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  0 Thread: ? about multiple M&T glue-ups
Post: RE: ? about multiple M&T glue-ups

GaryMc Wrote: (02-13-2025, 09:47 PM) -- I'm familiar with 5-minute epoxy but have never used the slower stuff.  Any recommendation for a product?  Note I do not need a gallon of it. -- I'm sure som...
Bill Holt Woodworking 8 356 02-15-2025, 09:50 AM
  0 Thread: Ridgid Bandsaw - new motor?
Post: RE: Ridgid Bandsaw - new motor?

I have friends who enjoy working on (upgrading) their tools as much as using them...not me.  I don't do a lot of resawing, but half horse motor would have been weak on my last 9" resaw job.  I also ch...
Bill Holt Woodworking 5 511 02-04-2025, 09:04 AM
  0 Thread: Cheap or Expensive Jigsaw - does it matter?
Post: RE: Cheap or Expensive Jigsaw - does it matter?

Barrel grip saws are amazing; don't understand why more companies don't offer them.  That being said, I'm a huge fan of my cordless Makita.  Top quality blades are worth the money IMHO.
Bill Holt Woodworking Power Tools 21 1,566 02-02-2025, 05:06 PM
  0 Thread: Who are you
Post: RE: Who are you

This page alone, spans more than 11 yrs.
Bill Holt Woodturning 461 188,630 02-02-2025, 04:50 PM
  0 Thread: Decisions decisions
Post: RE: Decisions decisions

Of course, all of your saws are pieces of art, but the black and stainless are a perfect pairing.
Bill Holt Woodworking Hand Tools 12 973 01-27-2025, 07:34 AM
  0 Thread: Console table design assistance
Post: RE: Console table design assistance

jteneyck Wrote: (01-20-2025, 04:36 PM) -- However, if you connected the two slides together with a false apron in front of the real one, you could make them invisible, I think.    John -- John h...
Bill Holt Woodworking 3 373 01-21-2025, 08:59 AM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: RE: Hickory Trestle Table

I I had not thought about veneer.  It is not in my comfort zone.  The bases, as drawn, have a 5" ogee on each end.   For many years, when someone ask: "Can you...".  My response has been, "Given e...
Bill Holt Woodworking 15 1,472 01-15-2025, 08:49 AM
  0 Thread: Made a table saw insert holder this weekend
Post: RE: Made a table saw insert holder this weekend

Dumb_Polack Wrote: (01-14-2025, 08:56 AM) -- Bill? It's patented so you'll need to make the royalty check payable to: The Grumpy Old Old Woodworkers Retirement Home :) -- Check is in the ma...
Bill Holt Woodworking 5 593 01-14-2025, 12:56 PM
  0 Thread: Made a table saw insert holder this weekend
Post: RE: Made a table saw insert holder this weekend

Great idea!  I don't have the wall space, so I will have to be creative, but need to do something similar.
Bill Holt Woodworking 5 593 01-14-2025, 08:28 AM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: RE: Hickory Trestle Table

JosephP Wrote: (01-13-2025, 04:26 PM) -- One more thought:  have you searched for pecan instead of hickory?   -- I ran into this twice: first time, lady wanted a pecan blanket chest; second time, I n...
Bill Holt Woodworking 15 1,472 01-14-2025, 08:21 AM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: RE: Hickory Trestle Table

Oh how I wish you were correct.  She likes the color and grain of hickory.
Bill Holt Woodworking 15 1,472 01-13-2025, 08:43 AM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: RE: Hickory Trestle Table

Gary G™ Wrote: (01-09-2025, 06:58 PM) -- It’s probably best if your face pieces are straight grain and defect free. -- Good point, thank you.
Bill Holt Woodworking 15 1,472 01-10-2025, 08:29 AM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: RE: Hickory Trestle Table

Sorry, Gary, I aint got the smarts to post pictures.  Never felt like my pictures would interest anyone, so I take very few and do not load them on my computer.  Old age has its drawbacks.
Bill Holt Woodworking 15 1,472 01-09-2025, 04:29 PM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: RE: Hickory Trestle Table

Gary G™ Wrote: (01-09-2025, 12:57 PM) -- If it were me, I’d be looking at a 4-sided mitered glue-up around a core so it looks like a solid, single piece. -- This was my first thought, but she likes...
Bill Holt Woodworking 15 1,472 01-09-2025, 01:18 PM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: Hickory Trestle Table

Our pastor's wife has requested a Hickory Trestle Dinning Table; she likes the color of hickory.  Finding hickory in our area is no problem...except for anything larger than 8/4. I need a source fo...
Bill Holt Woodworking 15 1,472 01-09-2025, 10:45 AM
  0 Thread: old timer returns with new hobby?
Post: RE: old timer returns with new hobby?

Join a woodturning club.  Is the best advice you will receive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did not seek advice, and I wasted hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars.
Bill Holt Woodturning 3 477 01-01-2025, 09:14 AM
  0 Thread: Resaw jig
Post: RE: Resaw jig

There are some great engineering minds on "this here forum". Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill Holt Woodworking 7 1,065 12-21-2024, 05:23 PM
  0 Thread: A Shopping Trip
Post: RE: A Shopping Trip

At the rate you build boxes, that inventory won't last long.
Bill Holt Woodworking Hand Tools 16 1,883 12-21-2024, 05:09 PM
  0 Thread: segment jig
Post: RE: segment jig

No experience here.  Segmenting is on my "to do list".  My first effort was successful but have not had good luck since.  I like what I see of the Pete Markens jig....hope you get some response.
Bill Holt Woodworking 6 976 12-16-2024, 08:31 AM
  0 Thread: age to start a kid chip carving?
Post: RE: age to start a kid chip carving?

I have no experience with carving, buy I suspect cuts are fairly common and some might be serious.  My take...8 could be early for carving.  "A dull knife is a dangerous knife".  So, sharpening could ...
Bill Holt Woodworking Hand Tools 8 1,172 12-06-2024, 09:02 AM

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