Bill Dufour
Contributor

Get a hunk of metal, drill a hole at each end and get it surface ground on both sides to be parallel.

Be careful for the high speed bearings. Too much grease is bad and will cause premature failure. About 1/3 fill is standard. Bill D

See page 6+7 for lube recommendations for the Powermatic 18" planer. Bill D. Lubriplate 630AA is the grease I was talking about. ...

I remember an episode of life in the 21 century where the family ate the meals, cooked by the wife, with plastic plates and silverware. After they...

I saw a cheap China made grinder taken apart. The motor case looked like a normal 3/4Hp or so size. Inside the actual motor was several inches in...

Be careful of the onboar d welders. The welding process can throw hot sparks as does the grinding. If they land in sawdust it can catch fire, hours...

Your grease does not need to be high pressure, high temperature , nor waterproof. Bill D

My powermatic 18" planer specs NGLI#1 grease for most of the bearings like that. It is a lighter/softer lithium grease. Most grease is NGLI #2...

A saw. Didn't you ask within the last month? Bill D

At a restaurant I prefer to tip with cash. That increases the tip by about 2%. Easy way to calculate the tip is to look at the tax paid and double...

I vaguely remember reading that to scarf the joint you grind both ends back to back. this cancels any angle errors. Bill D

I have read that. 2% interest rate is the minimum for a bank to break even on a loan. Cost of doing business, paperwork, bad loans etc. So bank...

My father used to say that makeup was just sheep fat and dirt at higher prices. Bill D.

I see good brand name cyclone dc on search tempest all the time for about 1/2-2/3 of new price. Often with pipe thrown in. The only real wear on a...

I bet it costs more to buy two quality 10" grinding wheels then to buy one cheap 8" bench grinder with cheap wheels that may explode on first...

Cut off big hex key, grab it wit then chuck and use an impact hammer to unscrew the chuck. I assume this is a drill chuck not a lathe chuck? A...

Note that regular solid grinding wheel are not supposed to be used on the side faces, only on the circumference. The tool and cutter grinders have...

That floor really should be nailed down like a shear wall shouldn't it. Bill D

I like that the toilet paper is on a silver tray. Bill D

I do not really think being s2s has much to do with it. I think you just bought wood too thin to be jointed flat and ending up with a usable...

Probably a Baldor tool and cutter grinder. Has small cast iron tables, mounted on trunnions with mitre slots. Plate mounted precision wheels, often...

A few months ago Grocery Outlet had some interesting pickle prices. The small one quart jars were like 2.98. the big 3/4 gallon were 1.89 or some...

California as of five years ago or so required asphalt shingles had to be rated as "cool roof". Not exactly sure what it means but they run quite a...

Looks like a bunch of those screw insert things used to attach euro hinges. Maybe IKEA uses it to pluck their chickens? Bill D

I remember a lot of odd two pack pricing at costco. Where one item was 1.99 but a two pack was 3.99 instead of 3.98. Bill D

I ran computer case fans on my old woodstove. I ran them at under 10 volts to keep the noise down. They would not always start at such a low...

Those tap sockets will not really work. A tap has a square shank but no taper on the shank. An 8 Point socket would work as well. You could look...

Bruce you may be right about the bearings. I bought the exact same ones since I do not really know what bearing class is needed. Of course the ones...