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Screws Broke - Help save the leg?!
The leg of my "office chair" broke off last night. Its a swivel base affair with four (Oak) legs held together by a metal bracing on the top and bottom of each leg. Eacd leg is essentially a section...
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seasoning elder?
Does anybody here know how long it takes to season elder for making flutes? Or if it needs to be seasoned at all? There is an old tradition around Europe of making folk flutes from green elder in the...
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Sawzalls and recoil
I am comparing two sawzalls: DeWALT-DW307-Reciprocating-Saw and Bosch RS20-XC. The reason for this is to pick which one to get rid of. I have this old Dewalt and very cheaply bought a new Bosch ($50)....
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KMT-9 - a waterbased laquer replacement - made for brushing on
A luthier (mainly a guitar maker) told me about a new water based laquer replacement - that is a brush on - which rivals laquer - levels really well, builds fast, dries fairly fast and is tough. It's...
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A failed contraption
Just in case anyone was wondering whether building a fixture to mount a 1/4 sheet sander at a right angle to a table to sand edges and small parts was a good idea, it is not. Clamped down good and...
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Dust-B-Gone followup
I got the Dust mask today. Once I got done with my painting project, I opened it up and read the instructions*. They were pretty well written and didn't sound like they were translated by a computer...
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Where did everyone go?
Has the rec died or did my ISP foul something up?
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Finish question-glaze or toner rather than a complete strip?
As the last step in my kitchen remodel, I'm planning to rework my cabinets. In my case, the cabinets are of very good quality with veneered laminiated material where it should be and solid birch where...
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Should I try to reface my kitchen cabinets?
I hope everybody in here does not filter out all G-Mail users... :o) My wife and I were thinking about installing a new kitchen. We are procrastinators so, of course, it has taken us a long time to...
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Amish
I was out visiting my Mom last weekend and I spoke with an old friend who happens to be of the Amish persuasion. He has a woodshop that runs off of a waterwheel and he creates some very nice, albeit...
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The Impotance Of Being Earnest
So, I've taken this job with a stair company. They have been in business since the 1920's. They have a great record on the kit stair retail side and they are expanding into the high end custom stair...
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cutting maplewood?
I have several pieces of maplewood logs (aproximately 2feet long),and 7 inches in diameter. I'd like to cut them into 2 ft long boards. But i was told that maplewood has to be cut a special way to...
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Chisel usage
I'll bet I use and sharpen my 1" bench chisel at least twice as much as all others combined. Further bulletins as events warrant. JP ****************************************************** Please don't...
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Hand plane cuts bevel...
I'm having a bit of difficulty getting my plane blades dead square to the sole of the plane. They seem to be fine, but I keep ending up cutting a bevel onto the edges of boards I'm jointing for...
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I Was Cleaning House...
I posted this on Sept. 15, but Teranews "lost" my post so I'm sending it again now that their servers seem to be working... *** BEGIN *** Cleaning house today... Free used Kennametal 9/16 Double Angle...
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