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Tapered plugs tend to show this less, though it is really the glue line showing through, choosing a glue that closely resembles the timber color when dry can help and it is often less visible if you...

I started my apprenticeship at 16, it was a three and a half year course.
Part college work both theory and practical lessons and part on site or in the workshop for the company I was apprenticed...

Hi Jerry, have you any ideas as to what glue was originally used?
Most don't play well together!;)

Aside from that question, from the photo's it would seem shrinkage may be the cause, if so you...

I like the flow of the lines in the dining chairs and the tapered legs to compliment the tables, a beautiful piece of work.

How did you go about sanding prior to finishing, I ask as Cherry can...

How? If the rails are made the right length to start with the only way they can protrude "eventually" is if the stiles shrink. Thus the rails remain the same width as fitted. Then the cause is poor...

I have to say that my last bench was fitted with a pattern makers vice, it was invaluable while making handrail components, Falling Wreaths, Scroll Wreaths and such. It could also handle tapered...

If all else that has been suggested fails, try a Festool S75/4FSG/S blade they are thicker than the standard blades and less prone to wander....

Greg, the first pic is of a Robert Sorby saw setting tool. I have one just like it. The slots in the blade are to accomodate differing saw tooth pitches/steel thickness and the truncated end is for...

Honesty should be rewarded and an honest mistake, forgiven.

So be kind Mr. Lee, while this is addressed

Not by market forces nor accountants choices, driven.

But by choice of heart let...

Imparting this sort of knowledge to enquiring minds is both a pleasure and of long term benefit to others, with the huge bonus of being fun for those taking part (even if it is due to the...

Which is why I wrote word for word what appears in this book.;)



The technique at the time was to do a rubbed joint, then hold it in place with cleats and wedges, these are not a great...

No, he was informing future generations of carpenters and joiners of the best practice of his time, something that is still of value when trying to restore buildings over 100 years old.

Regards...

In an earnest wish to illuminate the 'whether to or not to' debate and not 'add fuel to generate heat' into the topic.

From the book " Modern Practical Joinery" by George Ellis Published in 1902....

Being the first person to walk up a staircase I designed, built & installed :D.
Rob.

Darren, your limitation will be the size of round over bit you can buy that your router can handle while in a table. Large bits generally require a slower machine speed and for the router to be in a...

If you do a fair amount of hand tool work then natural light is an absolute boon. :) Windows should be (IMHO) above machine table and bench height, means equipment can be put anywhere.
The best...

Just found this, it may be of help.

http://www.sunbeltindustrial.com/bandsawblade.asp

Rob.

Have you tried an upholstery supplies company? I know they are made as I saw one in use a couple of years back, for just the same job you describe. I think it was stainless steel much like a fish and...

I agree Bill.

I love it when I get a chance to do things with hand tools, though in a commercial workshop the opportunity is rare.
One of the big lessons that one learns is that you can 'give...

Surely it depends on the timber used and the way the end grain was exposed? (power tool or hand tool)
To go from a near planed finished end cut from a sharp bladed TS or SCMS to 50 grit abrasive...

If the tapered pin is the one that keeps the two sides of the table in a flat plane (either side of the slot for installing blades) then it is a must!
Other than that.. get using it:D Learn it's...

Urea formaldehyde glues are quite abrasive,( though excellent for curved laminations where spring back needs to be virtually nil) so while changing over to Tungsten carbide knives is an option, they...

Milind Patil, you do not say what wood you are using or what preparation you had undertaken prior to starting to sand your cutting board.(tools used etc.)

A lot of good advice in the above posts,...

Now that we are all in agreement that your stepstool is perfect in every way, print this thread off and give it to your friend so that he may learn from his mistakes.:D I think he owes you a few...

AH! But the TS55 can be put into a table that makes it a table saw for all those small fiddly jobs we love the TS to do.:D

Sadly it is still waiting to be released into North America, theres...