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  0 Thread: frameless cabinets -how thick for backs?
Post: RE: frameless cabinets -how thick for backs?
mound Wrote: (12-30-2021, 09:50 AM) -- If making frameless kitchen cabinets (for Euro style full-overlay doors) out of 3/4" Maple plywood, is 1/2" sufficient for the backs, or would you stick with 3/...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking 15 3,371 01-03-2022, 05:52 PM
  0 Thread: Open neutral question
Post: RE: Open neutral question
All fixed, thanks for the help guys. I had to back even further in the circiut and hook things up properly. Sad thing is that the previuos owner was an electrician, and I just assume that things were ...
 CanoeBoy Home Improvement 18 5,993 09-07-2020, 07:31 PM
  0 Thread: Open neutral question
Post: RE: Open neutral question
TDKPE Wrote: (09-07-2020, 11:33 AM) -- If you unplug the load from that receptacle, they both will be dead.  If the neutral is switched.  Which it certainly appears to be. You have to open the rec...
 CanoeBoy Home Improvement 18 5,993 09-07-2020, 11:47 AM
  0 Thread: Open neutral question
Post: RE: Open neutral question
Here is what I found. With the switch in the ON position and power to the outlet I have no hot wires to the switch, and with the switch in the OFF position and no power to the outlet I have one hot wi...
 CanoeBoy Home Improvement 18 5,993 09-07-2020, 11:30 AM
  0 Thread: Open neutral question
Post: RE: Open neutral question
Roly Wrote: (09-07-2020, 10:17 AM) -- +3 on switched neutral If you have a no contact voltage tester see if the switch wires are both hot when the switch is in the on position,  if not the neutral i...
 CanoeBoy Home Improvement 18 5,993 09-07-2020, 10:56 AM
  0 Thread: Open neutral question
Post: Open neutral question
Randomly testing outlets in the house with a plug in-circuit tester and I ran into a circuit that is showing up as an open neutral.  The outlet is on a switch for both plugs. When the switch is in the...
 CanoeBoy Home Improvement 18 5,993 09-07-2020, 08:44 AM
  0 Thread: looking for a snow blower cover
Post: RE: looking for a snow blower cover
I use a grill cover from Sams's club 20 bucks.
 CanoeBoy Home Improvement 10 5,524 11-27-2018, 08:44 PM
  0 Thread: Do throw away your Woodworking Card
Post: RE: Do throw away your Woodworking Card
I bet that would work great for Manscaping.
 CanoeBoy Woodworking 16 8,094 08-19-2018, 10:08 AM
  0 Thread: Safe or not
Post: Safe or not
https://youtu.be/n4aMqCbqVmA In this video, he uses a parting tool in a manner which I would never have thought safe.  I don't why I feel that way I just do.  Thoughts and comments welcomed. Mik...
 CanoeBoy Woodturning 7 4,847 07-14-2018, 09:25 PM
  0 Thread: Frameless Kitchen Cabinets
Post: RE: Frameless Kitchen Cabinets
25yrs on mothers, and 30 yrs on clients. Still look as good as the day they were built. Built 16" deep wall frameless for garage and have it packed with all my routers, drills, and solvents. On top...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking 4 2,939 03-13-2018, 05:13 PM
  0 Thread: Hearing protection
Post: RE: Hearing protection
https://www.grainger.com/product/HONEYWELL-HOWARD-LEIGHT-32dB-Disposable-Contoured-6XF59 Wear them every day at work. Very comfortable and the best I've found in sub-zero temps. Find a lot of the...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking Power Tools 25 12,814 02-10-2018, 10:12 PM
  0 Thread: The GRIZZLY Challenge
Post: RE: The GRIZZLY Challenge
shiraz Wrote: (01-29-2018, 01:28 PM) -- Yes, it is. My Papagrizzly account has been locked out for some reason, so had to register again. I have an email to them, but no response so far. I have tr...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking Power Tools 33 20,686 02-04-2018, 09:56 AM
  0 Thread: Bought a tool I will never use
Post: RE: Bought a tool I will never use
Cecil Wrote: (01-20-2018, 05:01 PM) -- I purchase the Igaging engineering square set of 3.  It was cheaper to buy the set than to buy the 4" and 6" individually.  I will never use the 2" square. T...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking 5 4,089 01-20-2018, 07:10 PM
  0 Thread: How to remove lead paint
Post: RE: How to remove lead paint
Google'd around and wet sanding with all the protective garb seems popular. Lots of good reads on the subject and really is an eye opener as to how ignorant we are. My sister is a Speach Therapist a...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking 2 1,971 01-13-2018, 03:32 PM
  0 Thread: Bandsaw bearings need replacement
Post: RE: Bandsaw bearings need replacement
I had asked this very question a few years ago and someone said to take the bearing apart and clean them. Very easy to do with a utility knife by popping off the outer sleeve and blowing it out with ...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking Power Tools 9 4,418 01-13-2018, 01:15 PM
  0 Thread: How to remove lead paint
Post: How to remove lead paint
An acquaintance has asked me the best way, or proper way, to remove lead paint from an antique cabinet.  I'm assuming that they will be repainting it, but regardless they want to remove the lead paint...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking 2 1,971 01-13-2018, 12:57 PM
  0 Thread: Which Snowblower?
Post: RE: Which Snowblower?
https://www.torodealer.com/en-us/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=Power-Max-824-OE-37793(Toro). Take a look at this one. I have a much larger one at work but very similar. Probably the best snowblower...
 CanoeBoy Home Improvement 67 38,544 01-07-2018, 02:28 PM
  0 Thread: Can't get my dado stack to the right dimension.
Post: RE: Can't get my dado stack to the right dimension...
I do remember in high school our procedure was to throw the circuit breaker when changing blades. However, this was prohibited at one of the cabinet shops I worked at because we had a circuit breaker...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking Power Tools 29 13,994 12-27-2017, 03:09 PM
  0 Thread: Can't get my dado stack to the right dimension.
Post: RE: Can't get my dado stack to the right dimension...
Not to sound like a smart A$$, but do you people really unplug the saw every time you swap out blades. I know its good practice and the "what if" thing. In all my years I have never seen anything th...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking Power Tools 29 13,994 12-27-2017, 11:43 AM
  0 Thread: Cutting a Centered Slot
Post: RE: Cutting a Centered Slot
D_Harris Wrote: (12-08-2017, 04:43 PM) -- I'l try "bump cutting and shallow passes. (One of those has to work). The fine adjustment on this router is garbage. A lot of trail and error is need to s...
 CanoeBoy Woodworking Power Tools 29 16,033 12-10-2017, 10:40 PM

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