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William, thanks for the comments! I'm not sure why I was so hesitant to spend money - maybe because I didn't want to 'screw up' something I paid for on the first try, which isn't a good reason. But...

Stew, thank you so much! That is a great read. I love the tip about seeing the reflection in the blade, I would have never thought of that. Also thank you for sharing your knowledge & explanation of...

Hi everyone,

I've just finished my first workbench made of stud-grade pine from a partly finished room I tore down in my basement. Main tools used were my 9" radial arm saw, 6" jointer, 6" planer,...

Thank you all for the replies! Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy restorations (though I've only done mostly power tools), but I almost enjoy them too much. I spend more time doing that and acquiring...

Hi everyone,

I am trying to outfit myself with some good hand tools. I spent a while restoring some old USA made woodworking machines, and while useful, I think I am really kind of enjoying hand...

Thanks Jim, it was more an issue of finding an extension cord with a 2-prong male end, as that's all that will fit in the end of the light. I was able to find some on Amazon that have a 2-prong male...

So far so good on the light hanging, 11 more to go! I figured it would be best to hang them all before calling in an electrician.

It seems it would be efficient to link the lights together across...

Thanks again John! I will have to start reading and planning. Thankfully all of my tools are on wheels and there are old outlets around that I could wheel them to for the time being.

Step 1 is...

Thanks again everyone.

John, I guess part of the problem is I don't even know my dream machines yet! And yes this will be more of a general woodworking shop, so I think keeping it simple and...

Thanks Brian. Yes I imagine I will have a few 'spot' lights, it would be awesome to get something flexible or something that kind of drops down from the joists for when I need to focus on something....

Thanks Brian, you know the more I keep reading and thinking about it you (and everyone else :)) are right, I will go with a bright white, not an off white like I was originally thinking. I keep...

Everyone, thank you so much for the comments - I really appreciate it!

I will take your suggestions on the white walls, though I will probably do an off white as I like things to be a bit...

Hi everyone,

I recently bought a house and the first order of business is taking care of the basement. So far I've spent a few days ripping apart the awful paneled room that was just wasting...

I also saw these and bought 10 boxes for a total of 20 lights. With membership after shipping and taxes it ended up being under $24 per light, they didn't have any local in the stores. I just moved...

Hi Sam, I did a restore on one of these, though I haven't taken the time to completely set it up properly yet. It was not a very difficult restoration. Honestly the worst part was the cabinet just...

Thanks everyone, I figured the real value wasn't as wonderful as the found prices. Because of that, I've decided to fix these up, since I do think it's cool that they're so old, particularly the...

Hi everyone, I bought a few old Sargent planes a while ago. In looking up online, it appears that they are quite old, some circa early 1900s. The 409 smoothing plane seems to be a 'type-1' after...