Time for some levity

With all of the negativity and political stuff going on with the Covid-19 virus it is time to look at the humorous side of things. Feel free to add more, but keep it clean or it will be deleted.

Forget 'Baby on board'

I need a bumper sticker that says 'Nobody on board'. Tesla has opened up the 'self driving' app on newer Tesla's for a free 30 day trial. It is factory installed on all of them, they just don't turn it on unless you pay, which we didn't. All of a sudden there is an octogenarian who cannot...

My new bandsaw, I hope...

I had the high bid tonight on this Rockwell/Delta 28-350. I've been looking for and bidding on these for the last few years, and I was the back bidder a few times, but this one went for a very good price. My reserve bid was $600. It's possible that there's something terribly wrong with it, but...

Would you - borrow a tool?

A lot of people - myself included - make it a policy to really avoid lending out tools. The list is a really short one of the people I will lend a tool to. What about - borrowing a tool?

Shop tidbits...

A few weeks ago, the mowing season began here. While in the shed, I was looking for something and checking the open containers on the bench in there and I noticed a right-angle adapter. Looking at it, I couldn't figure what it fit. I put it back into the container and continued the search for...

Random Orbital Sanders (again)

I looked at Sawmill Creek threads from 2020 until now. I figured that tool costs, availability and opinions change after 4 or more years. Over that time, there were favorable comments about Festool, Bosch and Mirka. My typical use is flat surfaces on cabinet faces and panels, not many edges...

Drawer slides - full extension - adjustments possible?

Are you talking about something like kitchen cabinet drawers mounted with Blum slides? And are the fronts inset or overlay?

I'm not quite

Ships Ladder

I see Lapeyre has added a cushion to the center rail to ease the pain when you fall on your backside while descending facing forward.

Veritas scrub plane issue

David, have you been re flattening iron every sharpening? I cant think of how it no longer will tighten properly unless the iron has gotten thinner. You

Drawer slides - full extension - adjustments possible?

If you can move the tails of the slide sideways that can take care of it. Move the tails away from the side that sticks out. This will move the front

Veritas scrub plane issue

In my locality, I have access mainly to very rough sawn construction lumber. The underlying stock is good, however, and well worth the trouble of dimensioning.

SC Pig-Picking