It sounds like Jeff is suggesting a filter on the intake to the booth, not on the exhaust air. I'll have a 3-sided poly booth area, so there's no easy way to filter the intake air. Filters on the...
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It sounds like Jeff is suggesting a filter on the intake to the booth, not on the exhaust air. I'll have a 3-sided poly booth area, so there's no easy way to filter the intake air. Filters on the...
Thanks all for the advice. I'll just be spraying waterborne. Makeup air will be from an open window on the other side of the basement. I live in MN and hope the temperature drop in the winter...
I'm going to set up a spray booth in my basement with poly sheeting hung from the ceiling. It will be near a window, and I'm thinking about an exhaust blower that I would set outside and run the...
Dave,
This series has been absolutely fascinating. Thanks for taking the time to put it all together. When I read the 1st step, I was thinking "Why would anyone turn a sphere?". Now I'm...
John,
Really nice work on those chairs. I'm also interested in building Windsors and bought Pete Galbert's "Chairmaker's Notebook". My biggest obstacle is finding suitable wood. Pete talks...
Nice to hear that you heat treated the blade with torches. Sounds like a low-tech approach that worked for you, so I'm confident it will work for me too.
Derek,
What did you use for a forge when you made your travishers? I bought Claire Minihan's video and want to make one, but I need to figure out how to heat treat the blade. I don't want to...
John,
Nice work on matching that finish. Why did you start yellow, and then add green/red to get brown? Why did you choose that instead of starting with a brown Transtint to get closer for the...
I'll try the local sawmill angle. There's not a lot of board feet in a chair seat, so I guess the price for a single chair isn't a deal breaker. But buying an 8' or 10' plank for one chair seat is...
I'm looking for 8/4 white pine in the Minneapolis area for a Windsor chair. One lumber yard in town wants $7.20/ft for 8/4 white pine which seems a little steep. I'd be interested in any other...
Derek,
Which Mirka hand sanding pad do you use? Sounds like an interesting product.
Bryce
That's a spectacular piece of work. Thanks for showing it to us.
It's clear that rags soaked with drying oils can spontaneously catch fire, and many people put them in a water filled bucket. How do you dispose of a bucket of oily water and rags? If you throw the...
Very well done. What did you use for the finish?
I really like the shape on the edge of the walnut stool. It's very distinctive. Nice clean joinery too.
Evaporust will remove bluing. Much easier to use than acid and you can pour it down the drain when you're done.
I really should do some more testing on finishing. I only put on one coat of Arm-R-seal and didn't like the result. Maybe another coat or two would have been just fine. To strip the 1st finish, I...
A really fine piece of furniture. After taking on a large project that stretches your capabilities, the normal sized projects seem a lot easier.
Good work.
Prashun,
If I recall correctly, I originally sanded it to 320. I'm pretty sure I did the same after stripping the first finish off. I thought the oil based Arm-R-Seal would highlight the curl,...
Here are a few pictures of a curly maple side table I made for my brother for Christmas. I really like this simple shaker design from an article in Fine Woodworking by Christian Becksvoort.
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Brian,
Would you explain your outer clamp in more detail? Is this a store-bought fitting or are you making it? Any chance you could post a picture of one? Sounds like just what I need to...
I like it, especially the back apron with the Z of sapwood. Would have looked good on the top. I've got a fair amount of cherry with sapwood that I've always been cutting around. After seeing...
Really a nice piece of work. I like the last picture with your daughter in it. She'll grow to cherish that piece because her dad made it for her.
Beautiful work Shawn. I once made a damascus knife from a kit, and scratched the blade while sharpening it. I used fine abrasives to polish out the scratches and unfortunately removed the damascus...
I had a 6" jointer that I struggled with. It was touchy to adjust and re-setting the knives after sharpening could take a couple of hours. It was short enough that I couldn't joint large boards and...