Thanks Phil,
Thanks for the warning from your resaw experience - maple may cup. Almost every board! I had no such problems resawing white oak. I wonder if one picked the grain carefully in...
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Thanks Phil,
Thanks for the warning from your resaw experience - maple may cup. Almost every board! I had no such problems resawing white oak. I wonder if one picked the grain carefully in...
Hi,
Are there stability or other issues with hard eastern maple, more so than white oak?
I have done one project where I bandsaw cut WHITE OAK veneer, and that went very well. Veneer was cut...
did you ever consider getting filters from
http://www.wynnenv.com/replacement_filters.htm
they say them make a better filter than the one that comes with the unit.
Their 12 x 24 x 1 is not...
Does anyone have the JDS Air-Tech HP????? Any comments on how well it works? Does it have 3 speeds?
In addition to the cyclone dust system I have to pick up most dust at source, I am...
Thank you! Your point on pressure drop is well taken. My heat pump is a 3 ton, the filter size is not yet determined but will try to get the surface area up and the velocity down as you suggest. ...
WHAT FILTERS TO USE?
WHAT MICRONS SHOULD BE FILTERED OUT TO PROTECT A HEAT PUMP?
Air handlers for heat pumps do not do well with wood dust - gums up the coil, affects the system, can invalidate...
HI,
I just started looking at Bob Flexner's excellent FIRST book. The copy I got out of my library is is written in 1994. This old version does not have anything about oil/wax finishes in...
Im new to finishing, and correct me if Im wrong......
original question: What is the future of these oil-based finishes for the rest of us?
Maybe restate the question: are there any oil based...
Hello,
Thank you for all your replies. My cabinet is veneered on both sides.
I am new to veneering, and this concern about oil finish solvents soaking through veneer and dissolving...
Can I use a natural oil finish on veneer?
By natural oils finish I mean tung oil, or products like oli natura, or osmo polyx oil.
I have just heard that no natural oil finish is...
If you put wax over a tung oil finish, doesnt the wax stop you from putting more tung oil on later?
If you do want to touch up the tung oil finish, now wit wax on top of it, what do you have to...
I am testing Lee Valley Polymerized Tung Oil Sealer, and Polymerized High Luster Tung Oil. (HLTO) The 2 are used together, first 2 applicatins of the sealer, then because I want a flater finish, I...
I am looking for a recommendation for a durable waterproof finish for a white oak vanity top.
Objective: a satin or flat finish, not glossy, leaving the wood as natural as possible and...
to edge glue or not to....I will. ive cut my veneer to 3/16 thickness. Each flitch is bandsaw rough on one side, jointer planed smooth on the other. I'll edge glue up the veneer panels, glue...
Ted, what is the purpose of edge gluing?
What is the down side of not edge gluing if one follows the procedure here where I cant see that they edge glue at all:...
Jamie, about veneer tape
you said
"My experience with masking tape in a vacuum press is bad. The adhesive is semi-liquid, and the press' pressure squeezes it into the pores of the wood. It...
Jamie,
Can you recommend a good source for the Lennox Woodmaster CT bandsaw blade? In Canada? or Usa, if that is where you are. I have the Laguna LT16.
Point taken on the veneer tape. But...
Jamie,
You said before that "I generally saw at .1", and expect to net .08" or so." How are you sanding off the last .02"?
Can a thickness sander go that fine? I am wondering how much thickness...
Thank you all for addressing my questions. The idea of not to edge glue it at all seems quite good. And if I can I will go that route, and set my final thickness target to the what has been...
I am looking for advice just one specific step of a veneer project, namely, how to glue the edges to make up a larger veneer sheet. I have never done this before.
The project is to veneer...