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Good suggestion, I will look into polishing.

edit: I got a thumbs down from a couple of glass companies saying it is a high risk/reward. I may have to replace the wood frame too if the glass won't...

I agreed to replace the scratched glass in a wood storm door panel for an old client, but have run into difficulty. The glass is very securely adhered to a rabbeted red cedar frame with what I...

https://toolstoday.com/v-4900-54170.html 2 passes on the router table, then rip off the edge.

My back hurts just seeing the pictures. Nice job though!

6 each 1", 2" and 3" d. x 9" long 120# sleeves. Cost of shipping or pick up in VT.

Zappa was like Miles in that he constantly changed up his band personnel and like Duke Ellington he wrote to the strengths of his musicians. He held open auditions and ran through scores of...

I got hold of the Mothers' first album Freakout when I was about 15, don't know why, maybe I liked the cover art. I liked the cynicism of the lyrics and the sendup of doowop but I didn't really...

There's always a risk of premature curing. Ice and/or a fan can help dissipate heat from the mix but the first lines of defense are to mix in small batches and get the mix spread out quickly in a...

Stephen, thanks for the explanation. What experience I have (relatively little) with room temperature setting uf glues has been veneering interior millwork which has not been exposed to extreme...

West System products can be found fairly widely at suppliers like West Marine, but generally your best bet is online. There are a lot of specialized formulations for clear coating and deep...

To be fair, uf adhesives are not marketed as waterproof or for boatbuilding uses exposed to severe moisture cycling. Can you describe the typical uf failure scenarios you have seen? Have you seen...

Please expand on this. I can believe that the rigid glueline could be a disadvantage in some situations like crossgrain joints subject to moisture cycling. In his book Professional Cabinetmaking Alan...

It means mixed resin and hardener with no additives.

Agreed. For my practical purposes there's not much difference. For highly stressed joints newer stock may be advisable. https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/shelf-life-real-life/From the West System...

I will point out that West System generally recommends wetting out surfaces with unmodified mixed resin for best adhesion prior to adding thickeners to the mix. I'm sure single step bonding is...

Yes, that has been my experience. I have used primarily West System 105/205-6 and Basic No Blush epoxy from Progressive Epoxy Formulators, and have kept them on the shelf for as much as 5 years. I've...

David and Michael offer good advice. Unibond 800 and powdered plastic resin glue are similar urea formaldehyde formulations but Unibond has a lower water content when mixed. Unibond had some reported...

Very fine work, Robert! Is that a reproduction or your own design?

Yes, dampening with a spray bottle can sometimes help.

Yesterday I stopped by a job my son is working on in a neighboring town, repairing damaged trusses on an 1870 era brick meeting house. Missing slates allowed the heels of two trusses and the plate...

Try wire wheels of various types before sandblasting.

Not necessarily. Pneumatic pressure is an option (Fine Woodworking #63 p. 83, Pneumatic Lamination). If one runs short of clamps threaded rod is an alternative as shown here....

If you feel you need to bricklay and pattern-rout stacked layers in order to get an accurate curve I suggest keeping the thickness down and use 3 or 4 layers as trimming with a long router bit...

Forget pattern routing. Do the joinery and assembly, then saw the parts out as accurately as possible and clean up the faces. In my shop I would use an edge sander.

The bevel angle on a spindle gouge is not critical, somewhere between 30* and 45* will work; the more acute the angle the better it will work on softwoods and the faster it will dull. The shape,...