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08-15-2022,
3:13 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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What do you use 2" long 23 ga pins for?
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Anything over an inch seems to bend on me.
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08-15-2022,
3:12 PM
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Worldwide, the US is doing better. In the UK, inflation is 8.2%; Germany is 7.5% Presently the US rate is 8.5% and going down from 9.1% in June.
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08-14-2022,
10:19 PM
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Once inflation has been controlled, the Fed will drop interest rates. My analyst says early 2023.
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08-12-2022,
7:34 PM
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Need for crosscut sled?
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I don't use them. A well adjust miter gauge is good enough for me. I do have a home made fancy deadly accurate one, that I made 10 years ago, and...
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08-12-2022,
7:30 PM
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All true Dennis, but ... Inflation is down in the last month. S&P is up, way up, at a 3 month high as of yesterday. Gas prices are way down in...
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08-11-2022,
11:58 PM
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Yeah, I meant -10% and yes, Vanguard is an excellent trustworthy company. Do be careful with their mutual funds, as the market can go up and the...
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08-11-2022,
2:58 PM
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So I had my semi-annual meeting with stock advisors yesterday. The good news, bonds are up, way up. So depending on the grade of bonds purchased,...
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08-08-2022,
6:50 PM
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Dominos for dowels?
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Easy fix would be to re-drill the dowel holes if necessary and re-dowel. Should last another 20 years.
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08-07-2022,
1:15 PM
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Cabinet or Drawers First?
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Easier to sand, plane, shim etc drawers, so ... I make cabinet first. Very hard to rework the box and partitions.
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08-05-2022,
1:13 AM
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losing my mind over sanding swirls
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No one has mentioned card scrapers. After a couple quick passes with a No. 4-5 Plane, try using a card scraper. You might find that you don't need...
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08-01-2022,
3:19 PM
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Baltic Birch Ply
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Bonhoff Lumber in East Los Angeles has 12 ply 8x4 baltic birch here for $180. Regular 6 ply baltic birch ply, baltic birch on the outside, doug fir...
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08-01-2022,
3:17 PM
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Blue Chip Bond Funds yielded me 2% year to date, fairly long term 2 years plus. These are ultra conservative never fail companies. I'm not sure...
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07-28-2022,
6:55 PM
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Rule of Thumb for your 401k is take your age, subtract the age from 100 and that is the percentage of the 401k that should be in stock. So a sixty...
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07-27-2022,
7:37 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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Rob Cosman Offset Method of Cutting Dovetail Pins
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I have George Ellis's book, and the dovetail section is surprisingly quite short, and he only mentions half of Rob's technique, cutting the tails...
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07-25-2022,
3:51 PM
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Knob and Tote fast refinish
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Ahhh methylene chloride is good stuff
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07-22-2022,
12:28 AM
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Los Angeles area lumber yards
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House of Hardwoods is more full service, and can joint, mill, plane sand etc Bonhoffs is more for the trade.
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07-19-2022,
1:54 PM
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Indexing is not monolithic. There are hundreds of index funds. While many are tied to the S&P, many are tied to specific industries such as...
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Avid carpenter and woodworker since 1966
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Retired Lawyer
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