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Thanks. No water lines to contend with. New construction, 2X6 16" OC fully insulated with R35 blown in insulation in the ceiling so it's insulated to the same level as my house.

Question regarding heater settings. I'm using a Hot Dawg heater in my shop (I'm in central NH) and I turn it down to 40 degrees when I'm not in the shop. I read somewhere recently that it's...

I'm in the process of finishing up my new shop. Walls are fiberglass batts covered with 3 mil poly. For the attic/ceiling I put up drywall and I'm having 12+ inches of loose cellulose blown in. My...

I'm in Central NH too and it's a hobby shop not a full time production shop. If you're in the area and venting outside with no heat loss issues maybe I'll try that. I guess the other option would...

Thanks all, I appreciate the input. A lot to think about but I like the idea of a baffled exhaust in the shop setup. If I build an enclosure correctly I can probably use the top of it for storage. ...

In my old shop I had my single stage DC parked in a corner of the shop. I used a Thien baffle on top of a metal trash can that seemed to do a very good job catching the larger saw dust and chips. ...

I'm building my new workshop. It's a 28X32 building, 10' walls. I'm going to partition off a 12' wide area where the garage door is so my workshop will end up being 20X28. In the interest of not...

Charley - Northern New England. From what I understand heat pumps won't work below freezing and other than the 4th of July, that's pretty much the rest of the year up there!!! :)

Thanks for all the input. I'm definitely going to rethink the whole setup. I like the idea of venting to the outside so I'll probably go that route. I'm using a Hot Dawg brand shop heater in my...

Thanks all. I do use a 3M respirator when sanding just to be safe. I guess it's back to the drawing board! I'll have to budget an upgrade to my DC system for the new shop.

I've got a 2hp Grizzly DC in my shop (20' X 24') I've invested in a Wynn filter for it and built a Thien separator that mounts on top of a trash can. Even with that setup I'm still getting very...

Thanks all. I'm going to have to go out and raid the firewood pile again and see what else I can come up with. What I liked best about turning the segmented bowl/mortar was the near absence of tear...

My neighbor's son runs a local pizza shop. She stopped by the other day and brought us a pizza then showed me a small wooden mortar and pestle that her son had bought online. He wanted to use it to...

I guess I was letting my OCD kick in when I was cutting the segments! I used the sled that I made to cut the angles and rigged it up to hold the glued up halves in place then ran them through the...

Thanks Bob, I'll give that a try. I'll keep everyone posted.

Thanks Dave. I built the flat part of the sled first with two guides under it. I'm using a 10" Grizzly cabinet saw. I made a cut in the base of the sled and using a square, established a 90 degree...

Thanks for the info, I've got some studying to do!

Thanks Chris. That's about where I am now. I glued up everything in halves. I'm figuring on sanding the ends or else try to carefully run them on the table saw with the flat side against the fence...

I've never made a segmented turning before. Someone asked me to make a mortar and pestle for them for grinding garlic, so they're looking for something about 8 inches in diameter. I figured I'd...

Warning on spalted wood - I found out the hard way after making a couple spalted maple bowls. Sawdust never bothered me in the past. However, when I started making spalted maple bowls I started to...

Thanks all, I did some more searching and found these at Grizzly. They look like the Rubbermaid supports on steroids. Anybody have any experience with these?...

Trying to decide what to do for a lumber rack. I don't store a lot of lumber so I don't need anything industrial strength capable of holding a sequoia tree worth of lumber. I like the Pinnacle setup...

I just wired mine myself - 20'X32', 125amp panel. I added on to an existing barn but wanted a separate meter for my shop. It cost me $2500 for an electrician to mount supply and mount the 125amp...

Thanks all.... I'm figuring a better filter and adding a baffle as Phil recommends in my DC. Other than that, I'll make sure I've got good filters in my air cleaner.

I went through the same dilemma and I finally settled on 7/16 LP Smartside panels. They are 4X8 sheets made up of OSB but front side has a reverse board and batten profile just like T1-11. They...