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Buckled Veener
Hi Group, Looking to put some Birdseye Maple veneer on top of a dresser. The veneer that I planning on using is buckled. How does one get it to lie flat when installing with contact cement? Also it's...
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Buckled Veneer
Hi Group, I'm looking to put some Birdseye Maple veneer on the top of a dresser. How does one get it to lay flat when installing with contact cement. Also what's the best way to get a barely visible...
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Is there any Croatian or Greek wood woorker here?
Hi, is there any croatian wood worker here? I'm going to Croatia next month and I would like to know where to find good shops for buying woodworking tools (chisels, planes etc) to visit in there. I'm...
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Whew! I dodged the bullet!
My Delta 2 bag dust collector has been noticeably poor at picking up dust lately. The ductwork was clean. I have a home made chip separator but I checked the vanes and they were clean. Both bags were...
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Replacement handwheel handles...
6" D handwheel w/~3" handle--the elevating crank on an old Powermatic 180 planer. Can find a number with threaded stud; no joy for 1/4" grooved pin for this drive-in application so far. Anybody know a...
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Rest In Peace - Mr. Lee
http://www.leevalley.com/en/LL.html
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Finishes
Learning as I go along and heed advice from many fine crafters in here, I arise upon a very minor issue. I made a few projects using my black walnut and used tung oil as a finish/stain. I know many...
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OT - I need some engineering help
Got a 30 yr old large squirrel cage fan (fan turbine about 15" diam) with a 10" pulley on its axle. The motor has a 2" pulley. I understand motor/pulley is engineered to match the fan specs, so that...
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the three virtues of a great woodworker
some of you might already know about the three virtues of a great programmer they are laziness and impatience and hubris but i wonder if those apply also to great woodworkers or do we need to define a...
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How much wood should a wood hoarder hoarde?
Cutting/bread boards. Always a popular gift. Each year I dig through my 4 33-gallon trash cans of cutoffs (stuff that is over 8" or so in length and/or long and skinny, useful for face frames) and I...
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emi rfi compliance with wood
You guys are overthinking this. Copper is expensive overkill for shielding. Grocery-store aluminum foil works fine and you can stick it down with hot glue, double-stick tape, contact cement, or...
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making prototypes
Very well stated. I find prototyping to be essential for some projects, and used them even more years ago ... before I started using SketchUp, which in itself allows you to "prototype" in a practical...
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Gluing Broken MDF
MDF is sawdust and glue. Don't over-think it. Use wood glue. If it's exterior, use a waterproof glue. Don't pay attentions to all the wives' tales about over-pressure and all that crap. Just f'n glue...
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holzher cnc
Anthony Ghattas wrote in news:f89950ce-4985- Hi, welcome to Usenet. Text is our only means of communication here, so please take the time to punctuate it and feel free to use more than one line to...
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wireless wooden keyboard
although some wood does not do well with oily hands i guess it is a ph issue
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