft story.

    When I was much younger I worked at a location that wasn't in the greatest part of town. At least once a week someone would come to our shop offering

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    Derek Cohen

    Batteries for Festool drills

    Jim, the 10.8v C12 has been a delightful drill/driver for many years. Lighter than anything else I had. Its lower power was only evident when I used it

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