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Thread: Finishing Walnut
Post: RE: Finishing Walnut
I have used Vandyke crystals before to darken the sap wood on walnut with good success. Use it like a water based dye, but it may be more economical to get a small packet of lockwood walnut dye. I kno... |
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04-22-2024, 09:00 PM |
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Thread: Cherry and Lye
Post: RE: Cherry and Lye
Another chemical that will darken cherry and is mush safer than some of the others is Arm and Hammer Washing Soda. Dissolve a spoon or two into a pint of warm water.
It does triple duty with clean... |
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Finishing
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04-03-2024, 07:01 PM |
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Thread: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. Hide Glue
Post: RE: Interesting counterpoint on Titebond (I) vs. H...
For some reason, can't remember exactly, but I never liked Titebond II. Been many years, but I seem to recall that I was having glue joint failures with it. Never had an issue with the original Titebo... |
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Woodworking Hand Tools
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04-01-2024, 07:08 PM |
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Thread: Table Base Design and Finishing
Post: Table Base Design and Finishing
Last time I was here, I was asking for some help with what I called the bubble leg desk. That project actually turned out great and the customer is very happy.
This time, my sister-in-law is asking... |
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Woodworking
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04-01-2024, 06:59 PM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
Wanted to provide some closure on this. I did not get a lot of pics during the build, but it turned out much simpler than initially thought.
The front apron is simply laid on it's side along the t... |
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Woodworking
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07-26-2023, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: Planing direction
Post: RE: Planing direction
Thanks all. I chickened out and went the router jig/sled route to flatten, followed by a #7 Stanley. I usually run the final glue up through the planner with very-very light cuts, but have never tr... |
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Woodworking Power Tools
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07-26-2023, 10:01 AM |
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Thread: Planing direction
Post: Planing direction
I making a end grain cutting board, but I am not asking about planing end grain. With the design I am trying, the initial glue-up is too wide for the planer. I can cross-cut the glue-up in half to fi... |
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Woodworking Power Tools
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07-24-2023, 12:58 PM |
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Thread: "Un-believable" handplane tip
Post: RE: "Un-believable" handplane tip
In Medieval times, arrow shafts were made starting with square stock, and rounding with a plane. Of course, they used a jig with a v groove along the length to hold the shaft as they planed it round.... |
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Woodworking Hand Tools
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07-24-2023, 12:47 PM |
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Thread: "Un-believable" handplane tip
Post: RE: "Un-believable" handplane tip
Might be a technique that you would use or see practical, but I could see folks using that method to make small round pieces if they were lacking a lathe. |
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Woodworking Hand Tools
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07-23-2023, 06:36 PM |
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Thread: Different Emmert
Post: RE: Different Emmert
Jack,
Thanks for the links. I will pass them in to my nephew. He has been collecting Emmert pattern makers vices in various conditions and has one complete that he is currently refurbishing. |
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Woodworking Hand Tools
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06-01-2023, 09:29 AM |
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Thread: Different Emmert
Post: Different Emmert
Ok! So I realize that this is not for woodworking, but I though some may be interested in this old vice.
My nephew works at a foundry and loves to tinker with knives, axes, spoon carving and other s... |
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Scoony |
Woodworking Hand Tools
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05-30-2023, 08:56 PM |
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Thread: Another base design question--check my process?
Post: RE: Another base design question--check my proces...
Took a minute to visualize, but I think I see your process. I would probably screw 4 strips of wood so that each section had a strip on either side. I would think that one sled could work for both cu... |
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Scoony |
Woodworking
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05-21-2023, 03:04 PM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
I had though about that, but I ended up resawing the planks on the bandsaw. That did cause the planks to bend slightly as expected, but I alternated them and clamped them up for over a week. Finally g... |
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Woodworking
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05-21-2023, 02:55 PM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
I picked up the lumber back at the end of April and got started on it last week.
I am calling these bubble legs. This leg design creates a challenge in that the bubbles are larger in diameter ... |
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Woodworking
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05-08-2023, 09:16 PM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
Philip1231 Wrote: (05-04-2023, 06:50 PM)
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I would mill a scrap to your thickness and chamfer the underside to get a feel for how it will look.
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Great idea. I do have some cut-offs from those pl... |
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Woodworking
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05-05-2023, 07:33 AM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
Ok. Got most of the wood milled up. The top boards were 8/4 and currently milled to 1-3/4 to 1-7/8. I milled them one at a time so that's why the various thicknesses.
Big question is how thick to... |
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Woodworking
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05-04-2023, 03:09 PM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
Philip, Beautiful desk. Thanks, that first pic is one that is worth a thousands words and is giving me ideas on how I will handle the front and the drawers. This will not have a middle draw, but drawe... |
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Woodworking
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05-01-2023, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: (04-23-2023, 02:12 PM)
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Can't help with the design, but unless the customer has the legs already, be prepared for them to be terrible and not ready for stain if they came from ... |
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04-27-2023, 09:49 AM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
Hank Knight Wrote: (04-26-2023, 04:04 PM)
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Scoony, I'm not sure I understand the question, but it it's how to prevent the top from sagging without an apron, here's an idea. I built a machine table ... |
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04-27-2023, 09:48 AM |
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Thread: Desk Design ?
Post: RE: Desk Design ?
®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: (04-23-2023, 02:12 PM)
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Can't help with the design, but unless the customer has the legs already, be prepared for them to be terrible and not ready for stain if they came from ... |
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04-26-2023, 02:33 PM |