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All good advice. I've put together a few shops over the years and come to the following conclusions:

1. Spend more time on how and where to store wood. I keep full sheets of plywood in the...

I am working on a book shelf/ music stand to match a pipe organ made in the 1869. The organ is made of french polished walnut and has a reddish tone. It is quite large and very impressive. I am...

Thanks Allen. In your experience how critical is the type of alcohol used to dissolve the shellac flakes. I have tried both the expensive low H2O brands and the run of the mill off the shelf brands...

I read that back in the day they mixed fine sawdust from the piece being finished with the pumice and rubbed it into the pores with a shellac rubber as the first step. Mix both the saw dust and...

Buy a can of spray lacquer and fool around with it.. I like it as a finish coat over shellac. Great for small projects. I have sprayed lacquer using a gun, but without a good spray booth from a...

First thoughts fwiw- On Tiger maple I have experienced blotching using water based dyes to make it pop. When I follow with shellac it does look muddy. You might try sanding to 400 grit, wipe on...

Jerry- I am planning on using alder throughout. (my reference to QS white oak was in response to another post) I was looking for a way to maximize the vertical grain without picking my way through a...

Thanks for the feedback. I plan on making the door panels out of book matched re-sawn alder and didn't want the stiles to compete for attention, but alder doesn't have a strong quarter sawn look like...

I am planning a kitchen remodel and wonder if anyone has experience in ripping 8/4 flat sawn boards into 3/4" quarter sawn stock for door stiles and face frames? Thanks.