Stopped or through dado is best, but small cleats underneath the shelf or micro-dowels would be fine, too. You can use clipped-off finish nails as dowels: beaucoup strong & easy.
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Stopped or through dado is best, but small cleats underneath the shelf or micro-dowels would be fine, too. You can use clipped-off finish nails as dowels: beaucoup strong & easy.
Noah: plastic laminate is Formica/Wilsonart. Phenolic resin core with a melamine-type thermofused paper facing.
Laurie: Yep. A full-service lumberyard should have sample chains of both Wilsonart...
Hi, Charles. I have a 14" Bridgewood, the cheapie version of the iconic Delta. Used it much in my weird-curved-work days, but it was always a piece of trash and has become more trouble to keep...
Nancy: Thanks. Any line borer can take 5mm or 1/4" (my preference) bits -- the shanks of both are a standard 10mm. Very few come with bits. I can get CMT bits for about $6 a pop, no biggie.
The...
I desperately need to move from manual shelf pin hole drilling to a small line borer. Have looked at the Conquest Mini13, but I rather like the power & features of Toola's little beastie. Has...
Well-jointed edges form a really strong butt-joint in under five minutes. Tight-fitting M&T or dovetail joints swell and lock almost instantly with water-based glues. I glue up panels vertically...
A scraper ground to the right curvature could do it. Lots of elbow work, tho. Could rough it with an angle grinder or dado stack, finish up with scraper or spokeshave or stepped grits (60-150) on a...
Hi, Jeff. A portable bench top for reference surface, some hand planes, and a small planer might serve. Tho I couldn't live without my jointer. Some winding sticks and a good straightedge put you...
Sorry for your pulped finger, Matt. Jointer doesn't even leave anything to reattach.
I did much the same a couple years back -- jointing a thin, crowned strip; in a hurry to go hang doors; strip...
Hi, Joe. See Hoadley, page 81 for a graphical view of why gluing bark (sap)- to - pith is a bad idea in quartersawn lumber.
Rob: The wider the quartersawn board, the more pronounced the wood movement differential from one edge to the other. A 12" wide Q-sawn board (Wow! I'd love to find that) means one edge is very dense...
Hi, Gil. For flatsawn stock, there are two opposing camps: those who think alternating heart/sap wood cancels out seasonal cupping; and those who think uniform cupping is easier to control &...
Even the best blade is prone to tearout on the bottom of the cut, which can become an issue if you want clean laminations viewable from both sides. Esp. an issue with thin-strip ripping, & with...
Hi, James. After burning through two Dewalts, a Makita, and a Klingspor (Bosch DVS relabel); and after fighting loud Shop Vacs, lousy & staticky hoses, and ridiculous clip-on dust cannisters; I...