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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
jteneyck Wrote: (02-19-2024, 03:09 PM)
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It's not the demand that's drying up, it's VOC regulations. Those regulations spread to more states every year, and continue to get more restrictive. The g... |
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
FrankAtl Wrote: (02-16-2024, 03:26 PM)
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What, no pictures!
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
fredhargis Wrote: (02-18-2024, 02:09 PM)
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Grwold has the right approach for a Mac...easy to do. As for varnish, alkyd varnishes have long been my favorite, but most of the ones I used have been dis... |
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
Stwood_ Wrote: (02-17-2024, 08:45 PM)
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Free download
https://www.fookes.com/easy-thumbnails
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Doesn’t work on apple…. |
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
Willyou Wrote: (02-17-2024, 07:29 PM)
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The poly should work. Don't know about the alkyd varnish.
They won't ship Waterlox to you, but you can get alkyd varnish ???
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02-17-2024, 08:17 PM |
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
blacklab Wrote: (02-16-2024, 03:48 PM)
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Yeah, good point Frank, morning sun pretty crappy here, don’t think the grain would pop in a photo. I’ll track the sun and try later.
Blacklab
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My pic... |
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
Willyou Wrote: (02-17-2024, 02:45 PM)
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I'm confused about the difference between your poor experience with shellac 20 years ago, with some varnish involved somewhere, and what you are doing now. BT... |
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02-17-2024, 06:42 PM |
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: RE: I’m a believer…
Yeah, good point Frank, morning sun pretty crappy here, don’t think the grain would pop in a photo. I’ll track the sun and try later.
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Thread: I’m a believer…
Post: I’m a believer…
Been reading glowing reports of Shellac on Walnut over the years, but my experience with its poor durability on a a cherry entertainment center 20 years ago kept me rubbing on oil for vertical surface... |
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02-16-2024, 03:24 PM |
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Thread: Aging joints and shop shoes
Post: Aging joints and shop shoes
Steel hips, bad knees, lower back, concrete slab all trying to squeeze my woodworking. Would like some good advice on a new pair of shoes from anyone similarly afflicted? |
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Thread: Staining cherry
Post: RE: Staining cherry
jcclark Wrote: (04-08-2022, 02:16 PM)
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I like it stained.
This is cherry with a walnut stain
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Yeah, looks good, jc….. gentle enough not to obscure the grain, just shifts the hue. Looks as tho... |
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04-08-2022, 10:32 PM |
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Thread: Staining cherry
Post: RE: Staining cherry
Willyou Wrote: (04-07-2022, 09:47 AM)
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I don't agree that staining cherry is a sin. It is your project. Do as you like. Cherry, of course, darkens naturally over time, but maybe you don't want to w... |
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Thread: Staining cherry
Post: Staining cherry
I have to admit that staining cherry is a cardinal sin, but this new house has a ton of cherry cabinets, stained cranberry, in the kitchen and the bathrooms, so I have to try to match the color for so... |
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Thread: Router Collet slippage
Post: RE: Router Collet slippage
Good thought, rwe, ...think I'll delay the purchase and ream with 220. Was thinking the glaze was good, greater surface-to-surface, but see now I wasn't thinking. Be good to think one of my favorite... |
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01-02-2017, 03:20 PM |
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Thread: Router Collet slippage
Post: RE: Router Collet slippage
OK, thanx for the for the experience... Just realized that I'm using the same two collets I got with my original 690, about 30 years ago, in my big 3hp table router. They're clean and I can't see any... |
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01-01-2017, 10:09 PM |
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Thread: Router Collet slippage
Post: Router Collet slippage
My router bits have been slipping up in my collet.... Clean and tight, I think.... Table mounted Porter cable... I wonder if anyone has had the same experience? |
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01-01-2017, 02:42 PM |