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Chinese laser purchase/Shenui/Laserworks tips and tricks thread
Thread Starter: Rodne Gold
Considering a lot of us are going or have gone that direction , I thought it a good idea to combine our knowledge pool in one thread. So I have started one. Those of you that have already posted to other threads can perhaps repeat and consolidate the posts here or at least point to other posts on...
Last Post By: George Carlson Today, 9:07 AM

Your Best Nifty Shop Tip?
Thread Starter: Russell Neyman
It's the small things that often make the biggest difference. I've found that the crafty veterans seem to know a little trick here or there that make turning better, safer, faster, or easier. So I'm throwing out a challenge: give us your best "nifty" and when this thread is done, it will make a...
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Sharpening technique--removing the wire edge
Thread Starter: Steve Voigt
Hi all, This post may portray me as embarrassingly stupid and inefficient, but whatever. Here goes. For the last 15 years, regardless of the sharpening media, I have used the following method: 1) hone a secondary bevel on a coarse stone until I can feel the wire edge on the back, all the way...
Last Post By: george wilson Today, 1:34 PM

Laser Engraving True 8bit Shades of Grey
Thread Starter: Jeff Woodcock
Hi everyone, I'm new here and this is my first thread and post on this forum. I would like to introduce to everyone a new process me and my son developed to laser engrave true 8bit shades of grey using a 445nm laser diode. There is no dithering a image first, no pulsing or overlapping dots to...
Last Post By: John Champlain Today, 11:58 AM

BBQ advice needed
Thread Starter: Rick Potter
I just finished looking at old threads about BBQ's. The weber seemed to be the choice in '05/'06. Is this still the case, or is there a new best choice? I just need a basic, medium size gas BBQ that runs on natural gas. I think I want stainless burners and grates, since I have had problems...
Last Post By: Neal Daughtry Yesterday, 5:30 PM

How about a little side contest? Make a Pencil sharpener...
Thread Starter: David Weaver
The catch being, make it completely and totally by hand. No electric at all with the possible exception of drilling a hole in the cutter. In the world of everything being sharp working better, I'm thinking that those little hand twist manual sharpeners would work pretty well if the cutter in them...
Last Post By: Jon Shank Yesterday, 11:43 PM

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Leaf ID #5

A cherry of some sort. The trees along the back fence of my parents' lot had trees with leaves and flowers like this. It was often referred to as 'chokecherry'
Robert Henrickson Today, 1:53 PM

Pine siding?

As others have said, pine is not the same any more. In fact, the engineering values for SYP were reduced within the past year to reflect the lower design
Tom Scott Today, 1:52 PM

Wearing out waterstones...

I wet my stones as soon as I enter the shop, then flatten them when I go over to them to hone for the 1st time during that session. Unless I'm doing a
Chris Griggs Today, 1:36 PM

Sharpening technique--removing the wire edge

Rather than ignoring the advice and practices of those "old men",when I was young(you know,we are ALL young once,use it well),I hung around
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Leaf ID #4

Mulberry looks like a good bet. Too bad my mother, who was a specialist in tree identification, is no longer around.
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