I have a Lignum Vitae carvers mallet that I've had for 35 years. It's the heaviest mallet in my collection (that stuff is dense), and sees service at my lathe. I've also turned mallets from red oak...
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I have a Lignum Vitae carvers mallet that I've had for 35 years. It's the heaviest mallet in my collection (that stuff is dense), and sees service at my lathe. I've also turned mallets from red oak...
Only 6 get regular use in my shop.
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A no-name block plane that I inherited from my dad. Sees service as a glue scraper. Probably very old but I have no idea who made it.
Stanley...
They're called contact points, and you need a flat one that's wide enough to sit atop the knife edge while you rotate it. McMaster sells them individually.
My favorite app is buffalo wings. My flip-fone doesn't do them.
I moved into a new house recently and the garage has two 2-tube 4 ft fluorescent fixtures that were taking a while to come on. I figured that's only gonna get worse as winter comes, so I replaced the...
Boombox in the shop, another in the garage, and hi-fi stereo in the house. All tuned to the same local FM station. Yup, old school.
I'll second the idea of heat. Point the flame of a propane torch at the head of the screw for a few seconds (vacuum the wood dust first!), that often will loosen stuck screws.
Hint: Don't use interior birch ply. Here's a cart I made 2 yrs ago and never got around to painting. The bottom will be replaced with cedar... then painted.
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There was a mallet swap a year or two ago on another forum where each participant sent another member a hand made mallet. The results were amazing. The variety of styles and materials for a simple...
Mine isn't fancy, just plastic laminate over 3/4 ply. It doesn't actually attach to the saw, it just rests on 2 wooden runners that are attached to the underside of the extension wings. Same leg...
The capacitor will be inside a tubular "bulge" on the outside case of the motor. Replace it with one of the same value (microfarads, or MFD) and voltage. See the photo in the attached link:
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Whenever I install a new blade I back the guides off, set tension, then rotate the upper wheel by hand while adjusting the tracking until the teeth of the blade are in the center of the tire. Seems...
65 with a 32 yr old son. We're both engineers and like building stuff. He's become a woodworker by necessity since buying a house, and has also been making rustic furniture from framing wood, and has...
Only 6 or 8. I think I'll wrap them with bubble wrap and stuff them in one of the wardrobe boxes on end. Only moving a couple miles away.
Thanks for the ideas, guys.
I'm moving soon and I can't figure out how to pack my hand saws. A box that's big enough is huge. Suggestions?
I'm considering buying a house that does not have a garage, and I would need one for motorcycles, yard equipment etc. I see modular, prefab wooden or metal garages that can be plunked down in a day...
There was a Sears Hardware store in my town that I used all the time. It closed about a year ago and I miss it. If I wanted a socket or wrench they were my first choice.
Google "dovetail jig". There's lots of them.
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I got an email from azcarbide dot com announcing their line of carbide turning tools. I guess I'm on their email list because I've bought cutters from them in the past. The products look to compete...
You can make a lighted base (a shop project) like this: http://www.routerforums.com/general-routing/30465-maintenance-illuminated-router-base.html
I remember seeing some guy who was making...
For jigs that I've made for the lathe I use one of those plastic threaded knobs. http://www.mcmaster.com/#machine-component-knobs/=10oilnn
Mine has folding legs.
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Hey Stan, where do you get the little birdies?
I have shop made clones of the medium sized (3/8" shaft) EZW carbides and I use them a lot. Also have the big beast Hunter Hercules but that'd be overkill for pens.
Looks like luan (lauan) sometimes called Philippine Mahogany to me.