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  0 Thread: Trex decking for cutting board?
Post: RE: Trex decking for cutting board?

Bill, DO NOT use the Trex decking for a cutting board!  Plastic decking due to its use outdoors is heavily stabilized, in other words there are many additives, at fairly high levels, that are added t...
Master-of-None Woodworking 6 1,842 12-26-2021, 07:49 PM
  0 Thread: Veritas Bullnose vs Veritas Trim plane
Post: RE: Veritas Bullnose vs Veritas Trim plane

Scoony Wrote: (08-24-2021, 07:59 PM) -- Someone said Bullnose Plane?    A fellow Woodnetter gifted this to me, and just so happens I pulled it out yesterday to clean up dovetails on a lipped drawer. ...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 15 4,590 08-25-2021, 10:11 AM
  0 Thread: Veritas Bullnose vs Veritas Trim plane
Post: RE: Veritas Bullnose vs Veritas Trim plane

Thank you all for the responses, comments and advice. From what I see, most lean towards using a chisel instead of buying the bullnose plane. After thinking about the advice, I tend to agree. I have e...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 15 4,590 08-23-2021, 12:49 PM
  0 Thread: Veritas Bullnose vs Veritas Trim plane
Post: RE: Veritas Bullnose vs Veritas Trim plane

Thank you all for the opinions and comments in your replies. As I expected there's a variety of opinions on the usefulness of a bullnose plane. I do have a Veritas shoulder plane, and as useful as t...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 15 4,590 08-22-2021, 06:16 PM
  0 Thread: Veritas Bullnose vs Veritas Trim plane
Post: Veritas Bullnose vs Veritas Trim plane

While working on a couple of recent projects a bullnose plane would have come in real handy, but I don't have one. So while looking through Lee Valley's offerings, I found that besides a bullnose plan...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 15 4,590 08-22-2021, 11:01 AM
  0 Thread: Bench Build: Final-All Done
Post: RE: Bench Build: Final-All Done

Thank you all for the very nice comments. Jerry, to answer your question, I use what Jim Tolpin has called a "face planing stop." See the two pictures below. It's like a bench hook in a way, it's h...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 9 4,494 05-10-2020, 07:13 PM
  0 Thread: Bench Build: Final-All Done
Post: Bench Build: Final-All Done

With the last post, I left off with the major bench construction finished and the bench sitting right side up. Now it's time to finish and put it to work. So what needs to be done? The uneven ends ne...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 9 4,494 05-09-2020, 08:37 AM
  0 Thread: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers
Post: RE: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers

Bandit, yes that's on my mind. Just trying to finish the tough parts first before I tackle the easier stuff. I was even thinking of maybe putting in a second shelf, for small, flat things. We'll see. ...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 14 5,650 04-24-2020, 09:28 PM
  0 Thread: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers
Post: RE: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers and Right Side ...

I guess, finally the time has come to right this beast! As pointed out in some of the comments above, there were a few ways to do that, but only one proved feasible. Certainly taking the legs off the...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 14 5,650 04-24-2020, 06:28 PM
  0 Thread: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers
Post: RE: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers

Thank you for the compliments gentlemen. Yeah, turning it over could be exciting. From my estimates, the whole thing should be around 230 pounds. So it's not really heavy but certainly enough for at ...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 14 5,650 04-23-2020, 12:34 PM
  0 Thread: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers
Post: RE: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers

As I mentioned way above, I wanted to put short stretchers as well, i.e. going between legs on the same end of the bench. This was done exactly the same as described above, the half lap dovetail was c...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 14 5,650 04-22-2020, 04:27 PM
  0 Thread: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers
Post: RE: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers

Now I need to form the dovetail. Because the dovetail is so large, I cannot use a regular dovetail saw. Fortunately I have a cheep Japanese-style pull saw. Since it doesn't have a back, I can cut as d...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 14 5,650 04-22-2020, 03:56 PM
  0 Thread: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers
Post: Bench Build-Part 5B Stretchers

As promised, and zipping right along, here's how I added the stretchers to the legs. I will make this post a bit longer since I'd like to get into the techniques that were used, just in case some read...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 14 5,650 04-22-2020, 02:25 PM
  0 Thread: Bench build-Part 5A, Legs
Post: RE: Bench build-Part 5A, Legs

arnman,  the assembly/bench as well as the legs, are very stiff, so there are no deflections there. The mortices and tenons do have some play. Due to the size and length of the tenons, I had to trim ...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 4 2,059 04-18-2020, 10:10 AM
  0 Thread: Bench build-Part 5A, Legs
Post: RE: Bench build-Part 5A, Legs

The only thing that was left now, was to cut the legs to length. Since the table saw could not cut the full thickness, I finished the cut with a handsaw. Since this gave me a little shoulder ...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 4 2,059 04-17-2020, 05:18 PM
  0 Thread: Bench build-Part 5A, Legs
Post: Bench build-Part 5A, Legs

We're finally getting to the interesting part. If you recall the design of the bench was so that I would not have to cut 5 by 1.5 inch by 5 inches deep mortices and then the corresponding tenons. (Spo...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 4 2,059 04-17-2020, 05:05 PM
  0 Thread: The Bench Build-Part 4: Benchtop Done
Post: RE: The Bench Build-Part 4: Benchtop Done

Adam, thank you for the additional input. Some things to digest.
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 10 5,026 04-14-2020, 07:24 PM
  0 Thread: The Bench Build-Part 4: Benchtop Done
Post: RE: The Bench Build-Part 4: Benchtop Done

arnman Thank you.  My understanding is that long grain to long grain glue joints are stronger than the wood. I'm not sure what Adam was thinking about and I hope he chimes in to explain further.
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 10 5,026 04-14-2020, 12:18 PM
  0 Thread: The Bench Build-Part 4: Benchtop Done
Post: RE: The Bench Build-Part 4: Benchtop Done

Adam, to address some of the issues you bring up, not necessarily in order: as soon as I got the top together I couldn't wait to see how flat it was. I looked at both sides, the bottom and the top su...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 10 5,026 04-14-2020, 09:50 AM
  0 Thread: The Bench Build-Part 4: Benchtop Done
Post: RE: The Bench Build-Part 4: Benchtop Done

arnman Wrote: (04-13-2020, 08:03 AM) -- Looks great.  I was wondering how difficult it would be to do the glue-up and get the front and back pre-made mortises perfectly aligned, but it looks like you...
Master-of-None Woodworking Hand Tools 10 5,026 04-13-2020, 08:55 AM

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