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Ed,

I've built a few cabinets with glass doors and panels and I've had real good luck using a rubber retaining strip. I know Woodcraft and other places sell the strips in 10' lengths. I've used...

I used to use sandpaper to break edges. Now I have a dedicated Ridgid laminate trimmer I got on sale set up with a 1/16 roundover bit. Works great and is much faster when doing lots of edges.

I agree with Todd on this, symmetry is important. And its important to balance this against the amount of curly maple you want so you get the right amount of "weight" of curl in the design. As a...

Chris,

last year I made a half-height display case using hard maple for the carcass and maple plywood for the panels. To add a little character to the piece I made the door rails/stiles from curly...

David, this looks to be an excellent project to do for this Christmas. I have some nice hard curly maple that I think would make an excellent pipe box. I like the idea of getting the PDF printed to...

Thanks David, and your comment is actually well timed. I am making some more of these for gifts this year and I'll try the fingernail cut. As for these gifts, so far they've been doing very well and...

+1 on the Shellac wash coat. Just finished some alder kitchen cabinets that were done using a shellac wash coat followed by stain. I used a gel stain to also help control blotching.

The only access I have to my basement shop is the interior stairs, which has two 90 degree turns in it. Which means all sheet goods get broken down in the garage. I use a circular saw and guide set...

Thanks to a thread on candle boxes from David Keller I decided to try making some as Christmas gifts this year. I've changed some aspects of the design, such as no mitered corners and no end grip, to...

Anthony,

I picked up this same set a few months ago to do some kitchen cabinet work. The set works great, I think you'll love how well it works.

As for the 1/4" setup, what you are showing is...

Just to follow up on the auction that started this discussion:

The bid price if now up to $405, with $30 shipping the price for this used jig is now more than you could buy it new from the Jig...

I agree about the need for the VRS. The dust collection and stability were the two big reasons for going with the Akeda. If I don't end up winning the Akeda bidding and end up going with the Leigh, I...

If I don't end up with the Akeda jig I'll have to go with someone else since I have a deadline coming up for kitchen drawers. If I had to pick another jig I think I'd go with a Leigh jig since it...

I was under the same impression, that the BIN would stay there. I was thinking that if the bidding seemed to be header up to the BIN I would just purchase it with the BIN. But as soon as I bid it...

Chris,

I'm the one that caused the problem. I put the first bid in on that Akeda auction on Ebay.

I'm looking for the 16" jig but the Jig Store has them back ordered until December (anyone...

Just finished cutting dadoes and rabbets in some pre-finished maple plywood with the 8" on my TS3650. Left very sharp, clean edges and very little tear-out. Worked fantastic.

Highly recommend the...

My local (Rochester, NY) Woodcraft carries the clear and the brown retention molding. I believe it comes in 10' lengths. I've used this on a couple of beveled glass display cases and it works great....

This table top is Birds eye maple finished with the Dark Vintage Maple dye. I first applied two coats of diluted Dark Mahogany with each coat sanded back to pop the grain a bit. Then I applied 5...

One of the problems I have with the LifeAlert type of solution is that I don't currently have a land line, just the cell phone. So anything that uses a phone line to connect to a monitoring service...

I'm a bachelor, living in a residential area where the houses are close together, and my workshop is located in my below ground basement that doesn't have any windows. Other than my dog, who's...

This was another Christmas project for my mother, a small curio bench that she uses to display some of her antique Crummles boxes.

The bench is made from Cherry, with a BLO and sprayed lacquer...

This was a Christmas gift to my sister. The clock dial and mechanicals are from Woodcraft and its based upon their Hancock wall clock design, with a few changes. I love how the grain really pops with...

I'e done both paper and metal clock dials attached to MDF. I've found that using the memory book glue dots works the best for me. If you make a mistake aligning the dial you have a chance of fixing...

Mark,

I agree with everyone else, very nice work on this tray. I'm curious, what finish did you use, and what are the dimensions for the tray?

Brian

Thanks, I'll check the setscrews first thing. I have a new replacement belt from Grizzly so I'll throw that on and make sure the tension is set correctly.

Appreciate the help!