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This reminds me of when I built something similar for my toddler. I built it out of plywood whivh I planned to cover with plastic laminate.

Before laminating I took the stool inside to "test" it. Becca loved it. She could wash her hands on her own!

When I took it back to the shop to finish it off there was a scene. I had to wait until she went to bed before I could take it back.

The next thing that little girl needs is a little table where she can crayon, build with bricks etc. 27 years later my eldest still appreciates the fact that I made her one.

Charles Neil has shown a technique he calls "Bump Cutting" which I have found to be perfectly safe on a table.

It works best with template routing but can also be used against a fence.

What you do is push the wood straight on to the fence, withdraw it, move it along approx 1 bit diameter and repeat.

Then do your climb cut, possibly in less deep stages. The router doesn't get a chance to grab the wood.

Surprise, surprise! The video is actually on FWW:

http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/7960/bump-cuttin

You've got to love Apple users. I buy devices to read content. They buy devices and then demand that the content be changed to fit.

I find this case to be perplexing. Doesn't the USA have a Health and Safety code?

European law (now harmonised across the EU) makes the *employer* fully responsible for H&S. OK in many cases it is beauracracy gone wild but it is almost impossible for a case like this to happen.

The employer must instruct the employee in all aspects of his job. If the employer is a subcontractor working on a site the main contractor and the employer must induct all workers into the site, explaining all special dangers and site regulations.

All this must be documented and the site and documents are open to inspection by the H&S authority.

The ultimate responsibility rests on the main employer. In a case like this the fault was that of Osorio's employer for not instructing him in the proper use of a saw. However the main contractor is also at fault for letting this happen, and so on up the ladder.

However a lawsuit against the manufacturer could not even start as there is no defect in the machine and the manufacturer provided a manual, safety guards and usually a statement that users of the machine must be over 16 and trained.

Ah the good old days when I could do this with a router plane.

"Will I buy one?" No Way!

As long as Apple devices remain closed and Steve Jobe tells me what I may or may not do with my property this is an Apple-Free zone.

Now my linux web book - that's another matter altogether.

Assuming that the can was not hot - say above 45 deg C, then I am convinced that the shellac was contaminated.

Alcohol does not ferment - it is a fermentation product.
Alcohol does not react with metal under any conditions which can possibly be encounterd in normal life.
Bacteria are killed by strong alcohol so the only thing left is a contaminant which reacted with the metal to produce hydrogen gas.

This could be either an acid -which would attack both the tin lining (if there is one) or the iron- or a caustic alkali which would attack the tin or possibly zinc if present.

I suggest you report this to the manufacturer.

I hope you went to Bath and saw that lovely crescent of Georgian houses.

Angle grinder, Metalworker's Vice, Arc Welder.

That way I can cut down bolts to the exact size I need, make long bolts from threaded rod and a nut, and make my own shelf brackets.

I try to repair but the problem is that a tool my experience multiple failures and end up costing you more than you planned.
My very comfortable 25 yr old Elu MOF96 Router did this. Bearings, then brushes, followed by electronics (twice). Only the bearings were a "cost" item because I fixed the others myself but for some people this would have approached the cost of a new router.

Fonda, if your cordless drills are 12V you can hook them up to a UPS battery which costs about 20 Euros - say $30. Works a treat and you get a long time between charges.

Ingenious way of doing it - but not the only one. The Easter Island statues and the Maltese temples were raised by dragging the statues or monoliths up earth ramps and then sliding them down into place.

The Maltese stones were then slid into their precise position on stone balls which were left under the monoliths. (These were perfectly shaped - jointed if you like - so that their long sides, although not perfectly straight, mated perfectly.)

I have long found it amusing that Thor Heyerdahl, on Easter Island, could not work out how the statues were raised until the islanders showed him. Yet, according to his theories, the Easter Islanders are from the same race that built the Maltese temples and this construction method had been known for decades before Heyerdahl researched and wrote Aku-Aku.

I'd better tie this in with woodworking: The Mother-Goddess who was worshipped in these temples was a fat lady carved from stone but the head was wooden.