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New Haiku, Good Wood, Poor Plans, Missed Points and Multiple Functions
A few late entries
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Tommy Bar, Laser and Words, Both Prose and Poetry
It seems harmless to us, but the use of the term Tommy bar has generated more angst over the past three issues than many more serious issues we’ve touched upon, and it still is not over.
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Spats, Saws, Sounds and Slips
One of our answer team used the term “Tommy bar” to describe a handle extension, and others wrote in to ask what that meant. Now we are up to round two, with people insisting both that the term does and does not exist.
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Old Hat, Tight Nuts, Free Plans, Safety and Errata
One of the answers regarding loosening excessively tight arbor nuts on table saws referred to a Tommy bar, puzzling one reader.
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Kudos, Advice and Comments
We’re guessing that the negative comment about our free plans in the last issue was what inspired this writer to share his view.
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Cleaning, Painting, Printing, Linking, Profiling, Sanding
An online thread on cleaning sharpening stones induced this reader to add his method.
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Calculation, Maintenance, Bostitch and Brevity
One question in the last issue dealt with calculating rail, stile and panel sizes for raised panel doors, and a reader responded with an enormously helpful solution.
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Warm Fuzzies and Fond Memories
There wasn’t much in the way of feedback from our loyal readers this time, but what was said was certainly complimentary.
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Dreams, Yawls, Old Saws and Wood
When Rob asked you to describe your lottery-fueled dream shop, many of you stepped up to the plate with some surprising configurations. Here are just a few.
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Cottonwood, Cotton Duck, Gorilla and Thrift
A question about appropriate uses for cottonwood prompted these responses.