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I have never used an I box, but have made box joints up to 12 inches long. It is a trial and error thing and requires a homemade box joint jig. If your joints are too tight you just tap the jig one direction with a small hammer. If the joints are too loose tap in the other direction. There are inter...

Never understood this PC. DO WE REALIZE -- the noun PERSON ends in "SON".

SON IS DEFINITELY a noun from the male gender.

Very nice projects and beautiful work, Blackie! Congratulations on your top notch workmanship! You can't fool me about not having skills to build furniture projects. Just take a look at the exact fitting joints you made on the weavers and the top rim (handles) With that skill you can make anything. ...

.... I don’t try to drill the through hole completely from one end. I drill from both ends and meet in the middle. That way the start of the hole is accurate at both ends. If they don’t meet exactly at the mid point it doesn’t matter. The salt or pepper will fall through whether the hole meet up pe...

Why was I always instructed to use black pipe for pipe clamps. For some reason galvanized was supposed to be bad. WHY???

In fact I didn't know that some folks used galvanized.

Hearty Congratulations to Maria for ALL of her accomplishments and her call to civic duties!!! Ir is super nice to see such notice of one of our youth. Especially nice for Great Grandparents. Maria, as many others, will have no lasting regrets for not attaining the height requirements of specific or...

Very, Very nice work, Dick! Super project! Congratulations on your lasting marriage and making her cry. We live for moments like that.

Yes! most important to me was the self study course.

Wishing all of us a very happy and prosperous 2018. Gone are the days when our family used to play in the snow all winter long. Also, gone are the days when we paid off our homes and finally have one completely paid for, where we plan to spend the rest of out years. Wishing everyone can, and will be...

YES~ Happy Christmas to All! I Know Kids will be happier with these very hansom trucks.