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What color shellac flakes for sapele? |
Posted by: Aram - 07-31-2020, 02:21 PM - Forum: Finishing
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I'm working on a small cabinet, mostly made from different sapele boards. My preference for this project is a simple shellac and wax finish. No dyes or stains, please. I'm not sure what color shellac flakes to get. You can get an idea of the various colors of the boards in my build-along thread. The tones range from fairly deep red-brown ribbon-stripe, to fairly light and unfigured, to medium brown with more figure (drawer fronts).
Cabinet build
I'm low on shellac flakes anyway, so this is a good time to buy. I don't mind trying 2 or maybe 3 shellac colors on scraps, even if it means buying flakes I might not use. At the moment, i have a small supply of ultra blonde, dark garnet, orange/amber, and orange.
Any best-guess suggestions? Again, I will be buying flakes and mixing my own.
Thanks,
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Old Tub Peeling |
Posted by: tuneswoodshop - 07-31-2020, 08:33 AM - Forum: Home Improvement
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Hello,
I have currently been living in this home for approx 10 years now and when I purchased the home it has a second bathroom that they said the had the tub refinished when they remodeled the bathroom. The finish or "coating" if starting to flake off the floor of the tub and creates these razor sharp pieces. I currently just have the whole tub floor cover with shower matts but was looking for other suggestions. A remodel of the bathroom isnt in the budget so is there any product out there that would work good? I looking for a non slip way to seal in the finish until I have funds to redo the whole bathroom. Has anyone flex sealed the bottom of a tub before? Thanks
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Wixey WR-550 DRO upgrade on 15HH planer |
Posted by: Aram - 07-30-2020, 06:09 PM - Forum: Woodworking Power Tools
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Hi all,
I asked about depth readout for my planer in another thread, and ended up with the Wixey WR-550. I would say it looks like a great purchase, and for less money than I had expected.
I mounted it this way on my Powermatic 15HH.
Installation was easy. Most of the time was spent decoding the so-called instructions. (The section on calibration was very clear, though). The kit comes with self-tapping screws. Not on my shift!
I drilled and tapped the side of the planer bed, and bolted the top to it securely.
On the bottom, through holes, bolts/washers/lock washers/nuts, through the sheet metal.
The remote readout is very nice. It's not obvious from the photo, but it swivels up and down. I appreciate the display of fractions as well as the decimal value. By the way, this particular reading is from right after I calibrated it. The method is easy: you plane a piece of wood, stick it in between a couple of tabs on a moving part of the gauge, set zero, remove the wood, push the tabs together, press a button, and blammo. Instant calibration. Reading here says 0.405". My calipers had the wood at a couple thou less. Very nice.
Just to check, I dialed in the planer to a bigger depth, planed a board, and checked the DRO reading against actual thickness. Similar accuracy as before. Looks good to me.
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Mid Century Modern plans? |
Posted by: ToledoTom - 07-30-2020, 05:55 PM - Forum: Woodworking
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I need to make new bedroom furniture and I’d like to go with a mid century modern style. Other than one book of “plans” (not very good ones) on Amazon, have any of you folks ever seen any plans available for this style of furniture? I need to make a queen bed, and then some side tables and then two chests of drawers. Thanks. Tom
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Replacing plantation shutter frames |
Posted by: greatscott - 07-30-2020, 05:45 PM - Forum: Home Improvement
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Looking to change up the look of our trim in our house and the current frame/trim on our plantation shutter clashes with the look we are wanting to achieve (we're going for a craftsman trim and we have some sort of decorative trim on the frame currently). I've reached out to a few shutter companies but they are not interested in just selling me just frames and I would make my own frames except the current shutter material is not wood (I'm guessing it's some sort of poly). Any ideas on where I can purchase sticks of polywood shutter frame material? I don't know if polywood is the right material - just whatever composite the shutters are made out of now-a-days. I'll take any and all ideas at this point.
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Hardboard vs lauan ply |
Posted by: DCottrell - 07-30-2020, 08:17 AM - Forum: Woodworking
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I need to replace a panel on an accordion that was originally (ca 1950's) lauan ply with a layer of cellulose glued on. The cellulose has warped with age/temperature and the warped panel impedes the action of the instrument. The panel is of the 1/4 inch or whatever metric equivalent thereof (it was made in Italy). I will be flattening and re-gluing the celluose "veneer". I am not sure sheet metal is an option as a piece thick enough to resist flexion under use would be too heavy for the application.
Does hardboard resist warping better than lauan ply? I would consider this if it is a better material.
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