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Yesterday, 7:15 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Stihl Easy to Start - Isn't in Off Topic Forum

That sounds like more of a problem than the spark arrester screen. One good thing about cordless chainsaws is that they are easy to start.

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Yesterday, 5:27 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread wtb or trade: spindle sander in SawMill Creek Classifieds

Nice looking Bridgewood just posted in Thomasville, NC.

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Yesterday, 4:58 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread bandsaw tires for the scm S400p/mm16 in General Woodworking and Power Tools

https://www.scmgroup.com/en_US/scmwood/products/joinery-machines.c884?gclid=CjwKCAjwkMeUBhBuEiwA4hpqEPxTExETAzuwBfmq3CYlZpOqgtAGNoZ0KXJawg6QBu6mO97nFH...

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Yesterday, 2:55 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Stihl Easy to Start - Isn't in Off Topic Forum

I've never had any trouble getting the screws out, or with them staying in. I guess it's from a non complete burn of the 2 stroke oil. The 180 is...

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Yesterday, 12:13 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Stihl Easy to Start - Isn't in Off Topic Forum

Check to see if the spark arrester screen in the muffler is clogged up. They have to breathe out as good as they breathe in. There is one screw...

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Yesterday, 9:07 AM

Tom M King replied to a thread Gel Coat repair on cultured marble countertop? in Off Topic Forum

3M 5200 is a caulking consistency adhesive, and no way to make an invisible joint with it.

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05-27-2022, 10:20 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Airless Sprayer question for the experts in Off Topic Forum

I've always just used the Pump Armor. I never looked at what's in it, but mine gets stored in a locked building. It's worked, and I've never been...

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05-27-2022, 7:17 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Welding New Mig in Metalworking

Once you have all your protective gear comfortable, the most important thing about being able to lay a pretty weld is being able to see what you are...

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05-27-2022, 4:02 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Geometry Fail- Greene & Greene Lanterns in Neanderthal Haven

I take that as a compliment, but if you can read a tape measure, you're more qualified than any help I've ever had. I hired people that no one else...

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05-27-2022, 2:16 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Welding New Mig in Metalworking

I'm really curious why this thread continues to draw about 50+ views a day. I'm loving the 255. I have never had to change the setting past...

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05-27-2022, 1:51 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Geometry Fail- Greene & Greene Lanterns in Neanderthal Haven

These are the square gauges I like, and have used for close to 50 years. Starrett calls them stair gauges, because they are used for stair stringers...

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05-27-2022, 1:47 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Geometry Fail- Greene & Greene Lanterns in Neanderthal Haven

No need for calculations framing a roof with a framing square. Say the slope is a 9 in 12. Measure the run of that rafter, and step it off with...

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05-27-2022, 12:17 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Circular saw safety in General Woodworking and Power Tools

Andy, I had to look for the saw I was remembering. It was a 6-1/2". I had a 77 year old carpenter, Mr. Randolph Pierce, working for me in 1977 that...

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05-26-2022, 10:08 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Geometry Fail- Greene & Greene Lanterns in Neanderthal Haven

James, any time I've ever framed a hip roof on a building, we just change the 12 to 17 on the framing square. The three hundredths don't matter for...

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05-26-2022, 10:03 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Circular saw safety in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I have two of those Michael. One a Rockwell I bought new, and the other one a Porter Cable that was too good to pass up. Andy, are you talking...

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05-26-2022, 9:57 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Gel Coat repair on cultured marble countertop? in Off Topic Forum

Gelcoat doesn't sound right to me, but it may be. I don't believe an invisible repair can be made on that stuff. I can do an invisible gelcoat...

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05-26-2022, 6:17 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Circular saw safety in General Woodworking and Power Tools

My favorite 7-1/4" ones are the mirror image Porter Cable 347 and 743. I use either depending on the application. Right blade, and left blade of the...

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05-26-2022, 4:40 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Geometry Fail- Greene & Greene Lanterns in Neanderthal Haven

I found this a great help in building a pyramid roof for a roof cupola: https://www.blocklayer.com/pyramid-calculator.aspx All four sides fit...

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05-26-2022, 3:46 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Airless Sprayer question for the experts in Off Topic Forum

It's been a while since I looked at them. Does that one have a built in gauge, or did you get one? I looked up the hopper, and found the...

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05-26-2022, 3:24 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Airless Sprayer question for the experts in Off Topic Forum

Good choice! That one came with the good gun. That gun is Much easier to use than the four finger gun.

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05-26-2022, 12:54 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Only one mortise chisel? in Neanderthal Haven

I don't know how many I have, but I'm sure it's more than one.

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05-26-2022, 9:57 AM

Tom M King replied to a thread Renner Products? in Project Finishing

Looks interesting. I had never heard of it. That kitchen on the bottom of the opening page looks exactly like something someone was asking about...

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05-26-2022, 9:36 AM

Tom M King replied to a thread Thickness planer board return ideas in General Woodworking and Power Tools

No lazy susan, but I do have planers on four swivel casters. If running a bunch of parts that need multiple passes, we just spin the planer around...

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05-26-2022, 9:21 AM

Tom M King replied to a thread Exterior Window Trimming in Off Topic Forum

I've never left that much, but I've only been doing that type of stuff for 48 years now, and never saw that much on 200 year old houses either. I...

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05-25-2022, 2:53 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread string trimmer heads in Off Topic Forum

When I was growing up, before there was such a thing as a Weedeater, everyone used a Swing Blade, also called a Sling Blade. I heard it called a...

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05-25-2022, 9:47 AM

Tom M King replied to a thread Chipped chipbreaker in Neanderthal Haven

That's a good idea if the cap iron is changed for different things. I just didn't think like that because I have so many planes that I never change...

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05-24-2022, 3:34 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Air drier in Project Finishing

Depends on where you live, and how dry the air is. I wouldn't want to spray anything here without one, solvent, gelcoat, or water borne. It...

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05-24-2022, 10:25 AM

Tom M King replied to a thread Chipped chipbreaker in Neanderthal Haven

I don't know what the 5-1/2 is to be used for, but I only have close chipbreakers on a couple of smoothing planes, and a no.7.

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05-23-2022, 2:07 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Stone foundation repair question in Off Topic Forum

Type N will be plenty strong enough for that wall. Even with mortar, it should be laid so that any stone would stay in place if no mortar was there....

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05-23-2022, 1:00 PM

Tom M King replied to a thread Stone foundation repair question in Off Topic Forum

I've built a number of new stone fireplaces in houses I've sold mainly because we have an abandoned Granite quarry on our land. Since working on old...

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