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Baldwin made a rabbeted door strike, but not sure if it is still available. 6897.xxx.

Another option is the cremone bolt, paricularly if you want stiles more narrow the 3".

Narrow does not...

Thinking of this thread last night while I was jointing and planing I could only come up with the reason above as a practical advantage to facing first. If you do the faces first, you gain...

The recommended order of business is to tackle air infiltration before insulation. There is quite a bit of information available on the internet for this topic, such as:
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That gold craftsman with the oval arm may be good. I recall doing research on these serveral years ago and those were old enough to be good. To get some differentiation between the old craftsmans...

Paint it a color you enjoy - why not?

Your concerns were:

Cast Color - of all the color in the room, what % will be this light green? You have the floor and ceiling in another color, plus...

I suggest a local HVAC supplier, such as RE Michel for straight pieces of snap lock in the heavier grade. 30 is too flimsy. I think I used 26 and it was quite sufficient.

For elbows, ys and...

Carpeted steps are safer, and will also help to keep from tracking dirt up into the house.

1/8 of deflection of the wheels will be plenty. Also, you should angle the head slightly towards the fence (say 1/4 inch over the length of the head) to keep pressure on the fence. You will not...

I am making my own trim now, but my house is from 1870. The thickness of 7/8" also led me towards starting with 5/4 rough poplar.

Cayce makes nice knives.

I noticed from the installation literature that the unit heater must be installed for two pipe steam. This greatly complicates things since you have one pipe, although it can be done.

If you really want to get into this, I suggest you check out Dan Holohans site www.heatinghelp.com and order his book on steam heat "The Lost Art of Steam Heating". Other than pitch, the other big...

The pressure is not an issue, in fact 1/2 psi steam is faster. The problem is the piping, which is not trivial. The condensate needs to be able to get back to the boiler in the same pipe that the...

On any given day you will find 2000+ used machinist tools on eBay - Starret and the like. The Starrets command a bit more of a premium, my combo square is a Brown & Sharpe. It is accurate, smooth,...

I second the use of a 10" abrasive cut off wheel. I shortened my rails recently using this type of wheel in a radial arm saw. A miter of cutoff saw would work just as well.

You get a clean,...

I recently used them in a glue up for a 9-1/2" wide door jamb. They allowed me to get it together quickly and in alignment without a bunch of clamps and fuss. Later on I took the screws out to save...

Going a bit deeper into old school traditional methods (say 1930s and earlier), you will notice the surface of the wainsot is in the same plane as the plaster above, with the chair rail covering the...

Try www.Kencraftcompany.com or Wynn Environmental for decent prices on the good quality clear flex tubing.