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  0 Thread: I’m a believer…
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jteneyck Wrote: (02-19-2024, 03:09 PM) -- It's not the demand that's drying up, it's VOC regulations.  Those regulations spread to more states every year, and continue to get more restrictive.  The g...
 blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-20-2024, 08:41 AM
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FrankAtl Wrote: (02-16-2024, 03:26 PM) -- What, no pictures! --
blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-18-2024, 04:22 PM
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fredhargis Wrote: (02-18-2024, 02:09 PM) -- Grwold has the right approach for a Mac...easy to do. As for varnish, alkyd varnishes have long been my favorite, but most of the ones I used have been dis...
 blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-18-2024, 03:15 PM
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Stwood_ Wrote: (02-17-2024, 08:45 PM) -- Free download https://www.fookes.com/easy-thumbnails -- Doesn’t work on apple….
 blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-17-2024, 09:35 PM
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Willyou Wrote: (02-17-2024, 07:29 PM) -- The poly should work. Don't know about the alkyd varnish. They won't ship Waterlox to you, but you can get alkyd varnish ??? -- Yeah, Willyou, Major nation...
 blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-17-2024, 08:17 PM
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blacklab Wrote: (02-16-2024, 03:48 PM) -- Yeah, good point Frank, morning sun pretty crappy here, don’t think the grain would pop in a photo. I’ll track the sun and try later. Blacklab -- My pic...
 blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-17-2024, 06:53 PM
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Willyou Wrote: (02-17-2024, 02:45 PM) -- I'm confused about the difference between your poor experience with shellac 20 years ago, with some varnish involved somewhere, and what you are doing now. BT...
 blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-17-2024, 06:42 PM
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Yeah, good point Frank, morning sun pretty crappy here, don’t think the grain would pop in a photo. I’ll track the sun and try later. Blacklab
 blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-16-2024, 03:48 PM
  0 Thread: I’m a believer…
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Been reading glowing reports of Shellac on Walnut over the years, but my experience with its poor durability on a a cherry entertainment center 20 years ago kept me rubbing on oil for vertical surface...
 blacklab Finishing 21 1,252 02-16-2024, 03:24 PM
  0 Thread: Aging joints and shop shoes
Post: Aging joints and shop shoes
Steel hips, bad knees, lower back, concrete slab all trying to squeeze my woodworking.  Would like some good advice on a new pair of shoes from anyone similarly afflicted?
 blacklab Woodworking 6 790 12-25-2023, 11:22 PM
  0 Thread: Staining cherry
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jcclark Wrote: (04-08-2022, 02:16 PM) -- I like it stained. This is cherry with a walnut stain -- Yeah, looks good, jc….. gentle enough not to obscure the grain, just shifts the hue.  Looks as tho...
 blacklab Finishing 8 2,521 04-08-2022, 10:32 PM
  0 Thread: Staining cherry
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Willyou Wrote: (04-07-2022, 09:47 AM) -- I don't agree that staining cherry is a sin. It is your project. Do as you like. Cherry, of course, darkens naturally over time, but maybe you don't want to w...
 blacklab Finishing 8 2,521 04-08-2022, 08:29 PM
  0 Thread: Staining cherry
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I have to admit that staining cherry is a cardinal sin, but this new house has a ton of cherry cabinets, stained cranberry, in the kitchen and the bathrooms, so I have to try to match the color for so...
 blacklab Finishing 8 2,521 04-06-2022, 06:34 PM
  0 Thread: Router Collet slippage
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Good thought, rwe, ...think I'll delay the purchase and ream with 220. Was thinking the glaze was good, greater surface-to-surface, but see now I wasn't thinking. Be good to think one of my favorite...
 blacklab Woodworking Power Tools 27 14,487 01-02-2017, 03:20 PM
  0 Thread: Router Collet slippage
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OK, thanx for the for the experience... Just realized that I'm using the same two collets I got with my original 690, about 30 years ago, in my big 3hp table router. They're clean and I can't see any...
 blacklab Woodworking Power Tools 27 14,487 01-01-2017, 10:09 PM
  0 Thread: Router Collet slippage
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My router bits have been slipping up in my collet.... Clean and tight, I think.... Table mounted Porter cable... I wonder if anyone has had the same experience?
 blacklab Woodworking Power Tools 27 14,487 01-01-2017, 02:42 PM

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