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H2O dyes versus NGR?
So what with all the grain raising and sanding why bother with water based dyes at all? Seems like a lot of work to get the same color. I'm a newbie to dyes and am in the middle of using some water...
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Exterior glue questions
I've posted here before about gates I am making out of cypress. They will be very similar to these: question: In addition to the carriage bolts that sandwich the pieces together, would it make sense...
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Shop-Made Dust Port for Ryobi Surface Planer
A few years ago I saw pictures and discussion of a shop-made dust collection fitting for a Ryobi AP-10 or AP-12 Surface planer. It was on ABPW or someone's workshop web site. It was pieced together...
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Woodsmith Video Tip??
Some of the Woodsmith Video Tips have seemed to me to be a little "geared to the complete novice". Not that we weren't all complete novices at one time. This one borders on "what the......." . Just...
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Burl expansion
I've got some pieces of a large maple burl that I plan on using for box tops. We all know that wood expands quite a bit across the grain and very little if any along the grain. But burl has no grain...
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Jointer Help
Someone showed me a way to check the jointer. Joint the first 12" of a board, pull it back scribble pencil marks on it. Turn it around and run it through the other way. It should remove the pencil...
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Rabbeting bit
I need to buy a new rabbeting bit. I've been using a Freud for quite a while and it has seen better days. I never much liked it, truth be told, because it has a slight up cut and tends to fuzz the top...
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Festool, what kinda deal is that?
I'm trying to buy a Festool TS75 *without* the 75 inch guide *but* with two 55" guides. Seems they don't sell it thataway. If I use the 75" plus a 55" connected I get a 130 inch guide which is way...
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Hand-Cut Dovetails (Posted a New Video)
Hey gang, I just posted a new video on my website. A quick howto on hand-cut dovetails. Hope you like it and as always Comments welcomed. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content,...
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Lee Valley new product
1 hogshead = 2.49537037037037 Biblical cubit^3 1 mile 221760 Biblical cubit ------- = --------------------- gallon hogshead (fuel efficiency) 1 gallon 4.50937950937951E-06 hogshead ------ =...
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What is it? Set 330
One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be appropriate for today's date: http://55tools.blogspot.com/Rob
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Festool Sweepstakes
There is a new $10k sweeps from the Festeringtool guys. Now to figure out which 2 tools I'll pick if I win...
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Milescraft Offset Base $2.50 at Lowes
's right, two dollars & fifty cents, at Lowes on clearance. This thing has some really cool features, like snapping on and off the offset base and guide bushings that pop on and off. This isn't...
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OT - What the hell are we coming to?
Sometimes I feel ashamed to be a Kansas just because these bastards live here: The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church says an order to pay the protesters'...
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Ping Swingman - Glue up question
I've done that quite a bit on table legs, and also on chair rails, where it's often hard to get the thickness required to cut a suitable arc without compromising the integrity of the wood due to grain...
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