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Well I finally broke down and ordered the L-N Improved Workbench. Unfortunately it will be some time before I see it. I was told that with the...

My grandson who's 13 thinks I'm really odd. He has no idea how well people got along before cell phones came to be. I don't feel the need to make or...

I just read that Adobe is going to stop selling their "Creative Suite" and migrate everyone over to their "Creative Cloud" at a monthly subscription...

How can I keep the neighbors cats off of my riding mower which are keep outside and they got a trail in the grass from walking the same path so many...

As sort of a last indulgence (until the next one, I guess), one of the other enablers on here mentioned to me that he had dug up a few chisels made...

I was gluing up a small face frame for my drum sander stand (more on that later) and I used dowels as normal. Got it ready, did a test fit to make...

Okay, so the saw I picked up from the pawn shop wasn't the bargain I thought it was. The repair said that the muffler screw had been put in with lock...

Micheal Dunn mentioned the Alex Snodgrass bandsaw tuneup video in one of his threads. It was very informative. Some of the things I knew but others...

I checked and it's been a few years since a similar thread ran so... Which minivans are long enough to carry full sheets of plywood with the...

Does anyone have an opinion on the site known as "The Wood Whisperer?" Membership rates look expensive. Is spending that much worth it?

I just finished looking at old threads about BBQ's. The weber seemed to be the choice in '05/'06. Is this still the case, or is there a new best...

If online businesses are required to collect state sales taxes and the small merchants are correct that this is too complicated for them to handle, I...

Guys (generically including girls), :confused: I've got an overarching problem that I can't seem to solve. I need some good direction. It's...

Don't know if it's me, getting old, or the younger people are different. Maybe smarter than folks who have gone past already. I made these two...

Hi guys. If I was going to buy some stones that are even finer than 6000, what grit would you suggest? I was reading old posts on sharpening and...

The catch being, make it completely and totally by hand. No electric at all with the possible exception of drilling a hole in the cutter. In the...

My grandson Michael is turning 11 years old tomorrow. My daughter tells me he could use a computer for his schoolwork. She found this at Best...

I don't know he's a scientist...:rolleyes:

With all the worry over alcohol in our gas that we use for chainsaws got me to thinking of a source that is alcohol free. I know of a few people that...

I've had in mind for some time to try making a chess set, finally got around to it. All visible wood of this chess set is made from the wood of...

Hi everyone, I'm new here and this is my first thread and post on this forum. I would like to introduce to everyone a new process me and my son...

A couple of weeks ago I got a catalog from McFeely's. On the back it says, "Prices good through August 13, 2013, unless otherwise noted." I've...

Hi all, This post may portray me as embarrassingly stupid and inefficient, but whatever. Here goes. For the last 15 years, regardless of the...

I have nearly completed the duct installation for my new CV. I fired it up at the end of the day yesterday to see it run:D. I noticed that the PVC...

I had been amassing a large collection of woodworking tools, but didn't have 220 in my garage. Then a garage fire wiped out everything, and I have...

After the completion of the box for the bridle plough plane, I was left with the smaller section on the left. It occurred to me that this...

I was trying to resaw through 7" of Poplar with my Rikon 10-340. I was using a 3/4" Timber Wolf blade. I believe that I've tensioned it as they...

I have decided to break down and buy a quality square, as my cheap big-box combination square, which seemed close enough when I bought it, has gotten...

I have a Delta 18-36 drum sander model 31-250 (uses the same parts as 31-252, 31-252, 31-255X, and 31-260X). The Gearshaft Assembly PN...