At a recent meeting of out woodworker's club, we discussed shop safety, and the topic of vibration came up.  Several members suggested ant-vibration gloves.  In searching the internet, I find few reliable reviews.  The search also uncovered a separate issue of going with full fingered or fingerless.  One forum just devolved into a discussion of tools with lower vibration.  I can't afford to buy all new sanders, etc. so I focused on the gloves which seem much more affordable.  I was wondering what those of you who wear gloves had experienced.

I have a Min Max S45 for sale. I am located in north central Iowa. Nashua to be exact. The machine has Carter ball bearing guides so the specks may be a little different from original. Resaw is 9 5/8ths maybe can squeeze       9 3/4. 17 1/4 cut off from blade to frame, and the table top is 36 inches off the floor. It is 220 volts. Has cast iron wheels. Pick up only. Asking $875.

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Thanks for looking

Tom

This is going in the kitchen. Before anyone says it’s a bad idea because of grease, etc., I should let you know the kitchen is huge, about 600 sqft so the fan will be far from the stove. 
Anyway I thought I’d use the 20 amp circuit that feeds two outlets on one of the countertops. These are fed by a gfci. There are a lot of wires in the box that houses the gfci, so I thought I’d put one of the outlets and the fan switch in a new two gang box and go from there. Wiring would be much simpler that way. 
Is this doable?

Hey everyone, in an all too familiar story, a woodworker friend of mine passed away recently and his wife is left to dispose of his tools. There is a lot of pretty common stuff, but I think this saw is somewhat special so I thought I would share it with you all. I don't know a lot about it, but I have owned a couple of Inca tools and can attest to the quality. I'm in MidMichigan so of course shipping could be an issue. I just finished listing it and some other tools on Market Place if anyone is local to the Saginaw, Bay City, Midland area and is in the market. The asking price for the saw is $300. Trying to include a pic if I can figure it out.   Thanks.      

Hey all,

I just want to get a sanity check on a quote I got for some electrical work. We're moving to a new house, and I'm trying to have some renovations done before we actually move in. I want contractors to be able to hit the ground running as soon as we take possession. The sellers are currently renting back, which means I don't currently have unlimited access to the house.

I had a recommended and well rated electrician give a quote for some work today (described below). I don't have reason to believe they're way out of line, but also haven't priced out this kind of work previously and just want to make sure it seems to be in the right ballpark. Normally, I'd get three quotes, etc., but having limited access to the house currently makes that difficult unless this is way out of line.

Requested work:

• Put 100A subpanel in garage. Need to run line through about 50' of unfinished basement to get below corner of garage where it will be mounted. There are open slots in the main panel. No circuits in subpanel except the one described below (I'll do them myself later).
  
• Run one circuit to bathroom above garage from subpanel.
  
• Run three circuits from main panel in basement to other full bathroom on 2nd floor. Need to go from basement up two levels.
  

Say hi to this old beauty at the other end of the world (Hungary). Atkins Silver Steel Rex saw. 

I have some logs that are too small for the sawmill nearby, so I need to cut them manually. Perfectly straight cuts, reasonable sawing time:

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Pen blanks for sale. I'd rather sell these as one big batch. 64 total. Photos in second post

Walnut: 24 total, about half with some figure (mostly crotch wood pieces). Shortest is 4.25", longest is 8". Smallest cross section is about 3/4" square.

Spalted maple: 9 bigger ones with heavy spalting (all 5"+ and slightly more than 7/8" square). Two have a knot on one end that shortens the useable length to 3.5"-4", although you might be able to work around it. 3 smaller ones with light spalting (3-7/8" x 7/8"). None are soft/punky

Birdseye maple: 6 pieces. All 4.5"+ and 3/4"+. Three have knots (shown in pictures) that might turn out but would reduce lengths to 3.5" on two of them and 2.5" on the third if they can't.

Curly/figured maple: 8 pieces. 3-7/8"+ x 3/4"+. Many 7/8"+.

Ash(?): 6 pieces. 4-3/16" x 3/4"

Straight maple: 4 pieces, two with light figure. 4 to 8.5" long. 3/4"+ square

Misc: one each of figured cherry, holly, bloodwood, and some sort of rosewood

Asking $64 plus shipping. These should fit in a medium flat rate box, maybe with some other random pieces if they fit.

Tyler

nearing end of shop liquidation for health reasons.  Lumber to be sold for local pickup in Jeffersonville, Indiana (across the river from Louisville, Ky.  Prefer single purchaser and priced with that in mind. it would push limit to fit in single pickup bed, but might make in it 8 ft bed, trailer might work better. 
      
      Cherry - 1" & 2" thick, widths 6-14", lengths mostly 8-10 ft, some 3-4 ft shorts, all kiln dryed, about 221 board ft, all came from local mills. sell the package of cherry for $440

      Walnut - leg stock 3x3x32, 3x3x28, 3x3x20,(4 of each size) plus few 1x6x10'  boards. I believe this is air-dryed. about 276 board feet, sell the package for $450 this is exquiste straight grained walnut - 

      Tiger Maple - mostly 1x10 and 1x12 in 8 ft lengths -about 180 board feet, sell this package for $400.  

      Mahoghany - 28 board feet of odd sizes, came from stock in a pattern maker shop being shut down -sell this group for $60.

      American beech slabs - airdryed slabs - 2"  and 3" thick. 5" & 7" wide, 8 ft long. I was hoping to use this for some handplanes, but didn't get to it.  sell the group  for $100.

Buy it all (and would another 50-100 board feet of mixed lumber) $1200 remember this is a liquidation sale.  
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I am working on building a nice table for my wife in our living room and I have other projects on the horizon - dresser, night stands, etc.  What is everyone using on their computer to draw up these kinds of projects that also gives you a cut list or at least shows you the measurements and how it will look and what each piece of wood dimension would be?

In the past I've taken the "make do" method when it comes to sharpening chisels and plane irons. I have some oil stones and finally bought a Worksharp 3000 a few years ago. It seems to do OK for chisels but plane irons, not so much, at least for me. Recently a project came up that will require some fairly precise hand plane work and my favorites are in need of help.

I've looked into waterstones but for some reason I haven't warmed up to the idea. I have one of those pedestrian honing jigs that seems to work OK but I'm thinking about springing for a Veritas Mk.II honing guide; seems to get high marks in reviews.

Would appreciate methods you use and like.

Doug