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Boys and Girls,  Not that I see much here at CN, but LJ’s used be inundated by more than a weed (blackberry) infestation regarding posts with the ...
I drew location lines on the strong back for each form. After cutting a set of mounting cleats I start to mount the forms. [image.png]   The first...
Boys and Girls,   You may disagree with the will of the gods, but Bachus must have me  listed in his good books out of the taxes I have paid for my...
Extra fine, aka dead smooth, made in USA. There is something very satisfying about restoring a usable file that was destined for the trash. Got t...
Picked this up for $20. An interesting vise that clamps onto the corner of your bench. I suspect I will end up using this quite a bit. Time will te...
This one took 3-4 days to restore but wow, what a restoration! Now, conventional wisdom on the YouTubes says to use a metal countersink to sharpen...

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