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...

Memorial day must be coming....

Brian has it right. The retail gas sellers aren't making much on gasoline sales. Look how many went out of business when the underground storage tank

New workshop. What wall coverings?

I agree that painted OSB walls are not that attractive. My plan was to use some kind of inexpensive paneling for the walls, but when I went looking, sticker

Electromagnetic pendulum clock

Neat! Looking forward to the finished product.

BS resaw issues...

If the blade is new it's likely not the blade's fault. I've used a 1/4" x 4 tpi TW blades to resaw 6" white oak w/o problems. Not my favorite

Next question, Bandsaw brake material, Delta model 20

If I had known Van Huskey was going to disappear I would have started this last year.

Larry