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  0 Thread: Woops
Post: RE: Woops

What’s sliding in the groove? If it’s wood, make rabbet so it will fit the dado.
EightFingers Woodworking 9 498 03-14-2024, 01:15 PM
  0 Thread: Washing Machine Hoses
Post: RE: Washing Machine Hoses

TheCabinetmaker Wrote: (02-28-2024, 04:33 PM) -- the nuts are magnetic as are the rest of the metal fittings. They have some type of plating on them. I will be using them to flush tankless HWH. I nor...
EightFingers Home Improvement 28 1,351 02-29-2024, 12:52 AM
  0 Thread: Why don't we have a challange
Post: RE: Why don't we have a challange

So the challenge is to come up with a “challenge”?
EightFingers Woodturning 5 284 02-28-2024, 03:32 PM
  0 Thread: Is there any woodworking you can make money at?
Post: RE: Is there any woodworking you can make money at...

When I moved to Hawaii, I built a 1200 sqft shop. I sold woodturning and other woodworking through galleries in the state. I was retired so I could devote quite a bit of time to it. Made good money, e...
EightFingers Woodworking 34 1,938 02-20-2024, 03:14 PM
  0 Thread: Early WoodNet, still more added
Post: RE: Early WoodNet, still more added

Brings back memories!
EightFingers Woodworking 202 96,194 02-20-2024, 03:02 PM
  0 Thread: How long have you been turning?
Post: RE: How long have you been turning?

Not long enough..
EightFingers Woodturning 12 396 02-20-2024, 12:51 AM
  0 Thread: Termite Monitoring?
Post: RE: Termite Monitoring?

Sentricon?
EightFingers Home Improvement 22 1,061 02-07-2024, 12:56 AM
  0 Thread: Japanese bowl turning
Post: RE: Japanese bowl turning

I have a bunch of really old Japanese lacquer bowls (early 18th cent.) and they are still true and round and no cracks. What’s interesting is the Japanese value the old beat up lacquer ware more than ...
EightFingers Woodturning 5 462 02-02-2024, 02:27 PM
  0 Thread: finish on chess pieces
Post: RE: finish on chess pieces

Put them in the sun
EightFingers Woodturning 2 339 01-30-2024, 12:59 AM
  0 Thread: Water heater TP valve leaking
Post: RE: Water heater TP valve leaking

City here (Henderson) does not require expansion tanks even if there’s a pressure reducing valve so plumbers don’t put them in. I don’t have tank on mine either either, but I’m thinking about installi...
EightFingers Home Improvement 20 1,213 01-26-2024, 02:22 PM
  0 Thread: HVAC Ceiling vent
Post: RE: HVAC Ceiling vent

I also have a ceiling vent in a high ceiling room (30 feet). Heat can not get down to the floor from that vent because heat rises. Fortunately, there are other vents from a different HVAC unit closer ...
EightFingers Home Improvement 9 531 01-26-2024, 02:17 PM
  0 Thread: Bathroom Lav Not Draining
Post: RE: Bathroom Lav Not Draining

The pop up is what catches the (wife’s) hair. I do like Roly said. Did this last week pulled out a hairball that almost completely blocked the drain. I also took the trap off (it was clear) and cleane...
EightFingers Home Improvement 10 550 01-26-2024, 02:12 PM
  0 Thread: Whole house generator follow-up (fuel use)
Post: RE: Whole house generator follow-up (fuel use)

fredhargis Wrote: (01-24-2024, 08:27 AM) -- We're out in the country and also on a well. But beyond that my wife is handicapped and uses medical equipment. It would be fairly tough (if not impossible...
EightFingers Home Improvement 41 2,274 01-25-2024, 01:00 AM
  0 Thread: Whole house generator follow-up (fuel use)
Post: RE: Whole house generator follow-up (fuel use)

rwe2156 Wrote: (01-22-2024, 10:44 AM) -- My neighbor told me he has $8000 invested in the generator and electric work plus another $2000+ in propane sitting in a tank. (Propane here is $4+/gallon)  H...
EightFingers Home Improvement 41 2,274 01-22-2024, 11:40 AM
  0 Thread: Whole house generator follow-up (fuel use)
Post: RE: Whole house generator follow-up (fuel use)

BrentDH Wrote: (01-19-2024, 11:24 AM) -- I am surprised no one here has mentioned burying the propane tank.  We have a buried 500 gallon tank and I would not have it any other way.  Those big tanks a...
EightFingers Home Improvement 41 2,274 01-19-2024, 03:13 PM
  0 Thread: This turning forum is mostly dead
Post: RE: This turning forum is mostly dead

I used to post a lot more here, but now my woodturning is on hiatus since I moved from Hawaii so I post infrequently. My shop went from 1200 sqft down to 300 sqft. Kind of sad, but have to look after ...
EightFingers Woodturning 21 1,100 01-18-2024, 02:43 PM
  0 Thread: DC leak location how to??????
Post: RE: DC leak location how to??????

fredhargis Wrote: (12-30-2023, 01:52 PM) -- I wish I had a suggestion on where to find these, I've had mine so long I forgot where I got them.  -- Might try Hobby Lobby
EightFingers Woodworking Power Tools 6 398 01-04-2024, 03:32 PM
  0 Thread: New Yankee Workshop
Post: RE: New Yankee Workshop

I was more into TOH than NYW because I was remodeling my house. Eventually, I started watching NYW because he showed techniques that I could use for remodeling. Took me a while to get into furniture b...
EightFingers Woodworking Power Tools 15 1,709 01-04-2024, 03:09 PM
  0 Thread: Coming soon to a Ikea or Wayfair soon
Post: RE: Coming soon to a Ikea or Wayfair soon

If you got paid .50/day what kind of job would you do?
EightFingers Woodworking Power Tools 10 876 01-04-2024, 02:58 PM
  0 Thread: UFO hollow form
Post: RE: UFO hollow form

Made lots of those. Hardest parts were under the top and the middle of the bottom. I started out with the gooseneck tool and hated it. Got a McNaughton hollower and it was much easier!
EightFingers Woodturning 2 339 01-02-2024, 01:17 PM

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