How to measure dust collector performance.

Hi to all. This is my first post, but I sure have been reading a lot, and getting great info here. After 40 years of abstinence, I am about to start working with wood again. I have set up a decent shop to begin my retirement, which includes dust collection through a separator. However, I am...

cats

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 times

End vise advice: traditional or wagon?

I'm posting this here instead of the workshop forum specifically because I'm seeking advice in the context of hand tool use. I currently have two workbenches, a long (16' or so) one that is basically a butcher block top on base cabinets. It's almost 30 years old, but was really intended for use...

Sometimes You Have To Sit Back In Awe

Chainsaw advice

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 tight, or something, because he couldn't get it out, but if he could he was sure he'd see a burned up piston. I know I didn't do it I never had the...

Vote For Your Favorite Baileigh Box Contest Entry

Ok, we need some pictures. While many of you will be using lasers my friend Paul has a Chevalet. This tool was created in the late 1700's for production marquetry. It has a foot activated clamp to hold your stack of veneers and a "D" shaped saw that is held perpendicular to your cut but will move...

Larger Harbor Freight Impeller

Just one quick comment on the relationship between the impeller and the housing, for centrifugal jet engine, the clearances between the impeller and the

Any bow makers?

Joe, if you go to tradgang dot com and look for the "how to resources" you will find a thread called "so you wanna build a bow?".

Segmented pen

Here is a Chrome Slimline I finished yesterday. It's Sycamore and Walnut. The blank took about 2 days to make but turned out quite well. It's finished

Ordering from Grizzly?

+1, I've done this 4 times and it work out great.

Wet Turn and Sand - Now with Pics!

Soaking bowls in DNA for between 24-36 hrs ( I have left them in the DNA for a week) just make them dry out faster and can be finished faster and sold