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I keep a number of yahoo email accounts in order to minimize spam. Most of the accounts are used for news groups or other places where email mining operations occur. If things get out of hand on...
It depends on how high of a gloss you're looking for. The instrument makers I know (who use lacquer or shellac) wait 6 weeks before buffing out. I noticed on some knives I've made (some finished...
Two pulls - symetry is a good thing.
Try your finishing schedule on some scrap first to make sure that you're happy with it. Unless you do a fantastic job you will lower the resale value of the piano.
Dave, it's Sears and Craftsman power tools serve up the same level of quality as their advertisements. They did you favor.
Glen, I didn't need the G1071, the Ridgid's design would have worked but the execution of the machine was extreemly poor. Spindles that don't go up and down in a straight line, belt platen with a...
The Grizzly 1071 is a great unit at a fair although not cheap price. It has a wide variety of spindle sizes, is massive enough to be smooth, and has been a valuable addition to my shop. The Ridgid...
Mark off the chamfer with a pencil and use a handplane. This isn't a very safe operation to do with a hand held router. A scrub plane (or handsaw) to get rid of the bulk of the wood followed by a #6...
I use a handblock (a metal rust eraser) to get rid of light surface rust. As for protecting, I like paste wax and if then if that doesn't work Boeshield, and if that doesn't work Amsoil Heavy Duty...
Welcome back Carl, stents are good stuff. When I was in for my first stent the guy in the room next to me was having his thirteenth put in. Better life through Chemistry.
Well, I have 5" blast gates and for the overblade guard I ran a 5"-4" reducer, 4" hose (suspended by rope from the ceiling), to a custom 4" to 60mm fitting on the guard...
I had similar poor experiences with the Ridgid belt/OSS. Nothing was square and it didn't work very well. Anyhow, I sold it and purchased a 6x80 edge sander and the large Grizzly OSS. The large...
The MS290 is the saw of choice for a lot of turners in my area.
Greg, your electrical contractor neighbor should tell you what you need to get. For example; what size breaker? What size wiring? What size conduit? In your area are homeowners allowed to do their...
I like the quick change cutterheads on the euro combo's. I'm sure you could find plenty of differences if you put the various machines head to head.
Then wear a respirator - always. Inadequate dust collection can get expensive when you add up co-pays and prescription costs.
Yep, shop vac for the small handheld powertools and a dust collector for tablesaw, jointer, planer, bandsaw, etc. I urge you to invest in a quiet shopvac. When you have multiple screeming banshee's...
The Wiggles are much less anoying than the purple thing. The last Barney's in my house were used to train for hunting season. Now the Teletubies were cool. Anyhow, I'm glad that my son and...
Go ask Oneida (or check their web site) for information on the 1.5HP internal filter cyclone. It's not a bad machine and IIRC they had an upgrade kit to use an external filter (very good idea). You...
Metabo. When I was looking for welding gear the grinder of choice at all of the welding supply stores I visited was Metabo. I figured they know what they're doing with metal.
Nathan, start an action with the BBB. At the very least that will start a paper trail. Next, consider small claims court. I'm not sure what the limits are in your state, in Minnesota it's $7500...
I like the tutorials on this site http://www.northcoastknives.com/northcoast_knives_tutorials.htm
Matt, if this is a commercial venture then you have your insurance company, local air quality board, local codes, OSHA, and the fire marshal to deal with. It's time to learn what you need to do in...
Go over to Homestead Finishing and ask Jeff Jewitt. You can power an HVLP system with a reasonably small compressor (say 3HP single stage).
That's what your suppose to do. I use to work in Saudi (not much in the way of rain) and would try to spend as much R&R time in Thailand as I could. It was easy to tell the M.E. expats as we would...