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  0 Thread: Battle of the bureaucrats continues UPDATE!!!
Post: RE: Battle of the bureaucrats continues UPDATE!!!

Well, there was a time when anyone could build anything they wanted without regard to whether it was a fire hazard or might just fall down and kill everyone inside. That's why we have these regulation...
MartyRA Home Improvement 29 15,425 12-15-2017, 10:58 PM
  0 Thread: SOLD-Wixey Digital Angle Guage
Post: SOLD-Wixey Digital Angle Guage

I inadvertently bought 2 and never got around to returning one. Still in the original clamshell package Model WR300 TYPE 2 (AAA battery not included) $20 and I'll ship it free ..or pick up in El...
MartyRA Tool Swap N' Sell 2 1,968 12-14-2017, 11:54 AM
  0 Thread: Bench-on-Bench suggestions
Post: RE: Bench-on-Bench suggestions

I've been thinking about this very same thing myself especially after reading about it in fww magazine. I'm an actual subscriber believe it or not.. Because my shop is lacking in floor real estate f...
MartyRA Woodworking Hand Tools 22 14,510 12-14-2017, 10:50 AM
  0 Thread: Tablesaw blade sharpening
Post: RE: Tablesaw blade sharpening

I have a few used Diablo blades I've pretty much worn down to a frazzle and they're no longer flat. I read somewhere that the blades with the little squiggly lines cannot be flattened and become prett...
MartyRA Woodworking Power Tools 9 4,181 12-14-2017, 10:33 AM
  0 Thread: harbor freight next 25% ?
Post: RE: harbor freight next 25% ?

I've been burnt so many times with HF equipment that there are very few things I would bother trying to save 5% off the purchase price. About the only thing I can think of I buy there on any regular b...
MartyRA Woodworking Power Tools 19 11,522 12-14-2017, 10:21 AM
  0 Thread: voice controlled dust collector?
Post: RE: voice controlled dust collector?

I dunno here folks.. I'm a pretty lazy guy most days, but I can still summon the courage to reach over 3 feet to flip a switch. I'm still living in the stone age where I drag extension cords around th...
MartyRA Woodworking 12 6,014 12-14-2017, 09:58 AM
  0 Thread: free shipping
Post: RE: free shipping

LV really ticked me off a few years ago when I was going to order a simple little 3" piano hinge for 99 cents then wanted to tack on $15 for shipping. I probably shouldn't have done it, but I gave t...
MartyRA Woodworking 36 18,077 12-14-2017, 09:45 AM
  0 Thread: Train Tracks
Post: RE: Train Tracks

It would be cool to be able to make your own switchers to change tracks and so on.. I don't know how you would go about doing such an undertaking, but t'would be neeto none the less.. By the way, th...
MartyRA Woodworking 13 7,051 12-14-2017, 09:36 AM
  0 Thread: Wood movement affects bench legs
Post: RE: Wood movement affects bench legs

Pretty much tell the truth about the nature of wood and how it expands and contracts with the changes in the weather.  You could tell them you're still waiting for approval for god-like powers, but t...
MartyRA Woodworking 10 5,856 12-14-2017, 09:29 AM

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