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I see that Lee Valley has added a new Veritas Hand Plane. It is a Low angle smoothing plane. Has anyone rushed out and purchased one yet? Any feed back? http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=45864&category=1,41182&ccurrency=1&SID= I…

Does anyone know an easy way to layout a perfect octagon from a 4x4 post. Thanks for your help -Jay

Within the last 2 years there was a copy of fine woodworking that had a way to make a jig for properly tensioning your band saw blade. In the article…

I hope this won't be too hard a lesson. I cut about 500 bdft of ash, maple and cherry with a new sawyer today. He said his Woodmizer could only…

I am going to make a shelf out of 3/4" cherry.  It will be a  fairly simple design, but I want to mount it in such a way that  you will…

I am a furniture builder and don't care to use the pin type meters on rough sawn or finished lumber even if the pin holes can be cosmetically plugged. Is…

Good Day Trying to locate a parts manual for a 24" Wadkin Band saw model BZB. The machine is out of service, missing a number of parts, trying to get…

I know this has been addressed before, but I cant find it. I just bought a new PM jointer with a 1.5 hp Baldor motor.  The carton said wired for…

Thanks to you all for the great advice. Much appreciated. In the class I'm taking I'll learn the setup and use of various power tools but for now, my hands…

I have been a woodworking hobbyist and DIYer for about 5 years.  When I started out I bought a Sears Craftsman TS that has performed just fine except that it…