Yeah, that was a favourite ploy of my father. But there was plenty of stout black iron pipe back then, and good pry bars. He even had a pry bar with...
They do seem pretty artless compared to classic old wwm. I imagine it, the thicknesser and a green Altendorf panel saw might go for a combined 4K US....
It absolutely pisses me off with Felder documentation. They know that outside of Europe woodworkers are not also trained in machine maintenance, and...
Just out of curiosity did the new motor come with a mounting bracket or did you have to reuse the old one? If the former, maybe verify that they are...
The four individual jacking screws likely have to be all set with the same load. That is all tight in the up direction. If you could find some way of...
I guess I was thinking about the size of my 2.2 kW unit which is pretty chunky. Even the original contactors were in a surface mounted box. That’s on...
Just hop on a jet to BNE Albert. The Martin dealer is within 25 minutes of the airport. If it was me, I would be opting for Martin for both, but the...
Depends. If it is an obvious manufacturing defect they may repair it free. When I sent my Kapex in for an electrical recall they upgraded my fence no...
1.The correct lower guide arrangement is as you have shown with the thrust wheel lower than the side wheels. To be honest, with a wide blade you may...
I started learning about the world of tools and materials from my Dad who did everything himself. My brother and I were his helpers, forklift, backhoe etc. But we learned how to repair cars, perform basic steam fitting, industrial electrical and plumbing. We learned home building and woodworking on some very basic (and frightening) equipment.
That was in Windsor, Ontario. I later lived in Southern California, elsewhere in Canada, Ireland, and here in Australia. Oh yeah, and in Taiwan.
I have continued woodworking all throughout my flying career, at least whenever I had a permanent home. I gradually moved from a massive hand tool collection and no power tools to a more typical hobby shop now with an older Felder BF6-31 combination machine and a 24” bandsaw and the usual hand and power tools.
In 2016 my wife and I started to build our current home, and its almost finished six years later. My woodworking skills had to be amped up to make the 25 period doors, frame and panelled library and staircase, casings etc…
Since Australia has no mandatory domestic pilot retirement age I still fly for the same major airline that I joined 32 years ago.
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