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    electrical mess

    I have an older light fixture pair in a bathroom and while painting the bathroom wanted to replace the older light fixtures. When removing the older light fixtures, the wires got separated and I am...
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    looks like you can get him to calculate thoses...

    looks like you can get him to calculate thoses angles or get the fractions right. Cute Dog
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    type of low angle smoother plane

    I know this group loves giving advice to relatively new WW. I am looking for a versatile good smoothing plane to work with some harder and more difficult wood. I currently have a #4 Groz with a...
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    What a piece of craftsmanship and design. ...

    What a piece of craftsmanship and design. Excellent
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    I like the train a lot. I take it down to...

    I like the train a lot. I take it down to Washington to the FDA or NIH from Providence RI most of the winter and summer to avoid the issues of unpredicted snow or thunderstorms that delay all the...
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    Thanks for the advise. I think all of them were...

    Thanks for the advise. I think all of them were true. My bench was a little off square (we had water in the basement couple of weeks ago and I forgot to level again when moved back in). I was...
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    hand jointing

    I'm starting to make a bedside table with drawers out of cherry. I got some nice grained rough sawed cherry and started to prepare it. I don't have a power jointer and am trying to plane the edges...
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    As usual Mark your help is greatly appreciated. ...

    As usual Mark your help is greatly appreciated. I enjoy looking at your site and impressed with the detail. Back to practicing... a long way to go.
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    dovetail chisels bevel down?

    I've been trying to teach myself how to make dovetails and have read everything I can put my hands on and have now started to practice. The first are not too bad. However being new at Neander-land:...
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    With snow all the way from the clouds you cannot...

    With snow all the way from the clouds you cannot get a rainbow since the refraction through the water droplets cannot occur but with mixed weather and possible warmer air above you could get the...
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    mobile Cart

    I've been fixing up my basement shop and have a 13" planer and chop saw that are screaming for a mobile cart. I looking for a cart I can make where I can store one below and put the other on the...
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    I agree with the general comments. Even with a...

    I agree with the general comments. Even with a well ventilated and hot stove the formaldehyde concentration might be high enough to get some exposure, and the repetitive exposure is the problematic...
  13. yes that was the one. I started before Christmas...

    yes that was the one. I started before Christmas and maybe put about 20 hours into it.
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    I appreciate all the encouragment. I do learn a lot from this forum and try to contribute occasionally when I can add my $0.02. I have taken some classes at the local woodcraft but in the one where...
  15. I'm frustrated with myself and my ability: venting

    About Christmas time I decided I would make a Tool Cabinet similar to the one described by Jan Zoltowski in the Winter Tools and Shops from Fine Woodworking. Being a relative newbie I knew this...
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    My first plane was a Groz # 5 plane that I got at...

    My first plane was a Groz # 5 plane that I got at a woodworking workshop on setting up planes. We spent the afternoon flattening the plate on belt 120 and then 240 sandpaper tightly strpped to the...
  17. I remember using one of those back with my...

    I remember using one of those back with my father. I wonder what ever became of it???
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    Besides working way too many hours: watching...

    Besides working way too many hours: watching (and trying to help) 2 older boys grow and mature, gym, bicycling, ocean kayaking, some travel with lol, lots of reading, veggie garden and fix the...
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    Nice job. I like the look of that crown molding.

    Nice job. I like the look of that crown molding.
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    Refinished unusual bureau cabinet

    One of my wife's Christmas present was my refinishing this unusual piece that she inherited from her mother who believed it was her great gandfathers from Maine. This has one draw that folds down for...
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    refinishing 80 year old desk-bureau

    My wife inherited an old desk bureau (one draw folds down to a writing surfaces) that needs some work. Some of the draws are broken, back needs to be replaced but it looks like a relatively unique...
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    dust collection ducts

    I just got the Jet 1100 C model with the Canister filter this weekend. The 2 collection ports are only 4" . I have a tablesaw, band saw, router, drill press and would like to get jointer next year....
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    Simmonds low angle planes

    Has anybody had any experience withthe Simmonds low angle block plane?
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    older orbital sander parts

    I have been looking all over the place for a new 6" sanding pad. I have a TXE 150 random orbital sander that was made by AEG and imported by CP (early 1970s??). The part number is 932 341 259. ...
  25. The July monthly ad sheet from Woodcraft has 3...

    The July monthly ad sheet from Woodcraft has 3 Delta's on sale? with a $50 rebate. The models are the 1.5 horse 50-750 and 50-850 (canister and bag) models. The prices look similar to what I looked...
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