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  0 Thread: What type of English wood?
Post: What type of English wood?
Can anyone hazard a guess at to what species this wood might be?  I bought this wash stand in England.  It has a slight bit of woodworm damage (not visible in this photo).  The grain color is too unif...
 FarRed Woodworking 0 670 04-17-2021, 02:46 PM
  0 Thread: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Post: Re: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
This is a little off topic since Paul doesn't use a tail vise, but does anyone know why there is always a long end cap on tail vises? The don't seem to serve any purpose. A counter-weight to the weig...
 FarRed Woodworking Hand Tools 87 57,575 05-30-2014, 12:24 AM
  0 Thread: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Post: Re: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
dcurrit: I've been curious about the well that’s smack in the middle of the top, and no tail vise. Seems awkward. How has that worked out? I watched Paul plane using a benchhook and his front vise....
 FarRed Woodworking Hand Tools 87 57,575 02-03-2014, 10:29 PM
  0 Thread: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Post: Re: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Apparently Arizona has a cr*p selection of DF and the pine is too soft, perhaps Ponderosa. I tried cutting the knots out of the DF, cutting the 2x4 to shorter lengths, thinking I could create a sort ...
 FarRed Woodworking Hand Tools 87 57,575 02-03-2014, 12:29 AM
  0 Thread: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Post: Re: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Pine isn't a problem, just the DF--hard as rocks.
 FarRed Woodworking Hand Tools 87 57,575 01-30-2014, 12:41 AM
  0 Thread: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Post: Re: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Thanks for the reply on such an old thread. [br][br]It isn't just that they dull, I get significant nicks. With DF (or whatever Home Depot calls "whitewood"), it isn't just that the knots are end gr...
 FarRed Woodworking Hand Tools 87 57,575 01-29-2014, 01:47 PM
  0 Thread: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Post: Re: What do you think of Paul Sellers workbench?
Better question is: where to find knot-free Douglas fir? I assumed the knots would be similar to pine. That mis-perception resulted having to resharpen a couple of my planes. Paul said the knots we...
 FarRed Woodworking Hand Tools 87 57,575 01-28-2014, 09:20 PM

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