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If I only had a 6" jointer and wanted to keep widths wider then 6" then I personally would rip the wider board down the center. I would face joint and edge joint and plane pieces 1/8" heavy and then...

Could you post a picture. If not does your piece end up crowned along the length. Look down the edge to see if this is occurring.

I,ve been coming on to the site for about a month now and truly enjoy reading the question and answers. I own a small specialty lumber company and serve my local COMMUNITY. Community being the key....

I'm in the process of building 6 of these 2- 8x10 and 4- 5x7. Could you let me know where you picked up the brass hardware.

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Air dried moisture content will vary greatly depending on where you live. I live between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Moisture content here is consistantly between 12% to 14%. I see your in Boston so...

Try to put some scrap pieces together and see how it looks. If you show your daughter the scraps made into a small cutting board perhaps then she probably won't put 2 and 2 together. THen you can get...

The first thing to test is the height of the blades. As the other members indicated. More than likely your blades are to low. They suggest you use a straight edge to check the blades but there is...

One of the aspects of my business is kiln dryng. I usually sticker and air dry it first. The members are giving you good advice and I will add to it. Instead of using barn tin I use 3/8 exterior...

Great job! Curious to see if you will give up your secrets. Always looking for unique ideas. Keep up the good work. Look forward to seeing more.

Are you sure it is sap oozing? If you put certain finishes on aromatic cedar in a cedar chest it will react with the the finish and it will ooz. I'm not sure what causes it but 2 of my customers have...

I recently finished my kitchen doors and drawer faces. I did them out of elm. Plywood not easy to get in elm. Using 4/4 I jointed one face and one edge. I then skip dressed the opposite face(just shy...

Try drilling the hole slightly larger. Then take a small square of walnut from the scrap that's approximately the size of a pencil and sharpen it in a pencil sharpener.(You may have to sand it round...

Try to slow your feed rate down. This will make those ridges closer together and less noticable. You won't eliminate them completely. Start with this.

Unfortunately wood is not the perfect medium. We want to manipulate it to do what we want but sometimes the wood has the last word. We take a product of nature and expect it to cooperate. As far as I...

Pin Oak is in the red oak family. You may get lucky and get some nice material off the first log (butt log) but it has a tendency to knot up quickly. It generally grows in low lying areas of the bush...