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...

Minivan for hauling plywood?

I agree. My 2004 Chrysler van takes full sheets of plywood with some room to spare. If I rest the end of a board on the dash I can almost get a 12 footer

Leaf Molding Project & Clamp

Besides this project I'm still moving on with some other work that has just hit the shop. Here I have a drawing for the top of a cabinet door. I'll fit

Rusty Italian Machinery .. looking for advise .. Pictures

For that much surface rust the nuts and bolts look remarkably clean. That is a good sign the mechanical parts won't need a ton a work. Dave

Leaf Molding Project & Clamp

Here are the aluminum templates I made for transferring the pattern to the moldings as well as a photo of the molding captured in the clamp. Shown too

Starting On A Couple Of New Tables

Wow, that is a great project. Love those mariposas !!