Discussion Forum

• Ridgid planer feed speed

  John, I bought a Ridgid 13 inch portable planer last year (TP1300), and like it pretty well so far. But the feed speed of 26 feet per minute seems to…

• Repairing curved cock bead molding

  Last week I was called by the owner of a company near where I live. There is a big conference table in their conference room that was custom built about…

• The Website’s getting close!

  Close to being reasonably usable that is... The color changes are a big improvement. Here are a couple of other things I'd like to see tweaked - and then I'll stop…

• Poor Man’s Domino?

  This is something that occurred to me, in a moment of either buyer's regret or brilliant insight, shortly after I bought a Festool Domino. I'm not advocating for anything, not trying to sell something or…

• Shellac blooming

  I'm in trouble. Deep trouble. I just built six 32 x 80 x 16 deep shelving units for an interior designer. He wants them to hold his fabric books -…

• “Ultimate” sled update..

  I saw Bob from Kidderville's crosscut sled and thought some of you might find my interpretation of interest. The original design called for 3/4 inch MDF. That was too heavy…

• Tempered glass for cabinet door?

  I'm doing an estimate on a couple of tall walnut cabinets and have run into a question about what kind of glass to use in the doors. The cabinet doors…

• Retrofit riving knife

  John, I've been looking for a way to retrofit my Grizzly 1023 tablesaw with a riving knife. I emailed Grizzly and got a nice reply from customer service saying essentially…

• Sharpening A-2 Steel..

  I just had a Lee Valley bevel-up smoother delivered, and it's a great plane. I specified the A-2 steel blade, and now I'm wondering if that was a mistake. That…

• Festool Domino clones?

  Back when Festool came out with its Domino loose tenon joining system, several people predicted that other companies would soon come out with their versions of the device. So far,…