Jim Becker
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This is good advice and consistent with my own experience. I made it a point to get to know the local code officer and his second in command right...

Building codes and zoning requirements are ALL local. Your local zoning officer should be able to answer the question, even if office staff cannot....

"Report button" is the little triangle at the bottom of every post on the left side... BTW, I dealt with the "Link spammer" in question.

I know I mentioned this in the past, but the tent thing happened because when we moved here, I initially put all the lumber in a storage unit since...

To be clear, Jason said it was an absolutely excellent tool but he just doesn't use it enough to justify keeping it in his shop and taking up the...

If it's not dried, stack and sticker where there is good prevailing air movement with just a cover on top so that precipitation doesn't stand on top...

"Technically" the faced fiberglass needs to be covered due to fire risk, so I'm glad you intend to do that with the 'rock or T&G. You might consider...

No question it was the right choice for you...I hope I didn't sound like I was suggesting otherwise, because I wasn't! If you're using straight...

The Festool system (or the Mirka system, for that matter) are designed to work together pretty tightly and yes, they do perform surprisingly well....

That movement is from the inertia of the gantry and spindle head's mass moving and then stopping. That's where the heavier welded machines come into...

The bottom line that I see is that using the appropriate heavy steel post brackets on either poured piers or a stem wall eliminates the largest...

Yes, their spiral offerings are nice and they are great to do business with, too. Since they also do quick connect, you can still use that in...

You should spend some time watching RR Buildings on the 'Tube. Those brackets are not "sheet metal"...they are heavy, welded steel and designed for...

While Michael clarified what his process was, there's no issue with doing two coats of Rubio Monocoat, even though the word "Monocoat" indicates it's...

Rick, 120mm is just under 5" which is approximately 125mm. :) So yes, a 5" ID hose should slip over the 120mm port or at least be close enough to...

The nice thing is that you don't have to upgrade Jerome if there's nothing compelling there, but can choose to upgrade for "the same price" whenever...

Cutting wet wood on the bandsaw benefits from a band that's designed for wet wood...I recall some specifications around that were on the Suffolk...

If you are just screwing them into the cabinet materials directly, you can use the elongated holes to provide some level of adjustment for...

For the 120mm port on the Felder, a popular option for adapting is a Fernco rubber sewer adapter; 5" hose can be clamped on one side and the other...

I doubt that the nice folks at Fernco ever imagined that they would provide so much value to the woodworking world. :)

"Drying Tent". You need air flow, preferably from the prevailing winds, so if your tent isn't just a "top", you're going to have continued moisture...

You could certainly use dyes, etc., to emulate the tone of a specific piece of white oak, but you'd want to choose a species that's going to provide...

Seal with Anchorseal (you can get it by the gallon on Amazon) and as Izzy recommends, get it sawn as soon as possible so you can stack and sticker in...

"Holy Price Difference, Batman!" Sheesh...you need to find a friend across the border to take deliveries for you!

Yes, in general, that's exactly what you want. There have been a few examples of this posted over the years...I could be wrong, but I believe that...

Yea, if my spam protection at the server doesn't catch something...which is rare...my MacOS Mail app gets 99% of the rest straight into the "Junk"...

What "base" is used also matters, not just what collarant is added

Yea, I agree. The shipping on my slider in late 2022 from Georgia to Pennsyltucky for about 1000 lbs was $1200 and that was with terminal pickup, not...