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Mike907 wrote:She's already told the kids to say Goodbye. Dad's moving to his own apartment.

Mike

On a t-shirt "my wife said one more Shopsmith and I'm leaving... sure am going to miss that girl!"

Consider using analyne dye to make the figure 'pop', then mineral oil over that.

Clean All The Wood Dust Out First!!!!!

My computer does have enough umph to run Windows 7 and most new computers have windows 8. I won't run Windows 8 so my choices are Stay where I'm at and hope. Go to Apple Be really stupid buy a Windows 8 machine and pay Microsoft for Windows 7 rewarding them for making a really terrible Windows 8 an...

Build a heavy shelf solidly attached to the legs, near the bottom, and load it up with bags of sand. Amazing how smooth this makes it!

Rule #1 on the internet: No pics.... didn't happen. I'm just sayin'

So, I'm waiting for delivery of my 5/8" smooth bore to 1" 8tpi adapter so that I can use the One-Way chuck I recently acquired. Any thoughts?

They work very well. Think of a strop as a very fine, if soft, final honing stone. Use a green or gold charging compound, and have one with no compound at all. Also, the palm of your hand is, for this purpose, un-tanned leather! The reason we strop is to refine the cutting edge; to create and remove...

Hi all, I am now employed, after a long hiatus caused by a slowdown in the IT field. My new employer is Lee Valley in Vancouver! It's like working in Disneyland for a tool and wood guy. The people who I work with are mostly people who started off as customers, and are either gardeners or woodworkers...

There are a number of steps to take... by the way, did you know that tuning up a plane is called 'fettling'? So, if you are in 'fine fettle', you are sharp and ready to rhumba, so to speak. Back to the plane. First, take it completely apart and remove any obvious rust and other accumulated gunk. The...