Edwin Santos
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I don't have any advice to add, but it sounds like an interesting project and I hope you will post some progress or completed photos here. Edwin

Greg, I used a gizmo called a TS Aligner that used to be manufactured and sold by a guy named Ed Bennett. I must have bought it 20 years ago and I...

Another good feature of wood hand screw clamps is that they will not work themselves loose the way F-style clamps will do.

Ken, One factor to consider with chisels is how they feel in your particular hands. This is something only you can assess, and only by handling...

Lance, Yes, I lock the height lever firmly every time as a matter of habit. The adjustments discussed in this thread have eliminated all snipe for...

It's a rounding error for you but in % terms, it's much more than that for Franklin. Just to join the cynics for moment - Imagine the CEO of...

Hi, Open time/Assembly time is an important factor when dealing with a complex glue up. For this reason, Elmer's Glue-All white was advocated to me...

Pick up a book called Router Magic by Bill Hylton. He shows you how to make these bases for yourself including many clever ones for different...

You're right about the conversion of the decimal inches to fractions. I have a quick reference conversion chart tacked to the wall with conversions...

Wouldn't the answer simply be dependent on which system of measurement you use in your work? The reason the manufacturer offers both is because...

That's exactly what they said to Frank Lloyd Wright in 1937 when he designed the lily pad columns for the SC Johnson and Son's Wax building in...

Prashun, I think that must be a typo. The basic stripped down Festool Domino is $1040, and the basic Jessem Doweling jig at Lee Valley Tools is $130,...

Over-sensitive? Maybe not, but perhaps a little pendantic. Insert the word "professional" into your definition above, and I think it will resolve...

Falcon Dust-Off compressed air should do just fine. Beseler makes one called DustGun 100 which is supposed to be non-flammable if you are really...

The simplest way I can think of to do this (besides a biscuit joiner) would be to make a project specific dowel jig like the one pictured below....

Hi, I thought I would report back and share that I was able to get my A3-31 to plane snipe free. I ended up speaking with Felder's technical support...

Since you've mentioned it, I wonder how Plant has kept his voice intact. Have you heard his performance when the surviving members of Led Zeppelin...

DeWalt 621 owner here, big thumbs up on this router overall. The trigger lock is a little unusual until you get used to it. The dust collection is...

Back in maybe 2002, a professional opera singer told me that there is a danger zone of "over-belting" where a singer can damage their vocal cords due...

Except in China where 0% of the population relies on Google because it is banned there as I found out the hard way recently. None of the Google...

I've saved myself quite a bit of money and brain damage by buying IKEA components (boxes) and using them as the bones of built-in projects where I...

How about a quick poll? Given a choice between 116 and -26, which would you prefer?

Hello Simon, I went to the interesting article in your link. Very good article. It only reinforces the guidance from Frank to use Elmer's Glue-All...

Brian, There's cost and then there's cost. And then there's price. From your comments, I'm thinking your definition of cost would be the hard...

This is a very good point with regard to the grain orientation. Again, if I understand the project properly, these are ladders steps sitting in...

On the other hand, I wonder if it could be a payment request from the vendor you don't know, who sent you the spring you didn't remember ordering,...

It's an unpleasant fact that the health care industry in the United States is a multi-trillion dollar locomotive where the patient/end-user is the...

One more opinion here - I learned from Frank Klausz to use white glue (Elmer's Glue-All) for glue ups like this because it has a longer open time....

If I understand correctly, the dowel will be in a through hole. In a case like this, I would cut a slot in the end of the dowel, tap in a thin...

Could you provide a little more information about what you are doing with the dowel? Joinery of some kind, alignment, as a handle or a hook?