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A little shot of the weather today in central Minnesota.

been blowing 40 to 50 mph since noon today.

Luckily we do not have a lot of snow on the ground.


It is whipping what we do have into zero visibility.....

see picture. -22 degrees for tonight...........

I suppose someone will ask what the fire is in the background of the first picture. I used to have a woodstove to heat the basement but, put in a propane JOTUL stove a few years ago. to old to cut wood anymore. So, that is the flames from the stove. will be about -25 degrees again tonight here. It i...

Dusty: I just had a project using two inch pink Styrofoam. I cut it with the hand held jig saw with a fine Bosch blade. Very little dust and very smooth cut. will attach some pictures. I have tried it with skil-saw but to much blade speed .. using the jigsaw did not find anything sticking to the bla...

one more clamp picture.. [ATTACH]23297[/ATTACH]

If a tool does not have a storage place, make one. That way it always get put back in the same spot. Some things I have extra of I put in my lawnmower shed so, they don't take up room in the shop... This is what I do with pencils, tape measures, clamps. Does it always work out as planned??? NO but a...

I have a 110 volt 20 amp plug on one shopsmith that I replaced last year. looking at the male plug the right side the blade is horizontal, and the left side is vertical. I googled a picture of a 20amp 220 volt male plug. The right blade is vertical and the left blade is horizontal. So, if you used a...

Fightingseabee: Welcome home and thanks for serving. One bit of advice. Keep contact with your buddies. I spent thirteen months in Vietnam 1965,1966. Came home served two years in active reserve outfit, two more years inactive. Then, I forgot about anything military for the next long while. Raising ...

One is listed on Minneapolis craig list for $3800.00. POWER PRO, WITH BAND SAW.. says it has been used six times. So, what would this unit be worth????? The used ones I have bought . I asked how many people have called on unit?? The reply was always you are the first one.................... the newe...

Thanks josh, I understand what you are saying now.

It is late?? Sometimes I read too fast???

I went to the shop smith accessory page and read the comments about the power coupler.. I think five entries. one from 7-14-2011 said they are $22.00 another entry said 12-19-2011 $21.00 current price is $ 21.49... So, according to that, they did not just go up in price.?????????????????:confused: :...