David Weaver
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I read that the ancient Amazon’s burned off one breast to facilitate archery. The PE teachers were, I’m guessing …. smart enough not to let the...

Glen, Those are beautiful ! I see them as Tea Caddys, precious casks for precious tea, which in earlier days was always locked and often kept in...

Years ago “rub bearing “ was only used for non ball bearing (often shop made), wooden “bearings “….coated with bees wax. I’ve used them, but that...

Lisa, glad you are back.

Took me a minute to remember….”mid century modern”….without seeing “rabbet ears” ! I think it was seeing the “horizontal hold needs adjustment “ ...

. Scott, I posted that point here once. Thanks for your efforts to stop “acridnyms “ , I coined that because when I see lists of nuttiness my eyes...

Well, I just now noticed that in the “original detail” pic the vertical bar and and bottom rail don’t even have the same profile. So I think it was...

You could make wooden “fingers”. Angled board with saw cuts making each about 3/16ths wide. Clamp to fence. Or use screws if you use a...

The more wood working secrets you have to impart , the more free labor you can get ! Here’s one: “ Yes, that’s a block plane ,but I don’t ‘wanna...

At last real wood has beaten the wildest faux-finish-fakes !! Now it’s time to sell that design to a laminate manufacturer ! James Bond would...

On a job I heard a guy complain about a router bit moving. Asked him if he had inserted the bit all the way ,and then backed it out an 1/8th. He...

Agree with Mitch. And it’s a pretty steep stair. Newel post is interesting, and the painted rail might be the work of someone who didn’t like ...

Hot hide glue for veneering was thin . Stop the vicious cycle of too viscous glue.

The corners are rounded . Not just too heavily loaded with paint ,but really rounded . Looks like they could have even been made with a router and...

I don’t like carbide knives for use on wood. They are not as sharp as steel, but are good for woods with a lot of silica ,and for plastic and even...

That’s a good looking machine ! Been years since I’ve used one of those. They have a nice feature in that each full revolution of the Big Wheel...

The knives are probably lowest grade. I would buy M2 or T1 steel, do not accept stuff described as having “same hardness as M2 “. Only high...

I’ve seen a lot of falls as people stepped over the integral benches. Sometimes one slim agile person has to get up so that a fat one can get out,...

Use a single flute router bit, they cut much faster than the standard two flute bits. Hard to find in stores , so order on line. Should be a...

A young John Wayne, Maryln Monroe, Raqel Welch.

Sounds like you need a Pegasus ! And it would take the neighbors minds off messy birds !