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I have a 1 1/2 HP Steel City dust collector. Its probably about 7 years old. It keeps tripping the internal circuit breaker or fuse every time I try to start it. Im not sure if this is fixable or...

Is there a way to recreate old circle sawn look. I am building a dining room table table from old 2x oak boards. They have the beautiful circular swirls from the old sawmills. My problem is that...

Looking for suggestions on moisture meters.
ie: pin vs pin less. Recommendations on actual meters too.

How should the riving knife align with the blade on a table saw. When facing the saw my riving knife is about a 32nd of an inch to the left of the right side of the blade. I'm thinking it should be...

Just got a new benchtop jointer. I'm in the process of building a mobile base for it. What's the best way to determine the proper height so it is comfortable to use?

Any reason that I would not want to make an epoxy river table using pine?

I am working on a pine table that is 7 1\2' long by 40" wide. It is all glued up and ready for stain and finishing. Right now it is in my garage. Humidity in Ohio these days is on the high side. ...

I am making a table top using 5 boards that are 7' long and 8" wide. Should I glue and clamp them all together in one process or glue up two boards then add boards in separate steps?

I am building a table using pine boards. The edges don't quite fit together perfectly for a glue up even though I carefully jointed them. I am thinking of running a small chamfer groove on the edge...

Anyone use a track saw to joint the edge on rough cut lumber. I've got 8' boards that are 6/4 thick. Don't have a jointer and I'm not sure that I can get a straight enough cut on my table saw with...

I am working on 8' long pine boards that are 8/4 thick. They are rough and need to be squared up. I have a planer but need some guidance. I know that I can set the boards on another flat surface,...

I am trying to fill a void in a project with epoxy dyed black. When I tried it on a test piece the black bleeds out into the surrounding wood. Any suggestions on how to avoid this or am I doing...

What speed do you set your lathe at when using easy wood turning tools.

I have a 10" contractors sawstop. I can only get the blade to 90.1 degree to the table. Any suggestions on how to remedy this little problem?

I have a Grizzly 555 bandsaw. Just put on a new 1/2" blade and aligned everything. The blade is rubbing on the guard on the lower left side of the machine. It is a plastic channel the runs on the...

I have a delta 40-460 mid lathe and am having 2 problems.

1. The spindle lock will only go in part way and will not totally lock it.

2. When I put on a mandrel and turn a pen blank it seems to...

I am steaming small strips of wood to be bent and glued into a board. Can I glue the bent piece in as it comes out of the steamer or do I need to bend it then let it dry before gluing?

I have an older Craftsman 10" table saw. When I set one side of the blase at 90 degrees to table the other side is off a few degrees. Depending on what I am cutting, I may have to adjust the angle...

I started spraying a minwax satin finish on a small project. Actually wanted to use a semi gloss. Any idea if I can put a final coat of semi gloss over the satin finish?

I have a grizzly go555 bandsaw. Just got a new 93.5" x 1/2" blade and cannot seem to get it tensioned and adjusted. The book says that it will take a 92.5 to 93.5 inch blade. Her are my problems....

I have some small pieces of wood that I want to use to make knife handles. They are about 5" long by 2" wide and about 3/8" thick. I like to plane them down to 3/16". They are too small to run...

Thanks for all ther advise. I have flipped the table over and the warp is almost gone after 2 days. I plan to continue to flip it back and forth for a few more days before attaching the aprons and...

Just built a table top 72" x 45". The boards run lengthwise. I built it in the garage and brought it in the house last week planning on finishing it this week. Unfortunately, after a few days in...

I am trying to joint some curly maple using a router table. I am using a 1/4" straight bit and have an older craftsman router. It seems to be cutting rough and at times is hard to push the wood...

I am looking for a benchtop router table. Nothing fancy but would like it to have the ability to do jointing. I have looked at the benchdog unit on line and also one of the craftsman models that...