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Today, 1:43 PM

Ken Fitzgerald replied to a thread aluminum or steel? in General Woodworking and Power Tools

Jimmy, the reason for the wear strips is minimize any wear on the mechanism should there be any sag in the system. I might be making it overly...

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Today, 1:34 PM

Ken Fitzgerald replied to a thread aluminum or steel? in General Woodworking and Power Tools

Richard it's a matter of which words you and I choose to use. Here's a illustration of a rack and pinion assembly. That sure looks like what...

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Today, 7:27 AM

Prashun Patel replied to a thread Creating an aged maple finish in Project Finishing

I'm pretty comfortable with dyeing and toning. I've done a fair bit of it, including matching and layering for color depth. I agree, the...

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Yesterday, 8:05 PM

Ken Fitzgerald replied to a thread aluminum or steel? in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I am building a butterfly extension table. The 2 pieces of the tabletop that will extend and retract are 36" w and 33" long. They will be connected...

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Yesterday, 7:49 PM

Jim Becker replied to a thread aluminum or steel? in General Woodworking and Power Tools

Since the metal is only providing structure to hold the UHMW tape, I'd probably pick the aluminum because it's just plain easier to craft into the...

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Yesterday, 7:45 PM

Jim Becker replied to a thread Creating an aged maple finish in Project Finishing

Prushun, I agree with John...play with this because sometimes a tiny adjustment to tone/hue totally elevates things for some strange reason.

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Yesterday, 7:39 PM

Ken Fitzgerald started a thread aluminum or steel? in General Woodworking and Power Tools

The table I am building has a 3-piece tabletop, with 2 pieces attached to a rack & pinion assembly and the 3rd piece butterflying up from underneath...

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Yesterday, 5:21 PM

Prashun Patel replied to a thread Creating an aged maple finish in Project Finishing

Thanks for the follow up. I learned a lot on this thread. Mostly that coloring is not something I want to do ;) Thanks for the Minwax OMP review. ...

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Yesterday, 3:45 PM

Dave Anderson NH replied to a thread Time for some levity in Off Topic Forum

Thursday musings plus odds and ends.

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Yesterday, 10:04 AM

Jim Becker replied to a thread Two Charged Over Sycamore Gap Tree in Off Topic Forum

I believe those charges were levied quite some time ago, now. And it was a horrible crime against nature. What you propose has a nice "ring" to it......

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05-01-2024, 10:20 PM

Ken Fitzgerald replied to a thread Woodturning lathe for young adult nephews? in Turner's Forum

Steve, I couldn't comment about others. I was gifted by a bunch of turner Creekers with the "Bomb" a Jet 10" EVS. I suppose you could search for the...

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05-01-2024, 4:20 PM

Ken Fitzgerald replied to a thread Butterfly leaf table hardware? in General Woodworking and Power Tools

Here's the two sources I found. https://www.osbornewood.com/products/table-slides/fixed-frame-table-slides-equalizer and...

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05-01-2024, 1:57 PM

Ken Fitzgerald replied to a thread Woodturning lathe for young adult nephews? in Turner's Forum

Steve, that Jet is a good beginner's lathe. That's what I was gifted and started on. If he lives near a Wood Craft store, you could purchase it...

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05-01-2024, 11:24 AM

Keith Outten replied to a thread Tree of Life in CNC Machines

Nice work and it is in a perfect spot!

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05-01-2024, 8:38 AM

Jim Becker replied to a thread Shaker Window Sash Profile in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I agree with this, and not just for Shaker...the original window frames in the 250 year old portion of our former property were draw-bored, although...

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05-01-2024, 8:30 AM

Jim Becker replied to a thread Lacquer over BIN primer? in Project Finishing

Solvent based lacquers should generally always be used with the same brand vinyl sealer/primer for best results. Your acquaintance should ascertain...

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05-01-2024, 8:28 AM

Jim Becker replied to a thread Tree of Life in CNC Machines

That turned out very well, John. I agree with the profile cutting vs pocketing.

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04-30-2024, 11:12 PM

Jerry Bruette replied to a thread Solved a repair problem in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I've never used one, but I read that a roll pin works well for making screw extractor bits.

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04-30-2024, 9:44 PM

Lee Schierer started a thread Solved a repair problem in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I was asked if I could repair a small rocking chair for our Church nursery. The two spindles that supported the arms were very loose and showed...

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04-30-2024, 9:06 PM

Bruce Page replied to a thread Vectric Software V12 Now Available in CNC Machines

There's a thread on the Vectric forum on the v12 upgrade. There's a lot of unhappy campers. I decided to stick with 10.5 for now.

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04-30-2024, 7:20 PM

Jim Becker replied to a thread Vectric Software V12 Now Available in CNC Machines

John, unless one of the updated or added features "floats your boat", it's not going to be making you do cartwheels. (I don't suggest them even if...

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04-30-2024, 4:59 PM

Dave Anderson NH replied to a thread Time for some levity in Off Topic Forum

Tuesday mish mash.

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04-30-2024, 1:45 PM

Lee Schierer replied to a thread Logging in? in Forum Tech Support

This is the link you should use https://sawmillcreek.org//forum.php

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