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Hand planing is hard work. I started work on a lap steel guitar today. Planed one edge. Not looking forward to the faces. Using hand tools more from need than desire. The garage at the new place doesn't have 220 and the 110 is coming in through knob and tube, so I don't want to stress...

Are there any species to avoid for children's toys that will inevitably be tasted by young children?

I resisted the urge to hijack the TS blade thread. After we sell the old house and pay off a bunch of debts I might someday have a leisure tool budget (I do have a plumbing tool budget, but plumbing is not a leisure activity). I enjoy using my EZ Smart system, but sometimes 7 1/4" is just shy...

I bought my RAS (Delta 33-890 for the three new members who don't know this yet :wave: ) used and it did not come with any sort of table leveling mechanism. The last time I did a full calibration of the tool, before moving it, I used 30 gauge stovepipe scraps (three guess what I run for DC...

I had to completely disassemble my RAS table to move it. A bunch of 30 gauge stove pipe bits fell out and I remembered I'd shimmed it a couple years ago. Anyhow, there are some things I liked about what I had, and some things I didn't. Tyhe saw is a 12" Delta turret saw (33-890) - if I really...

Some time ago I bought some nice solid walnut from the Ambassador. I moved it to the new house over the weekend and I just wanted to say thank you for charging by the boardfoot, not by weight! :rofl:

After figuring out the maximum load I plan to run at one time, how much extra should I add for what amperage sub panel to put in my new shop? The main house is 125 amp service, and I want to figure out if I really need a service upgrade. Thanks!

I have a couple different (though my wife would say "too many") hobbies and I am on forums for most of them. It is difficult for me to keep up with the forums, as it were. What I am thinking to do, is before posting something I want feedback on, finding one person to whom I give positive...

And it always seems to show up on the weekend when the docs are closed.

This is my old shop space: http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?5329-reorganization-in-progress, it was a one car attached garage. I'm moving to a two car detached garage. A friend of mine with a truck unexpectedly dropped by today and we brought over my RAS, BS and jointer / DP...

So my wife and I bought a HUD home, free and clear, so once we sell the current house, no mortgage. The house was vacant for a time, during which the copper reclamation specialists stopped in. They must have been very disappointed though, as it looks like they only scored 5 linear feet of...

We're moving to a house much closer to where we work (I walk in most days) and I moved some of the shop today. I learned an important lesson today. When you have two tools mounted to the same cabinet / mobile base, the one that is cantilevered off to the side should be removed first. Then...

I'm working on flattening one face of a 6' board by hand before feeding it to the thickness planer. Ultimately to be used as a table top glue up. I'm using a 48" (4') level as a straight edge. There is light showing in the middle of the level. Using my calipers, zeroing for the height of the...

Does green poplar stay green in color over time? What are some other green colored woods? Thanks!

If I wanted to glue two pieces of melamine at a right angle for a jig, would it be wise to rout a rabbet in the one piece to remove the melamine? If so, will any router bit do the job or is there a special bit that should be used?

I have some interesting figure in some soft maple and I am trying to figure out whether it is a little birdseye or just sawyering. The pics I took didn't show the figure well. I needed to fiddle with brightness and contrast a little for the below pics. So, do you think I have some birdseye?

My mother-in-law has asked for me to build her a table. I need to get it done by the first of May when she moves into her new apartment. I cleaned the shop up enough today to have space to work, went out to the lumber pile and brought in the planks I'll be turning into the table. I also...

Do waterstones have a standardized system of color implies grit? Or does color / grit relationship vary by manufacturer? I ordered some stones quite some time ago, and am just now deciding to learn to sharpen, but all I remember is that they are waterstones.

Some table hardware, some sharpening accessories and my first two Hirsch chisels. The firmer is 12 mm and the bent is 8 mm.

Why would you want one of these over the other?