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CNC tech needs wood help

I've been working on CNC lathes and mills < machining > for most of my life but don't know beans about wood. Two years...
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posted by invntrr
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by invntrr

wood gloat

A fellow in our local guild is moving and is selling several hundred feet EACH of cypress, cedar, cherry, black walnut...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by bobthebuilderyeshecan
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by bobthebuilderyeshecan

Tablesaw Wire Wheel Redux

Folks - Put down your remote controls, I didn't put the wire wheel on the tablesaw. I ended up finishing things with th...
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posted by johnmoorhead
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by johnmoorhead

Redwood Blocks

I recently had to replace several hundred fancy cut shingles on my old Victorian home when I removed a 1920s addition....
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posted by gdebacker
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by gdebacker

Grizzly bandsaws -- G0555 + riser versus G1148

Looking at the Grizzly G0555 14" BS + riser versus the G1148 15" BS. The net prices are about the same. The G1148 resaw...
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posted by no_spam
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by no_spam

incra ultra lite and jig ultra router fences

I DAGS and found very little, and nothing recent, about the Incra ultra lite and ultra router fences: http://www.woodpe...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by no_spam
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by no_spam

Wanted: Shopnotes 77

Anyone have a copy of Shopnotes issue #77 they'd like to sell? Thanks, Tim
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by to2004
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by to2004

wood tensile strength

Does anyone have formulas for calculating wood strength? I am making a table lift, consisting of three pieces of wood/s...
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posted by carruths
12 comments posted 21yrs posted by carruths

OT. Fire rating for sheetrock

I hope this is a question that someone here can answer for me. I am in the middle of building a gun safe. I would like...
13 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Unitedair2004
13 comments posted 21yrs posted by Unitedair2004

Milky white.. what did I just do to my table?!?!

Hello, I recently stained a pine table with an oil-based stain. Its cool and wet around here right now so it has been t...
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posted by gregory.jones
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by gregory.jones

Finish for aquarium stand ?

What would make an attractive finish for an aquarium stand in white maple trim and plywood veneer ? I wouldn't mind a s...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by gpontis
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by gpontis

Finish for Quilt Rack

I'm making a quilt rack, probably out of walnut but I haven't decided. I might use oak and stain it. Any ideas on what...
13 comments posted 21yrs
posted by sstreck
13 comments posted 21yrs posted by sstreck

Anyone worked with Sycamore Maple?

Has anyone here worked with Sycamore Maple? (the type that grows in the south along rivers, and wet sandy soiled areas)...
9 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Krupptus
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by Krupptus