stephen thomas
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I'd like to have more of it in largish clear pieces. Have some on hand, like you, given to me by a friend/ the widow of the guy who milled it. At...

They are gorgeous! Appreciate all the effort you took to document and post the progression of steps, too. smt PS, still getting used to...

Thank you for the compliment! Pin router. Made an aluminum bar into a T-slot bed, to put a small dividing head and tailstock on it. Like a 4th...

Brad - you have to kick in a nominal $6/year & become a "contributor" to see pix on the site. It's up in the control panel at the top of the page...

Stackable boxes have been mentioned. I used to sell these. Still the same dado concept, but all machine made parts. These were prototype units....

My bookshelves tend to have floor crushing loads. :) & I never claim to be a neatnik, but the shelving system would permit it if i was. My wife...

About the only thing that will not add moisture would be (WEST) epoxy. But regardless the glue, you are going to have to press it flat, so if left...

In the past i sometimes needed plywood elements that were from 9' to 12' long. Often for contour bandsaw & shaper patterns to carry curved flooring,...

Per Mr, Harris, measured at the motor end, do you have 240V between poles? (between the hots?) smt

Brian - Yeah, essentially all my other verbosity boils down to: "Stick a dowel in it, and epoxy well. Don't forget to use a glue-relief slot to...

Years (decades?) ago they ran tests reported in the in-house magazine due to all the concern in the field. My memory is that the "old" products...

You did not provide *model #'s but i don't think there are any real, single phase cap start/cap run 7.5 HP motors that will run on 120v. You need...

No woodwork for past couple weeks but soon done mortar slinging in the former hallway. Pix show last weekend, laying out and cutting. Then...

Maybe this will help- The legs in this chair were totally wallered out, the last persons' attempt to fix it was something like what you used. I...

Yes, a woven rolled phenolic tube adds a lot of crush resistance to the stem area. Given a wallered out hole, drilling it and gluing in a suitable...

I repair stuff like that; and have also added urethane or rubber casters to a lot of furniture in the house - it is easier on the floors - as well as...

I think i probably tried that a few times with one of the tiny little bullnose planes. Maybe, very early on, and it was not efficient. Keep meaning...

Always wanted a Preston. But the only one i ever saw in the wild.....was priced like it was the only one left in the wild. :) I have the Stanley...

Quite a bit of Roubo is carpentry. The parts about windows are the supporting structures, as with how to lay out the wooden grounds (in masonry) or...

I kind of resemble that remark, though. What person wants to spend all their time around people who totally lack multifarious ambidexterity with the...

Glad you asked the Q 'cause it had me puzzled too. However: Waney edge means it has bark on it. Which of course is common on 2 x 4's,...

Some more "fer examples" A jumbled drawer of rotary airtools with no listing of each is probably worth about $250 at auction if there are some car...

Thank you for the interest! :) Unfortunately, the last time i tried to link to my content on another site, i got censored and my fingers gently...

IOW a long winded way to say the stock should be dead flat sawn. :) Most wooden sole planes i've noticed do have the grain running either...

We need an EE. I think, (regarding the more poles) that buying a 1200 rpm motor and goosing it up with a VFD is better than underdriving a higher...

Thanks, guys! Diderot is on the shelf here, too. Warren - Roubo's tome, "L'arte du Menuisier" translates to "the art (or craft) of the...

I spent the first 50 years of my career without a router table. Though i often modified hand routers including making rectangular bases for some & a...

I started buying at auctions, close-outs, and estate sales at 10 years old, and that was over a decade more than a half century ago. :) You might...

The slower the motor, the more poles. I've always related that to smoother, torque-ier. Maybe an EE will chime in. The idler motor in my metal...

I've got (& used and used up) lots of framing chisels over the past 50 years. Never saw the other 2, and even have a copy of Roubo. (Maybe time to...