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  0 Thread: First tablesaw safety reminder of the new year...
Post: RE: First tablesaw safety reminder of the new year...
Trapper - Thanks! And while I agree, a foot switch will not prevent many injuries, in my case it is about my only option for now. And not to diminish the truth, it would have prevented my injury as I ...
 Dodis Woodworking 60 25,653 01-20-2019, 05:30 PM
  0 Thread: First tablesaw safety reminder of the new year...
Post: RE: First tablesaw safety reminder of the new year...
All, many thanks for the well wishes! So far all is going good, it actually didn't hurt near as much as you would expect. My first thought on that was cutting all the nerves. But now after the sur...
 Dodis Woodworking 60 25,653 01-19-2019, 06:29 PM
  Exclamation Thread: First tablesaw safety reminder of the new year...
Post: First tablesaw safety reminder of the new year...
I guess I am the unlucky one that gets to post the first tablesaw safety reminder... :upset: 12 Jan., working on a small project. Had the blade only 1/4" high in my sled, left it running while I c...
 Dodis Woodworking 60 25,653 01-18-2019, 04:41 PM
  0 Thread: DIY Festool MFT type tops
Post: RE: DIY Festool MFT type tops
There was a previous post on just this subject, DIY MFT Top (https://forums.woodnet.net/showthread.php?tid=7220297) But now the images have disappeared from the post.. Luckily I had copied the post...
 Dodis Woodworking 7 4,657 11-07-2018, 01:07 PM
  0 Thread: Overhead trolley for Festool vac hose
Post: RE: Overhead trolley for Festool vac hose
Should work great. I had thought about adding tracks to each ceiling joist, then once across those on trolleys, to build a light duty gantry crane for moving
Dodis Woodworking 15 7,552 06-14-2018, 01:33 PM
  0 Thread: track saw dilema
Post: RE: track saw dilema
Another option if you are running tight on funds, another track saw option is the Grizzzly/Shop Fox/Scheppach/Wen track saw. All are the same saw, just different colors. I am sure they are not the sam...
 Dodis Woodworking 29 25,691 04-12-2018, 03:26 PM
  0 Thread: Collapsable Saw horse
Post: RE: Collapsable Saw horse
I have an old pair of the Stanley 30" plastic folding sawhorses, and inherited an old 36" high pair of Storehorse folding sawhorses. I relay like the Storehorse, both for the height so it is easy on t...
 Dodis Woodworking 32 24,541 06-15-2017, 12:32 PM
  0 Thread: Larger Compressors - Anyone build an After Cooler
Post: RE: Larger Compressors - Anyone build an After Coo...
I plan to build one in the future (probably distant at this rate), using an automotive oil cooler. They are designed for the pressure and come in many sizes. This is one I have saved in my Amazon list...
 Dodis Woodworking Power Tools 24 12,276 06-12-2017, 12:30 PM
  0 Thread: How to blacken ther marking on a ruler?
Post: RE: How to blacken ther marking on a ruler?
Looks to be some very shallow etchings, probably chemical or electro-chemically made. Maybe try some lacquer paint, let it dry then use a razor scraper to take off the excess. Give the paint in the...
 Dodis Woodworking 23 18,021 04-21-2017, 05:37 PM
  0 Thread: Ingersoll-Rand (and others) Compressor Recall
Post: RE: Ingersoll-Rand (and others) Compressor Recall
I ran into the same problem searching for a manual for my Rand-4000 compressor. It was still working fine at the time, but when I found the info about the recall, I started searching for replacemen...
 Dodis Woodworking Power Tools 5 5,418 02-15-2017, 03:06 PM
  0 Thread: adjustable height bench
Post: RE: adjustable height bench
How about using the holes and pins idea, but add T-nuts to the back of each hole, and the pin would be a bolt with a larger wood handle glued on the head. Then you get the sure support of steel pins, ...
 Dodis Woodworking 21 12,944 02-14-2017, 01:47 PM
  0 Thread: aluminum adjustable router template
Post: RE: aluminum adjustable router template
Here is one example of a homemade version... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InipG5bb7B4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InipG5bb7B4) Mike "Dodis"
 Dodis Woodworking Power Tools 12 7,963 01-21-2017, 03:43 PM
  0 Thread: circular saw cutting guide
Post: RE: circular saw cutting guide
Steve N Wrote: (09-23-2016, 10:36 AM) -- Before I got a track saw and used a shoe jig like the OP showed earlier, all I ever used to hold it on my line was spring clamps. I never had a problem, why? ...
 Dodis Woodworking 30 23,513 09-23-2016, 05:18 PM
  0 Thread: circular saw cutting guide
Post: RE: circular saw cutting guide
I use a similar guide for all of my sheet cutting. The thing that has helped the most is to build a cutting table, a good first project once you get your saw guide made. As said above, some 2x4s on sa...
 Dodis Woodworking 30 23,513 09-22-2016, 12:35 PM
  0 Thread: Compressor question
Post: RE: Compressor question
I'd go around with soapy water and check all connections first to make sure that is not the problem. Then start around all the seams on the tank looking for leaks. If it is just the connections, sh...
 Dodis Woodworking Power Tools 8 5,115 09-14-2016, 12:43 PM
  0 Thread: Woodworking Show in Houston
Post: Re: Woodworking Show in Houston
Parking there is good. Lots of FREE parking at the convention center.[br][br]Hopefully I won't get honey-do'd into missing it this year. It's been a few since they were here last time.[br][br]Mike
 Dodis Woodworking 2 1,925 02-22-2016, 12:54 PM
  0 Thread: Anyone figger out how to graft 2 pencils together??
Post: Re: Anyone figger out how to graft 2 pencils toget...
1. Split a 3/8" dowel lengthwise. [br]2. Rout a groove with a 1/16" round nose bit along the flat of each dowel. [br]3. Dissect each pencil stub, and carefully remove the graphite. [br]4. Glue each gr...
 Dodis Woodworking 20 11,880 02-08-2016, 01:05 PM

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