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  0 Thread: Heating a garage workshop - thoughts?
Post: RE: Heating a garage workshop - thoughts?

What kind of garage door do you have?  You'd be surprised how much a well insulated door with no windows helps to keep the cold out.  We live in central PA and the garage on the coldest days may only ...
cams2705 Home Improvement 12 870 08-24-2024, 08:12 PM
  0 Thread: Simple Machine Improvements
Post: RE: Simple Machine Improvements

KC Wrote: (04-11-2024, 05:33 AM) -- Those angle guides are sweet. -- +1
cams2705 Woodworking Power Tools 8 1,761 04-11-2024, 09:19 PM
  0 Thread: Protecting SYP outdoors
Post: RE: Protecting SYP outdoors

Just a thought ... Have you considered taking the SYP (as long as it's in perfect condition) and going to a lumberyard that stocks the pressure treated and/or knotty western red cedar (potentially ced...
cams2705 Finishing 6 1,159 04-11-2024, 09:09 PM
  0 Thread: Wood Chippers
Post: RE: Wood Chippers

woodworker501 Wrote: (08-01-2023, 06:51 AM) -- I have a DR Chipper that is about 10 my years old. It will chip up to three-inch branches, but there cannot be any crotches because of the opening is sm...
cams2705 Home Improvement 10 4,147 08-01-2023, 02:37 PM
  0 Thread: Bench screw swelling
Post: RE: Bench screw swelling

I have the same bench screw from Lake Erie I used for my leg vice in my bench.  I also finished it with the same finish as my bench: I dissolved paraffin wax (Gulf wax in the canning aisle) in turp...
cams2705 Woodworking 6 1,392 07-11-2023, 07:37 AM
  0 Thread: Home Depot prefinished maple ply
Post: RE: Home Depot prefinished maple ply

Since you're not too far away in Maryland ... I've used this place before and they have a full selection of cabinet plywoods.  They have locations in Lewistown and Reading. Industrial Plywood (http...
cams2705 Woodworking 6 2,065 06-02-2023, 07:18 AM
  0 Thread: Will Cypress Withstand Ground Contact?
Post: RE: Will Cypress Withstand Ground Contact?

jteneyck Wrote: (04-12-2023, 02:39 PM) -- Black locust will last 50 years in the ground.  Nature's PT.   John -- THIS! I just put in some post and rail fence with locust posts and hemlock rai...
cams2705 Woodworking 25 5,773 04-12-2023, 07:28 PM
  0 Thread: Source for 9/32" Masonry Bit?
Post: RE: Source for 9/32" Masonry Bit?

McMaster (https://www.mcmaster.com/drill-bits/size~9-32/) is usually my choice for things like this.
cams2705 Home Improvement 13 2,191 02-15-2023, 12:51 PM
  0 Thread: Had to lodge a complaint with the BBB on Powermatic
Post: RE: Had to lodge a complaint with the BBB on Power...

Cabinet Monkey Wrote: (01-29-2023, 11:14 PM) -- Arlin - not to put too fine a tack on it but, forget the BBB.  They’re not going to get bupkus for you.   Even if they contact WMH, I’d be extremely...
cams2705 Woodturning 31 7,037 01-30-2023, 10:43 AM
  0 Thread: Ceramic tile did not stick
Post: RE: Ceramic tile did not stick

You didn't mention it, but did you use the correct size notched trough to apply the mortar?  The notch size ensures you have the correct amount of mortar for the size tile and suction effect helps hol...
cams2705 Home Improvement 17 3,606 01-27-2023, 11:13 AM
  0 Thread: Metal roof on lean-to shed
Post: RE: Metal roof on lean-to shed

atgcpaul Wrote: (11-07-2022, 09:06 AM) -- I'm almost ready to put on the screw down metal roof panels on my lean-to shed, but I can't seem to find information on what to do at the peak (is it called ...
cams2705 Home Improvement 2 2,445 11-07-2022, 10:53 AM
  0 Thread: Epoxy for cracks in table
Post: RE: Epoxy for cracks in table

Do you have access to a band saw?  That would eliminate your concern with losing width due to kerf from cutting each joint with a table saw. I would band saw each joint, joint each edge, and re-glu...
cams2705 Woodworking 15 3,130 10-07-2022, 02:44 PM
  0 Thread: Framing inspection
Post: RE: Framing inspection

joe1086 Wrote: (09-15-2022, 08:46 AM) -- Best bet is to call the permit office and ask the inspector. Maryland, correct? In AA County they've been pretty helpful on the phone with me with similar iss...
cams2705 Home Improvement 12 3,004 09-15-2022, 05:00 PM
  0 Thread: What's your jointer depth of cut?
Post: RE: What's your jointer depth of cut?

I'm the same way.  I run shallow passes to clean the rough edge.  When it's nearly there, I scribble pencil on the edge or face and take just enough to make the pencil marks disappear.
cams2705 Woodworking Power Tools 14 3,126 08-25-2022, 12:29 PM
  0 Thread: Installing Outlet Cover Plate over Raised Border Tiles
Post: RE: Installing Outlet Cover Plate over Raised Bord...

I believe there are neoprene gaskets you can buy for different wall plate types (switch vs. receptacle) ... would these be thick enough to take up the gap between the tile and the plate?
cams2705 Home Improvement 9 3,887 05-24-2022, 05:23 PM
  0 Thread: Wooden screw taps
Post: RE: Wooden screw taps

Not sure if the threads are the same, but McMaster-Carr sells a rather pricey tap in that size ... Link (https://www.mcmaster.com/taps/thread-size~1-1-8-5/) ... Never mind, it is for acme threads. ...
cams2705 Woodworking Hand Tools 9 3,050 01-19-2022, 05:03 PM
  0 Thread: Insulating non-wrapped structure
Post: RE: Insulating non-wrapped structure

jppierson Wrote: (01-05-2022, 06:03 PM) -- Woodnetters, I have a 2-story barn/shed that is sheathed with T-11.  It is not insulated nor wrapped.  This is going to be my wood working shop and I intend...
cams2705 Home Improvement 13 3,113 01-05-2022, 06:35 PM
  0 Thread: Fractional digital caliper question
Post: RE: Fractional digital caliper question

Pirate Wrote: (12-16-2021, 10:45 PM) -- When I read my fractional, dial caliper, graduated in1/64 of an inch, it might read 1/64 and a little bit, like 2/3 the way to 2/64. I call it 1/64 and 2/3 Ho...
cams2705 Woodworking Hand Tools 14 4,700 12-20-2021, 04:32 PM
  0 Thread: Interior door finishing stands?
Post: RE: Interior door finishing stands?

The painters stood all the doors upright and nailed a furring strip across the top and bottom and positioned the doors in a zig-zag pattern for spraying.  This will probably take up the least amount o...
cams2705 Finishing 10 4,307 12-07-2021, 01:57 PM
  0 Thread: Cloud lift Greene and greene
Post: RE: Cloud lift Greene and greene

I would probably start with a hardboard template of the curve and use a marking knife to define the sharp edge/line that will remain the higher "cloud".  I would then use a fine stitch rasp and files ...
cams2705 Woodworking 7 2,726 10-17-2021, 03:48 PM

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