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...

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...

MiniMax CU300 Classic, 5 function combo machine

Bump, cause the right buyer is now looking.

DC filter cleaning question...

You shouldn't notice filter loading after two 31-gallon cans.

Was the filter clean when you mounted it up on the ceiling?

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Where can I buy a Banjo???

Dennis,

I was very unhappy with my DVR banjo and Jeff Nicol (wooden nichol) made one for me that is great. You can PM him on this website.

Beam reflection when cutting metals

Do you mean that it was zinc plated steel? I doubt that you had zinc sheet, as that is not really used for much of anything and certainly not as as joiner

cats

a number of mouse traps on top might solve the problem