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  0 Thread: Bandsaw Box Blade Size?
Post: RE: Bandsaw Box Blade Size?

If you don't have one, those Carter small blade guides are so much nicer for tight turns on a small blade than conventional block guides. I have frequently popped a blade on the edge of a guide trying...
Steve N Woodworking Power Tools 15 13,087 12-09-2017, 10:55 PM
  0 Thread: New woodworking workbench
Post: RE: New woodworking workbench

:cool:  :cool: A beastie bench flattened with handtools. Seriously you would be within your rights to stand and beat your chest while doing a Tarzan yell.  Nice bench too. :D
Steve N Woodworking 14 8,440 12-09-2017, 10:50 PM
  0 Thread: New Rough Cut coming in Spring 2018
Post: RE: New Rough Cut coming in Spring 2018

A lot of u tubers just spray ya with whatever. T Mac actually did You Tube videos that were exactly like the PBS show, complete projects, actually more complete than on PBS, sometimes several parts. E...
Steve N Woodworking 26 15,407 12-09-2017, 10:38 PM
  0 Thread: Bandsaw Box Blade Size?
Post: RE: Bandsaw Box Blade Size?

lucyajones Wrote: (12-05-2017, 01:36 AM) -- Is everyone using or recommending for an all around blade size? I recently got into making bandsaw boxes after getting the Ventura book about them ("Buildi...
Steve N Woodworking Power Tools 15 13,087 12-09-2017, 05:48 PM
  0 Thread: Bandsaw Box Blade Size?
Post: RE: Bandsaw Box Blade Size?

Woodshop Wrote: (11-08-2017, 09:45 AM) -- I use a 3/16 14TPI Rake blade, for less sanding. I also have a washer for laying out an easy curve for the blade, on corners I don't want to cut any tighter....
Steve N Woodworking Power Tools 15 13,087 12-09-2017, 05:41 PM
  0 Thread: Brush vs Brushless Cordless Drills
Post: RE: Brush vs Brushless Cordless Drills

TDKPE Wrote: (12-09-2017, 10:18 AM) -- Commutator brush motors have been around since electric motors were invented, and are a very mature technology.  So I'm not worried about brush life, especially...
Steve N Woodworking Power Tools 22 13,225 12-09-2017, 05:29 PM
  0 Thread: New Rough Cut coming in Spring 2018
Post: RE: New Rough Cut coming in Spring 2018

AHill Wrote: (12-09-2017, 01:39 PM) -- For sure, any work on TV production is exhausting.  There's a deadline, you gotta make at least 2 of whatever is being filmed, and it ain't over 'til it's over....
Steve N Woodworking 26 15,407 12-09-2017, 05:18 PM
  0 Thread: Kudos - Brian (Holbren)
Post: RE: Kudos - Brian (Holbren)

A lot of satisfied customers here. I am one of them.
Steve N Woodworking Power Tools 8 4,621 12-09-2017, 10:26 AM
  0 Thread: New Rough Cut coming in Spring 2018
Post: RE: New Rough Cut coming in Spring 2018

T Mac #1 has a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/thomas.j.macdonald/) if you're into that kinda stuff I've been told he goes over reasons in there. The short story is he doesn't like doing produ...
Steve N Woodworking 26 15,407 12-09-2017, 10:16 AM
  0 Thread: Fasteners on line?
Post: RE: Fasteners on line?

GEB Wrote: (11-30-2017, 07:51 PM) -- Anyone had any experience ordering fasteners on line? I need some staples for my PC, and some pins also for a PC. HD and Lowes here in Chico, CA have a very limit...
Steve N Woodworking Power Tools 4 2,905 12-08-2017, 02:57 PM
  0 Thread: Router bit
Post: RE: Router bit

packerguy® Wrote: (12-07-2017, 07:01 PM) -- better yet use your tablesaw and tilt the blade 45 degrees....cut, flip, cut again. Cheapest yet. -- Yep, that gets it done quicker, cheaper, and cleaner....
Steve N Woodworking Power Tools 6 4,233 12-08-2017, 02:41 PM
  0 Thread: Jeff Miller Benchtop Bench
Post: RE: Jeff Miller Benchtop Bench

Derek Cohen Wrote: (11-09-2017, 11:10 AM) -- Hi Greg I think that you will find that the chop will get chewed up when you transfer tails to pins (because the table is at the same height). I would ...
Steve N Woodworking 18 11,841 12-08-2017, 02:27 PM
  0 Thread: Jeff Miller Benchtop Bench
Post: RE: Jeff Miller Benchtop Bench

wjt Wrote: (11-08-2017, 09:44 AM) -- Only ones I can find now are these from Grizzly. Shop Fox H2597 - Veneer Press Clamp From what I have read they are iffy at best. I had a friend use them wh...
Steve N Woodworking 18 11,841 12-08-2017, 02:16 PM
  0 Thread: Repair and Refinish Chairs
Post: RE: Repair and Refinish Chairs

BillinIN Wrote: (12-07-2017, 12:48 PM) -- I asked my wife what stain she wanted on the four I refurbished.  She said the same as the table.  I said, What table?  She said,  the one you're going to ma...
Steve N Woodworking 15 8,823 12-08-2017, 01:30 PM
  0 Thread: Christmas Cutting Boards
Post: RE: Christmas Cutting Boards

Hey those look like cutting boards. Happy Happy shop time makes for a Merry Christmas for someone :D Plus it's the best way to use all of those small boards we end up with after bigger projects.
Steve N Woodworking 2 1,976 12-08-2017, 12:53 PM
  0 Thread: Mortise for table leg.
Post: RE: Mortise for table leg.

s9plus20 Wrote: (12-07-2017, 06:29 PM) -- I am Building a table and would like to get opinions about the table leg mortise. Would you cut the mortise as shown? Or would you cut it all the way to the...
Steve N Woodworking 10 6,390 12-08-2017, 12:37 PM
  0 Thread: Workbench Thickness
Post: RE: Workbench Thickness

Steve N Wrote: (12-07-2017, 05:41 PM) -- I believe you can get very functional hardware to work with any bench thickness within reason. So 1" to 4" range. -- I typed this when I was tired. I should...
Steve N Woodworking 16 8,643 12-08-2017, 11:42 AM
  0 Thread: Any idea how to fix this chair?
Post: RE: Any idea how to fix this chair?

Stwood_ Wrote: (12-02-2017, 12:15 AM) -- Yes the insert is stuck on your wheel stub. Pop it off and that's what fits in the chair hole. Glue in a dowel, epoxy as suggested above. -- Absolutely thi...
Steve N Woodworking 17 7,647 12-08-2017, 11:22 AM
  0 Thread: Wood slice cracked when shellac applied
Post: RE: Wood slice cracked when shellac applied

Phil S. Wrote: (12-07-2017, 02:43 PM) -- Hi Debbie- Welcome to the forum! The short answer - you probably can't.   Long answer - Wood shrinks more tangentially (along the rings) than radiall...
Steve N Woodworking 19 13,033 12-08-2017, 10:59 AM
  0 Thread: Early WoodNet, still more added
Post: RE: Early WoodNet, more added

Cian Wrote: (12-07-2017, 07:47 PM) -- I will always shop at Menards first prior to HD or Lowes.  UNLESS, its for a power tool.  Menards' tool department sucks butt. -- I also check there first, and...
Steve N Woodworking 202 96,184 12-08-2017, 10:16 AM

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