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  0 Thread: Shipping a Table Saw?
Post: Shipping a Table Saw?
Hope this is the right place to post this.  Need some advice.  I am in the process of disposing of my 90 year old fathers shop tools as he can no longer get out there and enjoy them.  One item is a ol...
 illegalsmile Woodworking Power Tools 16 10,562 12-01-2016, 09:54 AM
  0 Thread: Between coats sanding with a ROS?
Post: Re: Between coats sanding with a ROS?
Simple answer from a hobby type that is not a finish expert by any means.. but recently experimented with this very technique on a varnish finish.[br][br]I recently sanded back a Waterlox finish.. two...
 illegalsmile Finishing 4 5,160 07-08-2016, 02:07 PM
  0 Thread: Decision Backfires
Post: Re: Decision Backfires
Ok... riddle me this one boys.[br][br]This piece will always be against a wall... thus it does not have a "finished" back.[br][br]My normal way of doing a breadboard type end is to put several oversiz...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,103 06-30-2016, 02:13 PM
  0 Thread: Decision Backfires
Post: Re: Decision Backfires
[blockquote]JGrout said:[hr][br][br][br]The easiset way for IS to determine if the top needed to be cut down would have been to slide the top to what he determined would be the optimal overhang and lo...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,103 06-30-2016, 01:58 PM
  0 Thread: Decision Backfires
Post: Re: Decision Backfires
You know.... that actually has inspired some additional thought. Cross grain expansion would of course have to be considered.. but since it can expand "out the back" all it wants thats not a huge iss...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,103 06-30-2016, 11:22 AM
  0 Thread: Decision Backfires
Post: Decision Backfires
I hate it when this happens...[br]Yesterday I was sizing the top for a dresser I am making. I had planned the overhang for the top over each of the sides. But decided at the last min that this overh...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,103 06-29-2016, 01:43 PM
  0 Thread: Wood River Parallel Clamps
Post: Re: Wood River Parallel Clamps
[blockquote]DieselDennis said:[hr][br][br][blockquote]kurt18947 said:[hr][br][br]http://www.ptreeusa.com/clamp_parallel.htm (http://www.ptreeusa.com/clamp_parallel.htm)[br][br]Peachtree branded. $5 mo...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 3 5,023 06-29-2016, 01:39 PM
  0 Thread: Wood River Parallel Clamps
Post: Wood River Parallel Clamps
I snagged a few of these some years back from WoodCraft on sale at Xmas time. Have been great clamps and were very reasonably priced. But I cant seem to find them anywhere now. Did they stop making...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 3 5,023 06-28-2016, 02:23 PM
  0 Thread: Richmond / Central Va Jointer Available
Post: Richmond / Central Va Jointer Available
Any one in the VA area looking for a solid, simple 6 inch Craftsman "zipcode" jointer? Cast iron bed, no rust, no pits. Stand included. In very good condition with very little use. Came out of my Dad...
 illegalsmile Tool Swap N' Sell 0 1,783 06-28-2016, 02:09 PM
  0 Thread: Drawer Front Install Help
Post: Re: Drawer Front Install Help
[blockquote]jteneyck said:[hr][br][br]OK, no dividers. The same process works, pretty much as Earl said, too. Just clamp the drawer front to the drawer box after the spacers are in place. As for yo...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,617 06-09-2016, 01:15 PM
  0 Thread: Drawer Front Install Help
Post: Re: Drawer Front Install Help
[blockquote]Earl Kelly said:[hr][br][br]OK. Here's how I do it.First measure very carefully, side to side and top to bottom. Then figure how much spacing you want and cut drawer fronts to fit within s...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,617 06-09-2016, 01:09 PM
  0 Thread: Drawer Front Install Help
Post: Re: Drawer Front Install Help
[blockquote]Ken Vick said:[hr][br][br][blockquote]illegalsmile said:[hr][br][br]John[br]There are no rails or dividers (stiles) between drawers, other then of course a center divider vertically to mou...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,617 06-09-2016, 01:05 PM
  0 Thread: Drawer Front Install Help
Post: Re: Drawer Front Install Help
John[br]There are no rails or dividers (stiles) between drawers, other then of course a center divider vertically to mount the drawer slides to (and of course at quarters for the top row of 4 drawers)...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,617 06-09-2016, 09:58 AM
  0 Thread: Drawer Front Install Help
Post: Re: Drawer Front Install Help
Thanks you everyone so far. Just want to clarify.. the problem I anticipate is not getting the reveals equal between the drawers.. but with getting a perfect vertical plane on the drawer fronts (hori...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,617 06-09-2016, 09:40 AM
  0 Thread: Project Planning and Process
Post: Re: Project Planning and Process
For me the best builds have resulted when I took the time to develop really good drawings for the project. Not just plan and elevation but details as well. Does not have to be too formal. Graph pap...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 10 7,888 06-09-2016, 09:31 AM
  0 Thread: Drawer Front Install Help
Post: Drawer Front Install Help
Hoping to get some advice to make this an easy task ![br][br]I am building a dresser that has 4 rows of drawers, two drawers per row for three rows and 4 drawers on the top row.[br][br]The drawer fron...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 6 4,617 06-09-2016, 08:55 AM
  0 Thread: Golden Ratio......
Post: Re: Golden Ratio......
As a novice.. or maybe at this point an experienced novice... I struggled the most with design and proportion in particular. Then I "discovered" the GR. Now it is almost always a starting point for m...
 illegalsmile Woodworking 11 8,084 05-06-2016, 10:44 AM

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