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We all have preferences, I prefer to go without hearing aids later in life.

Happy new year to you also sir. There's no memories like old memories.

You must be board, really bored. Get well soon!

A 25hp (or more) sander with a 40 grit belt doesn't mind if its end grain. It will do in minutes what would take hours, if not days, with other methods.

I don't know what you might have for tools, but its easy enough to build a sled for a router to ride on. (Google router sleds) You don't mention a size. In my shop I have a 43" wide belt sander, but its limited to 8" in height. Mine is a midsized machine, they come a lot bigger. Most any well...

With my limited experience, (I've cut up three sets) I find grain direction makes no difference. To me the problem seems to be shrinkage. I've slabbed some, like yours, and let them season over a year, it doesn't seem to help any. When they are glued up, after a few weeks, you can feel where...

I bought a set of Japanese knives from Garret Wade about 25 years ago. They have the core showing only in the center. The three layers appear to be divided about equally. Don't know the brand, they are written in Japanese.

I think as long as there are real craftsmen out there, there will always be people to buy their product, regardless of where we are in time. There's nothing like holding and admiring something made by a craftsman, you can almost feel what went into it. Printed or whatever, it would just be a...

I've sharpened planer blades like this on a Makita slow rpm water wheel, and got pretty good results. The stones for it come in an assortment of grits. If you don't want to make that kind of investment. Take a block of wood and cut two grooves parallel, a few inches apart, at the same angle as...

Wow, that's some intense reading. Lots of interesting stuff. Thanks for all you're effort.

another one here for potato starch.

I assume you're moving on to bigger and better things. Congratulations.

Most auto parts stores ( O'Reilly, Discount Auto etc.) carry sandpaper down to #2500. In my area most sell 3M, I've not used anything else to compare it to, but it seems to get the job done nicely.

Be careful, it's possible to squeeze too much epoxy out, creating a week joint.

Stay sharp !

I'm glad you took my advice on the deburring, and on a positive side. At least you have the 10yo Ardbeg.

Sorry to hear all this, hope there's some sunshine between the clouds.

Just curious, what happened here ? Did you have the surgery ? I keep checking but nothing new here. Hope everything went well.

I had two of the round clay ones, (one now) one popped almost straight in half relatively soon after buying them, the other seems to be hanging in there.

It looks very rough around the edges, like maybe it was either 36 or 50 grit. Some 150 followed by 220 should smooth everything out...…. Sorry, had to.