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Harbort Freign Grinder/wet grinder
hello, I am a new woodturner and also a woodworker and I am in the market for a grinder/sharpening tool. HF has these 2 products on sale: a combo wet/dry grinder for $59 a 8" dry grinder with a lamp...
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Anyone in the market for an Akeda jig?
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Now I'm In Big Trouble!
My inaugural Lee Valley catalogs arrived today. I think I need to find a second job.
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Article on finishing
In one of the big three magazines in the last few months was a article on finishing that was very detailed on how to dye,glaze and top coat a finish. I think it was on mission furniture but I could be...
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Hickory brand router bits.
I was putting together an order with Hartville when I noticed a deal on 24, 1/2" shank Master Collection router bits. There were 4 or 5 in there which I use and toss on a regular basis so the $ 29.00...
 
Varnish (McCloskey) Says, "Do Not Thin"
I'm making shelves out of some beautiful tiger striped maple and have them ready for finish work. I have been trying different finishes on some maple scraps I have in the shop. I bought Jeff Jewett's...
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Cherry problem
I've got lots of cherry (maybe 500 board feet or more) rough cut 1" and 2" thick that I've had for 11 years. I got it from the original owner after he died. It was cut maybe 25 years ago. It was...
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Drawknife or belt sander?
If you had to choose between a drawknife or a belt sander which would you choose and why?
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ripping triangular pieces for crown molding backing: possible without a table saw?
subject says it all, I don't yet own a table saw and I was wondering if I can manage without it for this job (I have to put up quite some crown molding around my house) or if the time has come to...
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Re-paint new kraftmaid cabinets
We just bought a home and it has new shaker style Kraftmaid cabinets in the Frost Glaze finish. Can anyone give me some advice on what it would take to repaint the cabinets? We really hate the color,...
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using routing or cutting tools for insetting accoustic ceiling tile edges
You know the regular Armstrong, the ones that fit into the track rather than on top of it. I am now cutting the non-inset 2'x4' type to fit all my openings.. I have about 65 tiles total, average about...
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Bench top Band saws: Grizzly G1052: Yea? Nay?
Hello, Everyone. I am considering the purchase of a bench top band saw. I have done a fair amount of research from the archives of this newsgroup (and other related groups) on band saws in general and...
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DeWalt DW 735 Planer
The nut that holds the pulley on the cutter head came loose and allowed the belt to rub. I am now replacing the belt and woodruff key. I don't have any idea why it came loose. When I put the nut back...
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Sideboard Strategies?
There was an article (have a copy, thanks) many years ago in FWW, by the subject name, whereby the author, a teacher at a respected woodworking school in Boston, taught/proposed a four part, casework...
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cutting table top
i would like to cut bean and boomerang shape tables out of 3/4 inch. plywood.ive been told a router will not do this on one cut with a jig & using a band saw to smoo9thly cut a continious curve is...
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