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If you have to regularly clean the filters on an air filtration unit then it is worth having if the cost is not prohibitive. Of course, it is best do everything possible to pick it up at the source,...

Beatiful cabinets Dan. I hope mine turn out nearly as well when I start sometime next year. Regarding the butcher block, there is a lot of space between the base and wall cabinet. Could you hang a MW...

Mike, I did a google search for the phrase "bookcase door". Got some hits on doors for bookcases but also a thread on Bob Vila's forum.

Didn't read through it but there were a lot of replies. The...

I am certainly no chainsaw expert but the tree doesn't look too thick. What do the more experience cutters think about renting a motorized pole saw and working back from the top of the tree until it...

Tried staining the small back room. The test spot looked OK but the staining was very uneven on the whole floor. Also was darker than we liked. Basically a disaster (will include disaster pics with...

The bark is reminiscent of cherry, and birch also, but the growth pattern of the tree would be very unusual for cherry. That is very upright, with a strong central leader, more like birch, poplar or...

Regarding price of batts. Your local utility company may have rebate money to help pay for insulation. Chris, here in Cal. PG & E had rebates last year but you have to get in quick because they have...

Great job. The upward tilt of the figure on the legs draws your eyes into the piece and towards the top. I would also like to see a shot from a little higher angle to see more of the top and front...

My wife and I spent the weekend scraping and sanding our doug fir floors in the bathroom and a little sitting room. Both had old linoleum with the bathroom having some tough linoleum with a tarpaper...

Jason,

After treating with the acid will it blend into the rest of the floor using a light stain, (Minwax water based Colonial Pine)?

Also, if you have ever done fir floors and used a stain,...

Good to know about the water base. I will post some pictures when done. It is pretty except for the small area around the toilet. My wife and I spent about two days taking off the old linoleum. It...

I am refinishing the floor in my 1926 home. It has been linoleumed and carpeted for many years. Main problem is staining around the toilet.

Any ideas on bleaching it out so that is will still...

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The dog, no, the yellow one, is Sam. Coming on 2 years. We are toll addicts and Sam is a ball addict. He waits at the door about 6 o'clock and won't let me rest until I toss a few.
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A couple of more pictures. I am not sure how tight they should fit either. They certainly aren't perfect. I don't know how much you can tell from the "down the throat" picture but they don't always...

Chris, in Franks thread on DC we talked about the source for spiral pipe in Hayward (CA). You asked if it was true DC pipe (right airflow direction). It is DC pipe but it isn't crimped on one end....

Chris,

I bought my pipe from Air Ducts West in Hayward. I got their name from Bill Pentz's website. There was a price increase right after I bought due to steel prices but I paid:
$16.75 26...

Waymon,
Thanks to you for your generous offer. I just pay-paled $50 to Ken. My son Jason served in Iraq from March 21 to April 21 2003 and was in the square helping to pull down Saddam's statue. We...

I made some candleholders out of salvaged 4X4 old growth doug fir. I didn't try to cut out the old nail holes and they added to its aged look. I got the idea from a friend who had made some from a...

Mark Rios asked the same question a while back and several creekers said 80% of replacement cost was a good starting point for near new equipment. I think that 50% of replacement cost is a good price...

That is beautiful. I love the simplicity and heft of the craftsman style. Gustave Stickley and William Morris would be proud. It is truly a family heirloom to be.

Man, after all the time I have spent in the rafters lately I don't know how I could have mis-remembered so much detail of their structure.

I just stepped out there and the rafters are 2X6 @ 24" OC...

Thanks Jim.

It looks like its the 4' OC rafters that are limiting me. I have a 2X8 ridge beam also but it doesn't seem too easy to insert another rafter in between the existing ones. Yes, I would...

Jim,

Your shop looks great and like everyone else I am in awe of the speed in which it has come together.

But I have a question about your plans, especially your roof structure. My shop is...

Sorry to hear about your wife. Hope she feels better soon.


What a score on the equipment. The shaper is nice but the "to boot" DC system was the big score. I just purchased a Woodsucker...

Mine is about 20 X 21, a little over half of a detached 3 1/2 car garage, with an 8' ceiling. The other half is my wifes garage for the car and a wall of kitchen cabinets I salvaged. Sometimes, OK...