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Tiny dovetails - advice ?

I'm cutting some dovetails - jewellery box - and I need them to be _very_ good. They're about 1/2" deep and wide and I...
9 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dingbat
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by dingbat

Re: What is it? LXV

374. End of a boat hook or window opening tool. Bill
9 comments posted 21yrs
posted by wbf
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by wbf

DC purchase (Canada)

I am looking at buying a dust collector but I don't know which to buy. I have narrowed it down to 2 different collector...
12 comments posted 21yrs
posted by olssonl73
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by olssonl73

Two gloats

First: On Sunday my wife spontaneously announced that I needed to buy a new chain saw. Since she's right, on Monday I b...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by bill
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by bill

Restoring chewed up oak

So last night at about 3 am our formerly cute chinchilla langinera, aka "Hershey the chinchilla" escaped from his minim...
17 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dwhite110
17 comments posted 21yrs posted by dwhite110

Seeking Advice: bandsaw or table saw?

I'm interested in building some arbors out of red cedar. I'll be purchasing rough 4x4's from a local sawmill. I'll need...
19 comments posted 21yrs
posted by nostop
19 comments posted 21yrs posted by nostop

Trade With China *coughs* *clears throat*

(spoken) The world today is absolutely cracked. With nuclear bombs to blow us all sky high. There's fools and idiots si...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by design
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by design

got my Norton water combos

Just got them today from "Tools for working wood", good service and well packaged. I bought the two combos of all four...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ahem
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by ahem

Excess T&G Hickory Flooring scraps as a table top?

Would I have a wood movement problem if I made a table top from a sheey of baltic birch (probably 3/4'ths inch) and cov...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by emptyshell
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by emptyshell

Poison

FILPORT, ALberta CPNews. May 30 2005. Bjorn L. Johannsson, drank a quart of shellac whilst his co-workers cheered him o...
40 comments posted 21yrs
posted by design
40 comments posted 21yrs posted by design

A couple of questions about sharpening

I am reading Leonard Lee's book "The complete guide to sharpening" and I have a couple of questions: 1) I have acquired...
18 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jackfe
18 comments posted 21yrs posted by jackfe

Can't ask for more than that...

After reading about my discussion of 3/8-16 dies, Dave Hinz emailed me to offer me a number of extra pieces that he has...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by upscale
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by upscale

Finishing Wood (Staining Cheerry? Oh No!)

Just went to Lee Valley and picked up a book on finishing cause I have=20 several projects on the go and need info.. Th...
9 comments posted 21yrs
posted by woodworker.no
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by woodworker.no

slight OT: truck hauling capacity

Planing on picking up some large logs (black walnut 20" by 6-8 ft lengths) as per my other post. I'm starting to wonder...
52 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dserson
52 comments posted 21yrs posted by dserson