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I have a fairly large (1,500 sq. ft.) basement woodshop under what I refer to as the east wing of the house. I felt that I have plenty of space to spare but no... :o I tend to have general clutter in my shop most of the time but some space consumers are "almost relevant". One example is a ...

On both my Mark tools they lock turning clockwise. I believe it is the same way I put them on the Mark 5/V's I have restored and resold too. On my Mark 2 it is clockwise since the lock levers have standard threads and the same for the set screws on the SPT Adapter Kit for my Model 10's. It's that r...

Missed ya! Was worried about thy absence. Welcome back! Condolences re the youngest one! I was kind of worried myself for some time... :eek: I'll get back to regular posting soon. Right now I am mostly just kind of skim reading here to catch up on current discussion topics. That and at least trying...

It does me good to come here and see so many names still here. Things got so bad that I had to walk away from quite a few groups I had been active in. Now I am returning here, I was always fond of this group. Somehow when I was not paying attention I got older. :rolleyes: I turn 81 in April, not sur...

Actually this is a valid subject in spite of a possibly shaky origin. My wood shop is 1500 sq. ft. (36' x 40' plus a small old cellar room) in the basement of the west wing of the house and all concrete. My feet, legs and back have NEVER liked concrete floors after a few minutes of standing. I do ha...

Hi Ed: You will notice that you didn't get the usual flood of responses on this one. That's because nobody has a great answer for this question... :rolleyes: :D Actually I've decided that there are not even any "fairly good" answers... :rolleyes: The problem is not your air nailer nails. I...

Here is something that I learned that has served me well. You don't need a $200 10" blade to cut a 2" x 4"... :) There are many jobs where you do need a good 10" blade, and at times you might wish for a 12". :) For a lot of everyday stuff an 8" blade is plenty. I have a...

Here is a wee thought to chew on for a minute... We have long been taught to operate a table saw with the blade extending only about 1/8" up through the wood. That is great for saving blood and fingers etc. but it is power sapping. At that depth far more of the blade circumference is in contact...

I did get most of the dead spiders swept up... And, I didn't really need a 5 gallon bucket to hold them. :D This kind of flush of one or two species on a given year or two is pretty common on the farm. As you say they are after "something" to eat but also getting inside if possible to at l...

Am I missing something here? We seem to be talking about both "slipping" and "stalling" which are two very different things. If the discussion is "stalling" then did I miss the part where the shop wiring was discussed concerning such factors as it being possibly: 1. Too...