That is the minimum number of parts going into my kitchen remodel project.

That includes-
all plywood parts for the cabinet boxes
all hardwood parts for the face frames, doors, and drawers
all drawer slides
all concealed hinges
the two 5x12 sections of laminate for the countertops
and the sink and faucet
does not include the shelf pins, screws, dowels, or loose tenons.

On the surface that minimum count feels a bit overwhelming, but it's mostly just a bunch of rinse and repeat until it's all done and installed.


As the old adage goes - how do you eat an elephant?

or at least it's difficult.

I want to get the door out of the track, but I can't pick it up quite high enough to clear the bottom track.   Looked at youtube.  most of the videos show the adjustment holes on each edge of the door.  I don't have that. There are 2 holes on mine along the bottom of the inside face. I assume those are the adjustment holes.  I want to get the door out so I can inspect the rollers and clean/lube everything. What lube do I want? I want something that won't attract dirt.

Broadhead Hatchet  I picked this up at a garage sale.  Wondering if anyone knew anything about it.  No makers id on the head, the handle may or may not be original.  It's a little undersized to be much of a hatchet.  Maybe a salesman sample, or possibly a "kids" toy?  I just thought it was neat and couldn't leave it behind.  I didn't spend much money on it.

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Woodcraft Water Stone Grinder for sale $85 (SOLD)

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
  

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

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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All of these are being given away as a set FREE to the first person to commit to pay for shipping (Continental US only). As an example, USPS media mail from here in Michigan all the way to California is about $9 for this size package, but it will vary based on your exact location.

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.

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?
               

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.

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.

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

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