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| 214 days ago |
Tired of wet wood, any tips on good on-line American Lumber Sellers? walnut etc... - 8 replies Ok, I did manage to find two good sellers on ebathat auction site… mollyb is good . Now I realized I really should have asked here a long time ago. I bought from about 7 sellers, and 50% is wet. Not dried so well and I end up losing a lot of wood planing ,straitening,clamping, sanding etc…, I’ve learned to look for kiln dried o... |
| 215 days ago |
Advice on good drill press? for mortise attachment . - 7 replies Hey guys, I got a new delta mortise attachment at a stoop sale , and we’ll may be backwards but now I need a drill press to attach IT TO … ha , I do things like this sometimes just look at my wood work , been having a lot of fun making joinery by hand , been building a huge standing tool cabinet of walnut and elm for two months now (... |
| 259 days ago |
Winter 2X4 project......`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> - 4 replies Yo , Hello everyone, Ok crazy week last week, I hung new exposed beams in a synagogue by jamaica bay in brooklyn..So was pretty freagin’ busy…But I’m back and wondering about this 2×4 project…I have my idea and i guess 8 days to execute… I’m just a last minute fella. So what’s this I see a bubinga b... |
| 267 days ago |
`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸ ><((((º> 'Portable saw mill' any one tried one of those chain-saw guides? - 21 replies Hello woodchucks, Has any one tried one of those chain-saw guides to get slabs out of tree trunks… It bolts on to your chain-saw and guides you thru the log to create slab . boards, etc… My question is does any one own one or seen one in action? And do you think it’s a tools worth buying / does it work? If yes any advice on a ... |
| 271 days ago |
Scraper Plane or Hand held Scraper Blades... ? which do you prefer? - 10 replies Hello again guys n gals. Fellow woodchuck’s… I’m looking at buying a scraper plane or Blades w holder that need no plane body. I’m curious which works better for any of you .?. Up until now I plane my projects with block plane or smoother and or sand. Thinking a scraper plane will give me ‘clear’ true to the g... |
| 275 days ago |
Lie Nielsen block plane / shepard smoother. E bay 2buyornot2buy - 3 replies Looking at a previous post it got me thinking. That sometimes I can get caught up in tools blinded by some strange plane fever. I was just bidding on a lie nielsen block plane beautiful, but my stanley is tuned and more than fine. There’s also a shepard smoother “kit” I’ve seen some beautiful planes come out of this kit... |
| 277 days ago |
Using a Band Saw for rips and ???? Table saw v.s. Ban saw . - 6 replies HI guys, Was just reading Tom’s reply in the table saw kickback forum. And It got me thinking about creating a collapsable table for a ban saw. Does any one else out there like the ban saw for rip cuts? breaker breaker.. Since I live in nyc ‘space’ is always an issue. I’m going to draw up some plans and share them here in... |
| 280 days ago |
Wooden Screws...........*&*%* - 10 replies I’ve been trying to create long threads, I got Bolt part down. And have tried teak oil wax water and crisco. You name it It’s only the first time trying this. So of-course I thought I’d ask… Has anyone here done this? , And could-you possibly throw me some hints? Like which wood works best for making your own clamps... |
| 283 days ago |
Any ideas how to find Iron wood??? - 19 replies !Was reading the post about traveling, and it reminded me of the Iron Wood I had brought back from jamaica.I love this wood, I made a furniture mallet and box for a friend. It was so great to work with although super tough I truly enjoy working with it.. I think they stopped farming it. I do know they used to make sculpture mallets for years. An... |
| 286 days ago |
Any tips on how to avoid chipping of hardwoods, w dovetail/jig/router - 9 replies Has any one had this problem? and solved it? slower? sharper bits? oil? I don’t know… I’m going to try aging today. I have 3o tails running a length of 47 inches. It’s an un- orthodox project, working toward sculpture. The wood is Mohimbe’ and perduke’ I think that’s the spelling. The darker wood just c... |
| 292 days ago |
Response to finishing purple heart... + book title - 1 reply Was reading about someone getting ready to finish a purple heart table top. He’s newish as am I to working w hard woods or exotics, Last thing any of us want is to cheap out on finishing after putting 50 hours morphing hard wood. Lately I’ve been sticking with watco danish oil, or varnish and polishing depending if I want mate or a g... |
| 292 days ago |
joke, 3 general contractors... - 3 replies Not word for word, gotta try and remember this one. There where 3 general contractors placing a bid on a new oak bookcase for the town library.. 1 from california, 1 from Iowa, and 1 from new york. first the guy from california starts, I’ll build and install your book case for 999$, out of old growth weeping green oak. Fair enough. Then th... |
| 293 days ago |
working from home "shop" self employment.. keep it going roots to varnish. - 10 replies I’m pretty new here and still figuring out the site. But one topic I’m interested in: I would really like to know if anyone has any tips about working for yourself, “at home” or shop. Starting your own small business, working w wood. I’d like to go this route myself, aside from painting and sculpture, which I’... |
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