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When I was a kid remember my dad telling me "Don't touch that..it's hot" so what did I do, I did what every kid did...I touched it and burnt myself. Dad has been gone now for over 15 years..so where am I going with this...today working in the shop, I had to attach some brackets onto a shel...

Thanks for the comments! The metal roof looks good in the picture, not so much up close where all the roughness shows. I might try to give it a coat of a a finish that is less glossy but I may have to wait until we are given the all clear to travel as I don't have any on hand. John Get you some of ...

wireless doorbell.jpg Just in time for Xmas, I think these are already taken and I believe the chargers are probably not free you'll need to pay extra for them, but the doorbells are available at your nearest animal shelter...lol...Many different models, sure to find one to your liking....Merry Chr...

I got this one for less then $100 bucks a couple years ago, off brand here...never heard of them...but apparently is the Black & Decker of Europe...lol...used it maybe a half dozen times seemed to work pretty good, battery holds up well and does both staples (little quarter in wide ones) and pin...

I ran into this once and wrapped some maple with walnut outer band . Excellent idea but I think I'll use oak, don't have enough walnut. I also decided to forget the inch and half idea, going random sizes and grain direction a few two inch strips at various lenght but also a few bigger blocks thrown...

I already got the support figured out, ordered a set of black iron pipe supports. Was gonna get the individual pieces from lowes, then saw them already in a set from Amazon for $15 couldn't pass that up...it the interaction of the various woods glued up I am not sure about, lots of end grain and har...

Was thinking making a inside window shelf for plants and what not, around 35 inch long and 8 inch deep. Idea being overlap the window sill and go out from there with L brackets for support...so initially going for an oak shelf, went to check didn't have a long enough piece, well ok maybe maple, same...

I think I would take a stab at plan A with 1 5/8 Forstner bit then expand the hole the extra 1/8 inch using a sanding drum, either free hand using a drill or on your drill press. sanding drum bit doesn't need to be the exact size, you can get away with a smaller size. Just outline the hole where it ...

I now have photos and with luck, I can insert them here. There are several suggestions that seem right on so far. First, since the bandsaw was stored unused for quite a while, I suspect you are right that it was stored under tension. Here is a picture of the current tension setting (E) , as well as...

First thing I would do is buy a new bandsaw blade, if it has been mounted for a long time under tension...it is toast. The second thing to do is see if you do have the correct tension. Being a newbie I assume you know nothing, not talking down to you, just checking. when you pull the cover (new cove...