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Today,
6:03 AM
Julie Moriarty
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Harvey Slider on Unisaw?
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
I took the pictures but can't remember how to upload them here. But there's a channel running the entire length of the long length of the slider. ...
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Today,
5:37 AM
Julie Moriarty
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Harvey Slider on Unisaw?
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Oh, sorry. I'm pretty sure the Unisaw has a shorter table than the Harvey. The depth on a Harvey table is 31". The Harvey slider comes with...
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Yesterday,
12:15 PM
Mel Fulks
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Time for some levity
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I read that the ancient Amazon’s burned off one breast to facilitate archery. The PE teachers were, I’m guessing …. smart enough not to let the...
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05-23-2022,
7:06 PM
Julie Moriarty
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Harvey Slider on Unisaw?
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
I do and I love it. It slides so smoothly I slide it back and forth just to feel the quality. It's rock solid. The fence stays square. Haven't...
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05-22-2022,
7:31 PM
Julie Moriarty
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Old Lathe Electrical Question
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Turner's Forum
Most likely
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05-21-2022,
9:23 AM
Julie Moriarty
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Old Lathe Electrical Question
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I realize it doesn't make sense but here's what happened... After testing the voltage from the ironworker's metal stair railing to their trailer...
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05-20-2022,
1:18 PM
Julie Moriarty
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Mobile base for TS - Design question
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That's what I've got. My only problem is once the whole setup gets going, it can be a bit unwieldy, but that's because it's on a pitched floor...
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05-19-2022,
10:34 AM
Julie Moriarty
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Mobile base for TS - Design question
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I used their 3550 with the extension for my table saw. With all wheels swiveling it can do a 360 in the space of the length of the equipment. For...
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05-19-2022,
12:33 AM
Mel Fulks
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Hinge Lid Boxes from Scrap
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Glen, Those are beautiful ! I see them as Tea Caddys, precious casks for precious tea, which in earlier days was always locked and often kept in...
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05-18-2022,
9:26 AM
Julie Moriarty
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Mobile base for TS - Design question
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The perfect height of a table saw is the height that works best for you. As to DIY a mobile base out of wood, over the years I've done that on...
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05-18-2022,
9:16 AM
Julie Moriarty
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Old Lathe Electrical Question
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Go tell that to the iron worker foreman after he got shocked grabbing the doorknob of his grounded office trailer.
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16 replies | 1345 view(s)
05-17-2022,
1:05 PM
Mel Fulks
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How to use a "rub collar" (bearing) on a shaper
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
Years ago “rub bearing “ was only used for non ball bearing (often shop made), wooden “bearings “….coated with bees wax. I’ve used them, but that...
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05-16-2022,
12:29 PM
Mel Fulks
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Creeker's Past Week's Accomplishments
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Lisa, glad you are back.
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05-15-2022,
6:31 PM
Julie Moriarty
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Moving Heavy Machinery Off Pallet - Egyptian Roller Method
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
I used that method for my Hammer A3-31. But the shipper added a second pallet under the factory pallet, which made everything more fun. I used 3/4...
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05-15-2022,
6:18 PM
Julie Moriarty
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Milwaukee 7 1/4 M18 Circular Saw ???
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While working on my neighbor's remodel, he bought some M18 tools. I used his 7-1/2" circular saw a number of times and it cut through 8/4 lumber...
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05-15-2022,
6:14 PM
Julie Moriarty
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Old Lathe Electrical Question
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Turner's Forum
After we had a lightning strike on a jobsite I was working on, I got a 50 volt reading to ground on the doorknob of the iron workers trailer. The...
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05-14-2022,
7:35 PM
Mel Fulks
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I guess this was my first quarter 2022 project.
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Took me a minute to remember….”mid century modern”….without seeing “rabbet ears” ! I think it was seeing the “horizontal hold needs adjustment “ ...
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14 replies | 966 view(s)
05-11-2022,
2:19 AM
Mel Fulks
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List Of Acronyms
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Off Topic Forum
. Scott, I posted that point here once. Thanks for your efforts to stop “acridnyms “ , I coined that because when I see lists of nuttiness my eyes...
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10 replies | 58986 view(s)
05-09-2022,
10:25 PM
Mel Fulks
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Painters damaged original wood windows - ideas for a fix
in
General Woodworking and Power Tools
Well, I just now noticed that in the “original detail” pic the vertical bar and and bottom rail don’t even have the same profile. So I think it was...
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27 replies | 2393 view(s)
05-08-2022,
9:59 PM
Mel Fulks
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Shaper hold down clamps
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
You could make wooden “fingers”. Angled board with saw cuts making each about 3/16ths wide. Clamp to fence. Or use screws if you use a...
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26 replies | 1697 view(s)
05-08-2022,
12:54 PM
Mel Fulks
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Resting planes on their sides vs soles
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Neanderthal Haven
The more wood working secrets you have to impart , the more free labor you can get ! Here’s one: “ Yes, that’s a block plane ,but I don’t ‘wanna...
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29 replies | 2817 view(s)
05-08-2022,
1:44 AM
Mel Fulks
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Thin (but thick looking) ash table
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Woodworking Projects
At last real wood has beaten the wildest faux-finish-fakes !! Now it’s time to sell that design to a laminate manufacturer ! James Bond would...
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13 replies | 1621 view(s)
05-08-2022,
12:40 AM
Mel Fulks
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Router Help Needed
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On a job I heard a guy complain about a router bit moving. Asked him if he had inserted the bit all the way ,and then backed it out an 1/8th. He...
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14 replies | 1024 view(s)
05-07-2022,
9:30 PM
Mel Fulks
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Old banister and railing-architectural salvage or trash?
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Off Topic Forum
Agree with Mitch. And it’s a pretty steep stair. Newel post is interesting, and the painted rail might be the work of someone who didn’t like ...
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11 replies | 1038 view(s)
05-05-2022,
11:46 PM
Mel Fulks
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glue 1 surface or 2
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Neanderthal Haven
Hot hide glue for veneering was thin . Stop the vicious cycle of too viscous glue.
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05-05-2022,
11:19 PM
Mel Fulks
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Painters damaged original wood windows - ideas for a fix
in
General Woodworking and Power Tools
The corners are rounded . Not just too heavily loaded with paint ,but really rounded . Looks like they could have even been made with a router and...
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27 replies | 2393 view(s)
05-05-2022,
1:57 AM
Mel Fulks
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jointing with old iron
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General Woodworking and Power Tools
I don’t like carbide knives for use on wood. They are not as sharp as steel, but are good for woods with a lot of silica ,and for plastic and even...
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27 replies | 1618 view(s)
05-04-2022,
11:09 PM
Mel Fulks
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jointing with old iron
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That’s a good looking machine ! Been years since I’ve used one of those. They have a nice feature in that each full revolution of the Big Wheel...
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27 replies | 1618 view(s)
05-04-2022,
1:11 AM
Mel Fulks
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jointing with old iron
in
General Woodworking and Power Tools
The knives are probably lowest grade. I would buy M2 or T1 steel, do not accept stuff described as having “same hardness as M2 “. Only high...
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27 replies | 1618 view(s)
05-03-2022,
2:55 AM
Mel Fulks
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Looking For 8' Picnic Table Plan
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Design Forum
I’ve seen a lot of falls as people stepped over the integral benches. Sometimes one slim agile person has to get up so that a fat one can get out,...
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