Dom, thanks for the great DIY tutorial on tote fixing.
Martin S. said:
But I really wish that good threads, like this one, lived forever. I don't always get a chance to review my "favorite threads" before they disappear into vapor. Heck, I'd even pay $6, if they'd make the threads last forever!
Martin (from a year-and-a-half ago) or others who don't know, You don't need to depend on Woodnet to hold threads for you.
You can save threads to your computer hard drive. Here's how. I happen to use Mozilla Firefox browser, but the steps are much the same in Internet Explorer. I have several folders organizing several gigabytes of Woodnet saved threads, along with other internet woodwork pages, into categories like Hand Tools info, Sharpening, Joints & Joinery, Assembly-Gluing-Clamping, etc.
1. Open thread in "All" or "Show All" mode (if there is more than one page) so you get the whole thread saved.
2. From browser File menu, choose Save Page As...
3. In the resulting pop-up window, navigate to whichever folder you want to save the thread into. You can create new folders if you want to make a separate Woodnet threads archive and not use already-created folders.
4. In the pop-up window's File Name field type in the name you'd like the saved thread file to have. Make it a name that will tell you at a future glance what the thread is about.
The file extension (the 3-letter part after the period) of the file name should be "htm". The htm file extension identifies the saved thread so your browser will recognize it and know how to display it on your computer.
5. Be sure that the pop-up window's Save As Type... field shows "Web Page, complete". The "complete" saves everything -- text & pictures -- to your hard drive. If the save function type is "Web Page, HTML only" or is "Text" or something else, parts of the thread may not get saved to your hard drive and not be available when you look at the thread in the future.
6. Click on the Save or OK button to finish the save process.
Hope that helps.
