About a month ago I began a thread about designing and building two carver chairs to accompany the 6 bentwood chairs we have owned for the past 40 years. The chairs were purchased all those years ago along with a table, which is around 200 years old. We need a larger table, and time has come to...
Last Post By: Derek Cohen Today, 11:04 AMMy 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....
Last Post By: Maurice Mcmurry Today, 8:19 AMAnswer = Tape
Last Post By: Alan Rutherford Today, 9:34 AMWhile reviewing different approaches in preparing card scrapers I found the method used by Rob Cosman to be the most involved. Basically he recommends flattening and polishing the 3 surfaces of each side, eventually using a 16000 grit Shapton stone. He also employs the Charlesworth ruler trick to...
Last Post By: John C Cox Today, 11:06 AMHi folks, I'm looking for advice on whether to ignore/repair/euthanize a misaligned Dewalt 735. A couple of years ago, I bought a used Dewalt 735 from a guy who had already installed a byrd cutterhead on it. I've recently realized that it is out of parallel by ~0.013". Picture attached...
Last Post By: Sam Shankar Today, 8:47 AMBeen doing it like (or equivalent) this for years. (Votes: 4)
Wow! Never thought of that. (Votes: 0)
Been doing it with mirrors. (Votes: 2)
Ain't got a boat, truck, care… (Votes: 0)
BTW: The "2" in 246 is the size of the frame/base...."4" is that there is 4" between the teeth and the spline/back of the saw...and
steven c newman Today, 12:51 PMGF water based High Performance finish is basically a urethane, as I understand it. It is very clear but for some woods doesn't look great because it
Tom Linton Today, 12:48 PMI have it's bigger brother..the Stanley No. 346
Loosen that center bolt...then either tighten or loosen one of the smaller bolts on either
In my shop I've had two mini split heads running for almost four years now and haven't found the need for additional filtering. However I keep things
David M Peters Today, 12:24 PM
Time for some levity
Thread Starter: Dave Anderson NHWith 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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