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Hey guys, I posted a while back about the Powermatic 1150 I bought a couple of weeks ago. So this is a 1966 Powermatic 1150 with the regular cast floor base, a 1/2 HP motor (single phase), the optional tilting table and the optional table/head raising unit. The weird thing about it is it has...

Hey guys, In my never-ending quest to outfit my home shop, I've been looking for a big old drill press for a while. I finally spotted a PM 1150 in my price range on Facebook and made a deal. I got it home over the weekend. First up was getting it cleaned up. That went well and I found a...

So, I was at the Indiana State Fair yesterday to see how my 16 yo's woodworking project came through the judging. His chess set in a walnut box was one of the first projects we came to and was judged to be deserving of a blue ribbon with special merit. That's really a pretty big deal. I'd...

So, I've owned my house for 20+ years of it's 90+ year life. Over that period it's got some water in the basement about once a year. No big deal as it's not finished and has a sump pump. Recently, a storm accompanied by a power outage struck a nearby town though, and after a buddy's basement...

I was inspired by Zmax's post about what he ran into, but didn't want to hijack his thread... SO...I got a call here about a year ago from a large hotel regarding water in the gas plumbing. Huh....That's peculiar. Upon further questioning, they were hooking up a new waterline in the building...

Hey guys, It looks like we may be moving forward with a remodeling plan for our 100 year old farm house that will require the old masonry flue to be removed to make way for a walk in shower. The flue is no longer used for the furnace (went to high efficiency vented out the wall) but is used...

Hey guys, So...I've got a Porter Cable bench top Disk/Belt Sander in my garage that gets a lot of use. For years, I had no problem keeping the adhesive backed disks on the thing. I must have gotten a shipment of disks with inferior glue or something, as I've managed to launch the last 2...

I need to help make a walnut box utilizing box joints. Curious what you guys would recommend? I have the following tools available, but no extra walnut if we screw this up: 1. Tablesaw with homemade box joint jig and Freud box joint blade. I have had marginal success with this in the past...

Hey guys, My youngest son is working away on his 4H woodworking project which is a set of turned chess pieces and a box to keep them in (he did the board as last year's project). The box is going to be walnut, about 14" X 18" X 4". The plan is to make it out of 1/2" stock. The bottom and top...

Over the years we've all run into automotive designs that make maintenance way harder than it should be. But this one really chapped by tail. 2014 Subaru Outback - Low Beam bulb Replacement 1. Put the car on a lift or jack. 2. Remove lug nuts tire and wheel assembly. 3. Pop out 10 (or so)...

So, My 2006 3-car attached garage project has a 20 amp circuit for the outlets and we decided to use a GFI breaker on those for safety/code compliance. Fast forward to about 3 years ago, and the breaker started tripping intermittently...say once a week. I finally figured it was happening more...

Guys, My son is working on a set of chess pieces and he has run into issues. He completed the first sides set of pawns and, not certain he could part them all identically and flat, parted them off with about 1/2" or so extra stock on the base with the intent to...I'm not sure what the intent...

Hey guys, Well, we saw 78 degrees Friday here in Indiana and then woke up to well below freezing temperatures by Sunday. I was up in my bonus room above the garage and noted: 1. Colts up 21 on the Titans. 2. Thermostat for bonus room zone on hydronic system set to 70. 3. Temperature in...

Hey guys, I have a specialty application that requires a way to deliver 100 PSI air into small diameter piping for pressure test purposes in a very mobile setting. Over the years, that has led me down the thorny path of buying cordless air compressors by the dozen. My latest attempt (a...

Hey guys, My old U.S. Burke Millrite milling machine is starting to act more and more "funky" on me. For some time, when started in the forward direction, the OEM GE 3/4 single phase motor has "balked" at starting in the forward direction. By "balked" I mean it will do one of the following...

So, There's an oil change place I've been going to for a while now. This is a one-man-shop operation that's owned by a local businessman who rents it out. In the past they used to only change oil, but the shop didn't get enough business. So, they ran the old oil-change guy off and hired a...

Hey guys, I've been in the market for an old floor drill press for my home shop, but nothing local seems to show up. Then I got to thinking about MAYBE buying a mill drill (like a Grizzly G0704 or similar) for DRILLING ONLY (I already have a knee mill for milling). I guess I'm thinking...

Hey guys, I forked over the $46 to order this on Amazon the other day and was really impressed with how helpful it was. Not sure how many of you non-professionals have one of these in your toolbox, but it's at least worth considering if you are trying to track down a very small coolant leak on...

I've been toying with the idea of buying a 3d printer for 3 or 4 years. In the meantime, the price keeps inching down and the capabilities keep going up and I STILL couldn't think of a single thing I NEEDED a 3d printer to accomplish. Then I saw this: And for whatever reason, I think that's...

Proud Dad! When I was his age, I couldn't saw a board straight. You can't really see it that well from this picture, but the walnut frame is put together with box joints and the trim has spline joints at each corner. The squares are all padauk and figured maple. The only bugaboo on the...