I'm making some small/decorative fence sections out of western red cedar that will go around my new fruit trees and planting beds. I'v started out with titebond II and a brad to fasten half lap...
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I'm making some small/decorative fence sections out of western red cedar that will go around my new fruit trees and planting beds. I'v started out with titebond II and a brad to fasten half lap...
I like the way it works. It seems stable and takes nice edges easily. I haven't used much maple so I can't compare them but my favorite part about alder is the scraps. They make the best smoke...
I haven't had a corded drill (except the DP) for years. Ryobi 14.4 and then 18V cordless have been it for about 10 years. And the only hole I've run into that they wouldn't handle was in concrete.
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This is the project that I was finishing. The outside of the chest, drawer fronts and both sides of the lid got 3 coats of raw tung oil followed by shellac. The inside is unfinished except for the...
Thanks Dennis, Steve, Rob. Someday somebody's going to show me how it's done but the best advice I've read is clean it off with dna and start over. The body of the chest is decent enough but the top...
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Met my wife on the ARD and married her 5 months later. She was in from '74-'76.
I am going to have to do something. Either sand/scrape flat the areas that need it or wipe it all off as you describe and try again. This is on the top of the chest top, flat and level so it should...
:(I'm nearing the end and very unhappy with the results. If I could grind it all off and start over I would but that would not really work.
I've been padding shellac onto the project over and...
I've done a little work with shellac and generally don't like the results I get. I'm trying it again, however, on a cedar blanket chest so help me out:
It generally seems a lot more time...