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I figured the fake wood look would die out but even today its popular, only now they spray it a near black color. what gets me is the flooring, old houses had really long planks , 30 feet was common. then as wood dried up they went to short pieces of flooring. Now Im seeing prnted plastic...

I often need to repair and set up different bandsaws. You can back off your guides completely so the blade is only guided by the two wheels. check tracking on the wheels. at least one of the wheels normally has a crown on it so if it's in the center then it may be more square to the cut, but...

Yes sure, that's why I said "They may indeed be a part of the table."

I wonder why rich people hate color? Ive seen so many pictures of ugly houses, especially kitchens, that had beautiful old woodwork that is being painted right over replaced by the ghastly white painted MDF and white melamine.

I was trying to date my little brunswiick 7' in doing so I found pictures like this example where they used that pale beige and "home depot orange" in combination and I think that was 1961 My little table has the orange and beige color scheme , and so do some other early brunswicks. Not...

I often uncrate machinery and such and often the manufacturer will use a shipping bracket like that to hold things to the skid. They may indeed be a part of the table. I've seen it happen a number of times during an installation, where someone goes, where does this part go? and it was a...

rather than using a square, try the 3-4-5 rule. A right angle triangle with dimensions 3 feet x 4 feet will have a hypotenuse of 5 feet. you can use the increment you like , wont matter if you are using mm, inches meters or miles, 3-4-5 always stands true and it's as accurate as your...

I like this stuff more than bondo or glazing putty. It dries extremely hard but takes overnight. when you mix it it goes very watery, but it hardens up, as the name implies, hard like rock. it may not matter if you are just filling a crack, but if it's a place on the table where someone may...

Thinking out loud, it might be possible to make a jig out of a piece of square stock with a hole in it , a relief cut and a screw so it can be tightened ( clamped) over a cue.. then the cue would sit at the required angles on the bandsaw In the case such as you have where it is already...

I'm learning here too. You have no idea how long Ive tried to imagine how such a joint is cut and I now see the reason for doing that on a bandsaw. The picture was worth a thousand words, now I understand the process much better, Thank you for that.

I think that's a dovetail saw, similar to the backsaw, the difference between that and a Japanese saw is the back of the blade is a dovetail or backsaw blade has a rigid metal part. The dovetail one has a round handle and the backsaw has a handle more like like a handsaw. In days gone by...

I bought an old brunswick 7 foot , its from around 1961 it's pretty well made although not slate. the cushions were only about 1/2" and you cant' get the rubber. I trimmed 10 mm from the rails and fitted 3/4" triangular rubber that is used on other tables, the Century I think.. I had to...

a japanese saw might be a nice thing to have without spending much and you can always make up your own little miter box with the angle you like. They cut with a thin kerf and on the pull stroke. Just google "japanese saw" since you have a bandsaw , sometimes what you can do is take some...

I dont know lots about cue making, like to learn more.. but this is fitting.. what you can do is, Sparingly, put a little paint or ink on the mating parts. put it together and see where the ink transfers, only remove that, not anything else. repeat. You will eventually end up with a good...

how about the little whitish pock marks? Im seeing a lot of that on a pretty new cloth, and wondering it's from ball jumping, backspins, masse shots, etc or something with the newer Simonis cloth? I like to use one of those little brushes for cleaning lint off clothes on my snooker cloth...

so here is my suggestion. - clean it well so stuff can stick, I'd use alcohol in the area. - use masking tape and mask off everything in the area except the chip. - mix 2 part epoxy and black pigment powder, You can get it from a wood finishing place. -put a drop or so , of epoxy mixed with...

I can't say I've ever felt that I missed a shot because of chalk on the ball. If it happens maybe I'm not good enough to know it? Ignorance is bliss I suppose.. ;-) In the summer, with the bugs attracted to the lights people have to pick a few up on each shot to avoid running them over and...

reminds me of when I was doing my floors. I rented a flooring edger, for those unfamiliar it is a heavy machine with a rotary sanding disk used to agressively sand floors near walls where the drum sander won't go. It sits on a couple of little wheels and the operator controls the contact to...

been a while since Ive seen one but back in the 80's , almost every bar had those red stretch on fuzzy tablecloths. someone spilled beer and the server would pop a clean one on without skipping a beat. I was sitting at a table and a bunch of business people around, one took it on himself to...

Now THAT is absolutely brilliant marketing! I think I'd seriously consider buying a bridge or some swamp land from you ;-)