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    Face Framing a Built In

    I'm way late to this party, but with no follow up maybe you haven't finished up? I'll throw another alternative, I did quite a few face frames using a biscuit joiner and Titebond to connect the pieces together where it made sense to do so. I found this set of photos from a run of cabinets above...
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    I don't know if this matters

    Going out on a limb here, but are you referring to this, below in red? If so, I'd refer to that as a "gap" between two boards. If that gap is what you're referring to, honestly, don't worry about it. Wood moves, and when joining a couple of 2x10s together with screws, a perfectly tight joint...
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    Hydraulic fitting not accessible?

    Would a basic crowfoot or perhaps a flare nut crowfoot or flare nut socket work? Sometimes they have different names. Can't quite make out how much effective access you have.
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    How hard is it to sharpen drill bits freehand on a diamond stone or do you need a drill doctor?

    Flat stones, I'd not bother. I suppose there's a way, but I don't even want to think about it. Much easier to use a wheel on a bench grinder. Like by a factor of forever. There'e a muscle memory motion to sharpening drill bits, and once you understand the geometry you're trying to achieve...
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    Welding mild steel to hard mystery plate

    Run a file across the edge and see if the file cuts or if it skates across. If it skates, it could be hardened steel.
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    Attached garage - knee wall insulation

    Wisconsin, I'd want it on the exterior. I used to live near West Bend Wisconsin, on Big Cedar Lake. Loved it up there. But insulation on the interior is better than no insulation at all. Polyiso will be a vapor barrier, XPS will be a retarder. I'd go with XPS on the interior. If exterior XPS...
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    Garage lifts

    Domain seems to be registered in Lithuania. :unsure:
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    No, both Emmerts had been in service. One is complete and just needed some light cleaning, the other is missing a few minor pieces but functional. No broken castings on either.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Impressive! I was just in Athol. The two Emmert turtlebacks I picked up last week came from an auction at LS Starrett in Athol.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Picked up two of these Turtlebacks this week. When rotating the handle on one of them there was a little binding, like the screw was tweaked just a bit. Took it apart and sure enough, sighting down the length there's a bit of a bend in the screw. Use an arbor press to very carefully o_O take...
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    Building a router table, need advise please.

    I made my own about 30 years ago, still use it today. It's a tabletop version, when in use, most often I put it on my table saw table. When tucked it can be hung from the shop ceiling. I've built numerous runs of kitchen and bath cabinets, built-in libraries, wainscot and runs of trim as needed...
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    Part of an auction lot I picked up at the Starrett manufacturing facility in Athol MA. Two Emmert patternmakers vises. One fully functional with no missing parts (except for the handle) and with no apparent damage: And the second with a few missing parts and a screw with some wear at the...
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    Thoughts and advice on getting an air compressor

    In some ways, once you get one, you find more uses for it. But there's always that balancefiguring out if it's worth it to supplant what you have with something new. My first compressor was for nail guns. Thomas ST2880. I've had it for near 30 years, still runs like a champ. Ran mostly air...
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    Anti Seize on McPherson Strut Assembly, Knuckle Pinch Type

    Just helped my son, we changed the front and rear suspension on his '06 Subaru. We were cruising through it. Right up until I snapped the head off that same bolt. Stared at it for a bit but nothing changed. Yep, I really did that. Same thing, had to drill it out.
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    Wrench Holders

    I have Tekton roll ups. I do like them, as I move the wrench sets around, either taking them out into the driveway, or to my sons. They velco closed and there's a velcro flap that covers the top so wrenches can't slip out of the roll. All of the sets in the photo below (regulars, shorties, and...
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    dig out stumps vs grinding?

    It's been mentioned in the years ahead as a ground down stump breaks down you can end up with a depression in your yard. True. You can accelerate the decay by drilling a bunch of holes with a drill. I have a 3/4" drill I use. You can leave it as is, or fill the holes with an accelerant to move...
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    Machinists level.

    I have two Starrett 98s, they came in a stacked set of Kennedy boxes I picked up at auction. Not a well attended auction, a small shop, didn't find out until later that the owner died. nearly nonexistent bidding so I picked up the boxes and a 12" lathe. Lathe is still sitting outside on a...
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    anyone know what the LP stands for in this pic?

    Might be Leland Gifford. "LP" for Leland Products.
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    Drainage at ledger board of deck?

    @Kaizen "Lately they are coming out with large spacers that almost look like pieces of an i beam." I've used something similar, even DIY fabricated them way back in the day. But the commercially available ones I know of are called Main Deck Brackets. They've been around for quite some time but...
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    Fortuntate to only be spending $4000!

    I've been running a chainsaw since I was 12 years old. First one was an old Homelite with a 12" bar. While I adore trees, sometimes they do have to come down. With some it's easy. With others it's a more difficult decision. We had two oaks, one 95', the other over 100' tall, that were near our...
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