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Thread: Battery Powered Chainsaw
Post: RE: Battery Powered Chainsaw
I've had the Ego chainsaw, with the 18" blade, for about four years. My needs are basically the same use you intend. It's worked very well. I use the 7.5 Ah battery that came with my lawnmower.
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grwold |
Home Improvement
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04-04-2024, 07:11 PM |
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Thread: Footsteps in the Sand Pen
Post: RE: Footsteps in the Sand Pen
That's a good-looking pen, Gary. Did you do the engraving yourself? It's a good quote. |
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grwold |
Woodturning
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04-04-2024, 07:03 PM |
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Thread: Build Thread for my Brother's Urn
Post: RE: Build Thread for my Brother's Urn
That's a beautiful urn. Love the shape, wood selection, execution, everything. Very well done. |
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grwold |
Woodturning
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04-04-2024, 02:52 PM |
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Thread: Latest from Lee Valley
Post: RE: Latest from Lee Valley
Patsfan Wrote: (04-01-2024, 10:10 AM)
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Thankfully, they have solved the blade chatter issue. (https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/afd/veritas-classic-double-razor?dm_i=6EER,AEEF,12TENM,1HPQG,1)
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grwold |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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04-01-2024, 05:49 PM |
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Thread: flattening planes
Post: RE: flattening planes
tablesawtom Wrote: (03-22-2024, 03:06 PM)
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The side is ground with the bottom clamped to the angle plate. Then the other side is ground in the free state. so for any reason the body isn't perfectly... |
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grwold |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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03-22-2024, 04:14 PM |
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Thread: flattening planes
Post: RE: flattening planes
tablesawtom Wrote: (03-21-2024, 02:54 PM)
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Next the plane is clamped in a precision vise and the bottom is ground. And trust me a precision vise is not just any ordinary vise vary accurate vise.
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grwold |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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03-21-2024, 08:54 PM |
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Thread: My collection of Keen Kutter K series planes
Post: RE: My collection of Keen Kutter K series planes
Those look great, Tom. Not sure I've seen corrugated bottoms on the little guys, before.
And the totes & knobs pop, as well. Hand shaped? Nicely done, with the grain orientation. |
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grwold |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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03-21-2024, 08:47 PM |
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Thread: Leaking Toilet Shut-off Valve--Threaded Replacement?
Post: RE: Leaking Toilet Shut-off Valve--Threaded Replac...
Next time I'm back there, I'll have some tools with me to check it out properly, including to clean off the oxidation and to measure the diameter. Pretty sure I'll need to turn off the main before I ... |
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grwold |
Home Improvement
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02-21-2024, 03:33 PM |
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Thread: Relic
Post: RE: Relic
That's really beautiful. Amazing work! |
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grwold |
Woodturning
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02-20-2024, 08:55 PM |
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Thread: Leaking Toilet Shut-off Valve--Threaded Replacement?
Post: Leaking Toilet Shut-off Valve--Threaded Replacemen...
My MOL's vacation home has a slow leak from the toilet shut-off valve.
The supply pipe is threaded copper--zoom in and you can see the threads. But the local big box store only seems to sell c... |
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grwold |
Home Improvement
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02-20-2024, 08:53 PM |
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Thread: Finally! Combination plane storage.
Post: RE: Finally! Combination plane storage.
Nordic Wrote: (02-20-2024, 06:25 PM)
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Thanks!
Haven't placed organizers in them yet. Have an idea that would just use a little bit of pine... Give me a dozen years or so... :laugh:
Finish i... |
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grwold |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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02-20-2024, 08:38 PM |
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Thread: Finally! Combination plane storage.
Post: RE: Finally! Combination plane storage.
Those look really nice. Did you put any organizers on the insides, to hold parts in position?
I bet the decals will stay in place nicely with one or two more coats of finish ... |
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grwold |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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02-20-2024, 05:46 PM |
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
If you're on a MacOS machine, use the built-in Preview app. Open your image in Preview, then go to the Tools menu and choose Adjust Size.
You'll find the boxes for Width and Height, plus at the bo... |
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grwold |
Finishing
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02-18-2024, 08:04 AM |
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Thread: How long have you been turning?
Post: RE: How long have you been turning?
November 2022. Thanks to @arthropod98! |
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grwold |
Woodturning
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02-18-2024, 07:50 AM |
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Thread: Project for my daughter
Post: RE: Project for my daughter
Your built-ins look great, and they're a tremendous improvement! Well done, on the design and build. Very nice. |
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grwold |
Woodworking
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02-13-2024, 08:37 PM |
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Thread: negative rake scrapers
Post: RE: negative rake scrapers
I picked one up from another woodturner's estate sale (local turning group connection). Still working on getting the sharpening down, esp. between the grinder versus a carbide honer, but I am really ... |
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grwold |
Woodturning
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02-13-2024, 06:17 PM |
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Thread: One of those Anarchist's Bar Stools
Post: RE: One of those Anarchist's Bar Stools
Looks great! Nice report, too. Glad you're liking the book. I've been tempted by it, especially with the discounted price & with it being signed, as well. |
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grwold |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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02-05-2024, 08:38 AM |
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Thread: Japanese bowl turning
Post: RE: Japanese bowl turning
That roughing tool really rips through the wood, at any angle. |
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grwold |
Woodturning
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02-02-2024, 01:30 PM |
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Thread: Worms in Dry Cherry
Post: RE: Worms in Dry Cherry
Thanks, Steve. I may try that on some of the other pieces--but I'll have to be careful, as LOML won't be happy that I'm freezing worms!
I put the rest of the cherry outside again for the time bein... |
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grwold |
Woodturning
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02-01-2024, 09:43 PM |
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Thread: Worms in Dry Cherry
Post: Worms in Dry Cherry
A neighbor offered me some cherry, out of his firewood pile. I started turning a blank cut from one of the pieces yesterday, and found, among all the worm holes through the sapwood, a living worm. T... |
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grwold |
Woodturning
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02-01-2024, 09:23 AM |