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"The difference between $2 casters and more expensive ones is material and bushings and bearings. These have cheap material and no bushings or bearings.

Without bearings or even bushings and these become almost worthless with any weight or after holding a load in one position for a period of time ...

At Tractor Supply this week I found a Mini Furniture Dolly on sale for $8. It has four 3" swivel casters. While these are not the world's best casters they are good enough for two bucks each. I bought 2 and had my wife pick up two more this morning. There was a large shelf of them when I went but ...

Roll-around work bench extention. I am making a king size headboard and when it came time to glue up the end stiles it was too long for my workbench. I was trying all kinds of supports when I noticed my SS sitting with no tools on it. Since my bench is higher than the powerhead I rolled it over and ...

I used to use dowels but it really requires close measurements and a non-flexing drill bit. The SS is absolutely the best for that method and you can buy short bits to prevent flexing.
Now I use biscuits because they are less precise, including making a long groove along one face and putting the ...

For some reason the county delivered 4 heavy plastic recycle boxes to us. I use the three unneeded ones for scrap divided into 2-by, hardwood, and small plywood. Larger plywood and other sheet scraps go on a roll-around cart I built.
Just today I inventoried my sheet scrap cart to find a piece large ...

Just a followup. Last winter I refinished the cabinet and it turned out okay.
I finished restaining on a Tuesday afternoon and to allow drying time I didn't apply any Polycrylic until Sunday morning. The plywood shows a few signs of the old problem but not the oak panels or trim.
Regarding possible ...

Thanks for the info on squirrel bafflers. Hadn't expected to see this sort of info on the Shopsmith forum!! Our old plastic one was destroyed by something so I suspected a racoon. I set up the critter cam for several nights and sure enough I caught him a few nights after the new one from Amazon was ...

Thanks for the info, guys. I tried sawing to reduce thickness with my bandsaw and it came out okay. But I can tell it would take a lot of work to get the two pieces ready for a tabletop!!
My sisters and I finally sold my mother's old house so I am going to reward myself for all the trouble I went ...

Thanks a lot for the input. Knowing my skill level it might work out better and be less frustrating if I can find a planer.

Is it workable to use the bandsaw to reduce the thickness of a board from 3/4" to just over 1/2" rather than buy an expensive planer that won't get used very much? With the bandsaw, hand plane, and belt sander it seems to me I could do it but I don't have much woodworking experience.
I have seen ...