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SHARPENING-what a rabbet hole Got too many sharpening gizmos, grinders, and gadgets, but the site-truck has fine grit Wet/dry sandpaper that does just fine.....a system called "scary-sharp" Eric

Most door suppliers here in the colonies will not warrent a door from warpage unless it is finished on ALL surfaces, including top and bottom, so take an inspection mirror and check top and bottom for finish. I have had many discussions with painters and finishers about this. Most say it is not...

"blowing out the dust" is to me the wrong thing yu can do in my mind. All it does is drive the dust deeper onto the contacts, where the arc/harden and become "carbon resistors. To me, life expectancy of switches is better extended by vacuuming them. but sooner or later they all fail, if not...

it was a b***h to turn with conventional lathe tools. bits of wood would tear out, lay across the edge, and the balsa was so soft, it wouldn;t cut it. Ended up using a template and a router to rough n shape then using varieties of auto-body rasps and Ariou style rasps to tune it to size. Steady...

I have only recently learned (today) that what I would call a shim washer, was also called an arbor washer Eric

1st step for me who ends up as resident millwright at #protospace is to put a shop vac on the switch and speed control and flick it on off several times. maybe more if yer prone to using compressed air to clean it, which only drives dust into the switch. Next step is to use a vom to assess...

8 in maple, 10 in BALSA wood!

and here I am trying to convince my wife that we need two dishwashers.....onne for dirty dishes, and the other having clean dishes in it. Saves putting them into the cupboards!!!!!

I would suggest you call up a local printer and ask where they have their rollers rebuilt. It might take a few calls, but printers do it all the time, so they may be able to recommend a place to do it. I hare had many rollers for makita 2040 planers rebuilt that way here in Calgary. The folks I...

In Canada, there was a TV show that compared various home dust filtration systems. The most cost effective acquisition was a simple 20" square box fan with a furnace filter taped over it, which was only marginally less effective that more expensive units...

figure this out and yer on yer way to becoming a rhikenologist .Suggest you put the square across the face of the blade and grind it square and make it sharp as others have said before me. Further I would suggest putting a straight-edge along the sole to ensure it is reasonably flat!. I had a...

that looks like a round belt to me. They are available in various metric diameters, and you simply cut them to length and fuse the two ends together. My local supplier (transmission supply) is also a bearing store, and they refer to it as round polyurethane belting. I use them on m engraving...

I have a plethora of woodies, transitional as well as the iron planes. The woodies are mostly moulding planes, and many of them are not sharp and ready to go. So when I need to use one, it gets sharpened (back side only) and tuned up and tested on scrap til it's ready to go, and then put to...

tried polyurethane glue in a similar situation. within three months, all chairs were loose at the joints agin. Don't believe the commercials!

I look at the pictures and see a problem where the tub meets the tiles.....that joint should be made to dissapear with translucent silicone, the grout lines look like they were?insufficiently filled, OR, heaven forbid, the grouting was done with a metallic trowel which left iron residue on the...

Another option is to manifold two inexpensive pancake compressors together, much easier to take t site On site I have used a thomas compressor, which turns out a continuous 50PSI, annd manifolded that with a pancake compressor. to provide back-up. the coninuous (thomas) compressor puts out...

when an economist gets really good, they become weaatherpeople presenters! Known that for a long time I have! Eric in the colonies

hexagonal dies are intended for rethreading, or thread restoration. Round dies are for cutting new threads. Found that out about a year ago. Eric in the colonies

beautiful! The outside was plebian so as not to attract attention.

This discussion has educated me substantially. Here in the western Canadas a house made 100 years ago is celebrated if it still stands, And the knowledge of the tools and skills to repair and maintain them is rapidly fading. Eric Enoying my #makerspace......protospace.ca