I’ve seen a couple builds use them as an economical vise screw. I almost went that way for my leg vise, but instead found a vise screw that was about the same price.
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Woodworking@lemmy.ca•Festool domino: My biggest pet peeve with Youtube videos
1·2 years agoI absolutely agree, usually I go for the ganged up edge planing to get that complementary mating edge. Also if I were more than a hobby shop and doing things for money on a time budget, I’d probably think about buying some of that oh so expensive Festool stuff.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Twitter’s decentralized offshoot Bluesky now has 2 million users
4·2 years agoUnexpected Dr. Horrible.
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Woodworking@lemmy.ca•Looking for suggestions for the top of this desk
2·2 years agoI hear it can be a bit of a process. I’d recommend researching a fair amount before diving in. That said I’ve been waiting for the right project to do just that. Best of luck!
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Woodworking@lemmy.ca•Looking for suggestions for the top of this desk
3·2 years agoSupposing you can find enough of it affordably, you could veneer the whole top. To make it interesting you could try cutting it and applying it in a geometric pattern if that’s your thing.
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World News@beehaw.org•Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms
14·2 years agoPer the linked article “toward the southern part of the besieged territory”, which seems awfully vague for a major displacement of people.
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Socialism@beehaw.org•Carbon offsets don’t work, and that’s not news
3·2 years agoThank you, I needed a good laugh.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Dead NFTs: The Evolving Landscape of the NFT Market
3·2 years agoNo kidding. Hey I’ve got a great idea for a new marketplace, BeaNFT. You can waste your money but get an upcycled Beanie Baby in the process.
I’ve overdone garlic, specifically with garlic powder. It’s an interesting burning sensation, I don’t recommend it.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3 Revive Age-Old RPG Debate About Encumbrance
2·2 years agoI facepalmed after realizing I’ve been lugging around that stupid
spoiler
hidden Harper’s Chest w/ the high lockpick DC
for the entire second act with it taking up inventory space.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Nintendo Switch Successor Rumored To Have Been Shown To Press/Devs At Gamescom
32·2 years agoThank you for qualifying your source.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Stray really disappointed me. I want a real cat game.
2·2 years agoI’d play that.
Those two are always make for a great listen, they keep things pretty clean and fairly non-political.


John Heisz showed a little while back how he made his own feather board for table saw use. You can buy one of course or you can make your own, as mechanically they’re fairly simple. I’ve seen more than a few examples that use either a mag switch to connect to the cast iron top of a saw or some that use an expandable bar to fit into a miter/T track.
John’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGrj2DGtoo
Wood magazine’s page on making one from scratch: https://www.woodmagazine.com/workshop/jigs/how-to-make-your-own-feather-boards