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Clamp Time For Glue
I was gluing up these chairs today and was thinking about ideal clamp time. I pretty much have a habit of leaving everything clamped up overnight in conditioned space that is ideally 72/50, or 72...
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Best Structural Wood Filler?
I just used some Minwax High Performance Wood Filler on some blown out dowel holes that were on a chair that I'm restoring. I've used it a fair amount before and it appears to be a typical two part...
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Sears Lathe Question
Hi, I'm an amature hobbyist. I just picked up a Sears Long Bed Wood Lathe, Model Number 28955 and six chisels off of Kijiji. I have been searching the net for information and manuals on the lathe but...
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Impose a grid on an item for tracing.
The idea came to me, and I tried it. It works. Useful when you need a .dxf of an odd-shaped item for routing, e- mailing etc. The grid is a diffuser for suspended ceiling fluorescent lighting...
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Some Carlin carvin YES, woodworking, sorta, related.
Just having some fun converting grey(gray)scale images to 3D bumpmaps then carving a slab of Corian with my router so I get, what is called, a Lithopane. The dark areas are full 1/2" thickness, the...
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OT Humor - Health care
A man wakes up in the hospital, bandaged from head to foot. The doctor comes in and says, 'Ah, I see you've regained consciousness. Now, you probably won't remember, but you were in a pile-up on the...
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Sears auto hammer
I've been seeing a lot of tv commercials on this new power tool. Anyone here tried one, yet? nb
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Difficult cleaning
Over the past year I have become very fond of Carburetor cleaner for cleaning problems, such as getting glue out of the treads of my picture frame clamps, cleaning the top of my table saw,etc. As I...
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Looking for router lift recommendations
I have an old Jessem first generation router lift. Was nice at the time but it has too many faults (no above table bit changes without a collet extension, will sink a little with vibration, the plate...
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Green Leather (Baize?) On Chair Seats and Backs - Restoration
I'm restoring a group of four chairs for the scout troops trophy room which mostly involves blown out dowel holes and redowelling the joints but also includes doing something with the leather...
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router recomendations
My present router just died. Looking to upgrade with possible combo fixed/plunge set. Looking at the Milwaukee 5616-24 . Has good reviews. Can pick up for $239. Any comments? TIA
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Sketchup question
I'm still working on getting sketchup working in Linux (no luck), but have it (SU6) up in a old version of W2K. Looks pretty good, but I'm curious about Google's hold on this product. My question: Can...
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Crocpot Paint Striping
Hi group, What does one use in a Crocpot to strip paint? Liquid dishsoap or fabric softener? Thanks, Jim
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Dove tailling?
My brother recently purchased and old piece of furniture at a garage sale. What is unique about it is the joints for the drawers. The "dovetail" joints are half round, such that the edge gives a...
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Bed design
Hey, I'm looking for feedback on a bed I am in the process of designing. Comments welcomed: you http://garagewoodworks.com/gw_blog/Thank
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