Doug Dawson
Friend of the Creek

I always try to quote who I'm replying to, because otherwise people might be left completely out to sea about the gist of the conversation. Depending...

Same here. I use PayPal as a shield for my credit card, and it’s easier and more transparent to me (but not to them.) With a new-to-me company it...

I totally agree with this. If it worked then, it should work now. If you _did_ somehow want to lap a plane sole, know that bench planes tend to...

There’s a long Amazon review of the SS|14 quoted in...

Thinking about this stretchy thing, would it be an issue to just tighten up the sanding belt now and then? If you’re changing the belts regularly...

You can do _anything_ you want with “portable” clamps and a doe’s foot or two, maybe a couple of scraps of wood for bracing the board vertically. I...

Yard trees are usually not good for woodworking. They often have metal in them in unexpected places, and they are riddled with reaction wood. It...

I don’t know exactly what the OP has planned, but he might ask the question, Do I need a drill press at all? I went for many years without one, and I...

Remove the sheets facing the user and see if that helps. Rousseau offers a commercial solution to this problem, and that’s how they do it.

That’s a shame. While the metal is brittle, these saws can sustain huge damage and still be functional. I’ve been using them (including the...

The metal on those saws can be very brittle. I would start by finding a way to drill a small hole on each end of the crack so that the crack doesn’t...

The Wago’s work well with stranded. As to using them outdoors, which I have not done, here’s a decent reference: ...

FWIW, that is also how it works with the you tubes.

One area where Wago’s really excel is in connecting dissimilar wires, such as the 14 to 18 gauge that you’d often see in lighting fixtures. In...

People and the companies paying them are not just sitting around complaining. Money has to be made.

Top requirement of having some serious woodworking machinery going, have some 240v circuits on tap. IMO no way around it. Just find a way to set that...

I have mixed feelings about Wago connectors. They are ridiculously cool (the 221’s anyway) for testing purposes, and/or on builds that you do of...

The reason I ask is because I use the SuperMax-branded paper on the 25/50, and this hasn’t been an issue at all. The OP mentioned cutting the paper...

Is the mechanism on the 25/50 the same as the 19/38?

Here we run headlong into the concept of what is _actionable_. Do you really believe that using a portable cyclone will negate the effectiveness of...

Gotta love those old Disstons! Nice find.

There was an article in the NYTimes a few months ago, re how our age might be characterized when far in the future archeologists examine our remains....

Thanks for the opportunity to comment further. This is, of course, an issue of dust control. I have a Dylos operating whenever I’m in the shop, and...

Killz 2 works pretty good at smoke remediation. I don’t know about frame down restoration, though.

I have a Fleck, and it works well (23 years of service.) Parts are readily available, and they’re easy to work on. As with some other things, it’s...

What do you suppose happens to the parts of the carcass that are not “used”? I’m looking forward to visiting the burial grounds, maybe you could...

The hose-end bleeder is IMO the easiest and right way to do it, if the vac doesn’t have a control for that.

Don’t forget about the soup. We use the bones for our soup. And don’t forget about the haggis. And the upholstery. And the glue. And the dog food....

IMO you should reconsider that. Such heavy machines. It sounds like you are trying to drive them over a bed of crackers. It might be the ideal time...