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| 99 days ago |
One-Pass, Half-Blind on a Leigh Dovetail Super 12 Jig - 13 replies I recently was able to bust out my new Leigh Dovetail Super 12 jig. I also added the router support because my Hitachi M12V weighs 11 pounds. I figured it was a worthwhile investment to save drawer parts. I set it up to do the one-pass, half-blind dovetails. It was pretty successful, and I’ve seen worse dovetails on production furnit... |
| 107 days ago |
Stickley Finish? - 25 replies I’ve been desperately trying to find MY recipe. I was recently sent PopularWoodworking.com’s recipe for J.E. Moser’s Golden Amber water-based aniline dye topped with Lilly Professional Glaze “warm brown”, possibly also sold by Valspar or an WoodFinishingSupplies.com. I’m coming up with zilch on the glaze. P... |
| 149 days ago |
What To Do With Maple - 1 reply I was recently given several small sticks of maple from a big box store. Having never worked with maple, I don’t really know what to do with it or how to bring out it’s natural luster. I will be making some framing samples out of them. I don’t really have enough to make up a bunch of finish samples. Since finish is part of ... |
| 149 days ago |
Another BLO Question - 7 replies I have to admit, it took me a second to figure out what BLO stood for. Anyway, I bought some since everybody talks about it. I’m trying a series of new finishes for my own furniture and for the custom framing samples. I applied some to quarter-sawn white oak the other day. It seems to have polymerized nicely, but it didn’t really... |
| 399 days ago |
Arts & Crafts/Craftsman/Mission/Greene & Greene Reference Books? - 3 replies I’m admittedly a huge Stickley/G&G junkey, so I reference Lang’s books, the Stickley catalog and books, various older Popular Mechanics publications, a couple of books I’ve picked up off the shelf at Woodcraft that rank high on Amazon.com if you do some searching, and the big black Japanese joinery book. What books do yo... |
| 439 days ago |
Kitchen Pass! - 2 replies The lady whose house I’m remodeling for my contribution to our household finances has run into a snag with her home equity loan, through no fault of hers. While putting the second coat of hand-rubbed poly on my dresser, my girlfriend (who makes the money while I make the furniture) came into my finishing room with an interesting idea. I ... |
| 440 days ago |
Glue Removal? - 8 replies Being the insensitive male woodworking type, I needed to do a glue up the other day and grabbed what I thought was a cheap, glass ramikin from the cupboard. Several days later, I was informed that it was a gift and in no uncertain terms was I to scavenge for woodworking supplies in “her” kitchen. Is there anyway I can get a fully c... |
| 448 days ago |
Desktop Catapult/Trebuchet? - 5 replies While “Rolling the Dice” the other night (late), I thought I saw a desktop catapult/trebuchet project zip on by while clicking away. Does that look familiar to anyone? I’m seriously thinking about building a trebuchet just for the fun of it to launch potatoes or something into the ocean while sailing and camping on the beach ... |
| 448 days ago |
Sign Painting - 1 reply I just finished using the Dremel tool to carve out a rather complicated “kid’s room” sign for my godson. I want to darken the engraved letters to provide more contrast to the red oak. Does anyone have a good method for staining, painting, etc. the relieved parts and leave the top plane relatively untouched? Thanks! |
| 448 days ago |
Bow Arm Morris Chair - 1 reply I’ve been wanting to build a BAMC for a long time. I actually got to sit in a few at the San Francisco A&C Expo a couple of weeks ago. I noticed that they were very low, and with my 6’2” frame, the arm rest height was too low for comfortable support. By going with the WoodStore or Lang drawings, I won’t know if the... |
| 448 days ago |
Drawer Vacuum? - 5 replies On the A&C Gentleman’s chest I just finished, I’ve noticed that the fit of the large bottom drawers causes a considerable amount of suction behind them, between the back panel when the drawer is pulled out. I was thinking of relieving this with a 2” Forstner bit to allow air to flow more easily in and out, which should mak... |
| 453 days ago |
Stick to Stickley? - 7 replies I’ve read all of treefrogfurniture's blog, and he brings up an interesting point about sticking only to actual Stickley designs. I would love to fill my home with authentic Stickley reproductions, but sometimes I find a design, or make up my own in AutoCAD that isn’t a true Stickley. Given the time constraints, the expense, and the... |
| 453 days ago |
Paging Issues - 3 replies Everytime I start to browse through search results, once I get past the first page, it always takes me back to the first page. For example, if I’m on page nine of “mission” results and hit the back button to go back to the ninth page of results, I end up on page one. I then have to remember I was on page nine and click page t... |
