Personally, I don't think you can do what you're trying to do successfully, because of the carved inset where you're hanging the tubes on the outside. If you wanted a whole round log, then...
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Personally, I don't think you can do what you're trying to do successfully, because of the carved inset where you're hanging the tubes on the outside. If you wanted a whole round log, then...
I think the pictures tell the story. ON the first end grain pic, you've got a piece flat sawn from near the pith of the tree, with grain running from zero degrees to the width, up to 45 degrees. ...
+1 on the fruitwood. Cherry (that is, North American Black Cherry) less so than woods like apple and pear, but still crankier than most forest hardwoods. I avoid flat sawn cherry, except for...
It would be helpful to see pictures of the wood. Flat sawn cherry can be tough to work with. You don't mention whether your shop is a fully conditioned space, but if it's not, and you're taking...
I find very interesting the number of different ways people, acting both as buyers and sellers, in this conversation have found to be crankily prescriptive in how they expect transactions with...
Guess I'm the odd one out in this conversation - I carry a pocket knife whenever I'm not going out to a place that prohibits them*. But the knife I have carried for many, many years is not a...
Yup. I think mine is that exact model. One of the most used "auxiliary" tools in my shop. I use it to bevel home made dowels as well as to sharpen pencils.
I had one of those that I purchased from a friend 45 years ago. He had it from his father's estate. I used it as my primary table saw for a couple of decades, but one day the friend shows up and...
Mel,
This was before I began sawing and drying my own wood, and given where I bought it (at a big sawmill / millwork manufacturer and lumber distributor, I'm certain it was kiln dried. How well,...
I have no explanation beyond your "wood is organic" but I feel your pain. Some years ago I built a corner hutch from kiln dried Red Oak, acclimated in a wood heated shop space, no less. I put...
Now that's an interesting experience. The only answer I've ever got from that exercise is "that's what it says in the zoning ordinance" or "that's the law." Not that those are wrong answers, but...
So, maybe, "morning coat" is a code for "raw fentanyl?" Could be - stranger things have been true. But in this case, I'm more inclined to think it's bad AI translation of a mistyped unusual word...
The rules on feed in tariffs in this country are a complete mess, with both solar advocates and the utilities arguing for - and in some places getting - absurd positions. The advocates think you...
Yeah, although I at least know what that might mean. I really have no idea what they were after with "drilling on wood, with a mill or a morning coat," or why it doesn't go equally well with an...
Doesn't take much looking to find absurdities on Amazon these days. The overseas sellers that have clogged up their (always rather random, now completely chaotic) marketplace just put all kinds of...
You might look again. The price on batteries has dropped dramatically in the last 3 years. What would have cost you $46K 3 years ago can probably be had for closer to $20K today.
Also, doesn't...
They've been available since 2021 from Enphase. If you have IQ8 inverters, those are grid-forming capable. Whether or not, and when, they will provide AC power absent grid input depends on how...
Since you've got something from Kent that works for you, this answer is redundant, but my solution would have been to make or buy a bunch of 3/16" dowel stock, set the boxes up on a jig in the drill...
What you see in the picture is basically that, except that we skip the aluminum, and our stuffing is sweet potatoes, figs, dates, and the like. We scald and scrape the hog, and when we bang it in...
Surely you mean whole hogs, not hot dogs.
Here's what that looks like in NE Iowa / Southern Minnesota. :)
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Note the stuffing. Nothing against any of the various varieties of...
I don't know that I'd call it a gimmick, but I do consider them highly over-rated. I use mine very infrequently, preferring a low speed dry grinder for things requiring actual grinding, and...
Not sure I buy this as a general thesis. I've worked on a number of old machines that were beyond awkward to disassemble and repair. Just finished restoring a 60 year old belt sander that had...
Personally, I would not try to cut the U-shaped bends you've got on a table saw. Jim is probably right that with some help it can be done with reasonable safety, but it's not going to be easy, I...
The ubiquity of ethanol blend is exactly my point - whereas 25-30 years ago, even in a busy gas station, you might well see a tanker stirring water up from the bottom of a tank, it's just not going...
Again, I would emphasize that you can get the advantages of pre-bending with steam without a bag. Just take the strips out of the steam, and immediately wrap them around the form and clamp the...