Questions tagged [guide]
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What can I use as a guide for my circular saw if I need to rip an 8' segment out of a sheet of plywood?
I need to cut some plywood down to size and it will require that I take it down from a 4'-wide sheet to 30" wide. This means I will need to find a saw guide that will support a steady, 8' rip from end to end. I am not finding any 8'-long guides…
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What's this JML thing in my house?
I have seen these things in various walls around my house and I am just wondering what the heck they are???
reverse image search showed no useful results so now I here asking for the help of stack exchange! Any ideas?
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What do you call this thick washer-type part?
I have been going through many parts that I have recently gotten ahold of. However, I don't know what many are or what they do. I ran into this steel part:
It is 0.565 in tall, with an inner diameter of 0.25 in and an outer diameter of 1.25 in.
I'm…
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What do you call the piece that holds a router bit's guide wheel in place?
In the pic below, there's a black ring that holds the bearing guide wheel in place against the router bit. I need another one of those so I can position the guide wheel higher up on the shank. Knowing what that piece is called will give me…
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Remove tv plaform on metal guides from old tv armoire
I have an armoire originally used to hold an old style TV. I want to remove a platform that was to hold the TV.
The platform is wood and on metal, ball bearing, guides so that the tv could be pulled out and rotated. I can't find any release…
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How to replace a watch battery?
I'm trying to replace the battery of my watch, but I can't work out how to take off the back cover, to get to the battery? (see photo)
I've Googled on how to remove the back cover of watches, but it seems to be the back covers vary quite…
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What is the name for a lateral band saw guide: one that guides wood forward at a set distance from the blade
What is the name for a lateral band saw guide: one that guides wood forward at a set distance from the blade ?
I want to cut strips from a long flat strip of wood (ripping rather than a cross-cut)
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