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  0 Thread: Baluster Design
Post: RE: Baluster Design
I wouldn’t count on a hobby/light commercial mortising machine to cut ‘finish quality’ mortises. Even with a clean entry, the exit hole is likely to be a bit ragged. Use a router jig or CNC and ...
 MKepke Woodworking 37 2,997 05-28-2025, 10:55 AM
  0 Thread: GFCI (keeps on going)
Post: RE: GFCI (keeps on going)
MstrCarpenter Wrote: (05-20-2025, 09:28 PM) -- The other half is to power the motion sense faucet. I love mine. -- That should be able to run on a gfci tho. Or is yours motorized :-) (gfci used ...
 MKepke Home Improvement 10 1,173 05-23-2025, 02:36 PM
  0 Thread: My tips for replacing Velcro on drum sander
Post: My tips for replacing Velcro on drum sander
Well, my Woodmaster 38” drum sander was long overdue to get the Velcro on the drum replaced. The Velcro fabric itself peeled off easily, but it left a tremendous amount of adhesive residue. My t...
 MKepke Woodworking Power Tools 0 342 05-12-2025, 08:54 AM
  0 Thread: Spraying Paint with LVLP Question - Touch up and Top Coat
Post: RE: Spraying Paint with LVLP Question - Touch up a...
Bill - I'd plan on recoating, rather than only spraying the missed area. But I would try feathering to avoid a total full-thickness recoat. John - FWIW, I've sprayed Inslx's Cabinet Coat using a c...
 MKepke Finishing 11 1,652 04-16-2025, 10:10 AM
  0 Thread: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
Post: RE: The Joys of Home Ownership - Water Heater
MGoBlue1984 Wrote: (02-26-2025, 02:59 PM) -- “Something to ponder on. 45 years in this game and no one has ever told me their water heater is too big. Lots of the opposite“ Our house has large soa...
 MKepke Home Improvement 23 2,935 03-05-2025, 10:44 AM
  0 Thread: Dining Table Aprons
Post: RE: Dining Table Aprons
jteneyck Wrote: (02-24-2025, 09:50 PM) -- I regularly glue beveled joints with biscuits.  If you want/need additional reinforcement add glue blocks on the inside.   John -- I’m with John. Addin...
 MKepke Woodworking 5 936 02-25-2025, 03:35 PM
  0 Thread: Email system for password reset (still) broken
Post: RE: Email system for password reset (still) broken
John - since you're able to log in on some device, ping a Mod..they are usually happy to help with a pw reset. Whatever you do, don't clear browser cookies until then! -Mark
 MKepke Questions about using the WoodNet forum features 2 2,062 02-03-2025, 10:27 PM
  0 Thread: New user email verification system broken
Post: RE: New user email verification system broken
FrankAtl Wrote: (01-29-2025, 11:01 AM) -- Have you tried contacting one of the moderators? I'm not sure a system admin even exists these days. -- As a new user, you can only contact a mod if you've b...
 MKepke Questions about using the WoodNet forum features 4 2,972 02-03-2025, 10:25 PM
  0 Thread: Ransomware attack
Post: Ransomware attack
I posted in another thread that several WN self-admin tools are broken (for me anyways). Subsequently I received the following note from a WN admin. I assume he/she doesn't mind if I share. FYI...
 MKepke Questions about using the WoodNet forum features 0 1,586 01-31-2025, 08:45 AM
  0 Thread: Fixing bent lead screw in tailstock ram
Post: RE: Fixing bent lead screw in tailstock ram
Well, after some careful persuasion with a C-clamp, the lead screw is straightened enough to make the ram operable again. Now that I have it back together, I'm reminded how much slop there is in th...
 MKepke Woodworking Power Tools 8 1,656 01-30-2025, 02:19 PM
  0 Thread: spindle roughing gouge
Post: RE: spindle roughing gouge
Here's what I got.. ..back in a 1992 edition of the Peter Child book "The Craftsman Woodturner", he refers to the "roughing out gouge" several times. Per Google Books " A gouge , and especially...
 MKepke Woodturning 12 2,571 01-29-2025, 10:32 PM
  0 Thread: New user email verification system broken
Post: New user email verification system broken
Based on personal experience, the email verification system used for registering new users is broken: Despite multiple requests to the WN system to send a verification email over the last week, no ...
 MKepke Questions about using the WoodNet forum features 4 2,972 01-29-2025, 09:42 AM
  0 Thread: Woodnet's Contact Us function is broken
Post: Woodnet's Contact Us function is broken
Based on personal experience, the WN Contact Us function is broken. Link here: https://forums.woodnet.net/contact.php Multiple requests go unanswered after a week. The system at least acknowle...
 MKepke Questions about using the WoodNet forum features 0 1,712 01-29-2025, 09:33 AM
  0 Thread: Email system for password reset (still) broken
Post: Email system for password reset (still) broken
Based on my personal experience, Woodnet's send-you-an-email-to-reset-your password function is broken: * despite repeated requests, an email is not received. * Also, the Woodnet system also d...
 MKepke Questions about using the WoodNet forum features 2 2,062 01-29-2025, 09:29 AM
  0 Thread: Fixing bent lead screw in tailstock ram
Post: RE: Fixing bent lead screw in tailstock ram
As requested a couple pix of the item in question Per the pictures, it has about 12-15 thou of bend. I'm assuming the bend is what's causing the binding in the female threading of the ram itself. ...
 MKepke Woodworking Power Tools 8 1,656 01-29-2025, 09:16 AM
  0 Thread: Fixing bent lead screw in tailstock ram
Post: Fixing bent lead screw in tailstock ram
The lead screw controlling the in-out action of the ram in my vintage Delta Heavy Duty lathe is bent. The bend is a couple of degrees off straight and it binds up tight in the ram after threading i...
 MKepke Woodworking Power Tools 8 1,656 01-21-2025, 10:38 AM
  0 Thread: Gremlins in the refrigerator
Post: Gremlins in the refrigerator
A 10 year old Frigidaire. Twice now the fridge has spontaneously stopped running, interior lights don’t turn on and it throws a “”SY CE” error on the control pad. That supposedly means a communicati...
 MKepke Home Improvement 0 479 01-05-2025, 11:36 PM
  0 Thread: How to work with stock thinner than 1/4"?
Post: RE: How to work with stock thinner than 1/4"?
You could use the CNC workholding trick of a layer of masking tape on the bench top, a layer of masking tape on the stock and some superglue between the two layers. -Mark
 MKepke Woodworking Hand Tools 9 2,422 11-14-2024, 10:08 PM
  0 Thread: Cement Fiber Butt Joints
Post: RE: Cement Fiber Butt Joints
Ray - the I-butt joint cover *is* (or was) an approved method. See explanation here. https://www.howtolookatahouse.com/Blog/Entries/2018/6/what-are-the-vertical-butt-joint-requirements-for-fiber-c...
 MKepke Home Improvement 11 3,989 10-11-2024, 11:46 AM
  0 Thread: Hardwood options in large master bath
Post: RE: Hardwood options in large master bath
Gary G™ Wrote: (09-30-2024, 07:25 PM) -- I’m not sure if you’re referring to what I posted. If so and for clarification, Heart Pine is absolutely not comparable to white pine. -- Nope, not you. ...
 MKepke Home Improvement 36 6,944 10-01-2024, 09:13 AM

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