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| 315 days ago |
Building for seasonal movement? - 3 replies I am building a flag case for my father’s memorial flag. I am planning a square box with a diagonal divider across the corners to allow one side for the flag and the other side for pictures/medals. The problem I face is that his widow lives in Florida and I am living and building the case in Arizona, so there will be a severe differenc... |
| 430 days ago |
How do I Sharpen Router Plane Iron? - 7 replies I recently got a full-sized router plane (Stanley #71) and ordered the pint-sized version from Lee Valley. The problem I face is sharpening them. With the short reach and the mounting bar at 90 degrees from the cutting edge, I cannot use my regular honing guide, so I am left to the vagaries and unpredictability of free-hand sharpening. Anyone... |
| 598 days ago |
Which is the best general purpose table saw blade? Freud or WW 2? - 21 replies I am in the market to upgrade my table saw blade. I currently have a Ridgid 50-tooth blade that cuts adequately, but splinters plywood. I have a 100 tooth ply blade, but if the upper-level Freud or WW 2 blade will give me chip-free cuts in plywood I will get one soon. (I accidently cut mt Incra miter with the Ridgid blade a while back and whi... |
| 640 days ago |
Newly Acquired Merit Plane - 6 replies I recently acquired a Merit plane. Here is the plane. It is in pretty good shape, except for the totes. The rear tote is broke horizontally in middle and front tote looks like it is starting to break along its lip. You can note the dark metal of the side. Is this regular japaning? I was going to flatten the soul. It loked like it wa... |
| 663 days ago |
Gluing Padauk - 5 replies I am making a heart-shaped box out of PADAUK, which has lots of oils in it naturally. One book I have says that hide glues or yellow glues will not work very well when gluing it up. What glue is best? Maybe gorilla glue? Can I wipe it with acetone first to dispel the surface oils, first, then use Titebond III? Thanks for the info,God Bles... |
| 663 days ago |
"Steaming" Walnut - 2 replies I am going to buy some “sappy” walnut from my fav wood source. The one problem is… about 60% of the wood is the white sapwood and I like the distinctive black of walnut. They say that you can steam the wood to even the sapwood and heartwood. Anyone have the skinny on just how this is done? Can you use a steam kettle, or d... |
| 716 days ago |
Winter 2008 2x4 contest rules - 6 replies I live in a semi-rural area, in the desert, and do not have access to a lumber yard, like I did in Denver. I will enter the 2×4 project contest, but what wood are we limited to? I believe we should be limited to any 2×4 offered by a Big Box store, not a 2×4 of exotic, or other species that cannot be found at a Big Box store. ... |
| 718 days ago |
Which chisel set is best? - 14 replies My wife is going to buy me a chisel set for Christmas. I have narrowed them down to these two starter sets. One is a Buck Brothers 3-piece set from Home Depot. http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100067444 The other set is a Marples, 4-piece set fro... |
| 721 days ago |
Does Work Sharp live up to its hype? - 4 replies I walk with one crutch, so that leaves one hand to carry most everything I need. I get frustrated trying to carry a slow-speed grinder, set it up, then switch to a guide with sandpaper on marble, then switch to wet stones, then sweitch to diamond stones, then a leather strop for the final hone. Right now Rockler has a great deal on the Work ... |
| 776 days ago |
Hand Plane Jointing - 8 replies Here’s a question for all you gallouts out there: I have read somewhere that if you put the two boards you wish to edge joint side-by-side and then use a hand plane to joint the edge, any sloping of the plane will be canceled by the slope being shared by the two edges as they are planed at the same time. My question is: when you place t... |
| 791 days ago |
Smooth Jointing with Freud 30 TPI Glue Line Rip Blade - 9 replies Hey, I saw an entry asking if the Freud Glue lIne really works. Well, i used it to jont the boards I am using to make that tailgate insert for our old Ford and it cut as smooth an edge as I could on my jointer! You need to make sure the blade is 90 degrees from the table or flip flop the edges on matching joint edges. I got it on sale through... |
| 801 days ago |
What kind of scroll saw blades? - 5 replies I just purchased a scroll saw to cut routing patterns, as well as the “stations” for the domino game, Mexican train. They will be cut from 1/4” plywood and luan. Which style of blades would you all reccomend?I am thinking spiral blades, around 20-30 TPI, or 15TPI hook blades. I am a rookie to this saw, and would appreciat... |
| 812 days ago |
Wooden Tailgate for our '56 Ford F-150 - 10 replies We are restoring our old ‘56 F-150 and my mechanic was lamenting the rusted out edges of the tailgate. I noticed that it was just the size for some 4/4 wood. The $64,000 question is…. What type of wood would be the best? The truck belongs to my wife, who would like a lighter wood, like our maple table top. I figure to use a we... |
| 813 days ago |
Accenting Checks in End Grain - 9 replies I have a bandsaw box that has some interesting small checks in the end grain. I could sand or cut them out, but I would like to highlight them as part of the design. Can I dye some wood filler to accent them? They look like some rays of the sun.Thanks for your help! God Bless,Hawg |
| 829 days ago |
Shop Mobile Tools - 5 replies Let’s face it, not all of us have a big shop with room to permanently store our tools where we will work with them. I have half a garage that the previous owner installed shelves where I store my tablesaw, a bandsaw, a router table, two rolling tool boxes, a drill press, an assembly table and a work bench. I basically use the inside of my... |
| 835 days ago |
Check out LJ store for great selection and good prices! - 1 reply I bought a used Delta bench jointer, model 37-070. This model has been discontinued. I needed to replace the blades, especialy now that I used them to plane some MDF (They were on last legs then.) I checked the Delta site, but could not find replacement blades, even though I know they must have them. I found a pair for around $20 last week, ... |
| 839 days ago |
Be Safe When Cutting Dadoes! - 30 replies I have done it hundreds of times, and I am sure you have too. Doing repetitive cuts on a table saw. But NEVER get complacent when using that table saw! There I was cutting a dado in a length of soft cedar, guiding it on past the blades, when it bound up and shot back! When it did, it not only broke my newer fetherboard, propeled the board b... |
| 840 days ago |
Correct Jointer Technique - 10 replies I thought a jointer is supposed to give you a flat surface to referrence on to get all 4 sides surfaced flat. I tried to get a flat surface tonight on a face of 1/2” MDF. The ends were noticably thinner than the middle. Am I doing something wrong? I used a pushblock on the feed table all the way through. Am I, inadvertantly, putting pr... |
| 840 days ago |
Shop Made Table Saw Zero Clearance Insert - 8 replies This is how I make my ZCI for table saws. I like ½” MDF because it is stable (won’t warp or shrink). It usually will fit most contractor or cabinet table saws without any thickness planing. To view images, just click on them and use the “back” button on your browser to returm/ Sorry for the hassle. First I trace the outline of... |
| 860 days ago |
Right and pleasing proportions - 11 replies I am planniong some custom-designed boxes out of black ash. I plan to use mitered corners to showcase the great looking grain. The question is: What is eth best proportion to use. I read here that there is a set of proportions to use that has been proven to be the best. What is that proportion?If I wanted a 4-6” high box, what size sho... |
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