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Made up? https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=baltic+brown+granite+
Yes, sigh, I know traditional for Stickley is QS white oak. I don't know why I still post here every year or two.

Hello Sawmill Creek:
I have a large slab of Baltic Brown Granite that I intend to use as part of a Stickley 622 dining room table top. The slab is not quite big enough so I will frame around it...

Hello All:
I'm going to mix up some 1/3 1/3, 1/3 Sam Maloof/ Bob Flexner finish. In the past I have used Pratt and Lambert #38 but its no longer available.
Could any of you tell me what is the...

Hello All:
After reading quite a bit on the internet and the Sam Maloof thread on this forum, I decided to try a DIY oil finish. I have mixed up 1/3rd Pratt and Lambert #38 (as suggested by Scott...

Hello All:
There are several variations of home made slot mortising tables on the web. Most have separate handles for sliding in each direction or a somewhat complex 2D joystick. My solution to a...

Update: I cut into two of the ends with the worst checking. None of the cracks was more than 7/8" deep.
I'm about to redo the whole process but with a modifications:
1. I have sealed the ends with...

That's a great idea! I can cut into it with my slot mortiser for a plug and that would allow me to see how far in the crack goes. Thanks very much!

Yes, air dried or green would be great but none is available around Salt Lake City as far as I can tell.

Thanks Scott. I agree that the soaking and drying is the cause of my issues. When I originally did test pieces it was still cold here in Utah so the pieces took a long time to dry. No checking in...

Thanks Kevin and Mark. I'm not thrilled about wasting some of the most highly figured QS oak I've ever seen, but that's better than having the chair start splitting in a few years. I appreciate the...

Hello All:
I'm working on a couple of Morris chairs with steam bent arms and back slats. In order to bend kiln dried QS white oak, I've been soaking them in Downy fabric softener and its been...

Hi Bill:
All your points are perfectly valid. In fact, I had considered them and asked myself many times why I was doing it. I'll even throw in one more point: I run almost everything over the...

Sure Ryan, here you go. Not much to it, just two 1/4-20 screws. Note one of the many holes in the rail that was part of my trial and error process.
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Thanks fRED, I had not heard that the Wixey would get buggy after a while. Good to know.
FWIW, the parts I used to modify my Unifence cost less than $15. It might be an affordable alternative for a...

Hi Keith:
Sorry, I should have explained that. Its just a coupler nut cut in half along its length. Actually probably more like a third. Its just cut open so it can mesh with the threaded rod. Both...

Yes, its easy to fine tune. From the original post: Its simple to rotate the nut by 1/12 of a rotation (from a flat to a point) which gives a travel of ~0.005 inches.

Thanks Ted. Anything Incra can do with their 1/32 tooth racks you can do with threaded rod and half of a coupler nut!
One note of caution: Make sure the threaded rod is really 16 threads per inch....

Thanks. Yes, it does look like that but I zero'd the caliper for blade width.
Cheers,
Jim

Hello All:
I'm sure some of you have seen Jeremy Schmidt's tablesaw fence with incremental positioning. I had thought about making one but I really like my old Delta Unifence. I spent quite a bit...

Thanks guys! Will be steaming up the rails!
Cheers,
Jim

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I am building a Stickley 336 Morris Chair replica like the one you see below. The plans call for curved back rails and I am debating making those straight or curved. I can see where the...

Thanks for posting this Matt. I had no idea they were so limited.

Toyota Setsuma is claimed to be built with traditional Japanese joinery. I'm not a car guy, but if I was I would be saving up for one. Or, better still, looking for a set of plans!
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Thanks Mike! I liked your post and its good to hear you still like that set up 10 years later.
Cheers,
Jim

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I agree. Here is the thread I alluded to. Some agree with you and me others voice safety concerns that I can't follow.