roninohio wrote:Took a hard fall Wednesday . Took lots of screws and metal plates to fix the 2 broken bones I’m my arm.

Oh man Ron. That looks bad. Hoping for a speedy recovery for you.

Siberian wrote:Been awhile since I have been here. Got into bees, but the shop is set up to do most of our own work with boxes, inner covers, top covers …. Have an Amish man that rough cuts polar then we let it dry and work it. Not big time and not like finish work, but keeps us busy

Great to hear from you Ed. Been wondering how you are. And w…[Read more]

theamcguy wrote:NC temps in the low 100s, hot sunny, and humid.

That’s just to darn hot Bill. Be a good day to stay next to the AC and sip on a cold one.

CB wrote:Are the fully exposed contacts on a Bosch 18V battery charger “live” when the charger is plugged in?

Can’t see them being live in till the battery is connected. But I’m not going to stick my tongue to it to find out ether. lmao

DirtyWhiteBoy wrote:I sent in one on June 24 and have heard nothing yet.

That’s not good.

Boschmanbrian wrote:

kurt@welkerhomes.com wrote:
Last week we got an emergency call from an apartment complex. A new driver put the car in drive instead of reverse and punched it. He took out the gas meter, AC condenser, 2 – 4 x 4 posts to barricade the meters and punched the wall in about 6″ Tomorrow, we will reframe the wall and have it ins…

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PI_Woodworker wrote:

GTokley wrote:
Congrats on the 12V router. Interested to hear what you have to say about.

It should be here in a couple of days. I will be happy to share my thoughts on the unit.

I’ve wondered how well that little router does. Will be looking forward to your thoughts Lon.
Would also like to hear how you like your new R…[Read more]

Got the third cabinet box together for rerun today. Will start facing them in the morning.

Thanks guys. It has been done.
@ChadM care to close this one?

The outer bands of tropical storm Barry are starting to move in. Looks like a wet few days ahead. Only good thing is the temps are going to be down. Highs only in the low 80’s today.

theamcguy wrote:Fluting…

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Doobie wrote:

RonW wrote:

GTokley wrote:
I didn’t know there was BB ply that came out of China. I thought the issues was just Birch ply that was no good.

It doesn’t. The China birch is nowhere near as good as BB. Very thin face on the China birch.

Sounds like you’ve used some before Ron. How was the Chinese stuff for voids?

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Boschmanbrian wrote:My debit card ,
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Oh boy. That can be dangerous.

Boschmanbrian wrote:

RonW wrote:
Picked up a DeWalt 735x planer.

Congrats Ron , looks like a nice planer
Will you mount it on a separate mobile base , or will it be sort of permanent someplace in the shop.

More than likely it will get a mobile cart.

Boschmanbrian wrote:

RonW wrote:

Doobie wrote:

cmeyer25 wrote:

Boschmanbrian wrote:

cmeyer25 wrote:
I just got this box in the mail yesterday! Not BTP but still from Bosch!

Congrats Charlie ,
Looking forward to hearing what you think about this.
I noticed lots of people have been getting these from Bosch

I know – me too! I’m happy to be…

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GTokley wrote:I didn’t know there was BB ply that came out of China. I thought the issues was just Birch ply that was no good.

It doesn’t. The China birch is nowhere near as good as BB. Very thin face on the China birch.