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...

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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...

upgrades to the shop

nice upgrades for the shop. a felder fb510 bandsaw and a hammer A3 31 jointer planer. electrician coming tuesday to do some 220v outlets, so i haven't

Thinking about the Grizzly G0555 Bandsaw..any comments?

I've had a G0555 w/ riser for a few years now. Full disclosure that it's my first piece of woodworking machinery. That said, I've gotten a ton of work

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Could sell it to a chinese restaurant...

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Rough No. 2

Though a lot of buyers of such things would actually prefer to restore it themselves, I would actually suggest that you do a little work on it.

Where can I buy a Banjo???

Dennis:
You might talk to Brent at Robust about one of their banjos - their biggest lathe is 25", but with the dogleg adapter you can add about