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nuhobby wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 7:42 am That's super! Maybe some 'mates' to that lone chair will show up, too ?

It’s one of a kind at this point. Besides, as much work as it took to repair and refinish if any more did show up I’m not sure I’d be up for the job!

Looks like you kept the patina. Good. Never sand the old patina off. Steel wool better than sandpaper for such work. …. And that floor looks perfect for a shop... I thought about that before I started but the chair’s original patina was long gone. The chair now has a place in our home where we can ...

This chair was passed down through my great aunt's family who farmed in Central Texas in the early 1900's. It had been sitting outside in the weather on my mother's back porch for several years when my wife convinced me it might be worth repairing and refinishing. Took it completely apart, re-glued ...

gleno wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 8:21 am My solution for dust falling out the bottom of the bandsaw is duck tape stuck one piece on the inside and one on the outside sticking to itself it works surprisingly well.

It doesn't look like you have a dust port attached. Does the bandsaw fill up with sawdust with the bottom sealed up?

How did you get the flat base of the port to seal across the ridge in the plastic bandsaw cover?

Correction: I may have to try this. My 2 1/2" port *isn't* doing much when I resaw.

I may have to try this. My 2 1/2" port is doing much when I resaw.

Is that a 4” flange? Must do a much better job of catching the sawdust that otherwise falls through the slot on the bottom of the bandsaw.

jpdalton wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:08 pm Inflation Hits Shopsmith!

Unfortunately, a spike in inflation in 1951 ...

Must have been the conflict in Korea.

Nice. How did you make the square through mortises for the handle ends? Large drill bit, then squared up with chisels?