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| 17 days ago |
Anyone familiar with Japan drier? - 7 replies Has anyone in the LJ world used Japan drier? Any experiences good or bad? While I’ve read several articles in which it’s used as an additive to speed drying, they don’t say how much faster stuff dries. They are even a bit vague on the ratios. Also, while it says on the can to use w/ oil based paints, is it more universal? I... |
| 162 days ago |
Help with Craftsman 925450 industrial(?) dovetail machine/fixture/jig/thingie - 3 replies I recently inherited the above mentioned device & would love to give it a try, but I need a bit of help first. I’m hoping someone who uses this can give me that help. It appears complete and I’ve downloaded the manual, but a couple of things aren’t clear. It seems to have the correct router base bushings that are referenced... |
| 173 days ago |
Basswood...worth messing with??? - 14 replies I just bought a bunch of lumber at an estate auction. There was lots of oak, cherry & pine, and some short (about 4-5’) basswood pieces. They are thick enough that I need to re-saw them into usable boards. My question, since the only thing I know about basswood is that it’s very light, is whether it’s worth the effort.Fr... |
| 208 days ago |
A little finish repair help needed - 6 replies I thought the finish on my oak computer desk (that I did not build) was polyurethane & not subject to that foggy whitish moisture mark, but after putting a pizza on it’s cardboard plate on the desk after it came out of the oven, I realized that it was a bad idea. The warmth & moisture condensation caused the old white (pizza shaped... |
| 574 days ago |
Can I plane this? - 9 replies Having recently gotten my first planer, and being cheap, as some of you may know, I’m not sure what, besides wood, I’d be able to plane without toasting my cutters. Oh, I know I’m better off not running boards with nails in them through my planer, but what I’m getting at, specifically, is should I also avoid things lik... |
| 581 days ago |
Help with a "window pane" door - 1 reply I’m contemplating a storage cabinet / hutch that would have 2 front doors with separate small (about 8”x10”) glass panes in it. Each door would have 2 vertical rows of 6-8 panes. The way I envision it is to look much like the doors & windows on many older homes…no fake dividers in a large pane of glass, but all indivi... |
| 640 days ago |
Help with solvent for sanding disc glue - 8 replies It seems that I need to tap the collective wisdom of the group yet again. I’ve been using self stick 12” sanding discs on my disc sander and the last couple of times, after replacing them I haven’t needed to remove the residue (maybe should have, but it was evenly dispersed, so I just applied the new disc), anyway after removin... |
| 641 days ago |
Wood finish mixes - 7 replies I’ve been wanting to try new finishes for my projects, and I remember reading somewhere about a mix of equal parts of boiled linseed oil, spar varnish, and turpentine. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Has anyone used this or any similar mix? Will polyurethane work instead of spar varnish? I’ve also heard of beeswax in a mix. Anyone... |
| 745 days ago |
A plain plane - 5 replies Having contracted the hand plane bug a short while back, and (so far, at least) resisted the urge to become a collector, I’m spending some really satisfying time practicing both user and sharpening skills. Although not considering myself a collector, I have been acquiring a few more pieces to supplement my only block plane…an early S... |
| 745 days ago |
Just wondering about gluing things... - 18 replies I got to thinking the other day (doesn’t happen all that much, so I try to pay attention when it happens), and I started to wonder about glue joints and what makes them good, or not-so-good, or lousy and I realized that I’ve been gluing boards together in largely the same way as I learned to do in junior high shop class. Saw the boar... |
| 771 days ago |
Cheaper sawstop: my research (don't try this at home) - 15 replies After watching the Sawstop video and really being impressed with the concept, I got to thinking that maybe a creative mind like mine could be put to work on a lower cost version of that concept. To save money, it seems to me, one must start by using existing technology wherever possible, rather than new research.Not wanting to infringe on any cu... |
| 792 days ago |
Finishing tips needed - 8 replies I’m kooking for a tip or two on finishing cedar. I’m using it as a liner in a box and wondering if I should finish it or just leave it. It’s not a humidor, or anything that needs to be like a cedar chest. I’m just using it as a liner because I have some scraps that will fit and look pretty good. (I’m big on using up... |
| 824 days ago |
Ripstrate help - 6 replies I just acquired a Ripstrate accessory in a box with a new (old) shopsmith that I just bought. I guess 2 really wasn’t enough. Anyway, it clamps to my rip fence along with a wood adapter which is nothing more than about a 1 1/2” by 2 1/2” board the length of the fence that sits blade side of the fence and is pulled tight to the ... |
| 833 days ago |
Li'l help with staining - 9 replies I’m restoring a couple of old hand tools that have rosewood handles (or pretend rosewood) and I’d like to get that original reddish finish again. Has anyone found a good way to do this. Also, I’ve been messing, unsuccessfully with trying to get wood fillers to take stain that will remotely resemble the surrounding wood without ... |
| 846 days ago |
Staining & gluing help - 5 replies This is going to sound pretty elementary, but since I’m not beyond asking about basic things…so here goes.I have always, probably because I learned it that way from my dad, glued projects together and then stained them, because I was led to believe that the stain would weaken or even ruin the glue bonding if it’s in the joint.I... |
| 908 days ago |
Stanley #4 plane blade help - 6 replies For some reason, I’ve decided to put a new edge on a Stanley #4 plane blade that a previous owner ground to an angle that’s obviously incorrect. (why I decided to play with this plane in the first place is a story for another time) The problem is, I don’t know what the correct blade bevel angle is. Heck, I don’t even kno... |
| 933 days ago |
Saw blade experience - 1 reply I’m sure this has come up a hundred times or more, but I guess I don’t pay attention unless it affects me personally or it’s on my mind at the time, so I’ll try this at the risk of everyone lambasting me for re-hashing a well worn subject. I’m shopping for a saw blade for my old reliable model 10ER shopsmith. I̵... |
