Warren Lake
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have pipe clamp that was banished to machine rollers. As soon as you do that you will wreck them as some surfaces will be uneven. Have galvanized...

Kermits father was Lou Forrigno. Its best not to encourage me.

Dedicated machine. Seen up to 12 shapers in a shop so same thinking. The THK bearings or whatever Thompson maybe were screwed right into the top of...

green for the enviro as lets cut up another tree? Maybe for Kermit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51BQfPeSK8k

1/2" plate steel. Also very interesting is custom guy built this with an outboard bearing. A template went in below and allowed it to follow the...

the big shops often had a guy who built custom stuff and modified machines to make a process work better and faster. This rig was built to do...

Apparently yes. What amazes me is the SR71 made way back with a slide rule. There are aliens amongst us.

When the old guy was running the big toronto shop his peak was 36 jobs at once. One of those was all the woodwork for new city Hall in toronto. They...

how did old guys work 50 or 60 years in the trade and never own a computer?

was told blade stretch and compression on the tire. stroke sander you always take the tension off and best to hang them up. Torque wrench you zero...

faced with a dull 1/2' that had slowly dulled I tried the green wheel. When you are working and need to get stuff done going to get another bit or...

thats sensible for up to 2 1/4" doors. Old guy said he did doors in 2 1/4 and 3 3/8 then the thick church stuff. I need to go to city hall sometime...

How much travel do you need. They make shorter air cylinders.

how big is the rabbet? split collar ball bearing head, knife extended out what you need. Part longer than finished length and a steady block...

The discs will cut the tennon and the cope same time. Thats efficient, then you have to mortise the style. They dont have outside knickers so not...

I sharpen by hand, have a general for over 40 years and still not tried it. I dont want to rush into things. Have done concrete bits past...

David mentioned making them out of old saw blades. Good idea, I have a good number of them around.

free hand on the grinder wheel used for Chisels. Dull tools are useless and even if hand done its 80 percent as good as new its better than a dull...

not sure ive ever seen a mobile base I like. Some that are passable and some that are just crap. Tom could not work on that set up. I need to...

15 years ago coast to coast late night made statements that all our health originates in our gut. They have looked into all kind of illnesses...

For some ball park numbers here Retirement homes are around or were approx 4,500.00 a month, it varies around and money goes up for every little...