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I like them fine. It's my wife who has the issue. Maybe if I turn her sideways?! :D

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We bought this cabinet off Craig's List and the door pulls look bent. Upon closer inspection, the left and right pulls look like they're bent to the same angle, but one is bent to the right, the...

Perfect!!! Thank you for all those ideas. You've saved me a bundle. Now the only problem I have is my large cups seem to stick inside the pot so I end up ruining them trying to pry them out. I've...

I've been using the PPS for several years with great success. I'm wondering if anyone regularly saves finish in the cup with a plug inserted to reuse at a later date? Doesn't the finish congeal in...

Thank you all for the education! I am now confident that I'm going in the right direction. I can't say how many stones, wheels, grinders, etc, I've purchased over the past forty years, usually to...

Thank you for the information. Things are getting clearer!

So, if I can boil it down, what I'm hearing is - Sigma - needs soaking, is softer so it needs flattening more frequently (I don't know if...

Thanks, David. I think I'll opt for speed.

For a mid-range waterstone, would I be better off getting a Sigma Power Select II in 3000 grit or a Shapton Pro in 2000 grit? I'm sharpening LN plane irons and misc chisels. I've been using a soft...

Thank you George &Bill. I think that will solve it. I just wasn't sure if there was some adjustment I missed.

Thanks, Bill, but are you talking about the tension roller inside or the belt drive roller? I wasn't clear enough - my problem is with the rearmost roller that tensions the drive belt. It's a little...

Just figured out that the outfeed roller on my Jet 10-20 is high on the inside, but I can't figure out how to lower it. Do I just tap it with a mallet? Or is there a means of lowering its bracket?
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So I'm trying something different - I shot a coat of Behlen's Sanding Sealer on raw poplar which had been sanded to 220. Next day I sanded the sanding sealer with 320, blew it off and tack ragged...

I think we solved it. The guys at Walter Meier were really helpful. I just didn't give it enough time. As long as the rollers are below the plane of the table, it just takes a while for the belt...

Thank you for your responses. I'm on "hold" with Walter Meier to see what they suggest. I don't want to tear the thing apart unless I have to.

Brand new Jet 10-20 drum sander and the belt keeps tracking to the left. If I tighten the left tracking adjuster tight enough to keep the belt from traveling, the right side gets floppy. Is it...

Thank you for the responses. My frames are 9 1/8 x 11 5/8", so they would fit assembled, or I could sand the rails and then do the assembly. Could I go from 120 grit on the DS straight to 180 on the...

Forgive me if this is an inappropriate question, but I'm considering getting a Jet Drum Sander but I've read conflicting stories on whether it would work for my frames, and I would really like to...

I should look around to see if there's one nearby to try it out.

A belt would be nice but pricey.

How much time do you allow between primer coats? Time is a factor with this job. I get an order and have to mill the wood, do the assembly and paint in a week or so.

Thanks, Andrew. Maybe this is in the wrong forum then, but I do shoot black lacquer undercoater and give it a light sand - 400 wetordry usually, but when I shoot the topcoats, the grain usually...

I make frames - 20 at a time - size is about 9 x 12. The wood face is 1" and the sides are 1 1/4" wide. The wood is poplar and I mill it myself from 5/4 rough. Final finish is glossy black...

I think the surface of the wheel might have an imperfection, or maybe it's just a characteristic of the leather. It's not the sound that bothers me as much as the bump bump of the chisel as it's...

Thanks, Jim! It's the simple things that confound me. I have the leather wheel on my WS3000 and it goes whump whump whump, so that's my next thing to figure out.

I've been using the Butz strop with Herb's Yellowstone, and I've done well with it, but I still have a couple of basic questions that I haven't the nerve to call Herb about. Do you take it out of...