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Well in North Dakota we are having a long drawn out Winter, Spring yet to arrive. My thoughts turned to Spring and the left over ceder I had from my backyard fence project last summer (33 new posts with assorted gates). Here is a picture of bird houses just completed. I used 2x4 ceder cuttings to cr...

I suppose if we worked all the rattles out in the midst of new found quiet we would long for the good ol' days when SS rattled like a Model 'T'.

I thought of that after I wrote it. Vibration is tricky business to address, just ask the people who build airplanes.

Dittos on the molding glue with blue tape till set. Dittos too on a great looking chest of drawers in quarter sawn oak.

When the chest was on display at the Smithsonian a few years ago I spent an hour studying it. Of course it was behind glass, but there was a "wow factor" in seeing it in the flesh. It would make a worthy project.

I just finished making a hutch to use as a bar in our dining room and it was based on an 18th C plan I found published in a book for woodworkers to copy or adjust to their needs, as I did. This is not stealing, and in furniture, as far as I know, designs and classic construction techniques are not p...

Vibration is tricky business, but I would think that polishing the sheaves would be worth the time and effort. If it reduces friction should reduce vibration.

At the Lowe's demo in Fargo a month ago I was surprised how quiet the PP was. The SS demo-man said it was because the motor is better isolated from the frame, but I suspect its the lack of shieves and so many other parts.

The Maple looks spalted, which is caused be fungus that colors the grain black to pink and makes for beautiful turnings.

and dust collection will be mounted external out of one of the window openings. You ned to be aware of air flow in your house if you put your vacuum outside. It will be removing a quanity of either heated or air conditioned air and depending on how tight your house is can cause dangerious back draf...