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Lots of good advice here...I'm an avid birder and have been feeding hummingbirds for years.

Don't use the food coloring in your nectar mix. There's no research about the dye's affect on...

I put in the plainest white Ikea kitchen cabinets in my workshop and I'm really happy with them. They have a corner cabinet box and you could build your own lazy susan mechanism into the box if...

Unrelated to the MDF issue, but last weekend my Sawstop brake tripped for no apparent reason (the blade wasn't even spinning...it tripped when I pulled the paddle switch). Called Sawstop on Monday...

Look up a product called Hotfoot...perhaps at www dot hotfoot dot com.

Comes in caulking tubes and you just lay down a bead where you don't want the birds to nest. If the area is under the...

You might consider taking on an apprenticeship somewhere. Honestly, I have no idea if local shops would take on an apprentice these days, but if so, it would be a great opportunity to learn from...

PLEASE DO NOT USE COLORED SUGAR WATER! I don't mean to be rude, but the food coloring is for people and not the birds. It has no effect on attracting hummers to your feeder and the food coloring...

The iPad comes with all the s/w you need to surf the web (Safari browser), use email (the iPad email client easily downloads mail from your on-line email accounts such as Yahoo Mail or GMail),...

We're all confused by Hans' bench legs. If he really laminates the legs together as shown, then it seems like he has two dovetails on the end, one that wants to slide up through the bench top from...

The kitchen looks nice, but I'd definitely recommend olive oil or Pam instead of WD-40.

Andy - Newark, CA

Hi Billy,

I went to Golden State Lumber (http://www.goldenstatelumber.com/), on Cherry just north of Mowry. I had never been there before but drive by it all the time. I found the people I...

Hi Joe,

I went down to a local lumberyard (not a big box store) and picked through their stacks of 2x10's and 2x12's to find the lumber I used. Then I ripped those down to size on the table saw. ...

Thanks everybody. It's been a really fun project and it is nice to complete something.

Stewie, thanks for the advice about bracing the legs. I'll see how it works when planing and keep that in...

As a hobbyist with a full time job and kids and all that kind of fun, I don't get out to the workshop as much as I'd like. But finally, over a year in the making, my Roubo workbench is finally ready...

Hail to the victors!!!!!

I watched the 3rd period and ND was putting on all kinds of pressure. The M goalie stood on his head.

Go Blue on Saturday! Their helmets have WINGS!!!!

Yes, we stopped by for a bit. I've gone to the show in Oakland a few times and like those shows, the people were great. It was quite small, since it was in Mark's shop. There was only one...

Current most definitely flows through a capacitor. I=C*(dv/dt). If it didn't we wouldn't be able to make a high pass filter, build multi-gigabit switching circuits (gak...no more internet!!!),...

Thanks to everyone for the info. I'll put in an order for a couple of irons and skip the new chip breakers for now. I'm thinking of going ahead and getting one each of the HC and A2 steel irons...

I'm going to upgrade one or two of my plane irons with Hock blades to try them out. But I'm a little confused about whether I need to upgrade the chip breaker along with the iron. Will the iron...

The Flip is a nice compact video camera and takes completely acceptable video for a handheld camera. What I cannot figure out is why they haven't added wifi connectivity to it. Then you could...

I think that show in SoCal conflicted with WIA back east, and that likely explains why some of the familiar faces from LN may not have been present. I've gone to two of their shows here in the Bay...

I'm totally ignorant wrt old tools like this one, but I'm wondering what the deal is with the blade guard and the arm that extends from the back of the saw. Is that normal for saws built at the...

Add another vote for the newer Plasma TVs. The older ones were hot and power hungry, but in the last few years technology has advanced and resolved those issues.

A plasma TV from a quality...

Congrats! A new baby is the best news. Hard to wipe the smile off your face for weeks, and don't worry about the "scary" part. It isn't bad, and you'll find you just adapt to the situations as...

When visiting Vancouver many years ago, I was fascinated by one street corner in the touristy part of town. It had coffee shops on all 4 corners, and 3 of the 4 corners housed Starbucks.

So you...

Like most kids growing up in Michigan in the 80's I listened to Ernie Harwell every night during summer. When it was time for bed I'd turn on the radio next to the bed and listen to the Tigers game...