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  0 Thread: Table Saw Trips Breaker
Post: RE: Table Saw Trips Breaker

Thanks Roly.  I also found the answer elsewhere, saying the resistor is needed. Easy to unsolder and transfer over.
Petertaylor Home Improvement 2 237 04-21-2023, 03:43 PM
  0 Thread: Table Saw Trips Breaker
Post: Table Saw Trips Breaker

As posted a few days ago, our Delta table saw often trips the 20amp breaker when we turn it on. Several replies suggested to replace the capacitor. Our motor has two capacitors, one for 110V and the o...
Petertaylor Home Improvement 2 237 04-21-2023, 02:11 PM
  0 Thread: Table Saw Trips Breaker
Post: RE: Table Saw Trips Breaker

Roly Wrote: (04-18-2023, 05:49 AM) -- I will second the capacitor being the problem.  Roly -- Thank you for this suggestion. Since I don’t know about motors, I wouldn’t have thought of it.  I’ll se...
Petertaylor Home Improvement 7 544 04-18-2023, 08:40 AM
  0 Thread: Table Saw Trips Breaker
Post: Table Saw Trips Breaker

Our 20-year-old Delta table saw blows the 20 amp SquareD breaker when we turn it on.  It is a dedicated circuit, so it’s not overloaded. Thinking it must be a weak breaker, we replaced it.  That didn’...
Petertaylor Home Improvement 7 544 04-17-2023, 07:47 PM
  0 Thread: How would you fix these?
Post: RE: How would you fix these?

What you said is what I would do.
Petertaylor Woodworking 11 1,265 02-18-2023, 10:49 PM
  0 Thread: Reusing an Old Door
Post: RE: Reusing an Old Door

As always, we appreciate your showing and teaching us. —Peter
Petertaylor Woodworking 9 903 02-07-2023, 11:44 AM
  0 Thread: Where are tall columns made?
Post: Where are tall columns made?

We visited a church where the sanctuary has twelve fluted columns. Maybe 30 inches diameter.  Probably called neoclassical. They are about 30 feet tall. Whether tapered or not, I couldn’t tell. I assu...
Petertaylor Woodworking 8 820 01-30-2023, 09:06 PM
  0 Thread: What Kind of Glue to Use
Post: RE: What Kind of Glue to Use

Since people were helpful of curious, here is what I did. As a support, I cut a similar 6-foot arch from plywood.  This would allow me to clamp down each of the nine oak segments and to move and glue...
Petertaylor Woodworking 8 1,037 01-25-2023, 06:46 PM
  0 Thread: What Kind of Glue to Use
Post: RE: What Kind of Glue to Use

Thank you for the extended suggestions, John. Your thoughtful answers and comments to everyone are always interesting much appreciated.  Loose tenons and epoxy it will be.  —Peter
Petertaylor Woodworking 8 1,037 01-24-2023, 09:31 AM
  0 Thread: What Kind of Glue to Use
Post: What Kind of Glue to Use

A carpenter brought me an unfinished project asking for help.  He has made a 5-foot wide arch of 3/4 white oak to fit in a church doorway.  He made the arch out of nine segments 4 inches wide and 12 ...
Petertaylor Woodworking 8 1,037 01-23-2023, 08:19 PM
  0 Thread: Unique design challenge
Post: RE: Unique design challenge

Kudos to those industrious kids!  Some birds make nests of sticks, so I’d make a little bird nest. They could put it in a tree and be hopeful.
Petertaylor Woodworking 11 935 01-02-2023, 10:59 PM
  0 Thread: Paint limestone basement
Post: RE: Paint limestone basement

Thank you all for the replies and suggestions. The original question was not about waterproofing the limestone walls, but minimizing the sand that drops off. I just sprayed on a coat of clear latex....
Petertaylor Home Improvement 8 693 12-20-2022, 04:15 PM
  0 Thread: Paint limestone basement
Post: Paint limestone basement

Our 110-year-old house has a basement of limestone wall. It is solid and the mortar still pretty good.  But it has fuzzy effervescence in places, and so much sand drops off that we need to vacuum ever...
Petertaylor Home Improvement 8 693 12-16-2022, 09:42 AM
  0 Thread: blown in wall insulation
Post: RE: blown in wall insulation

Filling all the spaces between the studs is questionable. There are firebreaks and other cross pieces. Also, have you read about the insulation getting compacted over time. It’s loose when you blow i...
Petertaylor Home Improvement 19 1,331 09-21-2022, 09:43 AM
  0 Thread: Minwax Wood Hardener
Post: Minwax Wood Hardener

The stated purpose of the wood hardener is for soft, semi rotted areas. Bit I’m going to build a pine table and wonder if treating the whole surface will toughen up the top a bit. Has anyone any exp...
Petertaylor Woodworking 2 577 08-20-2022, 10:31 AM
  0 Thread: Black locust?
Post: RE: Black locust?

Interesting that our experiences with black locust are so different. The tree I’m calling b/l has beautiful clusters of blossoms in June, and the resulting pods have lots of beans in them.
Petertaylor Woodworking 13 1,427 07-30-2022, 07:45 PM
  0 Thread: Tap off one side of 240V
Post: RE: Tap off one side of 240V

Thank you for the knowledgeable comments and questions. The underground wire out of the basement is 10-2 with ground. 30 amp breaker. The pressure switch is in the basement. I hadn’t realized that ...
Petertaylor Home Improvement 8 894 07-27-2022, 06:38 PM
  0 Thread: Tap off one side of 240V
Post: Tap off one side of 240V

Our deep well has an underground 240 line running to it. Nearby is a shed and I would like to add a few lights inside. I know that tapping 120 off one side of the pump is not code, but would cause any...
Petertaylor Home Improvement 8 894 07-27-2022, 09:07 AM
  0 Thread: Hallway Table Build
Post: RE: Hallway Table Build

Thanks for sharing the project. Since the table was to be grey, why use your white oak? Wouldn’t any cheaper species have been okay?
Petertaylor Woodworking 20 1,981 07-24-2022, 03:36 PM
  0 Thread: Black locust?
Post: RE: Black locust?

For being such a hard wood, black locust grows tall very quickly. We heated with it for years. If you’ve never cut it before, you’ll think your chain saw is dull. It cannot be split by hand, and even...
Petertaylor Woodworking 13 1,427 07-23-2022, 07:50 AM

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