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...

Beam reflection when cutting metals

Thank you Bruce for your detailed answer. I am not going to use it for metals then.
I can recall now that the manufacturer has mentioned that their

New workshop. What wall coverings?

Finally getting ready to build my new workshop. The building will be 30 X 50 and there will be two overhead doors in one 30 foot side ( one 8 X 7 for

That was a bit of a work out.

Making shutters for the bedroom and need 120 shutter blades. Found it quite therapeutic to plane them all by hand. Didn't take near as long or was as

make do sharpening

thanks guys,

dowels makes more sense then the files i was going to use.

I could not tell what you were doing in those pics on

Woodworking in Sydney Australia?

Woodworking wise can't think of anything. But climb the bridge on a good clear day. Go to Manly and Bondi Beaches - don't forget to bring your budgie