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...

Twisted chisel

It's a perversity in my nature, I suppose - but how does it cut now?

Tote shapes?

Ah the Morgan...

The pinnacle of British design, sure to please both the holders of spanners and insecticide for a living.

Sharpening Help

Have a look at Paul Seller's sharpening method. It works for me.

If the back has a hollow, you v
can get progressively long flat

make do sharpening

Matt Bickford used dowels of various diameter as you suggest. He concentrated real effort on flattening the back of each iron.

Most moldings

One Government agency that is Very Well Run

Glad you enjoyed the parks of Utah. I place those parks as among my favorites. I get a little peeved at the government bashing. I think that most Park