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  0 Thread: Weyerhaeuser plans to permanently close its lumber mill and plywood m
Post: Re: Weyerhaeuser plans to permanently close its l...

Not as much timber coming off federal and state lands these days, so a lot of consolidation has been going on for several decades. [br][br]IIRC, Weyco is buying [some/all?] Plum Creek Timber. Most of ...
Bob DeViney Woodworking 2 7,235 06-28-2016, 11:14 PM
  0 Thread: A couple of doors down...
Post: Re: A couple of doors down...

[blockquote]daddo said:[hr][br] In that time and much of the present time, the overly done barrage of detail and huge amounts of gold is simply to feed the ego of the owners who certainly want to fla...
Bob DeViney Woodworking 3 6,031 05-30-2016, 12:55 PM
  0 Thread: Grizzly tools looking at the 8" jointer 490xw
Post: Re: Grizzly tools looking at the 8" jointer 490xw

[blockquote]Anthony W said:[hr][br][br][blockquote]Bob DeViney said:[hr][br][br]I've had one for about a year. Very happy with its performance. You'll want a helper to lift the jointer bed out of the ...
Bob DeViney Woodworking Power Tools 10 8,976 04-20-2016, 11:10 PM
  0 Thread: Grizzly tools looking at the 8" jointer 490xw
Post: Re: Grizzly tools looking at the 8" jointer 490xw

I've had one for about a year. Very happy with its performance. You'll want a helper to lift the jointer bed out of the wooden shipping box and onto the cabinet.
Bob DeViney Woodworking Power Tools 10 8,976 04-19-2016, 10:34 PM
  0 Thread: Flag/Decoration Display Case
Post: Flag/Decoration Display Case

I'd like to make a display case for my dad [WWII Navy vet] using some teak and maple I have on hand. I have in mind a rectangular box with the triangular flag boxed in at the bottom, with room above f...
Bob DeViney Woodworking 2 1,669 04-19-2016, 11:14 AM
  0 Thread: How much camber?
Post: Re: How much camber?

12" camber on my Jack plane. None on my jointer or smoother(s), though I ease the corners slightly to prevent 'tracks.'
Bob DeViney Woodworking Hand Tools 5 6,411 02-16-2016, 12:18 AM
  0 Thread: Bosch Colt Router
Post: Re: Bosch Colt Router

[blockquote]handi said:[hr][br][br]Don't bother.[br][br]I just loosen the clamp knob more than usual (PC) or open the lever lock all the way (Bosch) and slide the base up or down by eye.[br][br]Ralph ...
Bob DeViney Woodworking Power Tools 5 6,354 02-16-2016, 12:10 AM
  0 Thread: lunch box or stationary planer: Chris Schwartz's take
Post: Re: lunch box or stationary planer: Chris Schwartz...

My shop is smaller that his, at 11' x 25', and yet I'd never go back to a lunchbox planer. I had the 13" DeWalt 735 which did a good job planning but was screaming loud and 90# 'portable.'. Replaced i...
Bob DeViney Woodworking Power Tools 15 9,131 12-30-2015, 10:30 PM
  0 Thread: Track saw owners. Sharpen blades?
Post: Re: Track saw owners. Sharpen blades?

I wait until I have several table saw, miter saw and track saw blades that need sharpening, and then drop them off at a local dealer. Not sure where they get the sharpening done, but as long as I dro...
Bob DeViney Woodworking Power Tools 5 4,788 12-14-2015, 10:23 PM
  0 Thread: Birth of a butt chisel
Post: Re: Birth of a butt chisel

Bummer. How long did you just stand there looking at it, thinking I can't believe that just happened? /ssl_proxy.php?url=/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowno.gif
Bob DeViney Woodworking Hand Tools 5 4,304 12-04-2015, 10:43 PM
  0 Thread: Do you use the "golden ration" when designing projects?
Post: Re: Do you use the "golden ration" when designing ...

No. I use dividers to proportion case work and paneling to fit a space. I was under the impression no one used rulers before the industrial revolution - just dividers/compasses to step off distances, ...
Bob DeViney Woodworking 11 7,270 12-01-2015, 11:51 PM
  0 Thread: Back After a Few Years!
Post: Re: Back After a Few Years!

Welcome back Dave. I was in Winston-Salem this past October on a month long, cross-country trip to see relatives in Virginia, North & South Carolina, and Tennessee. Hauled my brother in Fayettevil...
Bob DeViney Woodworking 9 4,308 12-01-2015, 11:44 PM
  0 Thread: Interesting Pop Woodworking article
Post: Re: Interesting Pop Woodworking article

I knew it was satire as soon as I saw the title. While I rarely do more than skim the editorial page, I read this one just to see if I could guess who triggered the broadside. I suspect that for every...
Bob DeViney Woodworking Hand Tools 13 10,777 12-01-2015, 07:26 PM
  0 Thread: Oopsies.
Post: Re: Oopsies.

[blockquote]MountainWood said:[hr][br] I looked everywhere. I am somewhat absent-minded, so I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. I retraced my steps three or four times.[br][br][hr][/blockquo...
Bob DeViney Woodworking 5 3,877 11-22-2015, 12:49 AM
  0 Thread: Hand Tool Workshop
Post: Re: Hand Tool Workshop

I visited his shop just before it was finished. He was making the windows at that time, by hand. Everything, done to the smallest molding, was proportioned from his house, which is one of the oldest o...
Bob DeViney Woodworking Hand Tools 8 4,865 11-21-2015, 09:54 PM
  0 Thread: I guess these are todays logs??
Post: Re: I guess these are todays logs??

Vaagen Bros. participated in some BLM assembled land exchanges in NE Washington State late 90's-mid 00's. They manage their own timber lands as well as bidding sales of private and federal timber. O...
Bob DeViney Woodworking 6 4,666 11-18-2015, 01:02 AM
  0 Thread: New Bosch Colt
Post: Re: New Bosch Colt

Replaced mine with a DeWalt dwp611 fixed/plunge kit. Much happier.
Bob DeViney Woodworking Power Tools 3 9,669 11-10-2015, 09:31 PM
  0 Thread: Craving a new bandsaw
Post: Re: Craving a new bandsaw

I got the Grizzly G0636XB last year, to replace a 12" Craftsman. Same as yours Arlin, but with the electric braking. No vibration, and with a 5Hp motor it just plows through the wood. That extra resa...
Bob DeViney Woodworking Power Tools 9 6,465 11-02-2015, 08:33 PM
  0 Thread: Wood for outdoor sign
Post: Re: Wood for outdoor sign

If it has to be all wood, the material chosen will be constrained by cost and maintenance considerations. We used MDO for the first sign at our church. It was replaced shortly after I started attend...
Bob DeViney Woodworking 9 4,860 10-31-2015, 11:53 PM
  0 Thread: Festool - thinking of taking the leap...
Post: Re: Festool - thinking of taking the leap...

I have the ETS 150/5 and the R2 - wouldn't give up either one. Haven't seen the need for a Rotex or one of the smaller ones.
Bob DeViney Woodworking Power Tools 11 8,559 09-28-2015, 08:57 PM

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