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  0 Thread: Looking for 20mm diameter dowels
Post: RE: Looking for 20mm diameter dowels

EdL Wrote: (12-18-2023, 05:35 PM) -- Just use 3/4 Ed -- 20 / 25.4 = 0.7874" Therefore, 3/4" dowels will be a bit small. That's probably what is driving OP crazy. :(
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 8 727 12-20-2023, 07:04 PM
  0 Thread: Junky Walnut Boards
Post: RE: Junky Walnut Boards

petertay15 Wrote: (11-04-2023, 03:20 PM) -- I'm wanting to sell these 80-year-old boards locally.  I might say they would make an antique-looking farm table. BUT ... look at the photos.  They are "wo...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 4 1,313 12-02-2023, 02:15 PM
  0 Thread: Fitting Drawers
Post: RE: Fitting Drawers

shoottmx Wrote: (11-18-2023, 06:40 AM) -- +1 Gary -- +2 Edwin
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 13 1,500 11-30-2023, 06:42 PM
  0 Thread: Laminated plywood shelves
Post: RE: Laminated plywood shelves

I dug this out of the WN files: "...a torsion box is a totally different animal than two pieces of plywood (glued or) screwed together.  It is similar to an I-beam joist https://www.apawood.org/i-joi...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 15 1,826 11-29-2023, 07:03 PM
  0 Thread: Laminated plywood shelves
Post: RE: Laminated plywood shelves

Here's the frame I used for the strong torsion box shelf shown above. It's just 3/4" stock about 1/2" wide and it gets covered with 1/4" ply. The length is about 40" and the depth is 16". I believe I ...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 15 1,826 11-29-2023, 05:27 PM
  0 Thread: Laminated plywood shelves
Post: RE: Laminated plywood shelves

joe1086 Wrote: (11-20-2023, 01:08 PM) -- My daughter has an alcove in their family foom that's about 12' long and 8' high. I'm building a cabinet/bookcase to fill the space. When completed, it will b...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 15 1,826 11-22-2023, 03:35 PM
  0 Thread: Ax Handle Question
Post: RE: Ax Handle Question

pgmrdan Wrote: (01-14-2023, 08:20 AM) -- I haven't really been around mulberry wood for decades but if I remember correctly, and I very well may not, it's rather weak, soft, and splintery when it bre...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 7 2,030 01-14-2023, 04:54 PM
  0 Thread: Ax Handle Question
Post: RE: Ax Handle Question

R Clark Wrote: (01-13-2023, 05:14 PM) -- I don't know; I've never tried. But I always thought that one of the reasons hickory was favored was the shock absorption abilities of the wood. -- Actually...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 7 2,030 01-13-2023, 06:55 PM
  Question Thread: Ax Handle Question
Post: Ax Handle Question

One of my good friends likes making ax handles, especially for splitting mauls. He and I both usually use oak, hickory, or locust to make them. He recently ran across a good collection of mulberry and...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 7 2,030 01-13-2023, 02:50 PM
  0 Thread: Torsion Box Brag
Post: RE: Torsion Box Brag

Stwood_ Wrote: (01-10-2023, 06:56 PM) -- Ed did ya get a picture of the grid inside? Some newbies that might fall in here might like to see one. -- Believe it or not, I did not. But here's a crude sk...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 16 2,249 01-11-2023, 03:02 PM
  0 Thread: Back in the Saddle
Post: RE: Back in the Saddle

I must admit that I seldom used the dovetail joint for drawer boxes. Most of the time I used box joints and they seemed to work about as well with less effort. Here's one I made for a cabinet drawer, ...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 8 1,324 01-08-2023, 12:54 PM
  0 Thread: Torsion Box Brag
Post: RE: Torsion Box Brag

The bridle joint I mentioned in post #17 for the corners is one way, but I recall reading an article in Wood magazine that recommended a common half-lap joint. To my surprise (and theirs) a well-made ...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 16 2,249 01-07-2023, 03:31 PM
  0 Thread: Torsion Box Brag
Post: RE: Torsion Box Brag

joe1086 Wrote: (01-06-2023, 02:55 PM) -- LOL...15 or 20 years ago I built the David Marks torsion box assembly table. It's about 4.5' square, half inch thick webbing, 3/4 inch facing/skins all in MDF...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 16 2,249 01-06-2023, 06:55 PM
  0 Thread: Torsion Box Brag
Post: RE: Torsion Box Brag

I had a few guys tell me that I wasted my time making those dovetail joints at the corners, specially since I eventually painted these shelf boards off-white to match the cabinet in my shop. I could h...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 16 2,249 01-06-2023, 01:53 PM
  0 Thread: Torsion Box Brag
Post: RE: Torsion Box Brag

I also must admit that there is some ladder-step like bracing front-to back every 12" that is needed underneath the plywood panels to add more strength. However, that is small potatoes compared to a s...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 16 2,249 01-05-2023, 06:51 PM
  0 Thread: Torsion Box Brag
Post: RE: Torsion Box Brag

BTW, these shelves are about 80% hollow. They hardly weigh anything at all. I used ordinary 1/4" plywood for the surfaces. I have never understood exactly why they are so strong, but they are. The cor...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 16 2,249 01-05-2023, 03:53 PM
  0 Thread: Torsion Box Brag
Post: Torsion Box Brag

I made a few of these awhile back. Torsion boxes make super-strong shelves: Here's how strong they are: I weigh 190 lb. See any bend?
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 16 2,249 01-05-2023, 03:39 PM
  0 Thread: Humor for Woodworkers
Post: RE: Humor for Woodworkers

brianwelch Wrote: (01-30-2020, 08:56 AM) -- Clearly he's using a metric saw... -- Well perhaps. I made a new table leg for him and it was a tad too long. This time he elected to shorten the other thr...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 23 12,180 01-30-2020, 04:58 PM
  0 Thread: Humor for Woodworkers
Post: RE: Humor for Woodworkers

My next door neighbor is new to woodworking. He called me on the phone and said, "Edwin, I need your advice. One of the legs on my kitchen table is causing itr to rock back and forth while we eat. I...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 23 12,180 01-29-2020, 04:52 PM
  0 Thread: Workbench End Vise Can Also...
Post: RE: Workbench End Vise Can Also...

Timberwolf Wrote: (12-25-2019, 10:12 PM) -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, https://www.ebay.com/itm/16-20-Cottonwood-bark-good-carving-stock/143477945599?hash=item2167f3b4ff:g:yDUAAOSwjWZdnHRg -- I ha...
Edwin Hackleman Woodworking 12 7,481 12-26-2019, 02:11 PM

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