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  0 Thread: Looking for sources...
Post: RE: Looking for sources...
Yep. Thanks Mark and Allan. The adjective makes all the difference in what Amazon shows you. My order has been placed.
 rectangle618 Woodworking Hand Tools 3 968 06-06-2023, 03:11 PM
  0 Thread: Looking for sources...
Post: Looking for sources...
I'm making a little case of drawers for small things in the shop - similar to a Gerstner in scale. Eight drawers ranging from 1.25" high to 2.5". I would like to have the pulls or knobs range also f...
 rectangle618 Woodworking Hand Tools 3 968 06-06-2023, 09:30 AM
  0 Thread: Finish for cherry
Post: RE: Finish for cherry
My favorite for cherry is 1/3 BLO, 1/3 spar varnish, 1/3 mineral spirits. The oil emphasizes the dark red cherry. What you used originally is probably almost the same thing.
 rectangle618 Woodworking Hand Tools 12 1,957 03-13-2023, 01:34 PM
  0 Thread: Gift boxes
Post: RE: Gift boxes
Lovely work, Mike. As usual...
 rectangle618 Woodworking Hand Tools 9 1,952 12-26-2022, 04:23 PM
  0 Thread: Glue failure
Post: RE: Glue failure
Glad you were successful. For future reference: Titebond Quick & Thick is excellent for end grain and 45 degree miters. http://www.titebond.com/App_Static/literature/glues/FF1026_QuickThickSal...
 rectangle618 Woodworking 11 2,227 12-26-2022, 04:16 PM
  0 Thread: Spokeshave Blade
Post: RE: Spokeshave Blade
Ethan, "the kilted woodworker", rehabs those Millers Falls spoke shaves. Don't know if he sells parts.
 rectangle618 Woodworking Hand Tools 4 941 12-05-2022, 10:06 AM
  0 Thread: Finish for figured maple...?
Post: RE: Finish for figured maple...?
BassMD Wrote: (08-11-2022, 10:11 AM) -- For an intense look you can use an oxidizer... -- Thanks for that, I'm going to make a note of this technique and try it on a future project. Meanwhile,...
 rectangle618 Finishing 6 1,773 08-12-2022, 01:54 PM
  0 Thread: Finish for figured maple...?
Post: RE: Finish for figured maple...?
PossumDog Wrote: (08-09-2022, 09:54 AM) -- Search for Jeff Jewitt's articles about finishing curly maple. The basics are to dye it, sand back so the dye is removed from the fields but still in the cu...
 rectangle618 Finishing 6 1,773 08-09-2022, 10:08 AM
  0 Thread: Finish for figured maple...?
Post: RE: Finish for figured maple...?
Moving right along, I did a test on some maple scrap. Four sections: shellac, thinned poly, my 1/3 homemade, and Minwax Antique Oil Finish (which is probably very similar to my homemade stuff). The...
 rectangle618 Finishing 6 1,773 08-09-2022, 09:58 AM
  0 Thread: Finish for figured maple...?
Post: Finish for figured maple...?
I'm getting ready to apply finish to a small case of drawers. The case is cherry and I'll probably use some homemade 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 poly/linseed oil/mineral spirits on the cherry. (It's worked well f...
 rectangle618 Finishing 6 1,773 08-08-2022, 07:38 PM
  0 Thread: Sharpening bench
Post: RE: Sharpening bench
Very cool, Mike. Nicely done!
 rectangle618 Woodworking Hand Tools 8 2,668 12-10-2021, 09:07 AM
  0 Thread: Staked desk finished
Post: RE: Staked desk finished
Yes! Really nice... cherry and black - great look. Nice work.
 rectangle618 Woodworking 9 1,234 11-07-2021, 08:16 PM
  0 Thread: WTB: Paring chisels, Sorby etc
Post: RE: WTB: Paring chisels, Sorby etc
DennisLQueens Wrote: (03-08-2021, 02:40 PM) -- Hi all,  I've been having a difficult time locating a set of paring chisels. I've been looking at Sorby, but would be happy to hear about any sets of...
 rectangle618 Tool Swap N' Sell 3 1,206 03-09-2021, 08:32 AM
  0 Thread: Technical beginner, how to make a small support horizontal and stable?
Post: RE: Technical beginner, how to make a small suppor...
ng80092a Wrote: (03-07-2021, 02:48 PM) -- Thanks Mike, I had that video saved. Is that how wood workers do it? You join the pieces in right angles and do the level in the end? -- Yes, woodworker...
 rectangle618 Woodworking 4 1,295 03-07-2021, 08:53 PM
  0 Thread: Technical beginner, how to make a small support horizontal and stable?
Post: RE: Technical beginner, how to make a small suppor...
ng80092a Wrote: (03-07-2021, 10:26 AM) -- I've searched the past days for videos on how to make a support stable (not woobling/rocking) but all I've seen so far are more technical details and creativ...
 rectangle618 Woodworking 4 1,295 03-07-2021, 10:57 AM
  0 Thread: Three-sided stools
Post: RE: Three-sided stools
Very nice work as usual, Derek. I am inspired to make a couple of those now and would be very interested to see some of your build photos. I'll be using black cherry for mine.
 rectangle618 Woodworking 23 5,283 11-08-2020, 08:28 AM
  0 Thread: what kind of tree is this??
Post: RE: what kind of tree is this??
mound Wrote: (08-31-2020, 08:24 AM) -- interesting.. so the bark completely changing from thick/bumpy/brown to white/flakey/smooth halfway up the tree is expected on trees like that? -- USDA page o...
 rectangle618 Woodworking 11 4,742 08-31-2020, 08:55 AM
  0 Thread: what kind of tree is this??
Post: RE: what kind of tree is this??
mound Wrote: (08-31-2020, 07:18 AM) -- Was at a park this weekend on Oneida Lake in Central NY and saw these trees...  -- My vote is for cottonwood or something else from the genus Populus. The ba...
 rectangle618 Woodworking 11 4,742 08-31-2020, 08:16 AM
  0 Thread: Face Laminating 2x12 SYP for Nicholson Bench...Bad idea?
Post: RE: Face Laminating 2x12 SYP for Nicholson Bench.....
agerlach Wrote: (07-08-2020, 09:27 PM) --  He uses an 8/4 in top but I know Schwarz has done a similar design with a 2x SYP top https://blog.lostartpress.com/2020/04/09/workbench-tour-no-3-the-englis...
 rectangle618 Woodworking Hand Tools 12 6,184 07-09-2020, 07:48 AM
  0 Thread: Face Laminating 2x12 SYP for Nicholson Bench...Bad idea?
Post: RE: Face Laminating 2x12 SYP for Nicholson Bench.....
agerlach Wrote: (07-08-2020, 03:12 PM) -- Interesting. I have the same holdfasts and tested them on a 1x10 SYP and it held pretty poorly. What type of bit did you use for your hole? I used a vintage ...
 rectangle618 Woodworking Hand Tools 12 6,184 07-08-2020, 03:35 PM

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