If you keep running into dead ends on finding a replacement, you might consider scouting out people in your area that have the proper equipment for aluminum (TIG) welding.
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If you keep running into dead ends on finding a replacement, you might consider scouting out people in your area that have the proper equipment for aluminum (TIG) welding.
This is just a beautifully perfect response.
One option?
https://www.harborfreight.com/75-amp-5-in-double-cut-saw-63408.html
The only conceivable way I could think of would be to keep the computer offline 100% of the time.
I do that with an older iMac I have with photoshop and some other valuable software; I don't want...
I'm building David Johnson's danish cord bench (featured in Fine Woodworking in 2020). I am building it out of ash. Rather than traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery as David uses, I'm going with the...
I've suffered the same problem, and I too have sanded some dominos slightly to allow an easier fit for dry-fitting, but that gets old after a while. But this:
is an excellent approach. I'm...
Several years ago, I made a couple small toolboxes out of some tightgrained hemlock. The dovetails were tough, because the wood liked to splinter, but overall, it has held up well and is decently...
I would imagine sanding end-grain on ipe would take you approximately 3-4 months, but it would get the job done.
I concur with Jeff.
If you're dropping $1K on the domino, as I (and many others here) did, then the cost of the dominos themselves is not particularly prohibitive. And I bought the domino in part...
I'm building an old-school standing "teacher's desk" based loosely on this one from the Woodwright's Shop:
https://www.pbs.org/video/woodwrights-shop-rachells-standing-desk/
I prefer a...
Would it work to simply drill a bunch of holes around the side of the pipe at the level you want -- not even so you can fracture off the top of the pipe, but just so pond water can drain into the...
Yep - that's going to be put on the "when the weather improves" project list.
You all are terrific with all the input - thank you all again so much.
I thought about that vacuum switch for a while; I was just hoping to not spend so much.
Also, the system does have an...
You guys rock - I knew this would be the right place to ask.
To give some clarification:
- Fred: Yes, the pump I have (this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057GU9BW/) has a piggyback...
I'm hoping someone with a little bit of electricity savvy here might be able to help me out as I am trying to find if there is any little plug-in device that operates in this manner.
I have a...
Beautiful!
And carabiners as garage door locks - I love it.
Yet another vote for the trailer option.
I've hauled several large logs with a trailer hundreds of miles behind my midsize truck and it has been very smooth.
I've done as others have...
The same happened to me when I set up my 735 - and some of those shocks were very strong.
I tethered a simple piece of speaker wire to the dust hose -- right where it joins the planer housing --...
Don't sweat it.
It has happened to every batch I've had milled -- walnut, maple, ash, and elm (yes, elm -- elm that was very wet). But the wood all dried beautifully; the mold was only on the...
I concur on the "punky hard maple" vote.
Spectacular design and execution -- beautiful.
I'm going to be making several tool handles for Christmas gifts. These will be for small hand-held garden tools (little trowel, three-pronged cultivator, etc...), so they won't take hard blows like a...
I'd guess some of the standard lightweight "white wood" dowels from the big box store would be a good match for this little tool. Around me, dowels are offered in two species: generic white wood...
While I admittedly own a jigsaw (though not festool) and I do pull it out on occasion -- usually for cutting down very long boards -- it is easily my most despised tool in my shop. Hate that thing.
I'll echo others who said yes, you want that tree.
I had a nearly identical circumstance a few years ago. I bought a new house in early 2017 that had a large walnut (~20" diameter at base) that...