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Hand planing is hard work. I started work on a lap steel guitar today. Planed one edge. Not looking forward to the faces. Using hand tools more from need than desire. The garage at the new place doesn't have 220 and the 110 is coming in through knob and tube, so I don't want to stress...

Are there any species to avoid for children's toys that will inevitably be tasted by young children?

I resisted the urge to hijack the TS blade thread. After we sell the old house and pay off a bunch of debts I might someday have a leisure tool budget (I do have a plumbing tool budget, but plumbing is not a leisure activity). I enjoy using my EZ Smart system, but sometimes 7 1/4" is just shy...

I bought my RAS (Delta 33-890 for the three new members who don't know this yet :wave: ) used and it did not come with any sort of table leveling mechanism. The last time I did a full calibration of the tool, before moving it, I used 30 gauge stovepipe scraps (three guess what I run for DC...

I had to completely disassemble my RAS table to move it. A bunch of 30 gauge stove pipe bits fell out and I remembered I'd shimmed it a couple years ago. Anyhow, there are some things I liked about what I had, and some things I didn't. Tyhe saw is a 12" Delta turret saw (33-890) - if I really...

Some time ago I bought some nice solid walnut from the Ambassador. I moved it to the new house over the weekend and I just wanted to say thank you for charging by the boardfoot, not by weight! :rofl:

After figuring out the maximum load I plan to run at one time, how much extra should I add for what amperage sub panel to put in my new shop? The main house is 125 amp service, and I want to figure out if I really need a service upgrade. Thanks!

I have a couple different (though my wife would say "too many") hobbies and I am on forums for most of them. It is difficult for me to keep up with the forums, as it were. What I am thinking to do, is before posting something I want feedback on, finding one person to whom I give positive...

And it always seems to show up on the weekend when the docs are closed.

This is my old shop space: http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?5329-reorganization-in-progress, it was a one car attached garage. I'm moving to a two car detached garage. A friend of mine with a truck unexpectedly dropped by today and we brought over my RAS, BS and jointer / DP...

So my wife and I bought a HUD home, free and clear, so once we sell the current house, no mortgage. The house was vacant for a time, during which the copper reclamation specialists stopped in. They must have been very disappointed though, as it looks like they only scored 5 linear feet of...

We're moving to a house much closer to where we work (I walk in most days) and I moved some of the shop today. I learned an important lesson today. When you have two tools mounted to the same cabinet / mobile base, the one that is cantilevered off to the side should be removed first. Then...

Here's the deal - on one edge, there was a little thickness difference, but on the other edge, it matched the previously milled piece on the other side. :dunno: Anyway, I'm already under the thickness I wanted, so I'll just liberally use the ROS as needed or maybe take it to be thickness...

I'm working on flattening one face of a 6' board by hand before feeding it to the thickness planer. Ultimately to be used as a table top glue up. I'm using a 48" (4') level as a straight edge. There is light showing in the middle of the level. Using my calipers, zeroing for the height of the...

Does green poplar stay green in color over time? What are some other green colored woods? Thanks!

I got everything ready to start the glueup, then noticed that one pieces needs a bit more planing (a little patch of roughsawn hid on me) which means they all need more planing. Also, the wood isn't flat - some has picked up a bow. Not sure if I should take off a lot more material by going...

OK! Everything is planed to surface. Next step is to plane to thickness and joint to square prior to glue up. Here's a plank I'm looking to get two or three legs out of. I'm debating about planing away or leaving the surface spalting. I have some time to decide, as after planing to...

Here's da lootz: I did valiantly and selflessly sacrifice by ordering some stuff for myself in order to get free shipping from Hartville to my house. It didn't seem right making Jozsef pay for two shippings. :rofl: Why is my nose 6 inches longer than usual? :dunno: :huh: :rofl: :rofl...

If I wanted to glue two pieces of melamine at a right angle for a jig, would it be wise to rout a rabbet in the one piece to remove the melamine? If so, will any router bit do the job or is there a special bit that should be used?

The weekend is here and I was able to get in more shop time. Everything is almost all surfaced and I was hoping to spend an hour or two more choosing pieces and glueing up the top. Sadly, my DC filled up and I have a clog of planer debris from at least one DC hose to the DC shroud of the...