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  0 Thread: Western Red Cedar
Post: RE: Western Red Cedar
jteneyck Wrote: (09-25-2023, 12:18 PM) -- Is this going to be out of the weather or exposed?  Why would you need a primer if you plan to stain and clear coat it?  Or am I misreading it? John --  J...
 GEB Finishing 2 547 09-27-2023, 12:56 AM
  0 Thread: Western Red Cedar
Post: Western Red Cedar
I will be making a 1½" x 11" x 5' bartop made of Western Red Cedar to go on my BBQ shelter. Because of mobility issues, I had the help of seven friends and relatives, and want to route their names in ...
 GEB Finishing 2 547 09-24-2023, 11:02 PM
  0 Thread: Style?
Post: Style?
Does the attached figure/style have a name?
 GEB Woodworking 6 818 08-08-2023, 04:56 PM
  0 Thread: Advice on finishing
Post: RE: Advice on finishing
jteneyck Wrote: (07-01-2023, 09:43 AM) -- If you are using yellow poplar, it stains great.  It has lousy weather resistance, however, so that's going to be a problem if the wood will be exposed to ra...
 GEB Finishing 2 435 07-03-2023, 12:32 AM
  0 Thread: Advice on finishing
Post: Advice on finishing
I have some Poplar (5’x 9”x 1½”) that will be a bar top in my BBQ shelter. I want to route in the names of the friends that helped me build the shelter. I am mobility challenged. What sequence of dyes...
 GEB Finishing 2 435 06-30-2023, 11:32 PM
  0 Thread: flip-up bench dog
Post: RE: flip-up bench dog
jteneyck Wrote: (08-15-2020, 02:02 PM) -- Like these?  Link (https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/workshop/workbenches/benchtop-accessories/31148-mortised-bench-stop?item=99G0101) or these?  Li...
 GEB Woodworking 2 1,353 08-15-2020, 06:26 PM
  0 Thread: flip-up bench dog
Post: flip-up bench dog
I am looking for a few what I call, "flip-up" bench dogs. They have teeth like Miller Falls but lie flat, screwed into a recess. there is no dog hole. Push down on the back end and the teeth flip up a...
 GEB Woodworking 2 1,353 08-15-2020, 11:54 AM
  0 Thread: Help forming 2-inch-thick concrete walls
Post: RE: Help forming 2-inch-thick concrete walls
crokett™ Wrote: (06-18-2020, 07:17 AM) -- Put a partial void in the middle.  Build your outside form, then your inside form is  a square box, or a piece of 4" PVC as a form.   You have thicker walls ...
 GEB Home Improvement 20 9,437 06-18-2020, 07:16 PM
  0 Thread: Help forming 2-inch-thick concrete walls
Post: RE: Help forming 2-inch-thick concrete walls
Snipe Hunter Wrote: (06-17-2020, 06:53 PM) -- Any reason it can't be solid? -- No reason other than to do so would almost double the weight.. But I am prepared to do that if I can not do the thin w...
 GEB Home Improvement 20 9,437 06-17-2020, 07:34 PM
  0 Thread: Help forming 2-inch-thick concrete walls
Post: Help forming 2-inch-thick concrete walls
I need to build/create a 24” pedestal to support some yard art. Currently looking at a square column with a 12” square base, 2” thick walls narrowing to an 8” top. I have mixed my share of concrete fo...
 GEB Home Improvement 20 9,437 06-17-2020, 06:24 PM
  0 Thread: extendable hinge
Post: extendable hinge
I have tried to delete this several times.
 GEB Woodworking 0 957 08-25-2019, 08:49 PM
  0 Thread: clamping miters
Post: clamping miters
Is there a preferred tape used to ”clamp” the mitered sides of a small box?
 GEB Woodworking 10 4,917 07-25-2019, 08:30 PM
  0 Thread: accessories for Dewalt jobsite saw
Post: RE: accessories for Dewalt jobsite saw
A trick I learned on that saw was the weakness of the fence and how I made it work for me. The problem is getting it squared to the blade and how much it can get out of square. Fitting a new inset doo...
 GEB Woodworking Power Tools 7 4,717 06-03-2019, 01:03 AM
  0 Thread: Dust Collection on a miter saw
Post: RE: Dust Collection on a miter saw
Time to wind down this discussion. Thanks all for your ideas, particularly the Dustoper/deputy. Didn’t know they existed.  I found a smaller shop vac that will fit under my saw along with a bucket to ...
 GEB Woodworking Power Tools 14 8,862 06-02-2019, 12:00 AM
  0 Thread: Dust Collection on a miter saw
Post: RE: Dust Collection on a miter saw
Thanks all, Sorry, I should have mentioned that I do have a space issue. My saw is planted on 30" X 18" plywood dropped between two 6' wide cabinets w/counters, so the saw is on the same level as ...
 GEB Woodworking Power Tools 14 8,862 05-27-2019, 01:21 AM
  0 Thread: Dust Collection on a miter saw
Post: Dust Collection on a miter saw
Currently I am using a shop vac on my miter saw and it does a poor job. Filter plugs rapidly resulting in dust all over the area. I tried to tie  the 1.5 HP cyclone to it starting with 4” pipe them re...
 GEB Woodworking Power Tools 14 8,862 05-25-2019, 08:50 PM
  0 Thread: Lesson in repeating cuts
Post: RE: Lesson in repeating cuts
Recently I got into trouble not over-thinking but residual-thinking while building an interior gate to keep the cats out of the bedroom. We’re not cat people but they came with our daughter’s family w...
 GEB Woodworking 11 5,490 04-25-2019, 01:24 AM
  0 Thread: Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral
Post: RE: Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral
One construction method that I doubt they will use would be their “hamster wheel (https://bonjourparis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Rat-race_Corey-Frye.jpg)”. It is difficult to see but that wheel o...
 GEB Woodworking 26 9,504 04-21-2019, 01:33 AM
  0 Thread: Seeking CNC services
Post: RE: Seeking CNC services
Here’s another long shot. Here in Chico we have a Community Maker Shop, (not sure what they call themselves) where various crafts share their skills and possibly the tools. I had a potential job that ...
 GEB Woodworking 10 4,562 03-27-2019, 12:32 AM
  0 Thread: What is it?
Post: RE: What is it?
AHill Wrote: (02-22-2019, 03:45 PM) -- It is, indeed a push stick.  The magnet is a dangerous thing if you're trying to feed narrow stock, because it'll want to draw the upper part of the push stick ...
 GEB Woodworking 15 8,159 02-23-2019, 01:27 AM

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