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...

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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...

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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...

Rusty Italian Machinery .. looking for advise .. Pictures

Aluminum foil and water works remarkably well on chrome.

Larger Harbor Freight Impeller

Some of those housings can be reversed. If so it would be a great experiment to do so and measure the cfm with the blades curved the other way. They

A Scientist Explains The Physics of Resawing

Yep, and a very resourceful one as well. Had not seen his website until this thread.

David

Bandsaw dilemma

Before you go too far down the road, how does the table affect the cut? It is far more important that the fence be parallel to the blade than the table

Bandsaw dilemma

With Grizzly, the opposite is likely true. Grizzly was not known for quality in the 90s, it was more known for being cheap imports.

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