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...

Vote For Your Favorite Baileigh Box Contest Entry

Ok, we need some pictures. While many of you will be using lasers my friend Paul has a Chevalet. This tool was created in the late 1700's for production marquetry. It has a foot activated clamp to hold your stack of veneers and a "D" shaped saw that is held perpendicular to your cut but will move...

Oil based poly?

You may or may not gain much in the way of protection from a reaction going from water to oil based poly.
Poly resin is poly resin, pretty much

Where can I buy a Banjo???

Hi All. As you can see in the picture, my lathe has a machine lathe style carriage every though it is a wood lathe. It was used for making precise patterns.

That was a bit of a work out.

color me impressed!

Thinking about the Grizzly G0555 Bandsaw..any comments?

Looks like Grizzlyhas the G0555 Anniversary Model on sale and I am thinking about it.

Any comments/suggestions?

Thanks

Rusty Italian Machinery .. looking for advise .. Pictures

The three C's of buying used machines are cosmetics, condition and completeness. Add cost (what the seller is asking/what you'd pay) and you have a fourth