Zachary Hoyt
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Thanks for all of the advice. Needing to replace the cutterhead made it more of an expense than I can justify, as I would only have a use for it...

I can't think of any safe way to hold a key blank and rout it, but it is possible to rout at least some kinds of brass. I was wondering about it...

When I bought my Jet 18" bandsaw at an auction it was only 5 miles or so from here, and all I had to move it in was a 4x8 Harbor Freight trailer. I...

For the aluminum I have had acceptable results using an old wood cutting blade in a wood cutting bandsaw. I also have cut a lot of brass this way. ...

If you push it too hard, what happens? Does the belt slip or does the motor stall? This will answer your question, I think.

With a drill press vise and low speed you should have no problem with a Forstner bit. It will not need to be sharpened very often, if at all. The...

I wear sandals in the summer almost exclusively, including in the workshop, when haying, at the sawmill, etc. I do wear steel toed boots to cut...

metalremnantsinc on eBay often has good deals on metal discs and rods in lots of sizes, if you use brass it would be easy to solder them together,...

Most of the time when I get the emails that say "Do u still have it?" they never reply when I write back "Yes". Some do, and of those some are...

I have 6 screw-in type light fixtures in the ceiling of my shop. I went to LEDs and those 6 fixtures provide a good amount of light in a 14x20 or so...

I have an old school Casio digital watch. I removed the band and I keep the watch in the change pocket of my jeans. In the summer when I wear...

I use a copper pipe with a propane torch inside to bend anything up to 1/8". It's a different technique but not too hard to learn.