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  0 Thread: Another question about wood movement t
Post: RE: Another question about wood movement t

Finish won't stop movement and you've picked one of the worst species you could in terms of movement.
CStan Woodworking 16 1,341 01-28-2025, 10:22 AM
  0 Thread: A Pretty Big Dog RAS
Post: RE: A Pretty Big Dog RAS

I've always wanted one of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vbgoT04JNYw The DeWalt is a good saw, but it's a toy compared to Wadkin.
CStan Woodworking 28 3,091 01-28-2025, 02:28 AM
  0 Thread: opening a can of worms
Post: RE: opening a can of worms

tablesawtom Wrote: (12-05-2024, 08:50 AM) -- That is what my original post is about. If the frog on the Baily planes is just tightened down enough to keep the frog from lifting, it can be moved forwa...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 16 2,987 12-06-2024, 07:35 PM
  0 Thread: opening a can of worms
Post: RE: opening a can of worms

tablesawtom Wrote: (12-05-2024, 08:50 AM) -- That is what my original post is about. If the frog on the Baily planes is just tightened down enough to keep the frog from lifting, it can be moved forwa...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 16 2,987 12-05-2024, 05:28 PM
  0 Thread: age to start a kid chip carving?
Post: RE: age to start a kid chip carving?

Bad cut waiting to happen.  He would have to have superb motor skills at age eight... and then there would still be cuts, because all woodworking involves a cut every now and then even for highly skil...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,474 12-04-2024, 04:21 PM
  0 Thread: opening a can of worms
Post: RE: opening a can of worms

I think somebody mentioned frog position. I regularly move the frog forward in order to close the mouth - moved past the point it would form a continuous ramp with the sole. I've never experienced a...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 16 2,987 12-04-2024, 04:08 PM
  0 Thread: Glue creep question
Post: RE: Glue creep question

fredhargis Wrote: (08-03-2024, 11:14 AM) -- I've always used Weldwood urea formaldehyde (powdered) glue on my table tops to avoid issues with glue creep. It's not made anymore and the only other glue...
CStan Woodworking 14 2,887 08-03-2024, 11:25 AM
  0 Thread: Record Vise
Post: RE: Record Vise

Had one for years. They are designed to close at the top first and then flatten out I guess. Never had a problem and the same vise is on its third bench. Regardless of its appearance in a Woodsmith...
CStan Woodworking 14 3,260 07-11-2024, 06:22 AM
  0 Thread: Unique saw storage
Post: RE: Unique saw storage

Timberwolf Wrote: (07-10-2024, 07:30 AM) -- ................ Why is she not all over Fine Woodworking and Popular Woodworking? She certainly deserves to be!!!!!!! Thank you for the links!!:winkgr...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 9 2,454 07-10-2024, 11:56 AM
  0 Thread: Unique saw storage
Post: RE: Unique saw storage

Studley-esque, the YouTube stuff that is.  Bad for the ego.  For some people at least. A 22 year old girl from Montreal. Didn't see that coming. https://www.instagram.com/ebenisterie_eloise/ Scrol...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 9 2,454 07-10-2024, 05:30 AM
  0 Thread: Where is everyone????
Post: RE: Where is everyone????

bandit571 Wrote: (07-09-2024, 07:36 PM) -- I am neither set up to do any video in the shop, nor is there any Budget for such things... And, I am so sure anybody would want to sit and watch this sort...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 68 14,065 07-10-2024, 01:45 AM
  0 Thread: Where is everyone????
Post: RE: Where is everyone????

This is 2024. If you want to document a build then buy a GoPro, video it, and post it on YouTube. Provide a link here. This is interesting. A bunch of stills, not so much: https://www.youtube.com...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 68 14,065 07-09-2024, 06:02 PM
  0 Thread: Where is everyone????
Post: RE: Where is everyone????

"Peak Knots Forum" was invoked in either this thread or another.  As I recall those years, there were hardly any build-along threads at all.  I don't think they will 'save' any forum today. They're f...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 68 14,065 07-09-2024, 05:31 AM
  0 Thread: Wood Central forums
Post: RE: Wood Central forums

Knots became A-2 tool steel almost 24/7.  Then WoodCentral became Cap Iron Central, then after that pretty much nothing but a couple of jag-offs 'testing' different tool steels in their crappy garage ...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 8 2,392 07-08-2024, 12:38 AM
  0 Thread: Wood Central forums
Post: RE: Wood Central forums

bandit571 Wrote: (07-07-2024, 11:25 AM) -- Almost like the end of Fine Wood Working's  Knots forum? -- Yep.  A bunch of threads on tool steels have never done any woodworking forum a favor. And odd...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 8 2,392 07-07-2024, 11:30 AM
  0 Thread: Wood Central forums
Post: RE: Wood Central forums

They let their most active and interesting forum turn into an amateur metallurgy forum, rather than moving threads to a sub-forum, and then made it worse by trying to custom-program the whole thing ra...
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 8 2,392 07-07-2024, 11:09 AM
  0 Thread: Need some weight. Plaster of Paris OK?
Post: RE: Need some weight. Plaster of Paris OK?

I think Plaster of Lyon might work better....
CStan Woodworking 10 2,882 06-23-2024, 01:51 PM
  0 Thread: DC 09 Chairs - completion
Post: RE: DC 09 Chairs - completion

Turned out great!
CStan Woodworking Hand Tools 6 1,567 06-23-2024, 08:11 AM
  0 Thread: Epoxy and high humidity?
Post: RE: Epoxy and high humidity?

They build boats with it, on the coast, I wouldn't worry about. If in doubt, read the instructions on the packaging.
CStan Finishing 1 787 06-22-2024, 11:58 AM
  0 Thread: Finally Finished It
Post: RE: Finally Finished It

Lovely, tidy, professional woodworking.
CStan Woodworking 14 3,410 06-17-2024, 06:14 AM

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