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I took a 2 day turning class and was very happy with it. In fact, I could have gone home after the first day and felt I got my money's worth. It's not a super equipped and staffed school like Marc...

The reason you so often see benchtops made of narrow strips is because flatsawn lumber is more common than quartersawn. If you have a flatsawn slab you rip it into strips, turn them on edge, then...

Walnut lightens with age (actually, with light exposure). And, no, the sapwood doesn't darken. It stays the same white. If I remember I'll take some pictures tonight of an entertainment center I...

I have two infill shoulder planes that I made from kits by the now defunct Hoosier Tool. The end product is probably the same as the Shepherd kits. I built a 1-1/2" and a 1". If I were to have...

Paul Schurch has an excellent picture of how to sharpen a veneer saw on his website:

http://www.schurchwoodwork.com/tools/index.html#nine

Basically, you file it like you would a rip saw then...

I have metal planes and use them, but the basic bench planes I use for 90% of my work are wooden. Cast iron planes are just too darned heavy. Flattening a panel is work enough without having to...

Are your edge jointed boards also convex? I've found two things to cause this: having one of the tables dip near the cutterhead or having the knives too low. The latter is easier to fix and is...

I certainly didn't call biscuits a complete waste. I don't use them very often but there are places where I do, such as for face frames on utility cabinets. I've never worked mesquite so I'm not...

Apples and oranges. When people say biscuits don't add strength they're talking about long grain to long grain, not long grain to end grain. Clearly a long grain to end grain joint (such as where...

My Delta did the same thing, although the threads weren't completely stripped they were worn out enough that cranking it was really difficult. I just replaced it this weekend with the one from...

That's how I did my 14" Delta, although I mounted my fitting at the bottom center of the door. It works pretty well - certainly miles ahead of the stock pick up.

However, if I had it to do over...

There's nothing inherently superior about a Japanese or Western style saw. The reason they're often recommended for beginners on a budget is because you can get a sharp, properly set Japanese...

I needn't have worried. The glue cleaned up fine with a card scraper and some sanding. I edge banded it yesterday and got a couple coats of shellac on it for protection until I figure out what I'm...

One way is to do plunge cuts with a circular saw and finish up the corners with a handsaw. Personally, I would use a thin kerf blade to rip the board, saw out the drawer fronts, and reglue. Unless...

I glued up my first veneered panel yesterday. It's a four way matched walnut burl. I used Unibond 800 and got a good bit of bleed through. Before I start going to town on it with a scraper, will...

On Paul Schurch's website he doesn't give any detail about what the video covers. It says he covers the basics (selecting, flattening, etc) then covers decorative veneering. What does he mean by...

I'm curious if anyone has used the urea glue from Veneer Systems at http://www.veneersystems.com/supplies_02.html

It looks like it comes in powder form and is mixed with water. At $13.86 a gallon...

I'm doing one room in the house in all quartersawn sycamore. This morning I rubbed out the shellac and brought this display cabinet upstairs. Yesterday I glued up a blanket chest. This afternoon...

Are you thinking of this one?

http://home.insightbb.com/~sepost/Picts/WW/taylor_at_desk.jpg

If so, it's from the November '95 (#83) issue. My daughter used this one until she was 5 or 6 when...

I just ordered a Compact 100 from vacupress a few minutes ago. They gave me both videos for the price of one since I was ordering the press at the same time. That's a heck of a deal. I almost...

Thanks Roger and Dave. I'm going to order one tommorrow. Have either of you (or anyone else) seen either of the videos sold by Vacupress? They have "Working with Veneer" and "Working in a Vacuum"....

I'm trying to get opinions from owners of the Compact 100 veneer press from www.vacupress.com or the similar one sold by www.qualityvak.com. I'd like to do some veneering but it won't be a mainstay...