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  0 Thread: Drum Sander Pricing
Post: RE: Drum Sander Pricing

Years back I picked up the Grizzly 18" sander. Put a lot of boards through it and can second that you do not get a lot of material off in a hurry. I like to try and keep a little higher grit on it a...
arw01 Woodworking Power Tools 18 10,290 01-28-2017, 11:48 AM
  0 Thread: Small CNC Engraver - looking for opinions
Post: RE: Small CNC Engraver - looking for opinions

The possible laser attachment has some interest. On a Home automation list I am on they found a little $80 laser engraver they have been dialing in. Wonder what it would cost to go to something that...
arw01 Woodworking Power Tools 15 7,947 01-23-2017, 04:26 PM
  0 Thread: splitting up some Festool RO90 delta pad sandpaper
Post: splitting up some Festool RO90 delta pad sandpaper

Had to order a 100 of the 400 grit sand paper for a Festool RO90 delta pad. In a nut shell don't need a 100 of them.  Be interested in swapping with a few others to get an assortment of grits inste...
arw01 Tool Swap N' Sell 0 1,104 01-23-2017, 04:16 PM
  0 Thread: The new Mikiespace - 40X64X16 Pole Barn
Post: RE: The new Mikiespace - 40X64X16 Pole Barn

What are you planning for the miter slots into the table? not happy with my first time I did it..
arw01 Woodworking 683 363,957 12-13-2016, 05:04 PM
  0 Thread: Mesquite & Koa box
Post: RE: Mesquite & Koa box

Got to meet Gecko a few years back packing lumber from one side of the state to the other for little buddy dave. Saw a couple of his boxes in the shop there, might fine work he does. Did you find ...
arw01 Woodworking 10 6,463 12-13-2016, 05:02 PM
  0 Thread: Damascus steel chopping knives
Post: RE: Damascus steel chopping knives

after you cut them to size roughly on the rivet, did you just pound them flat and then sand down the handle blank?
arw01 Woodworking 6 4,004 12-09-2016, 04:27 PM
  0 Thread: Walnut table top progress
Post: RE: Walnut table top progress

Gorgeous absolutely stunning.
arw01 Woodworking 18 10,010 12-09-2016, 04:23 PM
  0 Thread: Heat for the Shop
Post: RE: Heat for the Shop

Not much help in your situation as the place is alreay built. Did radiant floor heat when the shop was built, but took me about 6 years to finish getting the rest of it hooked up (e.g. i was being ch...
arw01 Woodworking Hand Tools 33 19,301 11-10-2016, 05:08 PM
  0 Thread: Putting Stuff Away
Post: RE: Putting Stuff Away

I put everything away, just ask the family. and if it's not where I put it, the the son ran off with it, really he did I swear it! Just a bit from the empty nester and gawd I hope I can finally fi...
arw01 Woodworking 43 28,206 11-09-2016, 04:59 PM
  0 Thread: I'm the worst...pics
Post: RE: I'm the worst...pics

You are doing better than me, at least you have a project done! Finishing is an art all to it's own, I've been struggling with plain ole simple seals coat shellac, that stuff dries too fast to rub on...
arw01 Finishing 17 9,316 10-16-2016, 11:40 AM
  0 Thread: Fastenal Third-Party Shipping
Post: RE: Fastenal Third-Party Shipping

Isn't there someplace to like or thank a post, this could be helpful down the road.
arw01 Woodworking Power Tools 3 3,119 10-06-2016, 04:06 PM
  0 Thread: Square drive bits for a brace
Post: RE: Square drive bits for a brace

Double the hex bit right in the brace, done that a bunch too. However there are two braces always chucked up with a socket adapter and Lee valley hex bit adapter. Although I use them way less often ...
arw01 Woodworking Hand Tools 9 6,471 09-24-2016, 09:14 AM
  0 Thread: Festool 'Y' Connector - (Pictures Fixed)
Post: RE: Festool 'Y' Connector - (Pictures Fixed)

You can buy all the tools your wife cannot find, nor figure out how you paid for them. Now I love this little adapter, wonder if it would fit my CT MIDI?
arw01 Woodworking Power Tools 5 4,115 09-23-2016, 03:32 PM
  0 Thread: Festool 'Y' Connector - (Pictures Fixed)
Post: RE: Festool 'Y' Connector

pictures don't show up.
arw01 Woodworking Power Tools 5 4,115 09-21-2016, 03:49 PM
  0 Thread: Fine Woodworking Mags
Post: RE: Fine Woodworking Mags

Curious how this will sell out, have the first 150 issues or so, maybe first 160 sitting in the house untouched for a few years now. Always thought I would read them all and make a lot of projects fr...
arw01 Tool Swap N' Sell 4 4,386 09-17-2016, 05:11 AM
  0 Thread: Photography Backdrop
Post: RE: Photography Backdrop

Few years back picked up a wool blanket from harbor freight to use as a gray background, was like $5.00 and doubles as a car blanket most of it's life. Also have since picked up a couple of black o...
arw01 Woodworking 13 7,163 09-10-2016, 04:36 AM
  0 Thread: Festool Rotex sanders?
Post: RE: Festool Rotex sanders?

The Rotex has made my wife a believer in Festool. She had a buffet to sand off the finish from completely, in her youth she recalled running her dresser with a belt sander and the days it took to stri...
arw01 Woodworking Power Tools 21 11,710 09-09-2016, 03:29 PM
  0 Thread: want to slow down some shellac
Post: RE: want to slow down some shellac

I may be better to change my compressor to something a bit bigger, so many choices in this and hard to tell when you have never sprayed any finish besides a rattle can to see what you might have succe...
arw01 Finishing 12 8,371 09-06-2016, 04:04 PM
  0 Thread: want to slow down some shellac
Post: RE: want to slow down some shellac

Thank you again for answers, found the equipment on the link above, and although I do not have the compressor to run latex, will take up a conversation with Todd about a turbine system. Was really in...
arw01 Finishing 12 8,371 09-04-2016, 08:41 AM
  0 Thread: Initial Impressions of Qualspray Spray Gun
Post: RE: Initial Impressions of Qualspray Spray Gun

Thank you for the thread fellows, how beefy of compressors are you all using with the non turbine set up? Down at 29psi i suspect a lot of compressors could keep up, but perhaps my impressions of the...
arw01 Finishing 56 47,686 09-03-2016, 10:08 AM

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