Time for some levity

With 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.

The Dummy's Guide to European Bandsaw Setup

Seems like questions about Minimax bandsaws have been popping up and I wondered if there could be an opportunity to condense knowledge into and level-set some best-practices for setup? First, any contemporary Italian or large Austrian bandsaw ought be very straightforward to set up and get cutting...

Forget 'Baby on board'

I need a bumper sticker that says 'Nobody on board'. Tesla has opened up the 'self driving' app on newer Tesla's for a free 30 day trial. It is factory installed on all of them, they just don't turn it on unless you pay, which we didn't. All of a sudden there is an octogenarian who cannot...

How many miles do you get out of your car brakes?

I drive a 2006 Toyota mostly on the highway. It has 90,000 miles with the original brakes. I don't hear any squealing on the brakes and they work fine. What do you think?

Would you - borrow a tool?

A lot of people - myself included - make it a policy to really avoid lending out tools. The list is a really short one of the people I will lend a tool to. What about - borrowing a tool?

Shop tidbits...

A few weeks ago, the mowing season began here. While in the shed, I was looking for something and checking the open containers on the bench in there and I noticed a right-angle adapter. Looking at it, I couldn't figure what it fit. I put it back into the container and continued the search for...

Advice needed on cutting/stickering downed tree

I would cut them thick enough so they can be resawn and used for 4 sided boxes with continuous grain. 5/4 should work if you are making 3/8 thick box

Aha, I identified my Domino 500 problem, I think!

Ok. Removed the stop and sat the tool on the edge of my cast iron sawstop table saw. With pressure down on the knob it wanted to rock a little bit even

Lots of holes...wrong piece of tooling. "D'oh!!"

Tks, Jim. I put that into Amazon.ca and it sells for $321. So just about double. Adding in our federal taxes, it's just over $360. I'll stay with clamps,

Advice needed on cutting/stickering downed tree

We just cut down a tree that my father planted. I hope to make small boxes from it for my grand children and their children. The idea is that my Great

Vectric Software V12 Now Available

I’ve been tossing this around since last week. I don’t use all of the features of 10.5.

SC Pig-Picking