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Yea....That's definitely obvious....but 3 casters on something that *top*heavy I'm not so sure about unless I weld something together and lower the center of gravity. But, yep, that's one of the options for those. I MIGHT have 5 or 6 smaller casters laying around that are the same size that...

This summer is slipping by FAST. I’ve now torn my shop partially apart now twice in the month. So, not much is getting done other than some organization. I’ve put some things up for sale and had a few bites. Getting rid of a large tool cabinet that I’ve had for 3 years and have struggled to...

Your space and capabilities are amazing. You seem to have one speed: Warp speed.

Through a long series of events, these drawers are finally in my studio. It took everything 4 guys had to move it onto my trailer AFTER I took all the drawers out. It’s a beast. Even has overtravel drawer slides so when I put a top on it, the drawers when fully opened will pull out past the...

I went ahead and paid for one year on Smugmug. $47 a year and guaranteed no future BS. I do however use an IPad for this kind of thing and the Smugmug interface isn't cooperating. I ended up having to use our computer. I promise I won't make the photos this big in the future. Everything...

If your saws are lonely from lack of use, image how long it's been since that saw-set got used.

This whole Photobucket thing I saw coming......there's always a catch with free. So, I'm toying with a different hosting site, one that I SHOULD have just started using from the start and one that I know others use, Smugmug. My ADVRider days are over but if I'm going to pay for photo...

I found a Grizzly G-1021 15" planer a couple of years ago. The original owner had clocked the hours on it since purchase....a total of 10 hours of use since 1997. I replaced the bearings as well. Very simple install. Planes figured materials like buttah.

Just got done installing this in my old planer: I didn't buy it to reduce noise, but it is WAY quieter.

+1 on Klingspor.

The last time I changed the knives in my planer I told myself it was the last time. Last week I determined they were dull and today this showed up. Almost done installing...........then putting up a CL ad for a 15" cutterhead, gibs and two sets of knives.

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The PEC stuff is good, as mentioned. I have a bit of a fetish for old Lufkin squares. You can typically find them used online for much less than the Starret or B&S ones. Old Lufkin is top notch stuff.

I've been pretty busy the last couple weeks. The storm has finally passed and I'm off contract in a couple of days. Tomorrow I'm visiting some interns and then a GD&T seminar Thursday. Friday my wife's shipment can get picked up from customs so we're off to Milwaukee to grab her merchandise...

Been a struggle to get much done in the shop. This year is winding down fast so there's been quite a few very, very long days. I've managed to always be in the shop for at least an hour on all but two days a week. I finally finished the cabinet today. I just had to make some hanging...

I learned some interesting and frustrating information about my Newell upper bandsaw guide over the last week. The previous owner had both flipped the guide mount upside down and turned it 180 degrees, so it was upside down and backwards. He did this to gain resaw capacity (about 2" worth)...

I found a Yankee Push drill (41) identical to the FOUR I sold many years back that will allow me to drill the 8 hinge screw holes in the cabinet top and bottom. I bid on one that I really liked but someone else likes it more than I do. I found a 'buy it now' alternative that should last me the...

Got home this morning from dropping my wife off at the airport for an insanely early flight, it was still dark when I got home. Hopped in the shop and unclamped the cabinet and got ready to do the final fit of the doors and mount the hinges with some #2 steel screws I picked up yesterday...

I was all ready to start mortising the doors and cabinet for knife hinges until I started looking for my 1/8"-3/16" router bits........then I remembered.....I don't own one. I have piles of 1/4" diameter bits in all sorts of flavors, but hand routing with a 1/4" bit between lines 5/16" apart...

Thanks Fergus....here's to hoping I get it done. I started this and another deeper cabinet about a year ago. It's nice to actually be able to make something in my space, but I find that most of my time is spent making little jigs/fixtures/etc that I've had in other shops so to take one step...