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I have been a contributor for years. Today I clicked Brian Holcombe's thread and found myself summarily demoted to peasant status as a member. This has happened every year. I used to grimace at the...

You call that a clamp? This is a clamp :D I have used a couple on my bench to secure a panel for flattening. Four of these with MDF on two heavy sawhorses make a workbench.

Rick - Stella does like her rest. My projects are small in size and I like using hand tools. Occasionally I'm first in the shop and can choose any tool I want :-)

Good man. I share the shop area with cats and and an ancient chair. Hand tools only when cat is sleeping.
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Thanks, Michael and Jamie. I have used brass E-Z LOK inserts and they were quality. I think I'll try 3/16" or 1/4" aluminum bar stock from Metals Depot for the "cleat" in my mock up.They will cut it...

Thanks, guys.
Jim - while the table top is heavy, the wood is only 1" thick after milling. I'll have to be sure of drill depth before trying inserts. I'm a wimp, but after removing the twist from...

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The table will be 36" x 23" of cherry wood, with a 16" height, no apron.
I saw this leg design online for ~$300 for 2 with a black matte finish. The product is handsome and worth the...

I am working on a coffee table with a 36" x 23" cherry top that needs edge detailing. The long dimension is to be faired and will need cutting with a jigsaw followed by planing, rasping, and sanding....

Ken Parker, a luthier, has just released 11 YouTube episodes on modifying a small plane and a spokeshave for his work. Ken is solid and engaging with no fluff or ego in his videos. I'm saving these...

Matt,
Absolutely true. My wife and I adopted many kittens and young cats from a nearby rescue. We can now laugh at the memory of them defeating all of the barriers and going where they wanted. I...

That's handsome, Matt.


Curt - A few years ago I decided to allow full access to my basement shop when I'm not there. Nothing has been disturbed and no one pees on the floor (even I). Stella, the...

Richard, I have recently given even tools I have loved to people who will love (or like) them and will use them well. I've needed help with my tool acquisitiveness. Last week I bought an earth auger...

Dang, I would love that if we still lived in our NYC loft with 13 foot height ceilings.

I will soon start to make a coffee table for a friend. We are enthused by a beautiful piece I saw on the internet. I think the edge bevel needs a thick board, 1 1/4" to 1 1/2", to show it to...

Mike - I've been doing that with Google. "Cabriole leg coffee table design" has supplied a lot of examples in a high-end style. I've ordered a digital download titled "Contemporary Cabriole Legs"...

I will be making a coffee table for a friend. She would like a secondary shelf a few inches below the top. I'm starting with the legs and considering the various curves I can use. I want grace, not...

I bought an 80 grit crowned 6" CBN wheel from Tools For Working wood. Using a 3600 RPM DeWalt grinder, I get a good hollow and can keep within the lines despite a prominent right hand tremor. No...

Their interest likely reflects their esteem for you, Adam. You give them a guided start in woodworking and they can have fun for life.

Jason - I live in west metro Minneapolis. You may have become my inheritor. We should meet at Fitger's Inn in Duluth this fall or next spring for the transfer of some of my LN regalia. Seriously. I'm...

Chris - I think we are aging out. Many young(er) men are not tempted by woodworking. I can speculate but I don't know. Even demos of hand planing in attempts to find guys to inherit my stuff got no...

My son was married a couple of years ago in the middle of the pandemic. The wedding was small and socially distanced. The following year, on the same day, they had a second "proper" wedding with all...

Yes, less tooling and more output. Show what you have done or are doing. It should be mostly hand work and mostly wood, but may be stained, painted, useful, or or simply entertaining. Whimsy is...

Thanks, Chris!

This has been going on for more than a year and a half. The project went off the rails because I didn't understand veneering, and initially used way too thick boards as veneer. Then, using bandsawn...

I have the DX-60. It is a killer plane, hand-friendly and effective. I will never want another. I put my LN 60-1/2 aside when I acquired the DX.
Just buy it.