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  0 Thread: Generator Questions
Post: RE: Generator Questions
Someone else mentioned the battery in the house option. Another way to get the battery is to just have an electric vehicle. There are $$$ ways to have the battery power most or all of the house at a h...
 msweig Home Improvement 40 1,848 04-15-2025, 05:48 PM
  0 Thread: Shipping Furniture
Post: RE: Shipping Furniture
Check out the Lost Art Press blog. I know they have had a few posts dealing with shipping individual chairs. Much of it has dealt with building a crate, but I think there was some discussion on who/ho...
 msweig Woodworking 14 695 04-15-2025, 10:25 AM
  0 Thread: Hinge install help
Post: RE: Hinge install help
Lubricant sounds like a good idea. Thanks!
 msweig Woodworking 6 335 04-13-2025, 12:08 PM
  0 Thread: Hinge install help
Post: RE: Hinge install help
Good idea, hadn't thought of that in general, but I'm not even driving that deep before the screw is shearing off (or it shears when I'm backing it out).
 msweig Woodworking 6 335 04-12-2025, 01:25 PM
  0 Thread: Hinge install help
Post: Hinge install help
:upset::upset::upset: So I'm working on building a campaign style folding desk (specifically the one from Chris Schwarz's book).  For anyone unaware of the basic design, imaging a basic table (four...
 msweig Woodworking 6 335 04-12-2025, 11:52 AM
  0 Thread: Finishing a desktop
Post: RE: Finishing a desktop
Thanks for the input. Looks like I'm going to have a larger chunk of scrap than I thought so I should be able to try a few things. And I didn't think about a UV finish potentially being softer. Go...
 msweig Finishing 5 536 03-18-2025, 10:20 PM
  0 Thread: Finishing a desktop
Post: Finishing a desktop
Working on a desk for my daughter. Legs are maple, top is purpleheart. I'm already aware of purpleheart's ability to change color, and how much variation there seems to be in how the wood reacts o...
 msweig Finishing 5 536 03-17-2025, 07:30 PM
  0 Thread: age to start a kid chip carving?
Post: RE: age to start a kid chip carving?
I think I'd be a bit leery. I haven't done chip carving, but some of those photos show holding the work while pulling the knife towards you. That takes both strength and coordination, and I don't thin...
 msweig Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,459 11-20-2024, 01:26 PM
  0 Thread: Light sensor replacement
Post: RE: Light sensor replacement
Thank you both! Mark
 msweig Home Improvement 3 859 11-07-2024, 09:17 AM
  0 Thread: Light sensor replacement
Post: Light sensor replacement
I have an exterior light that works based off of a light sensor (on at night, off during the day).  But recently I noticed that the light is on all the time.  My first thought was maybe the lens cover...
 msweig Home Improvement 3 859 11-06-2024, 10:36 AM
  0 Thread: Dining Table
Post: RE: Dining Table
Looks great Derek!
 msweig Woodworking Hand Tools 59 9,804 09-13-2024, 08:30 AM
  0 Thread: Smoke detector location ?
Post: RE: Smoke detector location ?
I'll add one other suggestion. Don't get only ionization smoke detectors. They are terrible are detecting smouldering fires. My company did a demo once where we built a room, filled it with a ton of s...
 msweig Home Improvement 3 942 07-17-2024, 12:23 PM
  0 Thread: StumpyNubs does a new finish
Post: RE: StumpyNubs does a new finish
I'm intrigued. Probably need a few projects lined up to make sure I use it all within the shelf life though.
 msweig Finishing 2 1,234 07-02-2024, 06:41 PM
  0 Thread: Design Question - Will this topple?
Post: RE: Design Question - Will this topple?
Why would we place the sewing machine towards the front vs in the middle? Because you want to be close to the sewing machine while using it. Look up any photo of someone using a sewing machine an...
 msweig Woodworking 14 2,926 06-18-2024, 10:09 AM
  0 Thread: A Clock of my own design
Post: RE: A Clock of my own design
jteneyck Wrote: (01-11-2024, 09:25 PM) -- During my investigations into different escapement mechanisms I found that one called the grasshopper is exceeding quiet.  It was developed by John Harrison,...
 msweig Woodworking 16 4,488 02-01-2024, 03:01 PM
  0 Thread: My Dutch Tool Chest
Post: RE: My Dutch Tool Chest
Looks good. I made a modified version of one of those several years ago. Fun project.
 msweig Woodworking Hand Tools 9 3,281 02-01-2024, 02:49 PM
  0 Thread: Kitchen Build Thread
Post: RE: Kitchen Build Thread
That looks great!
 msweig Home Improvement 145 52,432 12-05-2023, 10:47 PM
  0 Thread: Harmonic Oscillator Clock
Post: RE: Harmonic Oscillator Clock
Nice work. Looks good!
 msweig Woodworking 11 2,737 08-30-2023, 11:44 PM
  0 Thread: Ever make a cribbage board?
Post: RE: Ever make a cribbage board?
You could also just buy the template, use it, and then sell the template on here. Then the template doesn't cost so much (that is what I did years ago when I made one). Or just post a WTB in the sa...
 msweig Woodworking 10 3,792 08-04-2023, 09:10 AM
  0 Thread: Kitchen Build Thread
Post: RE: Kitchen Build Thread
Looks really good. I think your plan for the appliance garage on the right and floating shelves between them is solid. I personally don't like appliance garage, but know many who do. And the open ...
 msweig Home Improvement 145 52,432 07-15-2023, 11:49 AM

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