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  0 Thread: PVA primer advice
Post: RE: PVA primer advice

Thanks everyone! I bought a 5 gallon pail of SW (apparently, it's not available in smaller quantities ... so if anyone needs four gallons in about a week...)
elinourrumming Home Improvement 11 1,624 08-01-2022, 10:06 AM
  0 Thread: PVA primer advice
Post: PVA primer advice

Anyone have a favorite PVA primer? I have new drywall to prime...and I've read PVA is the way to go. (I'm far more used to painting pine than new drywall!) Thanks!
elinourrumming Home Improvement 11 1,624 07-29-2022, 08:57 AM
  0 Thread: What ever happened to…
Post: RE: What ever happened to…

AHill Wrote: (04-01-2022, 05:22 PM) -- I only meant mostly absent from WoodNet - not from the rest of the world. -- I still lurk from time to time. (Between LAP  and still trying to close out some ...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 26 6,427 07-07-2022, 07:50 AM
  0 Thread: T&G / Match planes
Post: RE: T&G / Match planes

I love the LN 48 & 49...more than I love my old Stanley 48 (which is, to be fair, beat to hell). I've also used some good vintage wooden match planes, but I don't imagine they're easy to find. So I'd ...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 9 3,742 04-22-2021, 11:05 AM
  0 Thread: My Roubo
Post: RE: My Roubo

Very nice workbench – good work!
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 19 6,255 08-20-2020, 12:30 PM
  0 Thread: (Sorta) Dutch Tool Chest completed
Post: RE: (Sorta) Dutch Tool Chest completed

Nice work! (I wouldn't want to try to pick that up, either.)
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 7 3,370 04-25-2020, 02:15 PM
  0 Thread: Lost Art Press offering a freebie
Post: RE: Lost Art Press offering a freebie

"It's interesting that the recent LAP blog posts about all the shop workbenches didn't have a dedicated post for the Roman benches; it sounds like not so many were made and they are not in the main sh...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 9 7,186 04-24-2020, 01:36 PM
  0 Thread: New Popular Woodworking Magazine
Post: RE: New Popular Woodworking Magazine

Bill_Houghton Wrote: (03-27-2020, 05:48 PM) -- Well, this article is interesting...urging us to parts out vintage planes... https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/new-uses-for-old-handplanes/...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 72 40,453 04-08-2020, 08:28 AM
  0 Thread: Dutch tool chests - do you still love them
Post: RE: Dutch tool chests - do you still love them

I typically work out of a larger chest when I'm in my regular shop (I have too many tools...and they don't all fit in the DTC), but I find the Dutch tool chest is excellent for travel and fits a full ...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 39 16,523 04-08-2020, 08:17 AM
  0 Thread: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site
Post: RE: Chriz Schwarz Dump-On Site

I hope this discussion ends soon; I'm out of popcorn. But: The shortest piece I can recall that CS has written on aesthetic anarchism is this one: https://www.core77.com/posts/88438/Anarchism-n-Desig...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 86 44,242 11-19-2019, 08:01 PM
  0 Thread: Dovetails and Work Height
Post: RE: Dovetails and Work Height

Jeff Miller's version looks a bit less complicated to build, FWIW. https://www.finewoodworking.com/2008/03/21/a-benchtop-bench
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 63 26,203 08-29-2019, 10:52 PM
  0 Thread: Plow Planes
Post: RE: Plow Planes

You won't be sorry with your decision...but if you get tired of the combo-plane setup, I like a tongue and groove plane – either the LN(s) or Stanley.
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 26 12,658 07-17-2019, 03:09 PM
  0 Thread: Bad tool reviews
Post: RE: Bad tool reviews

Handplanesandmore Wrote: (06-24-2019, 08:05 AM) -- Hand tool reviews in magazines are particularly bad because editors feel the need or compassion to support the "advertisers" or the hand tool maker ...
elinourrumming Woodworking Power Tools 29 13,979 07-13-2019, 07:16 AM
  0 Thread: Roy Underhill in Ky on Saturday
Post: Roy Underhill in Ky on Saturday

If anyone is in the Cincinnati area (or wants to drive in), stop by the Lost Art Press Open House on Saturday (April 13) and hang out with St. Roy – he'll be there from 10-11:30 a.m. and from 1:30-5 p...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 3 2,469 04-08-2019, 08:13 AM
  0 Thread: Mounting tools on dutch tool chest lid
Post: RE: Mounting tools on dutch tool chest lid

msweig Wrote: (01-09-2019, 05:19 PM) -- I've been working on fitting all of the tools into the dutch tool chest I built, and was hoping various folks could post some pictures of what they have done i...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 3 3,211 01-16-2019, 05:10 PM
  0 Thread: Stinky Subject
Post: RE: Stinky Subject

jteneyck Wrote: (12-07-2018, 01:15 PM) -- ....  I'd spend more for a Toto or similar that have a special glaze to help prevent this.   John -- I did spend more for a Toto with its (supposedly) s...
elinourrumming Home Improvement 16 5,380 12-08-2018, 08:18 AM
  0 Thread: Narrow dovetails question
Post: RE: Narrow dovetails question

Aram Wrote: (04-29-2018, 07:41 PM) -- This question is for pure choppers, not copers. I asked it a long time ago, not sure I ever got an answer I could relate to. When I cut and chop a narrow tail...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 9 6,250 05-01-2018, 07:49 AM
  0 Thread: Need a really good respirator
Post: RE: Need a really good respirator

goaliedad Wrote: (04-05-2018, 06:50 PM) -- Back story: week plus battle with pneumonia hopefully coming to an end soon I have not been  really good about wearing a mask, but this wake up call will...
elinourrumming Woodworking 8 4,041 04-13-2018, 01:23 PM
  0 Thread: The Fitz #2
Post: RE: The Fitz #2

Skip J. Wrote: (03-20-2018, 03:38 PM) -- Looks like Megan has picked up another magazine editing gig... Megan's Moving On (https://rudemechanicalspress.wordpress.com/) Hello Megan; I've be...
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 2 2,269 03-22-2018, 07:33 PM
  0 Thread: The Fitz
Post: RE: The Fitz

An apolitical thank you to Skip et al.
elinourrumming Woodworking Hand Tools 14 8,732 02-14-2018, 05:27 PM

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