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Peter,

Don't mean to be nasty or personal here---and have no intention of denigrating the author. I don't know him personally, and have no ax to grind. Also, as a beginner, I really can't call...

I just received my copy of Fine Woodworking for February and finished reading the article by Bob Van Dyke in the "Fundamentals" section on "Creating an attractive tabletop."

I am even more...

Anyone have any ideas?

Should I just get one of those outfits to come in and put up a metal building? Will I regret it if I do?

What about heating? Would you use electric or a gas furnace?...

Hi, Guys,

Let me clarify things a bit.

The problem is that heated (living) spaces have to meet different requirements than do storage areas. So since I have wired it and heated it, it is...

My shop is a 16 by 40 foot pole barn right now, with a concrete pad for the floor and an oil furnace for heat.

We live in the floodway of the Rogue River here in southern Oregon and FEMA is going...

Paul,

I think you are being a bit quick on the trigger here. As fine as this forum is, I think that this is one of its biggest faults: "You idiot! Why didn't you just do a search?" Easy to...

Hi, All,

I am finally getting very serious about a sawstop.

Last I knew they had a cabinet saw and had just come out with a contractor's saw.

I am interested in a cabinet saw, but when I...

Thanks, Bill H. That's exactly what it is. My fading memory kept putting up an image of a molly when I was cudgeling my brain (what little there is nowadays!), but somehow it never quite...

Can anyone tell me what the tool below is? It is not a zip-tie gun nor a pop rivet gun. There is a front piece with a slot that is pulled back against a spring by squeezing the handle, and the...

Thanks a lot, folks.

Lots of great info, and I will reread and ponder your suggestions.

Must admit, though, that I am still a bit bewildered.

I thought I would like to get away from...

After reading a couple of very interesting articles about planes in my last issue of FWW, I finally decided to make the move. Here are two questions I hope someone can help me with:

1. The...

Hey, to both Ricks!

You guys both have interesting solutions.

Will give them a try.

Art

Yep,

I think they are stripping out. In other words, when I drive them as far as I think they should go, they continue to spin. So I think the only thing that could be happening is stripout.
...

Thanks Peter,

After some experimentation, I think you are quite right: it's the screw pitch primarily. And I think I was wrong it saying that the skirt on the washer head didn't fit. As several...

So---what kind of computer software do you use, Neal? Sketchup? And the next question---how do you use it?

Art

I don't think better casters would solve the problem 'cause the table is so lightweight. Maybe the bag of sand idea might work---. I will give thatg idea a try.

What are the relative merits of...

Yes, I was using the fine thread. You have two good points. My son-in-law, who has a fair amount of experience with pocket hole construction just walked in and told me the same thing: the fine...

One of the biggest problems I have, as a beginner, is that the mistakes are so expensive because of the price of wood. Even doing things with poplar is expensive.

So I've tried doing things with...

Yep, that's what I will do. But I am really curious as to why they would sell screws that don't fit!?

Maybe this has been addressed, but I haven't come up with a specific answer to the following question.

My router table is lightweight and even though I can lock the casters, it moves when I try...

Yeah, that seems to be the problem. The washer head was a bit too large for the pocket hole, but I drove it in anyway---then couldn't get a tight fit.

Good suggestions about the clutch setting,...

I am making a couple of small cabinets using face frames with pocket screws. I have the Kreg "Pocket Rocket" jig, and things worked nicely with the screws they provided.

I ran out, so picked up...

I am sizing panels to make shelves for a small cabinet I am making. I have to notch the corners in a somewhat complex way to clear the legs.

Here's my question. How do I make these stopped...

Well, here's a slightly different take on FWW.

As a rank (with all the implications that word conjures up!) beginner, I originally looked at FWW and said, "But I can't make a Merriwether Lewis...

Thanks a lot, guys.

This helps a lot.

Art