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Yesterday,
7:34 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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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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Yesterday,
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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General Woodworking and Power Tools
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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General Woodworking and Power Tools
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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General Woodworking and Power Tools
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
Thomas McCurnin
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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
Thomas McCurnin
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Los Angeles area lumber yards
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
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
Thomas McCurnin
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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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07-18-2022,
11:27 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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Rob Cosman Offset Method of Cutting Dovetail Pins
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Neanderthal Haven
I did a search on Google and on this site and did not find an answer or any opinions. Rob Cosman developed a technique during the pandemic to...
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07-17-2022,
6:32 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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Words of Caution and the price for not heeding them
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+1. Mike beat me to this. I was watching the series this week on doing a pins first dovetail method, one which I was taught at Homestead in Waco,...
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07-17-2022,
12:49 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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Words of Caution and the price for not heeding them
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
I could make a 3/8" double stopped dado 12 " long using a sharp router plane in about 10 minutes or less. Heck, probably close to 5 minutes. It...
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07-17-2022,
1:45 AM
Thomas McCurnin
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Words of Caution and the price for not heeding them
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Thank you Mark. I have been woodworking since 1965. There are some operations that I feel uncomfortable doing. A man has got to know his...
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07-16-2022,
10:19 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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Entry Door Construction Methods
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
In 1946, I suspect that they were solid wood, mortise and tenoned. They lasted over 70 years. That would be good enough for me. I would...
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07-16-2022,
10:09 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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Words of Caution and the price for not heeding them
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
Mark, I'm not sure how to use stop blocks in this technique. The piece was 30" long, about as long as the table saw is deep, and I assume the dado...
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07-16-2022,
7:32 PM
Thomas McCurnin
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Words of Caution and the price for not heeding them
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
Hmmm. I'm not sure what to make of this. I have done this blind dado many times and honestly it gave me, and still gives me, the heebie jeebies...
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07-16-2022,
7:21 PM
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A full 15% for your whole portfolio? You are not diversified enough, and need a bigger percentage of your nest egg in laddered CDs, cash, bonds,...
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07-15-2022,
5:50 PM
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I've been through at least four stock market crashes with my 401k starting in the 1980s. Hopefully, your portfolio is diversified so that cash, CDs,...
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