The OMT made removing the excess styrofoam removal around the windows a breeze. Much much easier than using a knife, and more accurate too.

smallerstick wrote:Not a lot of visible progress today. The drawer runners are milled and installed and most of the drawer parts are milled ready for trimming and assembly. Lots of shavings!

Dado stack for the runner slots, TS for the runners. Final trimming to fit with the Stanley low-angle block plane. Runners are hard maple.

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cmeyer25 wrote:Nothing huge, but I’ve been looking for a pair of ear plugs like these for a while now and none of my local hardware stores have had them – but I love having ear plug style heating protection vs my ear muff style, especially for the warmer months. I just get too sweaty otherwise, so I’m really happy with this $5 purch…

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I got rid of all the excess spray in styrofoam from the interior of the windows. Then I milled up a bit of pine for the sills and the top jamb extensions for the windows. I didn’t have enough for the side extensions, so I will have to go get some 1 x 6 pine for that. They need to be right around 4″ so 1×4 won’t do. The top and bottom milled…[Read more]

Sorpa wrote:

GTokley wrote:

Sorpa wrote:
I just receive an email that Princess auto will open up a store in St. Jerome Tuesday the 17th of September.

Is this close too you?

Man I wish one would open closer to me.
We are getting a Costco next year. So you never know what will happen.

Google says 33km.
So, not that far.

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smallerstick wrote:Top is done and in place with some shellac finish

Nice Peter. As usual. Nice photo of the hand plane work. A zen moment for sure. Getting the shop in order is like fixing up your own corner of paradise.

The ladder was my tool of the day. Not that I like using it, but it’s the only way to get on the roof to clean the chimney and to mount things up high.

Got the chimney cleaned out and ready for another season. I got the typical one cup or so of loose build up for a years burning. I also installed 2 more security cameras on our property. That’s 4 in total. I have pretty good coverage of the yard now.

VictorValencia wrote:Hello everyone!!!!!

Hello Victor.

Did very little. Cut 4 pieces of plywood to go under the new windows on the inside to cover where the old windows were. Then put them in.

theamcguy wrote:New Craftsman Gyroscopic Cordless Screwdriver Will be a BIG Hit

This thing looks great. Hope it comes out soon.

https://toolguyd.com/craftsman-gyroscopic-cordless-screwdriver-cmcf604/

Right away I thought how that would do as a powered string winder for guitars. If they’re cheap enough, I could go for one of those.

cmeyer25 wrote:

JimDaddyO wrote:

Doobie wrote:
Think I have five lasers now.

What do you like? What do you dislike? What should I look for? Is green light better than red? Is is worth going for one that shoots a longer distance? What accuracy should I look for over a certain distance?

Perhaps some other members could tune in on this too?…

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Went over to a neighbours and cleared out some wood he had for the wood stove. Fired up the splitter and got most of it split and stacked. Some more to do but I have to cut them to length first.

Doobie wrote:Think I have five lasers now.

What do you like? What do you dislike? What should I look for? Is green light better than red? Is is worth going for one that shoots a longer distance? What accuracy should I look for over a certain distance?

Perhaps some other members could tune in on this too? Guys?

Doobie wrote:I went and finally tackled setting my recently redeemed 4100 TS for its blade alignment so I could cut the Leecraft ZCI I bought for it for when I need such using it versus the stock insert.

Nice to get that important job done. That was a long way out, and in the direction that it would pinch the workpiece between the blade and…[Read more]

One heck of a good rain storm today. The wipers on the car hardly kept up.

I went and got some 3/8 plywood to cover the space on the bottom of the windows on the inside. It’s going to get covered over with wainscott so looks aren’t that important. Besides, I can probably use the left over plywood, where as drywall I would end up tossing out.

smallerstick wrote:

JimDaddyO wrote:
The rain cleared up enough that I got the outside of the windows trimmed. Not the most glamourous job, but it’s a done job, and before it snows too.

It looks great. It’s on the back of the house, isn’t it? lol

Yes. I have 3 metres of yard and then a hedge of cedars down that side. So maybe 2 metres when…[Read more]

The rain cleared up enough that I got the outside of the windows trimmed. Not the most glamourous job, but it’s a done job, and before it snows too.

Seeing as I have some long runs of wainscotting coming up, I have been thinking of a simple laser level to help out on that job. It would help keep everything nice and tidy with the window sills when I do that job. It wouldn’t have to do much, just give me a line at a certain height, but could come in handy for other things in the future. Who…[Read more]