cwsmith
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Last Activity: Yesterday, 07:30 PM
Joined: 12-07-2005
Location: NY Southern Tier, USA.
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Regarding the shimming on the miter slot table, I too had to do that. Years ago (more like decades) I bought one of those Craftsman 40-draw plastic hardware... -
The pictured shows up on my computer okay. Strange contraption, and perhaps I'm not seeing it quite right. The Makita appears to have two separate...Leave a comment:
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Yes, but you mention you live in "NW Phoenix" a rather large city. I suspect that in NYC they've got the same situation. But here in the greater... -
A lot of that seems to be happening. Seems like everything gets gobbled up by big corporations who then off-shore it and the smaller domestic companies...Leave a comment:
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I've got a Grizzly 10" wet grinder that I thought would be super, when I got my shop set up in the shed. Well other than taking it out of the box...Last edited by cwsmith; 09-23-2020, 07:52 PM. Reason: The grinder sits so long in the box, I forgot what size it was (:Leave a comment:
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It's really interesting when you look back at the stuff that occurred, especially if it was within our life span. I was born in 1944 and started Kindergarten...Leave a comment:
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I think if you look closer Loring, you can almost see side-wall, and the remnants of threads on that tire. I still remember "inner tubes" and... -
By your title, "We've come a long way", I'd say it was the first car phone. It looks similar in form to some of the radio equipment I've seen...Leave a comment:
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I have never done a 220 receptacle, but have done a couple of houses full of 120's. I generally leave the higher voltage stuff to an electrician; and...Leave a comment:
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When I worked in the compressor industry (at one time the largest compressor manufacturing plant in the world), there'd be all kinds of stuff in the dumpsters...Leave a comment:
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Way back when... I find myself saying that more and more, I built a tool carrier similar to Lee's in the first picture above. Not nearly as nice workmanship...Leave a comment:
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Here are some pictures of my DP table, which I purchase from Rockler. Not saying that's a recommendation as it's fairly expensive now days. Back then...
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Hey, that will work just fine as long as the bottom piece is screwed into those side-piece two-bys. Only concern would be if your basement is wet, how... -
Regarding the base, I bolted mine down to a 3/4 x 24"-square Dri-Cor panel that I have used through my basement shop. While it now rests in the...Leave a comment:
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Nice find and it looks like it's almost in mint condition.
Last fall, I moved my Ridgid 1550 out of the basement shop along with a few other...Leave a comment:
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NOW there's some craftsmanship! It does make me wonder, is it on a steel chassis? I see the gentleman has plates on it. Terrific piece of woodworking!...Leave a comment:
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Thanks GrumpyDad, but I'm in pretty good shape security wise.
Understand, I do not store anything online, ever! No photos and especially...Leave a comment:
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Just imagine, as I have, that your family will just set up two old tables in the driveway and start to fill them with the stuff that you've left behind;...Leave a comment:
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