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Thanks, Randy, for a trip down memory lane. My dad was a patternmaker - after the factory closed he started a small pattern shop in our basement. Watching him work left me with a love of woodworking...

I use pool chemical from Walmart. AquaChem pH Decreaser Dry Acid.
Mike

I work copper as well, I was taught to use 'pickle' as the cleaner/quench. Brand name is Sparex, or you can make your own by using Ph Down pool chemical. Works better if it's heated, but room temp...

I suggest looking into a workshop of our own (.com) - located in Baltimore.
Mike

Nice looking bench. Can I ask what hardware you used in the tail vise? And is the design on the tail functional?

I just placed my order, and it shipped same day. Only thing better would have been a closeout price at Lowe's.

Great idea on the landscaping fabric: I have one room where I will be placing down...

I am just about to pull the trigger on the Delta-fl for my basement shop / finished room. Two questions, if you would: 1. did you secure the floor with tapcon screws as in the directions? (although...

That's a verse of beauty, I don't care who you are...

And I always heard that the original reason for the taper was economics, which is why the 'irons' (as the purists call them) are exactly that...

That counts as the best advice and one of the best posts I've read on SWC. Going to Google Rate-of-Rise Heat Detector now.

I think that it's funny how quickly woodworkers are to slam HF as junk but can see past a quality issue on a name brand. I only wish that I could tell my customers that for my screw-up they should be...

I've been thinking of this myself - you can by the steel blanks from ebay.

Did you epoxy the handle on? I've seen knives made with brass barrell rivets that are glued together, but the smooth...

I bought mine at Lowes for around $100 and thought it was a great deal. I wish that you could buy only the table mechanism and mount - I would buy a second and leave it on the belt. Not that it's a...

I got mine from MSCDirect.com

Search under "strain relief grips" or look at page 3535 of their catalog.

For my purposes I got the dust tight, slightly less cost.

Mike

I use the strain relief drops for both machine (220) and general (110) circuits in my shop.

For general curcuits I had the advantages of having the length and wire (12 ga) that I wanted, without...

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I must be the opposite of Gil Liu - I moved from Indy area to Chapel Hill.

There's a real lumberyard in Russiaville, which would be about half way between Anderson and Lafayette, closer to...