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I am 89 and still doing woodworking. Over the years I have accumulated most all of the tools one would have in a hobby shop. Now I have a problem: all the grand young'uns do not have room for a...

This is one of my pet peeves. The auto shops seem to want the lug nuts tight tight so they use the pneumatic sockets for a long time. Then if you have a flat in the middle of nowhere, you cannot...

There is no way I would run a 8" grind rock at 3450 rpm. Too much centrifugal force if something unusual happens.

My suggestion is that the bottom soaked up a lot of water to warp; therefore, you could possibly put the wood in a low humidity, warm air environment. Perhaps an air tight bucket with a lot of...

I have a Grizzly dust collector but I got tired of emptying the bag, so I made an intermediate cyclone out of a 55 gal. drum and 4" stove pipe. The drum gets all of the chips and the collector gets...

Looks like an old drafting table.

Looks like it may be sassafras. If it is you will know it by the smell when you saw into it'

When I make boxes for stuff in the shop, I go for function rather than style. Finger joints are when you are making something like jewelry boxes for the wife - rabbit joints are for the shop. I...

I have a project where I want to temporally glue a piece together so I can make some adjustments. Then I want to take it back apart and then glue it up with real glue. (It is in a tight place where...

The one thing I did was to scab some 1X2's on the concrete walls and put up peg board. I love it. Maybe you should paint the peg board white before you put it up'

Buy some clamps. I''ll bet you will use them someday.

I lucked in to some walnut boards and am making a wash stand with a solid 30" X 16" X 3/4" top. Now, what should I do for the edges? I am tempted to let the end grain alone; but how could I add...

I sent a check to this address a few days ago but have heard nothing from SMC. Did it get there?

Instead of tongue and groove, do groove and groove and put the boards together with splines with the grain running perpendicular to the boards. This makes a stronger joint and you don't use as much...

As my old boss used to say about pricing; "If you are in the business and you don't get a 'no' now and then - you are not asking enough."

Small world!!!! I have one just like it. I figure it was vintage of the late thirties - before WW2. I finally gave up on it and bought a new BS. The old one is still under the house and maybe...

Both. For gaps I will use it with just a little water. For filling I will dilute it.

The Cubs!!!!!!

Another option is to take an old hack saw blade and make a beveled point for marking. Wrap the blade with duct tape to make a handle to suit you. This works fine if you don't take the temper out of...

I picked up some walnut Timber Mate wood filler at the lumber yard to use in finishing a walnut project. Does anyone have any words of wisdom about how to, or not to, use it? This is my first time...

I've got an older Super Grind 2000 and I love it. Especially for plane irons, chisels and lathe tools.

That double wide idea is the best I have heard lately.

I was making a raised panel with a set of stile and rail bits. Cutting the stiles and rails with the grain was no problem, but when it came to coping across the grain the rails were much too narrow...

I am reminded of the time I had a 4'X8' sheet plywood in the back of my full sized F150 with the tail gate down. I stopped at a red light and was at the head of the line, but I was in the wrong...

I find working on a concrete floor is hard on your feet. The heavy 4'X8' mats are nice but expensive for a whole shop floor. I found some 2'X2'rubber floor tiles that fit together like jig saw...