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  0 Thread: glue up help
Post: glue up help

Building this quilt case. Not sure how to glue up the side pieces, since the angle pieces are mainly end-grain. looking for suggestions. thought about biscuits, splines or just glue. clamping will be ...
DarrellC Woodworking 9 4,648 03-12-2020, 09:52 AM
  0 Thread: Craftsman router
Post: Craftsman router

I have a Craftsman model 315.1749 1 1/2 hp router. It has been rarely used, but I have lost the collett. it is 1/4". I have searched and searched. Everything I find says "discontinued". Anyone have an...
DarrellC Woodworking Power Tools 11 9,223 04-05-2019, 08:34 AM
  0 Thread: Rockler dovetail jig
Post: Rockler dovetail jig

I have had one for a few years. Never used it. Does anyone have/use one? If so how do you size the pieces to get a final dimension? Talking about half blind dovetails.
DarrellC Woodworking Power Tools 2 1,949 09-07-2018, 09:27 AM
  0 Thread: Board measurements
Post: RE: Board measurements

You may be right. Just threw me the way it is written. Thanks
DarrellC Woodworking 4 2,518 08-19-2018, 01:57 PM
  0 Thread: Board measurements
Post: Board measurements

I am building a hope chest. The plans list some parts like this. 1x2x29- 1/2. What does the 1/2 mean?
DarrellC Woodworking 4 2,518 08-19-2018, 01:17 PM
  0 Thread: Hanging Christmas Lights
Post: RE: Hanging Christmas Lights

Cecil Wrote: (10-22-2017, 08:06 AM) -- I would like to hang Christmas lights on the outside this year.  I do not have eave troughs.  I see clips which slide under the roof shingle.  I am not convince...
DarrellC Home Improvement 6 4,121 10-22-2017, 11:30 AM
  0 Thread: Staining tabletop
Post: RE: Staining tabletop

DarrellC Wrote: (09-03-2017, 08:21 AM) -- Ok, dining table -- No thoughts?
DarrellC Finishing 4 3,209 09-04-2017, 09:43 AM
  0 Thread: Staining tabletop
Post: RE: Staining tabletop

Ok, dining table
DarrellC Finishing 4 3,209 09-03-2017, 08:21 AM
  0 Thread: Staining tabletop
Post: Staining tabletop

I gave a whiteoak doning table top to stain. On test pieces, you can see where i stop and start again. I want the grain to "pop". What is the best way to get an even coat. Conditioner seems to hide th...
DarrellC Finishing 4 3,209 09-03-2017, 08:20 AM
  0 Thread: table finish
Post: RE: table finish

I am using 5/4 white oak. Originally, planned nice top with dowelled breadboard ends. Then I get this from my daughter. Guess I should have gone and got some 2x8's and slapped them together.
DarrellC Woodworking 8 5,426 08-31-2017, 08:53 AM
  0 Thread: Edge jointing
Post: RE: Edge jointing

Stwood_ Wrote: (08-26-2017, 12:46 AM) -- No jointer, then a simple sled made for your table saw will do the job. -- This is basically what I did. New glueline rip blade, tuned up table saw and alig...
DarrellC Woodworking 31 21,640 08-30-2017, 09:33 AM
  0 Thread: table finish
Post: table finish

How do I replicate this finish. Thinking about staining boards before glue up, then sanding edges and some in the middle of the boards.
DarrellC Woodworking 8 5,426 08-30-2017, 09:27 AM
  0 Thread: glue squeeze out
Post: RE: glue squeeze out

DaveR1 Wrote: (08-29-2017, 06:04 AM) -- I'm happy to know that others are using the wax idea, too. I started doing it in the mid 70s in the shop my father and grandfather shared. I like the paraffin ...
DarrellC Woodworking 24 12,693 08-29-2017, 09:04 AM
  0 Thread: glue squeeze out
Post: glue squeeze out

How do you handle squeeze out? I am gluing up a table top. 3'x7'. 6 boards. I have always just wiped the joint with a wet/damp rag. some say to leave it and scrape it off later. your thoughts.
DarrellC Woodworking 24 12,693 08-28-2017, 08:41 AM
  0 Thread: Edge jointing
Post: RE: Edge jointing

JGrout Wrote: (08-25-2017, 08:28 AM) -- What other tools do you have at your disposal?  while I am a proponent of straightening bowed edges on a TS and do so regularly it is not the tool to make g...
DarrellC Woodworking 31 21,640 08-25-2017, 08:46 AM
  0 Thread: Edge jointing
Post: Edge jointing

I purchased some 5/4 white oak from a supplier in north GA. They planed it and ripped one edge. when I got it home I found that only two out of six had straight edges. I need to edge glue for a table ...
DarrellC Woodworking 31 21,640 08-25-2017, 08:04 AM
  0 Thread: A/C condensate tube blowing cold air
Post: A/C condensate tube blowing cold air

Just noticed that the condensate tube is blowing out cold air. the pvc pipe comes out of the unit and goes down to a pump. as it comes out of the unit, there is a 3" tube going up. vent I assume. ther...
DarrellC Home Improvement 5 4,183 06-17-2017, 10:31 AM
  0 Thread: Farmhouse table
Post: RE: Farmhouse table

I am just curious about how you went about cutting the tenons. Router?
DarrellC Woodworking 13 7,307 04-30-2017, 12:08 PM
  0 Thread: Farmhouse table
Post: RE: Farmhouse table

How did you do the bread board ends?
DarrellC Woodworking 13 7,307 04-25-2017, 09:06 AM
  0 Thread: Farmhouse table
Post: Farmhouse table

Making a full size dining table to seat eight. How thick for the top? Thinking 1 3/4.
DarrellC Woodworking 13 7,307 04-22-2017, 11:36 AM

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