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The additional width can't be easily added on either edge because all the "factory" edges have a radius. Also, ripping in half will be much easier for me since I have a "smallish" saw (Bosch...

I'd like to get some advice on re-sizing an Ikea oak countertop, especially the glue-up plan.

The Ikea countertop is 1 1/2" thick x 25" wide, and is made of glued-up oak strips approximately 1...

Is there a source for a decent aftermarket zero-clearance insert for this saw? The Bosch model is not much better than stiff cardboard.

I wouldn't mind upgrading the miter gauge and fence as...

A neighbor gave me dozens of clear, vertical-grain fir 1x3s salvaged from a house, where they had been door & window trim. Most are around 7' long, with a clear finish; a few are painted white.
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I am preparing a 40-year old Singer sewing machine cabinet up to the point of refinishing. It is largely made of 11/16 mahogany ply. The cabinet backside was apparently exposed to the sun over...

I used one to run a Craftsman lathe, with stepped pulleys on both the motor and the lathe. I used another one to run an apple chopper on a cider press made from a Mother Earth News plan. The chopper...

Hi Jim,

Well, actually I have more than one plank, but I was thinking there might be a geometry-based scheme to maximize the weathered surface-area in view when applied to any plank. Since I...

I have an ocean-driftwood plank which I'd like to make into a picture frame.

The wood can be ripped, crosscut, mitered, and/or resawn, or any combination of these cuts.

What are best...

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Another, more entertaining, site is:...

Is the 20" exhaust fan going in a window hole, or will a new hole be framed? In your search did you run across anything decent in 110V that would install between existing studs 16" on center? ...

Another view. This is the back of the rack.

Jason,

Ok. I think the pix are uploaded. The plywood rack is 8' long x 52" high x 17" wide. It is built on a base of 2x4s covered with a deck of 1/2" plywood. The tray on the front is 5" wide....

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I appreciate not wanting to sift through a bin of washers to find a nut. Unfortunately, many "nuts" are buried under vague titles. Clear, to-the-point titles on posts help everyone and lessen the...

Jason,

I have some pictures of a vertical rolling plywood storage rack that I made 10-12 years ago from a magazine project. I don't remember the mag or have the plans, but it would be easy to...

Perhaps Tormek's choice had as much or more to do with where the tool is built as with where it's sold? Maybe Tormek does not wish to manufacture in China? Is Tormek big/experienced/savvy enough to...

I already put in 2 cents on status of the WW hobby; now for comments about WW shows and other "expos" in general: home, RV, boats, remodeling, etc. The venues available and booked for these events...

Heather, Thank you for your post. I was especially intrigued by the Rousseau quote. That led via google to Doug Stowe's blog, a very interesting site, which I've suggested to a number of my...

Wife and I drove through a typical new housing development today. The lots might be 5,000 square feet. The garages might be 20x20. Some developments limit the number of vehicles left outside...

I hope there's a good response; it's great (and I think rare) to have a high-quality forum like this uncluttered by ads. I've been on the Creek just a few months, yet information here has saved me...

My thought would be to not increase the amount of wood/tile. Some combo of mirroring in small-to-medium segments could add to a sense of light, plus some texture/color enhancement from...

Plastic motor oil containers and tofu boxes are recycled to be storage trays. On the tofu boxes, some knobs are bits of dowel, others are wooden beads from an old car seat cover.

Yesterday, Emerson's check for $100 arrived, the recall settlement for my Craftsman RAS from the '70s. The return was easy, the check was prompt. IMO, the saw was just an OK tool, a loud dustmaker...

Yeah, maybe we're fortunate to be the last house on a dead-end, three-house driveway, and where non-residents' vehicles usually are noticed. The risk at the drop-box is only marginally greater than...

Here's a picture of the completed drop-box. Two 1" stainless bolts attach the cutout to the top. Six 1" drainage holes are in the bottom. The scrap ply floor is supported by seven bricks, which...