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  0 Thread: table tops & C channel
Post: table tops & C channel

I'm looking for some advice guys. I am building a gaming table. Basically a large coffee table with a sunken 'vault' in the middle of it, but it will also have a solid top that can be lifted off. The ...
ed kerns Woodworking 3 157 03-26-2024, 04:17 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry and Lye
Post: RE: Cherry and Lye

fredhargis Wrote: (02-25-2024, 12:25 PM) -- Ed, this isn't a suggestion but you can use potassium dichromate to darken cherry, and it's a lot safer than lye. Here's some info about it (https://www.wo...
ed kerns Finishing 17 639 02-25-2024, 11:47 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry and Lye
Post: RE: Cherry and Lye

Willyou Wrote: (02-24-2024, 11:55 PM) -- Some more suggestions if you don't mind. Yes, it is expensive but goes a long way. However, when learning and experimenting, you can use it up quickly. Start ...
ed kerns Finishing 17 639 02-25-2024, 11:39 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry and Lye
Post: RE: Cherry and Lye

jteneyck Wrote: (02-24-2024, 08:24 PM) -- I tried lye/water on cherry after reading about it.  It didn't do much of anything as best as I can remember.  Sometime later I started using Transtint dyes....
ed kerns Finishing 17 639 02-24-2024, 09:29 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry and Lye
Post: RE: Cherry and Lye

Willyou Wrote: (02-24-2024, 11:38 AM) -- If I may offer some hints if you have not used dye. Transtint is, of course, a concentrated liquid. To minimize cost I started with a medium brown and the pri...
ed kerns Finishing 17 639 02-24-2024, 09:23 PM
  0 Thread: Cherry and Lye
Post: RE: Cherry and Lye

Willyou Wrote: (02-21-2024, 09:23 PM) -- I tried it and didn't find it any better or, maybe, not as good as conventional stains or dyes. Why bother with something potentially dangerous. In my experie...
ed kerns Finishing 17 639 02-24-2024, 12:18 AM
  0 Thread: Cherry and Lye
Post: Cherry and Lye

Hi all, I'm building a table of Cherry wood for someone. They are looking for that 100 year old cherry look that no one wants to wait for. I've been experimenting with a lye as well as stains, shella...
ed kerns Finishing 17 639 02-21-2024, 03:22 PM
  0 Thread: Chess board plans
Post: RE: Chess board plans

taxman Wrote: (11-16-2023, 08:16 AM) -- Hi, If easy can't find it, I have the compilation of old issues. I can look for it there and send.  Good Luck. -- Thanks Taxman, I just emailed Ez. Fin...
ed kerns Woodworking 6 869 11-19-2023, 08:26 PM
  0 Thread: Chess board plans
Post: RE: Chess board plans

BrentDH Wrote: (11-17-2023, 09:59 AM) -- Chess Board | Woodworking Project | Woodsmith Plans (https://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/chess-board/) https://www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/classic-chessboard...
ed kerns Woodworking 6 869 11-19-2023, 08:15 PM
  0 Thread: Chess board plans
Post: Chess board plans

Hi all, I'm looking to build a chess board as a Christmas gift. The board plan I'm considering comes from Woodsmith #132 December of 2000 (I think). I'd be happy to buy it from them, the problem is, I...
ed kerns Woodworking 6 869 11-14-2023, 09:36 PM
  0 Thread: Speaking of chuck keys...
Post: RE: Speaking of chuck keys...

EdL Wrote: (01-07-2023, 07:09 PM) -- Not standard. Key size is dependant on chuck size. Check McMaster Carr, they should size the keys by the number on your chuck. Ed -- Thanks for this! I don'...
ed kerns Woodworking Power Tools 5 983 01-07-2023, 08:15 PM
  0 Thread: Speaking of chuck keys...
Post: Speaking of chuck keys...

Are they standardized? I have a Jacobs chuck on my lathe that needs a key. The one from my drill press fits it sorta, but not perfectly. I bought the lathe and some accessories 2nd hand, so I've never...
ed kerns Woodworking Power Tools 5 983 01-07-2023, 05:24 PM
  0 Thread: Prefinished plywood
Post: RE: Prefinished plywood

ajkoontz Wrote: (09-08-2022, 04:40 PM) -- Found some pictures just to give you an idea.... Still a work in progress. -- They look great in the pics! I've been looking at the SW products too. I sel...
ed kerns Woodworking 18 3,486 09-08-2022, 07:22 PM
  0 Thread: Prefinished plywood
Post: RE: Prefinished plywood

ajkoontz Wrote: (09-07-2022, 05:16 PM) -- Doing the same as you with the UV ply from Menards. Router is the way to go. I have used a dado stack with OK results, but the blade better be sharp. The fin...
ed kerns Woodworking 18 3,486 09-07-2022, 07:29 PM
  0 Thread: Prefinished plywood
Post: RE: Prefinished plywood

rwe2156 Wrote: (09-07-2022, 12:05 PM) -- Why are you cutting dados? Just screw the boxes together... -- Well, I'm not a cabinet maker by trade. I am normally a glue it and screw it guy, but give...
ed kerns Woodworking 18 3,486 09-07-2022, 04:02 PM
  0 Thread: Prefinished plywood
Post: RE: Prefinished plywood

mound Wrote: (09-07-2022, 06:55 AM) -- I'm building an entire kitchen out of the prefinished Maple plywood. I used a freshly sharpened Forest Woodworker II blade on my tablesaw, and got extremely cle...
ed kerns Woodworking 18 3,486 09-07-2022, 03:54 PM
  0 Thread: Prefinished plywood
Post: RE: Prefinished plywood

toolmiser Wrote: (09-06-2022, 08:56 PM) -- Here is a couple ideas, no guarantees.  You can use masking tape over the cut before you make it.  You can also score the cut with a utility knife before sa...
ed kerns Woodworking 18 3,486 09-06-2022, 09:27 PM
  0 Thread: Prefinished plywood
Post: RE: Prefinished plywood

FS7 Wrote: (09-06-2022, 08:53 PM) -- There isn't much of a method to fix that. I actually find that prefinished plywood chips and tears out less than regular plywood, though I haven't cut many dado c...
ed kerns Woodworking 18 3,486 09-06-2022, 09:11 PM
  0 Thread: Prefinished plywood
Post: Prefinished plywood

I'm building a kitchen island using the prefinished UV birch plywood from Menards. Seems like good material. I plan to sand and paint the exterior, leaving the existing finish just on the interior. I...
ed kerns Woodworking 18 3,486 09-06-2022, 08:15 PM
  0 Thread: Birdhouses
Post: RE: Birdhouses

MichaelMouse Wrote: (05-01-2022, 03:19 PM) -- The fresh-sawn eastern white "cedar" (Thuja occidentalis) I used for my bluebird and wren houses seven years ago has held up nicely.  Overcautiously, per...
ed kerns Woodworking 5 1,768 05-01-2022, 05:53 PM

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