Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Are questions that may go out of date acceptable?
I'd like to ask about alternatives to SawStop. A correct answer to this may change in the coming years.
Is this acceptable?
If so, should I make my question time-specific? (Are there any ...
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Should we allow tool acronyms such as SCMS, RAS, ROS, BS, and TS as tag synonyms?
There are several acronyms that are commonly used to describe tools, such as SCMS (sliding compound miter saw), RAS (radial arm saw), and ROS (random orbit sander).
Do we want to allow these as tag ...
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Judgment call: is "what minimum specs should I be looking for" too opinion-based?
(Trying to decide whether to go minimum cost or midrange on a dust collector for 1-user small shop in particular -- cfpm, filter, what else. My real question, I admit, is whether the Harbor Freight ...
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Are questions of tool (and tool company) history off-topic?
I know I was having a little fun with the saw nib question, but now I'm wondering about serious questions that have more to do with tool history and lore. For example:
Why are combination planes (...
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Where are the pre-beta questions
Way back before the site went beta, I submitted a few questions (that I actually knew the answer to.) I was thinking about submitting them to the site now that it's in full operation but I don't ...
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Non toxic staining and finishing solutions
At this point in my woodworking I am not comfortable nor do I have the proper setup to do this safely (That and my wife said no). Fumes and working temperature are my hurdles.
Would 2 separate ...
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Milestone associated with Beta badge
Have we hit a milestone or something. Are we a public beta now? I see 33 people as of now have been awarded the beta badge. The requirements for most would have been met a while ago.
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Is this question about end-grain cuting boards on-topic?
My question is what are the advantages and disadvantages of building and using an end-grain cutting board. The answer to this question will require knowledge of woodworking and wood, but may also ...
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Answering older questions
I'm relatively new to stackexchange. Although I've searched it for answers many times, I've only rarely contributed.
My question is: should we answer older questions? How old does a question ...
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Wood usage question
What are the different uses for plain sawn (flat sawn), rift sawn, and quarter sawn boards? is starting to garner some comment discussion on its value.
It was originally moving toward closure as a ...
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Sawn question impass
I have this Q&A that has received a lot of attention.
What are the common cut patterns used to mill a log into boards?
The problem is the community, and the internet it seems, are having an ...
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Who should our moderators be?
There are few tasks yet to complete in our bid to move from private to Public Beta. One of the questions that is always posted around now is asking people to volunteer and/or proposing others as ...
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Should we get rid of "wood" in our tags?
I just stumbled into tags which start with "wood" (by searching for [wood-*]). It's obviously that all the questions on this site have and will have to do with wood.
Do our tags need contain "wood"?
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How would we name our chat room?
There is a "tradition" to name chat rooms so they don't have the same name as the sites they belong to.
Our main chat room name is currently boring "Woodworking". How would we name it? Please provide ...
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Attribution of posts
Something that comes up in many sites, but I think will be more common here than most, is attribution. We need to remember (and remind others) to attribute our posts when we source the material ...
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A question perhaps ill-suited for SE: Suggested order of tool investment
It's certainly a common question, and while "buy them as you discover you need them" is not a bad strategy -- especially since the answer depends on what kinds of projects you want to tackle -- there ...
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Tag formatting guidelines
Can I suggest we discuss some tag guidelines? IE, what kind of approach should we take to how our tags are created, named, and used.
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What level of editing is allowed?
Some SE sites only allow editing for clarity, while others also allow editing for correctness and sometimes even adding content--basically treating the accepted answer as a wiki answer. To what ...
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More Pictures in answers and questions
I am barely a gifted amateur when it comes to this stuff. I have been seeing tools and terms frequently that I am not familiar with.
As a general request I would like if we include pictures wherever ...
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Vote Early and Vote Often
I think we are off to a great pace, voting-wise. Questions and answers are receiving a high-number of votes, which is a very good thing. On that note, I'm going to relay a message on the tex.SE meta ...
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Should we allow questions that specifically ask for plans to build something?
I know in my travels with woodworking, I oftentimes like to see the plans or instructions on how to build something to better myself in the hobby. It could get out of hand, however, if many questions ...
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Is tool safety on-topic?
On this question, the first comment was asking whether tool safety is on-topic. I would think that it would be, as woodworkers without fingers aren't very efficient or effective.
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Keeping our shop clean
Welcome to Woodworking! I'm not a moderator or anything (yet...), but I just wanted to welcome everyone with the first one of the first Meta posts, and also point out a few housekeeping lessons I've ...
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Links to merchants/specific products
On other SE sites, linking to or referencing a specific product for purchase is highly frowned upon. But with woodworking, this could be a real stumbling block. What should our standards be when asked ...
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What should our custom close reasons be? [closed]
Right now, if you are voting to close a question, the off topic because... menu only contains three items:
This question does not appear to be about woodworking, within the scope defined in the help ...
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Are questions on woodworking tool features acceptable?
For example, I'm looking into buying a band saw. I've never used one before so I don't know which features are important in a band saw. To make the best out of my money, I would like to know which ...
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What is off topic for Woodworking? [closed]
I am going to guess that anything not specifically related to woodworking (i.e., welding) should not be considered on topic. The standard StackExchange off topic items like off site recommendations ...
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Starting out on the right foot
Hello fellow woodworkers!
I know we are only a couple hours and less than a hundred questions in, but everything seems to be going very well!
We've closed our first question, reached over one ...
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Is it okay to ask questions that already have google-able answers?
I'm all for a site that can become the source for canonical woodworking answers, which have careful and accurate descriptions, maybe even with photos or video.
Other non-SE websites may have good ...
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Please replace the [circularsaw] tag with [circular-saw]
We have some questions tagged circularsaw. The tag should really be circular-saw since it's written as two words, not one. We also have several other saw tags that have the hyphen: band-saw, hand-saw, ...
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Welcome, Woodworkers
It took a year and a half, but we finally have a Stack Exchange site to get help and exchange advice on our woodworking projects.
However, the work isn't done yet and we'll need a lot of activity to ...
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