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  0 Thread: Aluminum decking vs the million other options
Post: RE: Aluminum decking vs the million other options
something ya might be able to do if find homeowners with it installed near you and see how they like it. see what their pros and cons are of it
 tomsteve Home Improvement 13 593 04-25-2025, 09:05 AM
  0 Thread: Aluminum decking vs the million other options
Post: RE: Aluminum decking vs the million other options
thats pretty interesting. my first thought is how hot does it get in the summer.
 tomsteve Home Improvement 13 593 04-22-2025, 02:39 PM
  0 Thread: Spraying Paint with LVLP Question - Touch up and Top Coat
Post: RE: Spraying Paint with LVLP Question - Touch up a...
bpatters69 Wrote: (04-14-2025, 12:36 PM) -- I am using a 2.0 mm needle and I thinned to about 5 to 6%. I am using Benjamin Williams paint. -- this some new hybrid paint? :D
 tomsteve Finishing 9 510 04-17-2025, 03:28 AM
  0 Thread: Framing around garage door
Post: RE: Framing around garage door
it appears to be a 6" wall and possibly a double 2 by header packed out top and bottom of header to make it fit the wall no crips between header and top plate. mount lumber racks to pieces of 2 by ...
 tomsteve Home Improvement 10 824 03-30-2025, 11:48 PM
  0 Thread: TS Safety Question
Post: RE: TS Safety Question
Ridgeway Wrote: (03-19-2025, 03:52 PM) -- The trouble with that is that despite my best efforts, the workpiece creeps a little along the miter fence if I just use fingers to hold it in place.   -- ...
 tomsteve Woodworking 8 687 03-20-2025, 04:00 PM
  0 Thread: Making a Lake St. Helen plaque
Post: RE: Making a Lake St. Helen plaque
nice work!! I used to live in West Branch. wanted to fish that lake but never got the chance.
 tomsteve Woodworking 3 619 02-25-2025, 10:27 AM
  0 Thread: FS: DeWalt 788 jaws
Post: RE: FS: DeWalt 788 jaws
H.O.P.S. Wrote: (01-23-2025, 10:04 PM) -- I purchased the upgrade jaws from Bear Woods website. They show $99 pay to play right now - I don’t recall paying anywhere near that though (several years ag...
 tomsteve Tool Swap N' Sell 4 588 01-24-2025, 02:33 AM
  0 Thread: Baseboard installation help
Post: RE: Baseboard installation help
DaveParkis Wrote: (12-17-2024, 11:48 PM) -- I am remodeling my kitchen and the flooring guys removed the baseboard to install the new floor. I need to reinstall the baseboard and can't figure out how...
 tomsteve Home Improvement 13 1,925 12-18-2024, 02:10 PM
  0 Thread: age to start a kid chip carving?
Post: RE: age to start a kid chip carving?
8 is plenty old enough to start carving.  teach em right. let em bleed if it happens. teach em why it happened. don't raise a wimp.
 tomsteve Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,474 12-05-2024, 03:52 AM
  0 Thread: 3/5 of an inch forstner bit?
Post: RE: 3/5 of an inch forstner bit?
might want find a machine shop that can chuck the bit in a lathe and turn it to size.
 tomsteve Woodworking 28 5,209 10-30-2024, 01:30 PM
  0 Thread: Cutting Metal with an Angle Grinder
Post: RE: Cutting Metal with an Angle Grinder
circle saw with metal cutting blade will work,too.
 tomsteve Home Improvement 21 3,837 09-28-2024, 08:52 AM
  0 Thread: Exterior clear coat over artist's painting
Post: RE: Exterior clear coat over artist's painting
jteneyck Wrote: (08-10-2024, 12:51 PM) -- The automotive clear coat I'm talking about is a 2K poly.  That's a two-component catalyzed product.  There used to me a guy on SMC who used it for exterior ...
 tomsteve Finishing 10 2,715 08-10-2024, 01:52 PM
  0 Thread: Deck Advice Please.
Post: RE: Deck Advice Please.
BrentDH Wrote: (07-21-2024, 11:15 AM) --    Yes there will be 5 stringers spread out over a little over 3' wide steps. -- thats quite a few stringers for a 36" span.
 tomsteve Home Improvement 12 2,813 07-22-2024, 10:34 AM
  0 Thread: Where did YOU learn....
Post: RE: Where did YOU learn....
Bill Wilson Wrote: (07-09-2024, 08:26 AM) --   For the next 2 years I worked in just about every aspect of homebuilding from laying out & pouring the footer to framing, roofing and trim work.  I real...
 tomsteve Woodworking Hand Tools 30 5,594 07-09-2024, 10:38 AM
  0 Thread: Where did YOU learn....
Post: RE: Where did YOU learn....
I'd say it started 7th grade woodshop. mr braisted was the teacher and he was great. he would emphasize safety with every new tool we would be introduced to. he would show the right way to use it and ...
 tomsteve Woodworking Hand Tools 30 5,594 07-08-2024, 12:57 PM
  0 Thread: Small Shop
Post: RE: Small Shop
Bill Wilson Wrote: (07-07-2024, 09:21 AM) -- I've known some pretty good scrollers who set their scroll saw up on the dining room table, or in the laundry room or a spare bed room. -- scrollsaw w...
 tomsteve Woodworking 13 3,108 07-07-2024, 07:38 PM
  0 Thread: floor refinishing
Post: RE: floor refinishing
I say have no expectations. its hard to say what is involved until the carpet is pulled. you could need anywhere from  a good cleaning to complete replacement
 tomsteve Home Improvement 9 1,844 07-01-2024, 06:20 AM
  0 Thread: Design Question - Will this topple?
Post: RE: Design Question - Will this topple?
3" casters seems pretty big for this project. id think you wouldn't need much more than similar to this. also, a caster at each corner so 4 instead of 3 I think is wise.
 tomsteve Woodworking 14 2,950 06-16-2024, 11:09 AM
  0 Thread: Anti-Vibration Gloves
Post: RE: Anti-Vibration Gloves
im 56 years old. I've been running power tools since I was 12. ive worked in the woods cutting firewood, worked in a pallet shop, worked in a machine shop, and framed houses.and spend a lot of time in...
 tomsteve Woodworking Power Tools 7 2,347 05-23-2024, 02:24 AM
  0 Thread: Wood Haul found on the side of the Road....
Post: RE: Wood Haul found on the side of the Road....
find!!! Polk speakers- i hope they work. i swear I could furnish a 1 bedroom apartment monthly just picking garbage just in a 2 square mile area here. I could probably be a gas powered equipment ho...
 tomsteve Woodworking 9 3,029 04-29-2024, 08:51 AM

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