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03-09-2024, 9:58 PM
Large glue ups like a flat surface, such as the floor. Your clamp collection determines your method. Glueing up two halves separately will probably...
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02-29-2024, 9:27 PM
I have a good jewellers loupe (10x), a stereo microscope (10-70 times) and of course a microscope. The jewellers loupe is very useful for teaching...
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02-20-2024, 7:18 PM
Derek the two designs are completely different. The weak part of your design is not the tenon but the mortice around the tenon, not much wood....
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02-20-2024, 9:06 AM
Looking at the original chair again the supports are right across the seat bottom, carved out of the wood. The tenon is just the end of this seat...
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02-20-2024, 8:40 AM
Such a short mortice will place most of the 50lb force on the outer top edge of the mortice. Not much wood there.
Angling the tenon up into the...
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02-19-2024, 9:56 PM
I think the vertical tenon grain is the strongest choice. The mortice worries me however, I could not get an idea how deep the mortice is. The...
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About William Fretwell
- Biography:
- Woodworker since the age of 10.
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- South West Ontario
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- Fine furniture, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Wilderness Canoeing, Design Build, Cooking.
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- Health Care Professional/ Pharmaceutical Engineer
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