Sorry, my bad, a machinist vice. Edited the original post.
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Sorry, my bad, a machinist vice. Edited the original post.
I could use a machinist bench vise in the 4-6" range for general use. Are any of the modern ones worth the money? Irwin, Bessey, Yost? I know LV sells a couple, but not sure who they're made by. ...
I recently built a fairly tall (~6.5') bookcase designed to fit flush against a wall. When it's flush at the base, there's about a 3/4" gap between the wall and the backboard at the top. Checked...
I'm finally getting into turning. Planning on mostly spindle turning initially, and I'm planning to buy the Rikon mini lathe deal that Lee Valley's running that comes with a set of carbide-tipped...
My bad – I did eyeball for any other threads on this, but I guess I missed that one. If the mods want to delete this one, fine with me.
This will likely be of interest to some of us: David Charlesworth's estate is auctioning off part of his tool collection through Classic Hand Tools in the UK. The auction ends on 1 Dec:...
So, after fitting the back, it's still a degree (maybe two degrees) racked out of square. In a 76" bookcase, how much of a stability issue is that? It will, of course, be attached to the wall, but...
Eight shelves and sixteen dadoes...not my finest performance.
I remeasured last night and found I was overestimating how off it was (closer to two degrees). Did it again this morning with the carcass out of clamps, and it's only out by about a degree now, so I...
I'm less concerned with aesthetics than I am with stability. This bookcase won't be in the immediate vicinity of other furniture, so I'm hoping it won't be as noticeable. Also, the case has eight...
I botched the assembly of a full-height plywood bookcase badly today – the clamps pulled it out of square (say, by 5-6 degrees) and I didn't catch it in time to correct it. Am I correct in thinking...
I'm in the market for a new flashlight for general use outside. Looking for something pretty high-powered (and size is no object), but I want something that'll take off the shelf batteries, not a...
Thanks for the kind offers of loans, but I'm in a relatively remote area of Canada, so I will have to fend for myself. My current plan is to supplement the clamps with some 18ga brads shot at a...
Not my finest hour: I realized that I don't have quite enough clamps of sufficient length to clamp across the joint of every shelf in a bookcase I'm building. (There are eight shelves; I only have a...
I have one of those little brushless Makita circular saws and love it. It came in a set – I didn't want or need it at the time, but it has completely replaced my corded circular saw for breaking...
I've never used Milwaukee (just Ridgid, which is Milwaukee without the 50% markup for the colour red). I standardized on Makita for my workshop cordless tools. The 18V battery platform is very...
I have mostly Freud router bits, but am thinking of trying out a couple of Whitesides next time I buy. Anyone have a strong preference for one over the other? The major difference I see is that...
Lot of good takes here – thanks all.
This is what I'm wondering. My Abranet ROS discs look like they have a thin non-abrasive layer on the back. Also wondering whether loose grit/etc tends to get between the platen and mesh and abrade...
I expect interest rates to keep going up through at least the first quarter next year. US inflation is around 8%, I believe, and it's higher in a lot of the Western world. Central banks are...
Hope someone out there has experience with these – do they cause increased wear on the belt sander itself in the same way that the sanding discs do on a ROS platen?
Many universities offer cheap or free tuition for seniors. Never too late to learn something new! And it's pretty well-established at this point that regular, cognitively-demanding mental activity...
I'm designing a bookcase for a room with tall ceilings. It'll be 88x31", with a depth of 11" in the lower half, and 7" in the upper half. Does that seem sufficiently deep to avoid tipping worries?...
I'm building a bookcase that will have plywood shelves seated in dadoes in the carcass. I plan to run screws into the end of the plywood to reinforce the glue joint. How should I size the pilot...
Lots of vintage plow planes out there for substantially less. I just picked up a Record 044 for about a third the cost of the Veritas. (I have the Veritas, and it's a great plane, but there are...