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  0 Thread: An old fashioned gloat...
Post: RE: An old fashioned gloat...
Nice score! Well worth $400. :yes: I miss the days of searching and searching and then getting an absolute score. It's been years. I buy so much lumber now, it's all about the availability and input ...
 packerguy® Woodworking 17 1,188 03-02-2024, 12:58 PM
  0 Thread: Is there any woodworking you can make money at?
Post: RE: Is there any woodworking you can make money at...
Snipe Hunter Wrote: (02-16-2024, 10:24 AM) -- My best friend Matt is in one of Steve's Urns. He was also a die hard Green Bay fan -- That was pretty cool :cool:
 packerguy® Woodworking 34 2,332 02-16-2024, 10:11 PM
  0 Thread: Is there any woodworking you can make money at?
Post: RE: Is there any woodworking you can make money at...
nosoup4u Wrote: (02-12-2024, 12:33 PM) -- Thanks to everyone who replied! I have had people, upon seeing my projects say, "you could sell those". -- Everyone is an expert.  I had a guy to my sho...
 packerguy® Woodworking 34 2,332 02-12-2024, 09:15 PM
  0 Thread: Is there any woodworking you can make money at?
Post: RE: Is there any woodworking you can make money at...
nosoup4u Wrote: (02-09-2024, 02:09 PM) -- I'm not looking to make a living doing it, I'll have social security and other investment money, but I would like to have something to spend some time doing ...
 packerguy® Woodworking 34 2,332 02-11-2024, 02:37 PM
  0 Thread: Early WoodNet, still more added
Post: RE: Early WoodNet, still more added
Dave Diaman Wrote: (02-08-2024, 05:56 PM) -- My guess is most of the guys on here now will not even recognize my screen name. -- I was just thinking of you before Christmas when I saw the cuban mah...
 packerguy® Woodworking 203 98,160 02-10-2024, 08:53 PM
  0 Thread: Early WoodNet, still more added
Post: RE: Early WoodNet, still more added
I miss the old days. This place is barely recognizable from about 2007-2015 ish. That was the good ol days....this place was lively...always SOMETHING going on be it controversy, buying new tools thro...
 packerguy® Woodworking 203 98,160 02-04-2024, 07:13 PM
  0 Thread: Lumber prices
Post: RE: Lumber prices
®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: (09-30-2023, 07:25 PM) -- This really isn't a question with an answer. -- Agreed. Lumber is a commodity. So there will be wild price swings based on the region and yard, bas...
 packerguy® Woodworking 29 4,984 09-30-2023, 08:45 PM
  0 Thread: Beaver Industrial Supply
Post: RE: Beaver Industrial Supply
They are fine. Bought a few festool items from them when Bob Marino retired. They were no Bob, so I moved on. Call them and arrange it, or just order from Grizz. With them, you know their inventory...
 packerguy® Woodworking Power Tools 7 1,183 09-22-2023, 07:06 PM
  0 Thread: Asked to make an urn
Post: RE: Asked to make an urn
There are lots of places that handle horses. I make horse urns for a few of them...basically 12" square. If he's upset about your prices...he hasn't looked around I made one years back for a famous...
 packerguy® Woodturning 9 1,405 06-21-2023, 08:27 AM
  0 Thread: How do I square one end of this blank?
Post: RE: How do I square one end of this blank?
®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: (06-17-2023, 11:45 AM) -- Watch this: https://youtu.be/BO_ZeLQslNE -- 6:50 of the video is exactly what I suggested. Cut it off on the bandsaw. Did you miss that in the video?
 packerguy® Woodworking Power Tools 22 2,397 06-17-2023, 03:22 PM
  0 Thread: How do I square one end of this blank?
Post: RE: How do I square one end of this blank?
iclark Wrote: (06-16-2023, 10:04 PM) -- I have no idea what "band saw turned legs" are. -- I scratched my head at that too. But assumed its where you bandsaw a profile, tape the offcut back on, tur...
 packerguy® Woodworking Power Tools 22 2,397 06-17-2023, 09:51 AM
  0 Thread: How do I square one end of this blank?
Post: RE: How do I square one end of this blank?
jteneyck Wrote: (06-16-2023, 09:27 AM) -- The fact that he didn't list a bandsaw in his arsenal.   John -- "making band saw turned legs" Well I assumed he has one, just didnt think to use it....
 packerguy® Woodworking Power Tools 22 2,397 06-16-2023, 08:10 PM
  0 Thread: How do I square one end of this blank?
Post: RE: How do I square one end of this blank?
Mill the length square, then score a line on all 4 faces, and bandsaw it. Unless you are terrible at bandsawing (which if youre making bandsaw legs, you must not be) it will be fine. Or if you have ...
 packerguy® Woodworking Power Tools 22 2,397 06-16-2023, 09:14 AM
  0 Thread: Anyone here have a profitable woodworking business?
Post: RE: Anyone here have a profitable woodworking busi...
greatscott Wrote: (06-02-2023, 11:19 AM) -- That guy's build posts were incredible.  And he would occassionally sell of his scrap boards (highly figured) which were amazing themselves. -- I bought ...
 packerguy® Woodworking 73 32,231 06-02-2023, 12:44 PM
  0 Thread: HD Sandle Ply - Threads?
Post: RE: HD Sandle Ply - Threads?
Its glue embedded string that they secure the edges of the core veneers together. I go through 60-75 sheets of 1/4 a year and see it all the time. It can be a PIA sometimes....I just cut it flush now ...
 packerguy® Woodworking 3 625 06-01-2023, 06:47 PM
  0 Thread: Anyone here have a profitable woodworking business?
Post: RE: Anyone here have a profitable woodworking busi...
2Goober Wrote: (08-14-2021, 05:31 AM) -- I tried woodworking as a business about 30 years ago and was shocked how little people thought your time was worth.  -- Someone said that on here about 15-2...
 packerguy® Woodworking 73 32,231 05-23-2023, 01:33 PM
  0 Thread: Where are tall columns made?
Post: RE: Where are tall columns made?
There was a place that the guys on This Old House visited that did architectural reproductions and they talked about a few projects in Washington DC that they worked on and it was things like that. ...
 packerguy® Woodworking 8 1,231 01-31-2023, 07:20 PM
  0 Thread: New Yankee Workshop tour by Russell Morash
Post: RE: New Yankee Workshop tour by Russell Morash
That was cool. The place (including the tools) haven't changed.  What stuck me as I was watching it, was how it was just a shop first that they were filming in. No soundproofing, no special lights,...
 packerguy® Woodworking 21 3,791 01-14-2023, 04:56 PM
  0 Thread: Circular saw guide?
Post: RE: Circular saw guide?
I bought a true track system a few years back. I was a bit hesitant cause of the asking price, but after taking into account its American made I pulled the trigger. It has been fantastic. Very impr...
 packerguy® Woodworking Power Tools 14 2,792 12-30-2022, 04:38 PM
  0 Thread: Does anyone own the South Bend SB1099 - 3 HP Cyclone Dust Collector?
Post: RE: Does anyone own the South Bend SB1099 - 3 HP C...
https://www.oneida-air.com/dust-collectors/personal-shops/v-system-3000-hepa-cyclone-dust-collector-v2019 (https://www.oneida-air.com/dust-collectors/personal-shops/v-system-3000-hepa-cyclone-dust...
 packerguy® Woodworking 7 2,348 11-23-2022, 05:10 PM

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