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In many ways it comes down to what quality of filtration you want. Larger filter surface means less difference in air pressure between inside and outside which means that less fine dust is forced through the filter into the air while the filter itself lasts longer. Bill Pentz has some figures...

I have come across men in their 70-ies and one man in his early 80-ies doing onsite carpentry or bricklaying. However they have all been specialists doing the more advanced jobs few others could do. Where managers had a simple choice. Let the old men do it their way at their pace or wait 11...

That saw was misslabeled. Certainly not a 10" AGS. That one seems larger whatever it is. And it has some long fence bars I haven't seen before. And an exorbitant price I certainly haven't seen before. A 10" AGS or an equivalent Ejca L18 or Rapid generally goes for between 300 and 1800 euros...

I used my Stenberg KEV 600 combination machine in a single car garage 5,5 by 2,9 metres for years. I even made some doors and windows for customers in there. I suggest you look for something else than Festool. A Wadkin-Bursgreen 10AGS doesn't take up more room that the Festool but it way more of...

I am not talking about blobbing. I am talking about the fact that lead melts at something like 320 degrees celsius while many steel edge tools are tempered at around 200 degrees. If heated to a higher temperature the steel looses it's hardness and must be hardened and tempered anew. Getting the...

Lead is not a good idea as enough heat the melt lead will damage the temper of the steel. Leave as is!

Just tell them you accidentally lost that odd one off screw in the dumpster........... you must be allowed to fish it out don't you.

The problem with those riving knife mounted guards is that they require a riving knife that protrudes above the blade. Removing and replacing the riving knife takes time. Especially if you need to do it half a dozen times during a workday. Which is practise means that the riving knife is left...

Nobody has been able to figure out a use for them so far. They were manufactured as a tool in search of a need and the need never quite materialized. However they are good for regrinding into something else.

I am really sick and tired of this Sawstop propaganda. To to rip a 4 metre long 6x8 inch baulk on a Sawstop and we will see how safe it is and how many times the motor must be rewound before continuing the cut. Try to cut an tenon on the end of a two metre long 2x4 and then report back. Try to...

Looking forward to the result! Your people has quite an international reputation for the ability to reengineer stuff and make it work.

Ласкаво просимо to the forum 1/2 " 12tpi is a Whitworth thread. Which is of English origin and was never used in USA. However Whitworth threads were once in common use in most of Europe. My old rip saw which was made in Germany in 1885 has Whitworth threads. So has my mortiser which was made...

I have never steam bent any other wood species than our local spruce (Norway spruce to the English) and cannot comment on how other species bend. I have never used a compression strap either. It is unecsessary for boat planking and ribs. Therefore I cannot give you any advice. It is outside my...

When I repair wooden boats I loosen nails by heating them with a very large electric soldering iron with a custom flat tip. While it is hot I drive the nail in a bit further with hammer and punch. Then I pull it. However very old nails (mid 19th century and older) tend to be forged from wrought...

My steam box is box shaped and welded from stainless steel. It is about 40x8 cm inside I think and 6 metres long. In hindsight it should have been 5 cm wider inside to give room for planks with a greater edge curve. Insulated with foam on the outside. Steam comes from a wood fired boiler holding...

I have welded and filed the broken screw on my Starrett combination square. No problem I filed the same screw for my protractor from an UNF bolt. The protractor is of unknown make. Probably the maker's name was stamped on the ruler part which has then been replaced with a Mitutoyo ruler...

I normally make the wedge flat sided and drive it in with enough force to compress the wood

Eletra Beckum is more like hobby grade though at the upper end of it. Startrite is unknown to me. I have rebuilt quite a few machines and honestly it is easier to make something out of a 100 years old industrial machine that was thrown out as "worn out" or "outdated" 40 years ago and has sat in...

One more thing. Running into the woods to hide is the instinctive way of many a heathy man dealing with severe stress. The closer to the woods that is mans natural habitat you go the more widespread and well known the instinct is. In rural parts of densely wooded Finland it is the normal way of...

Having a hoarder in my own extended family I suggest you bring p the issue with her in a friendly and non-agressive though brutally honest way. Remember that I come from a region renowned for brutal honesty within a country world famous for brutal honesty and yet theese are tough things to talk...