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I never added the back section to mine when I built it, but over time decided to add a small supported platform for dovetail work. I used it a lot at first, but forgot about it after a shop move. ...

I built a small set of cabinets to augment a recent kitchen remodel for a friend. The current cabinets were recently redone with new doors and drawer fronts. They were spray finished and the lady...

Most of my turning has been chair and table legs, or small Christmas ornaments. Mostly though I've turned legs for Windsor chairs. I did turn a couple of pens and small segmented bowls, but with...

My sister in law has a turned bowl she brought back from Italy 4-5 years ago. She thinks it's Olive wood. It has developed a hairline crack along the grain running more or less from the center of...

Thanks guys!

I need advice on which wall to locate to locate my window/workbench. The long axis runs due east/west. There are several trees on the south side which I could remove but would prefer to leave for...

First you need to cut your skins to the size of the box. I used 1/2" MDF and my tops are still flat after four years. Next you cut and plane your web pieces.

To get your level, flat base select...

David, I don't know, but I'm dealing with that question right now. I started another thread about this huge dogwood my brother found in a roadside rubbish pile. We have two four foot plus straight,...

I live in Nashville, but the tree came from a house literally astride the Alabama - Georgia line in Lanett, Alabama. It is located in the Chattahoochee River valley about halfway between Atlanta and...

It is the biggest I've ever seen, it measured 12 x 14 where it was cut at the base. I drove past it 5-6 times without even thinking it could be a dogwood. We've been on the lookout for oak or...

My brother and I pulled several large pieces of freshly cut dogwood from a neighbors trash pile. We had visions of making some tools for green woodworking, froe clubs, mauls, and gluts. But the...

Mike, one thing Drew mentioned about the glut was that we would ruin it if we snagged its point on any strands in the split. He also said they should only be struck with his long handled wooden...

i took the Langsner ladder back class a few weeks ago. We used axes to start splits by driving them with long handled mallets. The longest splits we made were about 40-42". I was surprised at how...

I ordered Curtis Buchanan's fan back chair plans and somewhere along the way I asked about dimensions/angles for a both child's chair and highchair. He gave them to me, but now I can't find where I...

I'm about halfway thru finishing a tiger maple chest. I've used this process, copied from Jeff Jewitt, several times. There are several steps, first dye, sand back to high light the figure, and...

You have a lot of good advice in this thread. I think the Curtis Buchanan videos are the best I've seen. I do not claim to be any kind of expert. You probably know more than I do, but I have built...

I have a fairly new set of carbide teeth in my jointer/planer (I just rotated them maybe a hundred bf ago), but I keep getting tear out on this batch of tiger maple. I ran an earlier batch thru on...

Joe,

I've made a couple, for my dad and uncle. I was given the ashes in a sealed, hard plastic box. I put those into the boxes I made. Now both were interred in a small vault made for that...

Reading the post below about the Osage splitting makes me wonder about an upcoming project. My turning has also been limited to spindles, well mostly pens and pepper mills. I've turned a little...

Sorry guys, I meant to say I want to build a temporary grid whose long pieces will fit over the tops of my sawhorses. I was thinking torsion box when I only wanted a grid locked frame to hold a...

I plan to build a torsion box frame that fits on top of some Krenov sawhorses I built a few hears back. Due to shop size I need something that I can break down and store when not in use. The rough...

My eldest son recently took a job in Naples. I recently visited and spent a few days. What a beautiful area. I'd never been south of St. Pete on the Gulf side. As to your green bananas comment, I...

I am well into my second Federal project. The first turned out pretty good after a little angst over the stringing. I used hot hide glue to make and install the shell ovals. That part went great...

Big Jim Folsom was a former governor of Alabama back in the fifties. He was a notorious drinker and party guy. Once the press was tipped off he had gone to a strip joint. Upon his exit Big Jim was...

Mike,

If it makes you feel better, I made that project, and also came up short on the exact molding. That was five years ago. Now I measure and make 50% more than I think I need, including at...