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  0 Thread: Moisture problem in new shop!
Post: RE: Moisture problem in new shop!
Water doesn't need applied pressure to go slowly through concrete.  Capillary action drives it through -- the same thing that takes water from the ground and brings it to the tops of the trees. The...
 Alan S Woodworking 62 4,739 01-30-2024, 01:46 PM
  0 Thread: Replacement bags for JET 1.5 Mobile Cyclone Dust Collector
Post: RE: Replacement bags for JET 1.5 Mobile Cyclone Du...
If you put some air between the two bags, it will go away when one of them is punctured, giving you a chance to deal with it before spewing dust all over. Clear bags make this easier.
 Alan S Woodworking Power Tools 11 736 11-14-2023, 11:28 AM
  0 Thread: Want to buy a mini table saw
Post: RE: Want to buy a mini table saw
I have not used one, but Proxxon is the most common one I've heard about for model building.  If you like refurbishing old tools, the Hammond trim-o-saw originally designed for trimming lead type,...
 Alan S Woodworking 3 600 09-16-2023, 01:32 PM
  0 Thread: Efficient use of hard wax oil
Post: RE: Efficient use of hard wax oil
Thanks all. It sounds like adding it judiciously and working it in thoroughly should do it; wiping off excess shouldn't remove much. The key thing I missed was that if any spot gets too little, you ...
 Alan S Finishing 4 1,286 06-09-2023, 09:30 PM
  0 Thread: Efficient use of hard wax oil
Post: Efficient use of hard wax oil
The usual procedure for applying many finishes is to apply liberally, then wipe off excess. Someone had a video that included a description of applying and rubbing in just enough hard wax oil so ...
 Alan S Finishing 4 1,286 06-08-2023, 12:26 PM
  0 Thread: Got a clever way of storing your driver bits?
Post: RE: Got a clever way of storing your driver bits?
If you don't like the oversized hole in a piece of wood because bits can fall out (not a problem for everyone), you could add a bit of caulk to each hole, and then put in a waxed bit.
 Alan S Woodworking 12 1,818 05-31-2023, 02:29 PM
  0 Thread: New dust deputy low profile?
Post: RE: New dust deputy low profile?
A shopvac has a relatively low flow with a relatively high pressure difference compared to a DC, which means the flow resistance from these connections does not hurt the performance as much.  But it i...
 Alan S Woodworking Power Tools 11 1,814 05-23-2023, 02:55 PM
  0 Thread: Table saw dust collection
Post: RE: Table saw dust collection
I’ve been running DC below and shop vac above for quite a while. It’s quite helpful for tablesaw, router table and some others. I have 2” PVC piped around the shop ceiling with blastgates so it’s co...
 Alan S Woodworking Power Tools 6 1,443 05-04-2023, 10:07 AM
  0 Thread: just made this simple jig to cut thin strips of any length
Post: RE: just made this simple jig to cut thin strips o...
To make a woodstrip canoe you begin by slicing stock into 1/4" strips, perhaps 640 feet of them.  With a 1/16" kerf 7 1/4" diameter circular saw rip blade you waste minimal material.  A bandsaw it wou...
 Alan S Woodworking 19 3,251 03-15-2023, 11:58 AM
  0 Thread: Filter for a Pentz Air Cleaner
Post: RE: Filter for a Pentz Air Cleaner
Thank you for alerting me to the less expensive Clark filters.  I have been happy with the WynnEnv filters I got for my Pentz design cyclone years ago, but I'm thinking of making another air filter an...
 Alan S Woodworking 11 2,123 03-04-2023, 02:52 PM
  0 Thread: Has anyone built their own low profile airtight dust bin?
Post: RE: Has anyone built their own low profile airtigh...
I made a plywood box with a drawer for the dust.  The only trick was sealing the drawer into the box, which was done with an overlay front, foam weatherstripping, and a couple of bungee cords mounted ...
 Alan S Woodworking 5 1,183 12-10-2022, 10:54 AM
  0 Thread: Phone app for tensioning bandsaw blade!?
Post: RE: Phone app for tensioning bandsaw blade!?
I tried the InKleind app, and was a bit disappointed at the limited types of blades it worked on.  This is because he fit the measured data on a couple of blade types so it'd be more reliable, but onl...
 Alan S Woodworking Power Tools 6 1,539 11-06-2022, 10:08 PM
  0 Thread: Epoxy for cracks in table
Post: RE: Epoxy for cracks in table
If the cracks are narrow you don’t need a deep pour epoxy. The challenge with an ordinary runny epoxy (often called a boat building epoxy) is to keep it from dripping out before it sets. One approac...
 Alan S Woodworking 15 2,178 10-13-2022, 09:15 AM
  0 Thread: Western red cedar
Post: RE: Western red cedar
That looks more like eastern red cedar, (aromatic cedar) than western.
 Alan S Woodworking 16 3,049 08-02-2022, 03:39 PM
  0 Thread: Interesting old buck saw: insights welcome
Post: RE: Interesting old buck saw: insights welcome
That is an interesting tensioning system, though it does look heavy.
 Alan S Woodworking Hand Tools 1 743 07-30-2022, 04:53 PM
  0 Thread: Aluminum Files
Post: RE: Aluminum Files
adamcherubini Wrote: (06-25-2022, 08:30 AM) -- Can someone answer why one would need high quality files for aluminum? Why not Mexican made Nicholsons? The problem with cheap files is that they dul...
 Alan S Woodworking Hand Tools 20 4,130 06-25-2022, 11:21 AM
  0 Thread: Making Cauls for laminating plywood
Post: RE: Making Cauls for laminating plywood
The point of a curved caul is just to get clamping pressure in the middle. But you want to make sure it’s all flat, so you either need to carefully balance opposing cauls, or make sure one is much mo...
 Alan S Woodworking 9 2,016 06-23-2022, 11:24 AM
  0 Thread: Making Cauls for laminating plywood
Post: RE: Making Cauls for laminating plywood
I’d also be pretty careful to find or s h i m a stable surface very flat to glue it on. Weights are good to hold it down flat, but you need a lot of weight. A vacuum bag under the weights may not ho...
 Alan S Woodworking 9 2,016 06-20-2022, 12:11 PM
  0 Thread: Jointing thick boards
Post: RE: Jointing thick boards
Planing to a straight line I'll assume is not the problem. Then the challenge is to keep the two sides in register for squareness and to avoid twist. One approach is to start with winding sticks, and...
 Alan S Woodworking 11 1,689 06-08-2022, 03:40 PM
  0 Thread: Electric hand planer ... which one ?
Post: RE: Electric hand planer ... which one ?
Based on the "Tips from a Shipwright" recommendation over the other brands (see youtube link above) I got the Ryobi, the only Ryobi tool I've ever bought. It works well, particularly with some of Sau...
 Alan S Woodworking Power Tools 9 2,056 05-26-2022, 09:55 AM

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