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    Dave Anderson NH

    Time for some levity

    Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NH

    With all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.

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    Alan Lightstone

    How to bend wood like this - Outdoor furniture project

    Thread Starter: Alan Lightstone

    Looking for a new project to do. I've been spending a few months upgrading the workshop / fixing minor annoyances, and really need to actually build something. I ran across this in a magazine ad. The furniture is supposedly solid teak, though I don't think that will be in the cards for...

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    dirk martin

    Copyright questions with wood working plans

    Thread Starter: dirk martin

    There is a person, that has designed very crazy looking squirrel houses. All kinds of fancy, moving parts, and such. He sells the plans to make these squirrel houses in print form, as pdf, and as dxf. He does not sell kits, nor parts. Plans only. Oh his policy page, he writes the following: ...

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    Jerry Thompson

    Osage Orange

    Thread Starter: Jerry Thompson

    My friend in So. Dk. was given a fair amount of Osage Orange. He hauled home and called me to tell me how heavy it was. He said it had been in a barn for several years and was thrilled to have. The next day his back was hurting severely. He lives in a small town that has pretty good medical care....

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    glenn bradley

    Pair of Dressers

    Thread Starter: glenn bradley

    I aim to finish these about the time the new master bedroom remodel completes. Otherwise they will clog up the shop until I have somewhere to put them. These are styled after the blanket chest I shared here which is part of the new bedroom suite. . . . . . Carcasses mainly done. ...

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    Tom M King

    Bought a water pump

    Thread Starter: Tom M King

    Thinking about the electric lawnmower thread, I decided to put this in a new thread. This out to freak Doug out. I have a 2 acre point on the lake that we are getting ready to be able to rent for weddings. I want to get grass growing on it like Augusta National. To do that, it needs an inch of...

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    John C Cox

    Bit stuck in impact driver

    I would call up the manufacturer's customer service line. I doubt you are the first who stuck a bit and lost the detent balls.

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    Stan Calow

    walnut as firewood

    How could it be any more acidic than oak? Nasty smoke? I knew a commercial sausage maker who used walnut sawdust in his walk-in sized smoker, making

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    John C Cox

    Bad wood? Bad technique? Bad luck?

    Wow. I must just be lucky. I've resawed a pile of quartersawn cherry for guitars and I haven't lost any yet.

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    Tom M King

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    John C Cox

    Copyright questions with wood working plans

    I think the statement is to serve as a not-so-subtle warning that the product has not been certified to meet any safety, environmental, product use, or

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