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    Delta Unisaw Arbor Wrench

    Why use a wrench to hold the arbor when you can chew the edges off wood inserts and push sticks? :-)
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    Wood identification help

    Whatever it is, the annular rings are hugh, typical of a fast growing trash tree like catalpa or paradise. The end grain does look like paulonia but the bark is wrong.
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    Delta Unisaw Arbor Wrench

    I looked through several pounds of stamped sheet metal service wrenches and found nothing. I used to have several of those floating around. That bent angle on the 1-1-4" end made those wrenches not as useful for other purposes. If you're desperate, you can always consider bending a sheet...
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    Router bits for low volume use

    A higher probability of a satisfactory fit. If you don't care about fit, then go cheap.
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    Grab handle

    Wise move. Handles and handrails get more and more interesting as time goes on. About six years ago I decided to put some short handrails on the wall going into our kitchen door stoop. Over the last three years, those things have evolved from convenient to essential.
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    Need a new Table saw blade

    That pretty much says it all. I've been sucked in by the "latest and greatest" sawblade fads over the years. A lot is going to depend on your past experience and expectations. Taken in 2011
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    Need a new Table saw blade

    Whenever I'm sizing furniture parts, I'll switch to an 8" Woodworker II. It can't be beat for that purpose. Also works great on furniture grade plywood. Someone gave me one to try because they knew darn well I wouldn't buy one on speculation. His point was made and now I'm a convert like so...
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    Little projects between projects

    Allen key inventory gets to be a problem some times, particularly if you have a lot of them. In 1999 I got frustrated to the point I had to do something. I made a hex key sizing plate from a shop cut-off. Next, I got a yard sale drawer box and labeled it. Using my gauge block, I sorted the...
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    Tic Tac Toe with Unicorns?

    What dimensions did you make that? It doesn't look very big.
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    Sharpening kit for axes, hatchets

    That looks to be the perfect accessory for the backpack and a great thing to pass around at the campfire. Probably not as quick as a file, but a file should be used on a clamped down axe and clamps in the woods are hard to come by.
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    Mortise chisel vs. Mortise machine vs. Mortise adpter for drill press

    Here's a foot-operated Wysong and Miles 321 that I picked up at an auction decades back for $250.00±. Sold it real quick and got well on the deal. Their model 284 seems to be the industry standard for a good mortiser. I mention these to establish just how high the bar is for a quality mortiser.
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    He has a long wait ahead

    That saying made it over to the people that worked with machinery. "It was working when taken out of service".
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    Carbon Method on hand tools?

    I remember Moly-Di in spray cans back in the day. Left black streaks on wood. short lived fad.
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    He has a long wait ahead

    Google: Oliver ITCH head 50 plus years ago.
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    He has a long wait ahead

    I think that was a Newman head that Delta offered for a while as an upgrade accessory. That type of head has been around for decades from various planer makers. One day the carbide chippy heads of today will look like that. They work great until they don't.
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    Holly cut down

    I've had holly 'blue' on me in my younger days before someone told me about this. Since then, I've been careful to cut it up and get it drying as soon as I could. This significantly reduced the blueing.
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    Mortise chisel vs. Mortise machine vs. Mortise adpter for drill press

    I once had a bench top hollow chisel mortiser that worked better than a drill press rig and the drill press rigs I was using were on the older USA-made presses. Keep an eye out for a used one. It is the Delta model 14-600 made in England by Multico that came out in 1991. Multico made some...
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    Server maintenance

    Great. My detox shakes are beginning to abate.
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    Making side bead planes

    As always with your posts, Wow. Thanks for a lot of vicarious fun.
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    Dust collection on Table saw with external motor

    I used one of those saws for years and never found dust to be a problem like one would find from a contractor's type saw. It blows the dust downward since the lower part of the blade is enclosed in a casting. (see below) DrBob has some good points. Occasionally the tilt and raise/lower pins...

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