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    Knife handle help

    The periphery a bench grinder that you grind your tools with would be my choice if you don't have anything smaller. Pete
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    Look after yourselves chaps!!

    My condolences on loosing your friend. Pete
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    Pizza Hut

    I last time I was in a Pizza Hut I was in my early twenties in a group of drunks after being in a bar until closing. 🍻 🍺🍻 Name? Bob was good enough for all of us. Pete
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    Smart meter

    I sit corrected and enlightened. Pete
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    Smart meter

    Saskpower (the only utility in the province) came in the spring and changed my 10ish year old meter for one that they read by wifi. Now I don't have to bundle up, trundle out in the cold and thigh deep drifting snow to get the reading to submit. They also don't have someone driving to the house...
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    Not much woodworking on the home front but needed to cut old trusses into fire wood, now I can fix the gable end of the grainery.

    My wife picked up a single person sized electric throw last year for watching the tube. Should've bought two. Along these lines...
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    Small cyclone system...WIP

    I have the 16 gallon DeWalt Stealthsonic (the biggest at the moment) and it is nice and quiet compared to every other shop vac I've had before. Not as quiet as the Meile house vacuum but pretty close. It easily rolls over cords because while the two front castors are dinky the back two wheels...
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    Knife handle help

    If you still have most of the plastic from the old handle you could weigh it and see if there is much of a difference to the Cocobolo you have. The epoxy in the voids might be enough without adding steel pieces like nails or washers. Pete
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    Small cyclone system...WIP

    Most of the discussion has been about High Pressure Low Volume collection, HPLV for short, using vacuum cleaners of one sort or another. They don't move a lot of air but produce high suction up to in some machines of 160 inches of water column lift, most are in the 80 to 100 inch range. You'll...
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    Small cyclone system...WIP

    I embraced the collapse. The cyclone is attached to the bottom of the 20 litre bucket and most of the lid cut away to hold dowels or a grate, which keeps the bag from being completely sucked up into the bucket. When the shop vac is turned on the bag is drawn up and collapses. Turn the shop vac...
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    Knife handle help

    I would be taking the easy way out and dye some casting epoxy and then dip/paint the handle. Hang it to cure, repeat if necessary and then sand and polish it you like. Tie a rope to it, anchoring it to the cutting board, to keep it out of the dishwasher. Pete
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    Are there any cheaper alternatives to this, please ?

    Asian knockoff. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Burley-350W-DIY-Electric-Orbital-Sander_1600912039006.html?spm=a2700.image-text-search.normal_offer.d_image.558a67af6YmK0I&priceId=6b8e31d27ccb4f4b8839ac9f1ed47e3a Can't vouch for the quality of it. Found it by doing an image search and then...
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    Is this board too bowed for a drawer front?

    I have a jointer/surfacer/planer and would use it to flatten the board. Place the hollow over the cutter head and feed that end, then spin it around and do the same with the other end. Take a final full length pass to flatten it completely. Now it is ready to run through the planer/thicknesser...
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    Small scraps in thickness planer?

    Your best bet if you only have a few to do is glue longer sticks (a foot or more) to the sides of the walnut. If all the walnut is already the same width you can place them end to end with the grain orientated to minimise tear out and glue the sacrificial sticks on the sides and send the longer...
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    New toy

    And how much did it cost? Thanks. Pete
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