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Ryan,
very nice work. What kind of wood did you use? How about the finish?

DS

Hi Derek,
thats an excellent review on the new plane. I am a die hard #71 user but I'll definately give the new plane some serious consideration.
Think you might be willing to do a "long term"...

Jeff,
Re: size etc. I am also in the process of building a lecturn for the Church of a local ministry and I am using 25" for the upright and 14.5" for the cross bar itself. I plan on a half lap...

Very nicely done. How do you plane to support the plane in the box? I have a trusty 45 and a good box is on my to do list.

DS

I agree. SWMBO has her eyes on a dr table and chairs for me to build. Luckily, nothing on Marks scale. Plus, I have till November to build. Now, if I can only get the two 7' tall bookcases, cheval...

heres a link to the PM website plans for a big table. As shown, it seats 8-12, but if you beef up the design, it could seat more. Just a thought

DS
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I made a set of free standing shelves for SWMBO. The thread is on here. Fast easy project

DS

Hey Don,
ANYtime I plan on using pine for a project I treat the surface with minwax pre-stain conditioner and apply my stain within 30 minutes after application. It works like a dream. A word to the...

Hey all,
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Heres a fast project I came up with for SWMBO. Its a free standing set of shelves that will be painted and placed in our master...

I have a 3' long carpenters box that I have modifed to add a saw till. Its nothing more than a couple of flat pieces of wood that I sawed a kerf into and glued into the bottom of the tool box itself....

Hey Adrian,
oh yeah, I'm expecting some major cracking. A lot of this will be experimentation etc. I'm wanting to wax as much as I can to see how it will season out. I would appreciate any tips or...

Hey all, and Merry Christmas!
I got an early Christmas present when my father asked me to take down the big oak in his back yard. It was struck by lightning this past summer and he was concerned...

Dom,
can you give me the sears part number for the zc and dado plate? How about the equivilent sears part number for the saw itself? Maybe sears has other things that will fit mine.

Many Thanks,...

Hey everyone,
thanks for the PM's regarding my info request. Sorry I haven't been on the forum in the last few days, but we had a bit of an ice storm here down south and I've been without power for...

Hello all,
I am in the process of creating a cd-rom that is dedicated to the exclusive use of hand tools, techniques, and useful projects and I'd appreciate any help I can get. Heres what I am...

well fooey Jamey,
I liked that treadle lathe you built. I saw it on the traditional tools site. (you know me there as TMC :) )I'd be interested in buying that center. The lathe I am working on now...

Bill,
thanks for the advice and most definately thanks for thread link. That is a beautiful lathe!

I am sitting here with my chin on my chest.

...wow


DS

Hello,
Since I am a galoot, I posted my main question in the neanderthal forum, but I would appreciate any advice I can get from other wood turners. May I point you to the neanderthal heaven forum...

Hello,
I am in the process of designing a treadle lathe and have a question for everyone. I am planning on using a 1/2" shaft to drive the thing (See crappy MS paint drawing attached). My question:...

Dennis,
I used a workmate for eons to make my projects until recently, when I decided to build a variation of norms bench. My workmate surface died a long time ago, so I replaced it with 2 X 4's....

Hey Paul,
check out my post of a mantle clock in the forum. 95% done with hand tools. If I can get my hands on a decent set of hollow and rounds, plus a few other molding planes, I'll be set.
Enjoy...

I may be able to approach the record regarding small shops. It depends on your definition of "shop". My shop consists of a workbench against a wall in a spare bedroom.
The bench is a variation of...

Heres a nice mantle clock I made from the plansnow.com site free plans. This one was made of pine, stained pecan satin, and 95% done with hand tools. I admit to using a router for the cove. I've made...

Hello again,
Finally got everything situated re the name game. Here is the basic copy/paste from my old id:


"I recieved a ryobi BTS15 table saw as a gift from my father last year and have yet...