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  Woodcraft Water Stone Grinder w/accessories
Posted by: Blacky's Boy - Yesterday, 07:33 PM - Forum: Tool Swap N' Sell - No Replies

Woodcraft Water Stone Grinder for sale $85

I bought this Woodcraft water stone grinder about 12 years ago and used it about 10 times. 

Shortly after that I discovered waterstones and hand sharpening and this sat unused. As you can see, it’s in very good condition. I’m pretty confident that I have the original box somewhere.

It comes with the following accessories:

  • Water feed trough and discharge troughs
  • Coarse stone. Possibly 400 grit stone (the text on the back washed off)
  • Fine stone, 1000 grit
  • Shop made Leather coated MDF power stropping disk charged with green chromium oxide honing compound
  • Blade angle holder from similar (and much more expensive) Makita Water Stone grinder
The leather stropping wheel is one of the best upgrades to this unit. I used a foot operated power switch (not included) to control the power and was able to power strop pretty easily.

Unfortunately, this unit will cost an arm and a leg to ship. Therefore, this is for local pick up only. Location is Richboro Pa (18954).


I accept Paypal, cash, and Money orders


Please email (NO PMs!!) me at DominicGreco@Netscape.net if you are interested



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  HT: Greenlee 3” wide slick
Posted by: Blacky's Boy - Yesterday, 05:06 PM - Forum: Tool Swap N' Sell - Replies (1)

Up for sale is a Greenlee 3” wide slick. $150

This Slick is about 26” long from the end of the handle to the edge of the iron.

In addition to flattening the back (which was one HELL of a task!), I have cleaned and sharpened this massive chisel so that it can parr end grain (please see photos below). I also turned a cherry handle whose shape was based off an old Greenlee chisel add I found online.

I’m not joking when I say that the edge is incredibly sharp. It took a lot of work to get this as sharp as it is now. I will include a wooden blade guard to protect the edge. This tool is ready to use and is priced accordingly.
While I prefer to meet locally (Richboro PA), the handle can be removed and therefore I can ship this in an appropriately sized USPS flat rate box. But I will only ship within the Continental US.

I accept Paypal, Money order and Cash.


Don't PM me! Please Email me at DominicGreco@Netscape.net if you are interested.



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  Fine Woodworking and some books - Free
Posted by: alanealane - Yesterday, 04:58 PM - Forum: Tool Swap N' Sell - No Replies

All of these are being given away as a set FREE to the first person to commit to pay for shipping. I will give an accurate shipping cost based on destination. And I accept PayPal friends and family only since these are being given away. Or I'll accept a check sent in the mail. First come first serve. 
Pictures here.

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  4H Project 2025
Posted by: ajkoontz - 07-18-2025, 09:18 AM - Forum: Woodworking - Replies (9)

Gotta brag on my son and his last 4H project ever. He's a 10-year 4H'er and this year he got Grand Champion and State Fair Entry. Really happy I got to spend some time out in the shop helping him build this. Great memories and I don't spend as much time as I used to building things these days so it was bonus to spend time with my son AND get to engage in some WW-ing. This was based on Norm Abrams' Secretary Desk project, and it's double bonus that my son has become as big a Norm fan as I am. The only reason we changed anything is to make a few of the operations a little more approachable for my son, and Norm used pine. We used walnut because his grandpa milled this up from a tree he cut down at someone's house. Who doesn't love free walnut from Grandpa, right?
               

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  Woodworking on a grand scale
Posted by: GaryMc - 07-17-2025, 03:47 PM - Forum: Woodworking - Replies (2)

Got a once-in-a-lifetime experience yesterday.  We are in the market for a new front door (42X80) for our moderately up-scale 35-YO house.  After reviewing the existing one and our wishes (mostly LOML's), we got a quote for around $18K for a custom Signature door with leaded-glass inserts  This, of course, almost made me throw up, but spouse pursued further and found out the Signature Door Company is in Altoona, PA - about 3 hours from us.  She called and made an appointment with "Denny" since both of us were interested in what went into such a price.  So we made the trek yesterday.

We show up and found out "Denny" was the President of the company, who spent time discussing our wishes and then took us on a near-three-hour tour of the whole shebang, discussing raw material, big processes, little details, and finished products for units his 47 employees were currently making.  Holy Cow!  Never had I ever seen such massive machines, like an oil bladder veneer press, a sequential 6-belt sanding operation and CNC machine with about 30 turret-mounted bits being auto-selected.  A lot of the big stuff is computer-controlled but hand-operated and there were lots of typical glue-and-clamp operations.  Every single product is custom-made -they don't use anything mass-produced and don't have an inventory of any product.  Their preferred wood is Sapele but they can use just about anything else, and they prefer to use laminations with weather-resistant products on the exterior.  There were monster racks of most commonly used species.

Another impressive part was the cut glass operation - intricate designs for bevels and curlicues going into leaded-glass inserts.

Essentially, we got the "Cook's tour" even more detailed than their videos and, as it turns out, a door like we want would be more in the $10K range.  Still a lot but I am almost willing to spring for it just to support the idea that quality stuff CAN be and IS made here in the USA.  Interestingly, the very first question on their quote sheet is "Does this need to be hurricane-proof"?  I asked Denny what sort of investment is involved and he said "A lot", then showed a quote for a new machine they were considering with a price tag of $350,000.

If you want to spend an hour or two with Denny (who was the National Sales Manager at the time) going through the whole shebang, here is the link:

https://signaturedoor.com/media-center/

Click on the selections labeled PCN Tours.  And the About Us section on their home page gives the interesting history of the company.

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  WTB - Lie Nielsen 5 1/4 hand plane
Posted by: wrb - 07-17-2025, 10:58 AM - Forum: Tool Swap N' Sell - Replies (1)

Looking to buy one of these. Missed out on the one Jeff listed here.

Let me know if you have one that you consider selling.

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Thumbs Up Free Jointer - Woodworking (gilroy)
Posted by: Bob10 - 07-16-2025, 01:04 PM - Forum: Tool Swap N' Sell - Replies (1)

I know nothing about it other than I disagree with the need for 2 men to load it. 


https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/zip/d/g...83663.html

[font="Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif]Central Machinery (Harbor Freight) 6" jointer. Works fine, 110V but I just don't use it much. Bed is 40 1/2 long, comes on rolling stand.[/font]
[font="Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif]It's heavy, you will need 2 manly men and a pick-up truck.[/font]

[font="Bitstream Vera Serif", "Times New Roman", serif]I usually just leave "free" things out by the curb but I don't want to with this. So please respond by Craigslist reply and I'll give my phone number to arrange pick-up (hopefully that will slow down the scam replies) Located in Gilroy[/font]

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  router bit
Posted by: oakey - 07-16-2025, 10:51 AM - Forum: Woodworking Power Tools - Replies (5)

anyone know of a rabbeting bit that has bearings allowing it to cut to 1 inch depth i can find 3/4 but need 1 inch for a project has to be a guided bit to do a rebate inside of a frame
the rebate only has to be 1/4-inch-wide slot cutter bit maybe work not sure ????
but a regular rabbet bit would probably be better

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  Why no matching molding profiles in pvc?
Posted by: MKepke - 07-16-2025, 10:12 AM - Forum: Home Improvement - No Replies

Has anyone else noticed the lack of larger molding profiles in cellular PVC compared to ‘standard’ wood moldings like basecap and corner profiles?

In my case, the big boxes DO carry the profiles I need in wood but the corresponding pvc profiles are always about 1/4” smaller. So the wood basecap is say 1.375” tall but the same profile in pvc is available in no larger than 1.125”

We're talking very common shapes.

When, in my frustration, I asked the dude working the lumber department at Lowes, he responded "They tell me its because larger moldings expand and contract too much". I then slowly turned and eyed the racks of 9" wide pvc boards they sell...

I ended up making my own to replace some rotted exterior trim.. The basecap I made looks good, tho it's a different profile (I used the most-similar molding knife I had on hand). The cornercap looks crappy - made out of two pieces of pvc flat stock joined at 90 degrees. Will have to redo that.

Took many hours more than necessary if I could just buy the stock wood profile in pvc...

-Mark

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  Clear Vue dust collectors out of business@
Posted by: iublue - 07-15-2025, 02:13 PM - Forum: Woodworking - Replies (6)

Just found out (maybe old news) that Clear Vue is out of business.
I guess the owners are retiring.
Phone Number that I had is already reassigned and the website is gone except for a page saying they are retiring and that they would sell the business.

I just bought a cyclone about 3 years ago.
I hope I don't need anything that I can not get elsewhere!!

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