"old money"

i started this piece on january 15th. i have diligently recorded the process. i hope you enjoy watching this come together. i'll post a few photos over time. it starts with me gluing three pieces of white pine to make one solid block........

A Great Woodie Build Off

What do you say to a Wooden plane build challenge? Anyone interested builds a plane. Any size, shape, construction, type, anything goes. No voting, no winning or loosing, only rule is you gotta make the base out of wood, and it's gotta be done in 3 months. Any interest? Maybe get some plane...

A Thien Baffle tested on a shopvac

I have long been skeptical of the Thien Baffle. Though I am wholly ignorant of fluid dynamics, to my eye it seems as likely to keep the dust suspended as to make it drop. Many people are extremely satisfied with it's performance, but I haven't seen anyone actually test it. So I did. I built...

A Few More Cabinets...

As we get ready for winter up here it's time up the shop time and start our winter projects... My first one will be a few more cherry cabinets for my shop. Got a few weeks under my belt on this and the plan is starting to come together. A bunch of sheets of cherry ply and a lot of clamps. I...

Delta 18-900L -- Any reason not to?

I just sold my OWWM drill press because I want something a little larger and something that has a table raising mechanism. Craigslist has been devoid of any OWWM drill presses even meeting most of my criteria for the past couple months and I'm going to end up buying new. I've all but decided on...

I screwed up

Oh boy. Do you get those moments when it dawns on you that you made a really stupid mistake? This is a doozy but it is repairable. I would like your ideas. Its the bench (what else?). I have just realised that the dog hole strip is in backwards. Backwards! No, don't ask the question.

I have one of those I picked up last year. I'd love to get one of the General International dual drum units to replace it someday.

Do you have a "quest machine" or tool

I received a package of Mexican made Nicholson files a few days ago. They are triangular files. They look very well made,with sharp,accurately cut teeth.

Mexican made Nicholson files I tested are soft.

My quest is to have more shop time.

But I'd love to have an Oliver pattern maker's lathes with all the tooling. One of the big boys like

Do you have a "quest machine" or tool

I am new to the forum and would like to get help on a band saw purchase. It is a delta model 20 cat# 28-651. Can anyone help me with this? I looks all

Delta model 20 band saw help

How deep is the space under the surface of your dust table? What size hose is that and have you created channels or is it all open under the top. Do you

Dust Collection for Compund Sliding Miter Saw

Finished, I think

Work has been a bit psychotic at the start of the year. I did find some time to complete the prong table project. I apologize for the pictures, I need to take a day and set up the better camera with...