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  0 Thread: More Cheating
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That cove was intentional, Doug.  I could easily, and more quickly, cut it as a right angle, but I like the cove.  We'll see what the guy who's building the cabinet wants.  Afterall, it is his cabinet...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 986 05-12-2025, 06:17 PM
  0 Thread: Walnut Score
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stav Wrote: (05-12-2025, 02:50 PM) -- Not at all.  Looks like a very functional setup.  I think I remember your thread on the last shed you posted above. Did you have to buy those logs are are the...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 463 05-12-2025, 06:11 PM
  0 Thread: More Cheating
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Hank Knight Wrote: (05-12-2025, 08:51 AM) -- That's amazing! I would love that, but I have two things working against me: I'm technologically challenged and I'm old, past the time when I looked forwa...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 986 05-12-2025, 12:49 PM
  0 Thread: Walnut Score
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stav Wrote: (05-12-2025, 10:13 AM) -- Nice.  Do you have the equipment to mill them or will you be outsourcing? -- I have a manual Woodland Mills mill that can handle, with difficulty, 30" diameter...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 463 05-12-2025, 12:38 PM
  0 Thread: Walnut Score
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I bet this is going to yield some nice lumber, especially the 30" diameter butt log on the trailer which looks perfectly clear.   https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOrU_F9VVsbfvWMyggamxzZ6x...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 463 05-12-2025, 08:50 AM
  0 Thread: Campaign style desk finished
Post: RE: Campaign style desk finished

Yes, spar varnishes are softer because they need to be able to expand/contract in exterior applications.   Should anyone be looking for an indoor film forming finish that contains UV inhibitors, th...
jteneyck Woodworking 16 604 05-11-2025, 12:35 PM
  0 Thread: More Cheating
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Hank Knight Wrote: (05-10-2025, 09:47 AM) -- I came to that conclusion a long time ago when trying to use a Leigh dovetail jig. I used it so seldom that I had to re-learn it every time. I decided to ...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 986 05-10-2025, 02:33 PM
  0 Thread: More Cheating
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MstrCarpenter Wrote: (05-09-2025, 05:21 PM) -- Even though totally unnecessary, if you used your marking gauge to scratch a light line at the bottom of the tails, it wouldn't look like you cheated at...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 986 05-10-2025, 08:49 AM
  0 Thread: More Cheating
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jteneyck Wrote: (05-04-2025, 01:46 PM) -- Yes, I've thought about cutting the corners by hand.  Getting a chisel down inside the tails, though, becomes the problem, made worse if I narrow the pins ev...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 986 05-08-2025, 08:10 PM
  0 Thread: Campaign style desk finished
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For anyone who plans to move much, that's a great design.  And well done.   How long does purple heart stay purple?  I'm curious if it stays that bright or ages to something else.   John
jteneyck Woodworking 16 604 05-08-2025, 09:46 AM
  0 Thread: Bosch 1617EVSPK Router
Post: RE: Bosch 1617EVSPK Router

I would think so.  I did that with an old Hitachi router when the speed control went south, and it runs fine now, but always at full speed.  I use an after market external speed controller to adjust t...
jteneyck Woodworking Power Tools 4 499 05-07-2025, 06:29 PM
  0 Thread: Dewalt GA Refurb and Mod (Pic Heavy)
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stav Wrote: (05-05-2025, 07:45 AM) -- Looking good. It doesn't look like it needed a repaint at all. That motor for the column lift looks interesting. Can't wait to see how that works out.  Har...
jteneyck Woodworking Power Tools 19 1,026 05-05-2025, 12:23 PM
  0 Thread: More Cheating
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BpB123 Wrote: (05-04-2025, 12:55 PM) -- Looks great! Thanks for the detailed post. One question:  have you considered just cleaning up the tail conners by hand? (Just reverse of the pin cleanu...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 986 05-04-2025, 01:46 PM
  0 Thread: More Cheating
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A friend is just starting the build of a Thorsen sideboard, shown in FWW 125, 126, and 127.  It's quite a project.  The author used classic drawer and guide/glide construction, but my friend is planni...
jteneyck Woodworking 12 986 05-04-2025, 09:43 AM
  0 Thread: Nextwave Shark HD4 CNC Price reduced.
Post: RE: Nextwave Shark HD4 CNC Price reduced.

fredhargis Wrote: (05-02-2025, 04:29 PM) -- I'm kinda glad it's too far away. -- It's only about 5 hours away, Fred.  I've gone farther.   John
jteneyck Tool Swap N' Sell 8 752 05-03-2025, 09:27 AM
  0 Thread: box store 'cabinet' plywood?
Post: RE: box store 'cabinet' plywood?

I don't think I'd use BORG hardwood plywood.  The face veneer is so thin on that stuff these days that you often can see through it in some spots.  I think I would bite the bullet and by prefinished m...
jteneyck Woodworking 13 1,080 05-01-2025, 12:30 PM
  0 Thread: Shipping Furniture
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Happy to hear it worked out for a reasonable price, Don.  I just sent a small package today with them.  Through UPS direct, over $22.  UPS through Pirate Ship, $6.50.  The savings can be really dramat...
jteneyck Woodworking 20 1,414 05-01-2025, 09:43 AM
  0 Thread: Repairing Window Exterior Molding
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grwold Wrote: (04-29-2025, 07:54 PM) -- Thanks, John.  Azek seems pretty common around here, and the big box stores all have the z flashing/z cap (is it odd that a local building supply store does no...
jteneyck Home Improvement 9 776 04-30-2025, 08:29 AM
  0 Thread: Lamello Zeta p2 opinions
Post: RE: Lamello Zeta p2 opinions

JDuke Wrote: (04-30-2025, 08:15 AM) -- Apparently lamello has continued to advance the biscuit joiner market. Not far from me there is a zeta p2 available for a little over $1000 I sold my bis...
jteneyck Woodworking Power Tools 2 399 04-30-2025, 08:26 AM
  0 Thread: Planer Knife Gauge recommendations
Post: RE: Planer Knife Gauge recommendations

Ray Newman Wrote: (04-29-2025, 03:17 PM) -- Would these work: https://infinitytools.com/products/planer-knife-setting-jig-for-full-size-planers-pair How-2-do-it video: https://www.youtube.com/watc...
jteneyck Woodworking Power Tools 4 439 04-29-2025, 07:11 PM

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