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Thanks all. Carving is a time consuming process. It will certainly take a lot of time to complete this highboy. Two drawers to carve, the arched top and a cartouche. This has been on my bucket...

236456Let's try this one again.

Sorry about that. I think it is on my end. New MAC. Image shows up when I start post, but then disappears.

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186849186850186851 Here it is with one coat of BLO and the first three coats of Waterlox. I am hoping that with two or three more coats the grain on the top will be completely filled so I can do a...

By the way Sean, that is really nice work! How wide are those drawers? Mine are 42 inches. It sure doesn't take much misalignment in the runner to throw things out of wack.

I used BLO with a couple of coats of Waterlox Original to seal the bottom of the top before I attached it. The war department okayed the color as it matched the wood color on her new couch. I did...

I had not given a shellac intermediate coat any thought. I used shellac on my pine tongue & grove ceiling for my new shop. That stuff dries so fast that it did not have time enough to level out the...

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Big drawers are a pain to fit. These are my first handcut dovetails, through in the back and half-blind in the front. Spent about 10 hours in the shop today. It is now ready for finish. I...

Carpet pad works for me.

Thanks Johnny. They were sure proud of it at $69 as well. I have to admit it did look cool however.

I just looked at a Keen Kutter KK 4 in an antique shop and it appeared to have either nickel or chrome plating on the plane body (outside) and lever cap. Is that original?

Thanks Derek. Looks like I have a new tool build on the horizon.

Thanks all. I would sure like to see a close up of Derek's "secret weapon" flat chisel used for cutting the pins full depth. The LN Channel on U-Tube shows a scraper blade used for that purpose but...

Fortunately, those are not gaps. The maple tails are lower than the cherry pins, and they have not yet been planed flush. Thanks all who have inspired me to give it a shot. You sure have a better...

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I made my first dovetails (in wood) today. My only prior experience was in this brass shoulder plane I made over the Holidays. After completing the first two through dovetails,...

The ferules are brass compression fittings off the shelf from the BORG. You turn the end of the wood to the diameter of the threads inside the brass fitting, take it of the lathe and wrench it on. ...

175251Had a productive day on the lathe today. Made these handles for some of my Nicholson files and rasps. Blackwood, pink ivory, cocobolo and yucatan rosewood.

The floor is prefinished cherry and maple from one of the clearance houses, $2.29 sq. ft. I plan on putting plastic sheeting down to minimize dust. The bench is made from salvaged oak flooring. ...

It has been a good week around here. The new woodshed is in and I finally finished the workbench that will go in it. We put the hardwood floor down and run the wiring. Once it passes inspection, we...

Thanks to all for the input. It's a case of the proverbial Catch-22. I would like to build a nice wooden cabinet to hold all of the hand tools, but I have to many unfinished projects in the till...

Any down side to using a rolling mechanics tool chest to store hand tools? Security and portability in the shop would certainly be a plus, but there could be an issue with rust?

Gentlemen: Thanks for the input. Sounds like it will be time well spent. Looking forward to it.

Any Creekers plan on attending the recently announced tool event at Red Rocks Community College next Friday and Saturday April 17 & 18? I have never been to one. What can a guy expect, aside from...