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    I agree with Richard on the "2 different...

    I agree with Richard on the "2 different animals". Got my Sorby in about 2018 for just over $300 as an "open box" model, "Deluxe" version if i recall correctly. When i added grinder, CBN &...
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    Time references sometimes get a little under my...

    Time references sometimes get a little under my skin...for example, "10 am in the morning". Is there a "10 am" in the afternoon or evening?? And yet, i hear those references regularly on newscasts,...
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    Try a Coke made in Mexico, icy cold. You may...

    Try a Coke made in Mexico, icy cold. You may relive that moment.
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    Yeah, it's kind of easy to understand the South Florida "soda" from the amount of migration from the northeast. Really, the same with California too. The little white spaces must be where they call...
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    by Earl McLain
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    No idea. Even now that i'm over 65, i don't get...

    No idea. Even now that i'm over 65, i don't get a heck of a lot of healthcare mailings. My first wife, who hasn't lived here in 23 years, gets more junk mail addressed to her than i do.
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    Don't sweat the fit of the dovetails, celebrate...

    Don't sweat the fit of the dovetails, celebrate that you get to be back in the shop!! Glad to know you're doing better, hang in there!!
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    Gotcha Derek. I just looked at their site--that...

    Gotcha Derek. I just looked at their site--that is a lot of clips. Hope it works well for you, i don't think my "project manager" would have liked the black brackets.
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    Agreed, except for root beer. If i'm out and have a root beer urge, i ask what they have--and rarely does a place have one i want to drink. I'm persnickity that way...i want a RB made from cane...
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    by Earl McLain
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    ME!! but only 5 days a week (Tuesday-Saturday),...

    ME!! but only 5 days a week (Tuesday-Saturday), and in the 8-12 page range. Comes in the mail, so i read it the next morning. Tuesday's news is usually from the prior Wednesday or Thursday, and i...
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    Yeah Jim, gotta be a "contributor" to view...

    Yeah Jim, gotta be a "contributor" to view pictures. Minimum donation of $6/year gets you pictures and private messages. I'll try to e-mail the pictures to. If that recess in the middle of your...
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    Hey Jim--ran out of Monday before i ran out of...

    Hey Jim--ran out of Monday before i ran out of stuff to do!
    Here's a few pics of what i was thinking of. It is an insert for an old Bench Dog router plate. I also found an unused router plate in...
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    No opinion on the seller, but having had 2...

    No opinion on the seller, but having had 2 carbide inserts break in my planer in the last 10 or so years (both on knots that i should not have run through)...i don't think i'd want one to let loose...
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    No disrespect intended to your employer, but...

    No disrespect intended to your employer, but that's a bit salty. I just looked back at my invoices--for 7 sections totaling right at 70' (7 strands) my total spend was $419--including the swaging...
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    For me... Sprecher's Root Beer Hank's Birch...

    For me...
    Sprecher's Root Beer
    Hank's Birch Beer
    --or--
    Sioux City Sarsaparilla

    One of the above every few weeks. I'm not what you'd call a drinker of pop or soda.
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    Another Mercury user for general use. Glu-Boost...

    Another Mercury user for general use. Glu-Boost for a finishing CA (pen turning). Both have a stainless steel post in the cap to keep the spout from clogging. When i open a new bottle, i usually...
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    I may have a set of those rings (and the router...

    I may have a set of those rings (and the router plate). Let me see what i can find--may take a day or so, as i put a top over that router table for my grinder & lathe tools. If i didn't take the...
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    I did cable in my deck rebuild last spring, used...

    I did cable in my deck rebuild last spring, used 3 1/2" spacing. We're out in the country, so no building inspector--on hot days we'd have been marginal on the 4" requrement to 3 1/8" should be...
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    I picked up a few blemished PEC double squares...

    I picked up a few blemished PEC double squares from Harry Epstein--wonderful and i have no idea what the blemishes are. (i am addicted to double squares--incredibly handy to me, your mileage may...
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    If i had 3 bags of Lindor Dark Truffles, i'd...

    If i had 3 bags of Lindor Dark Truffles, i'd throw away the utensils and just subsist on the truffles!!

    We need to do something about our utensils--great to have an alternative thought to our...
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    Very cool Kent--thanks for the view. I don't...

    Very cool Kent--thanks for the view. I don't adjust my table height as often as i could (just clamp scraps of wood on the table to build to the height i need, highly inefficient but i couldn't think...
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    I agree with that--doesn't seem like that guide...

    I agree with that--doesn't seem like that guide pin should have any impact on the tightening of the table.

    Makes me wonder if the problem isn't with the tightening ratchet handle instead of the...
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    Maybe even truer in music than woodturning. ...

    Maybe even truer in music than woodturning. Between church bands, pickers in coffee shop song circles, and barn parties--i've run into many dozens of musicians and singers that had "the chops" but...
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    I sync my phone (texts, photos, and calls) with my Windows 11 laptop. Besides being able to text with a full keyboard, it's a ton easier to move photos from phone to laptop. Before i started...
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    When i was working, most of the printing i needed...

    When i was working, most of the printing i needed was at the office, and we printed very little at home. Almost every time we did, we needed to change one or more ink cartridges because they had...
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    $45,000 for a septic?? We had ours done last...

    $45,000 for a septic?? We had ours done last summer for $12,000 including getting some old cast iron out of the basement, it was another $500 for the soil survey and $150 for the permit. Of...
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