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  0 Thread: TS Safety Question
Post: RE: TS Safety Question
iclark Wrote: (03-19-2025, 03:08 PM) -- Usual recommendation that I see is to put the stop block on the rip fence so that the work piece is clear of the stop block well before the cut is complete. --...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 8 419 03-19-2025, 03:52 PM
  0 Thread: Finishing a desktop
Post: RE: Finishing a desktop
jteneyck Wrote: (03-18-2025, 09:46 AM) -- If you want to write directly on the wood, I'd use a hard topcoat, like Behlen's Tabletop Rockhard Varnish John -- I agree. I think he'll also need a gr...
 Ridgeway Finishing 5 311 03-18-2025, 08:08 PM
  0 Thread: TS Safety Question
Post: TS Safety Question
I have a LT table saw, and was cutting some 45 deg miters for the sides of a box. I did the cuts with my miter gauge with a longer (sacrificial) auxiliary fence and a stop block.  So the piece was ...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 8 419 03-18-2025, 08:01 PM
  0 Thread: 1/12 straight router bit for cutting through mortise
Post: RE: 1/12 straight router bit for cutting through m...
BrentDH Wrote: (02-13-2025, 01:17 PM) -- If I understand everything correctly, you want a 2mm wide mortise through material that is 4/5” thick and you want to cut it with a handheld router.  This see...
 Ridgeway Woodworking Power Tools 15 1,457 02-13-2025, 04:51 PM
  0 Thread: Another question about wood movement t
Post: RE: Another question about wood movement t
jteneyck Wrote: (01-25-2025, 12:14 PM) -- To add to what Fred said, finish protects the wood from liquid water but does not stop the transfer of water vapor i.e. moisture.  So as the seasonally humid...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 5 660 01-27-2025, 09:32 PM
  0 Thread: Stanley #2
Post: RE: Stanley #2
Have you thought about a block plane with a turned knob?  That might function a lot like a #2 for a much better cost.  I have never used a #1 or #2, but my understanding is that the most people do not...
 Ridgeway Tool Swap N' Sell 10 1,452 01-06-2025, 03:58 PM
  0 Thread: Trouble Squaring Grizz 1023 to Blade
Post: RE: Trouble Squaring Grizz 1023 to Blade
fredhargis Wrote: (06-15-2024, 03:52 PM) -- I Wouldn't assume it's dead nuts out of the box. Here's a quote from the manual: "Just remember that the accuracy of the INCRA Miter5000 at any subsequen...
 Ridgeway Woodworking Power Tools 4 1,066 06-16-2024, 09:36 AM
  0 Thread: Hinge Question
Post: RE: Hinge Question
Bill Holt Wrote: (04-24-2024, 09:28 AM) -- I like the looks of the captain's table hinge, also called, butler's table hinge.  Brusso has top line brass hinges, of course you pay extra for the name. -...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 3 1,367 04-24-2024, 10:02 AM
  0 Thread: Hinge Question
Post: Hinge Question
I am making a card table with a circular top approx. 33" in diameter and 7/8" thick.  The top will be cut down the middle and fold over on itself (rather than down).  So when the table is open, the hi...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 3 1,367 04-23-2024, 02:17 PM
  0 Thread: where I am with my build
Post: RE: where I am with my build
The biggest mistake I made with my router table was getting a fine-adjust manual lift instead of a coarse one.  The number of rotations needed to get access to the collet makes changing bits a real PI...
 Ridgeway Woodworking Power Tools 5 1,900 02-27-2024, 07:01 PM
  0 Thread: "King Nammu's Decanter"
Post: RE: "King Nammu's Decanter"
Arlin Eastman Wrote: (10-19-2023, 10:45 AM) -- How did you did the whole for the spout?  Even in two pieces it would be hard to me anyway Well done -- I expect he (1) roughed it out on a bandsaw...
 Ridgeway Woodturning 10 3,656 10-21-2023, 09:50 AM
  0 Thread: Have you ever been defeated by wood movement?
Post: RE: Have you ever been defeated by wood movement?
EightFingers Wrote: (09-14-2023, 02:46 PM) -- Moving from Kansas City to Hawaii. ALL my drawers got tight.  -- Probably too much poi.
 Ridgeway Woodworking 14 4,676 09-16-2023, 07:10 PM
  0 Thread: Need to make a basic router table for a PC 690
Post: RE: Need to make a basic router table for a PC 690
Tapper Wrote: (11-15-2022, 10:39 AM) -- FWIW, and IMO you will never regret purchasing a router lift. I've had one for many years and am thankful I spent the money every time I use it. Doug -- A...
 Ridgeway Woodworking Power Tools 12 4,373 11-15-2022, 11:08 AM
  0 Thread: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Post: RE: Substitute for Cypfress for Garden Bench
Admiral Wrote: (05-29-2022, 06:17 PM) -- Well, shipping would be involved, but $4.60 bd ft aint bad, less then Western Red Cedar; https://walllumber.com/products/fine-softwoods/ and less than white o...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 23 6,915 06-02-2022, 03:13 PM
  0 Thread: Veritas Tapered Tenon Cutters
Post: RE: Veritas Tapered Tenon Cutters
The Tenon Cutters are both SOLD
 Ridgeway Tool Swap N' Sell 2 1,988 01-18-2022, 02:48 PM
  0 Thread: Veritas Tapered Tenon Cutters
Post: Veritas Tapered Tenon Cutters
New in box -- 5/8" is still sealed, 1/2" is open but unused.  These are duplicates of ones I already have (which work great, BTW).  They go for $54.50 each on the Lee Valley site. (https://www.leevall...
 Ridgeway Tool Swap N' Sell 2 1,988 01-15-2022, 04:59 PM
  0 Thread: How would you attack this base to the top?
Post: RE: How would you attack this base to the top?
I'd be tempted just to put a single substantial dowel right in the center and then something simple (like a couple of small dowels) along one of the legs to keep the top from rotating, but still allow...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 23 8,548 12-23-2021, 12:48 PM
  0 Thread: Gluing wood to brass
Post: RE: Gluing wood to brass
Woodshop Wrote: (12-01-2021, 09:28 AM) -- CA glue will work great, just keep your fingers out of it have some acetone at the ready. :laugh: -- Thanks -- I'll give that a shot
 Ridgeway Woodworking 5 2,483 12-01-2021, 12:54 PM
  0 Thread: Gluing wood to brass
Post: Gluing wood to brass
I am making an O-gauge brass railcar from a 1970s kit I got for cheap on ebay, and it is way beyond my meager modelling skills.  The kit consists of wide strips of etched brass that need to be cut out...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 5 2,483 12-01-2021, 09:04 AM
  0 Thread: refinish table & chair
Post: RE: refinish table & chair
Halfathumb Wrote: (09-20-2021, 10:57 AM) -- A couple of questions about refinishing this chair. 1) Has anyone ever seen a thin dowel used to support arm rests? I think they're copper or brass. Har...
 Ridgeway Woodworking 10 3,321 09-22-2021, 02:48 PM

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