Leon wrote:
On 2/21/2012 9:34 PM, Bill wrote:

On her drawing she wrote for me to "save my receipts" (for
reimbursement). That almost feels insulting, but this is a good friend
of my wife's so I'll do a decent job. I know she meant well.

Won't you need to fill up your vehicle before going after materials?
Save you receipts! ;~)


Well, last night I prepared the following "bid" (pdf file on my web site):

http://web.newsguy.com/MySite/

And I left it on the counter for my wife to see (and maybe take to
work). But instead she wrote ***Nevermind*** on it, and, after talking
with her so far, she has a not so very understanding attitude about it.
My wife said she was thinking maybe $25 total, and so far, I'm the "bad
guy".

It occurred to me that a disk/belt sander might be very helpful. I think
I need one of those things! In the new issue of Shop Notes (Vol. 21,
Issue 122, p. 7), they show to use a disk sander and jig to put a nice
uniform bevel on the top of a dowel. I assume the sander would leave a
reasonable result on the end grain and surely it will help me to get the
dowels to uniform length (lacking a TS, I would saw them with a
good-old, old-fashioned hand saw).

Grizzly comes to mind as a place to look for a disk/belt sander.
Comments about such a tool are welcome. I've never used one, but it
seems like it would be a great tool for "taking off corners" and such.
Can I tell my wife that "I'm the only one on the newsgroup that doesn't
already have one! sniffle"? : )

Have fun!
Bill