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...

Unusual Vise

Loose or slightly worn parts will negate things and let the jaw rise anyway,I think.

Ordering from Grizzly?

Agree. All my Griz stuff has come FedEx Freight. Some full-blown semi-trailer, some on bob-tails with lift-gates. The driver who delivered my jointer

How do you store your table saw sleds?

THREADJACK! Oddly enough I have pegboard panels incorporated into my cleat system . Some tool pods hang directly on the cleat rails that run along

Tote shapes?

I really enjoy the Lee Valley totes. So much in fact, that I incorporated it into a razee jack plane I'm building right now. The handle fits just right

Larger Harbor Freight Impeller

I also have considered reversing the rotation of the fan. Unfortunately, the HF housing is not one that can be easily reversed. However, you could accomplish