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I had to expand my painting booth in order to spray finish this fine panel. I added some side panels and a way to hold the item being finished up off of the dirty shop floor. I do have a complaint. The rheostat on my wind machine does not work too well. Over on the right side of the panel...

I have been busy cleaning out the nooks and crannies of the rafters over the shop. I came across some of many old items from the span of my career. I thought this veneered glasses case from the 1950's might be of interest to some of you . . .

Anyone care to guess what we're up to? Prototype 1 . . . Conclusion = Fail (Birds ate it within 48 seconds) Prototype 2 . . . Conclusion = Fail (Needed the funnel to fuel the miniature chainsaw used for my Bonsai) Prototype 3 . . . Conclusion = Fail (Too Cutesy) Prototype 4 ...

I was wishing for an "in close" hold down for the DP the other day. I thought about how I might make something like this. Then I saw one in an old magazine, did a search online and found one that Glenn made!?! Since the unsuspecting comedian is coming down this weekend I'll snooker him into...

I have two 5" to 4" metal ducting reducers. Free to any Family Woodworking member. PM your address, questions, whatevers to Jim C Bradley Enjoy, JimB

I was reading a novel and found this in the text. Remembering the Imperial vs Metric threads of a couple years ago I just had to post this. This complaint was made by a person who works with the metric system. “Why had I ever been sent away from the land of half-crown, ha’ pennies, florins...

I have had dust collection at the lathe in various forms. This is the latest version. Can you guess why the "S" is in the hose for this picture?

Glenn dropped by and we took to the shop. For Christmas I received a coupon good for one "Lumber Rack Re-Org". I am cashing in part of that :thumb:. Glenn says this one incorporates all the fixes for the mistakes he made on his first two that reside in his shop so, I got that going for me. I...

Five or ten years ago some guys on a woodworking forum based in Phoenix were a great help to me. I would like to contact them again. The only record I have is "http://www.phoenixwood.ca/forum/inde... .org" I got no place trying to use that information. Does anyone know how I can...

I may have discovered the eighth "Wonder of the World." I'm sure you all know the other seven such as the pyramids, the sphinx, the hanging gardens. Well I came upon the Eighth by accident this afternoon. I am sure all of you, at one time or another, have opened your silicone glue and found...

My son, Glenn, informed me that I had outgrown my clamps storage racks and that I had a real mess (come on, did he think I didn't know that). Anyway he came down and we made new clamp racks with room to grow. For those of you who remember Igor I say, “Thank goodness Igor was not here.”...

Tom, My reply to your new/old band saw thread got shifted out of Today's threads right after I posted it. This is just to let you know what happened in case you wish to view it. Enjoy, JimB

Don't Antihistamine and Saw. Antihistamines make me sleep a lot. They also make me stupid (OK, stupider). The doctor Rx'ed some for me for a bad cold. He said this was much better than what they had the last time I was sick---15 years ago. Well he was wrong. I slept away four days of my...

FREE AIR COMPRESSOR AND MAKITA 7.25” CIRCLE SAW. FREEE, FREEEE, FREEEE ITEM #1 I have had a Sears (C-H manufactured it) air compressor for many years. It has performed flawlessly . I painted a 4,000 sq. ft. board and bat house, non-stop with it (well I did eat, go to the bathroom and go...

The FWW site does not have a "block and tackle" division so I put this here. What's with the new avitar? Is it Mary Poppins from the 1800's? There has to be a story behind it. Fess up and enjoy, JimB (dad to you)

Hi, A few weeks ago I posted about a Porter Cable dry grinder giving problems. Reports I have seen say $45 - $55 to replace the electronics. That is approximately 1/2 of the original cost; it is not a practical solution as far as I am concerned. The new PC variable speed dry grinder ran long...

I have a Porter-Cable 8" variable speed grinder that worked for a total of only hours, including balancing and so forth. The unit is out of warranty. Investigation showed a blown fuse which I was finally able to acquire through Amazon. New fuse blew immediately, no surprise there. As far as I...

There were several places I could have placed this so I gave up and put it here. Glenn removed these tires from my Delta 14" BS. We were doing a bit of BS fiddling. When we put them back on they were loose. I ordered new tires and we put them on. However, in that interim the first tires...

I have a Delta Drill Press. It is not really OLD iron; it is younger than my car. On the other hand the car acts like new and the Jacobs Chuck on the DP gets very difficult to adjust. Twice in the past I have cleaned the chuck with mineral spirits. This makes the chuck work fine for a...

The Bradley Boys are at it again. They let neither lack of skill, misunderstanding of purpose or gaps in skill-set stay them from their task. Here we have a perfectly innocent jointer (circa 1940's). Its only crime is having seen some decent amount of use since the last knife change. The...