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...

Minivan for hauling plywood?

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 lift-gate shut? I'm about to replace a first gen Ford Windstar. It is a few inches too short. I don't know if the Windstar/Freestar ever grew long...

A neander-haul

Your fore plane doesn't need to be flat, it is for rough work.

thank you

Cindy

Glad all went well. I've had several experiences with the anesthesia myself and one doesn't realize how potent and lasting the effects

Bandsaw dilemma

Before I proceeded any further, I'd do as David K suggests and loosen all of the hardware holding the table on. Check the table again (with pin in place)

Bandsaw dilemma

I can get it square on one side of blade, but not both. And it depends on what part of the table, around the blade, the square is sitting. So, you can

thank you

I would like to thank everyone for the well wishes before my surgery. I survived but am trying to get rid of the lingering effects of anesthesia. Hopefully