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Great - thanks for the info, guys. I have a direction now, just need to decide on color!

I did a remedial search, and found a lot of "poly over paint", but no paint over poly. Excuse me if this has been beaten to death, but...

...I have some end tables I built about 25 years ago. ...

Thanks Maurice! I'll look up an SDS.

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Here's some info on the Watco. I didn't know it was anything more than mineral oil......

Hi all -

I'm making a couple spatulas from some nicely figured birch. Typically I just oil such things (walnut or mineral), but the figure is nice enough on these I'm wondering if there's a way...

Great - now​ I want to make my own dovetail saw! Great write-up Derek. Thanks!

Valid. I'm hoping someone knows something, but I'm happy with the hatchet, so it's all cake. I think it'll be good for what I want to do with it, and again, down the slope I go!

Thanks Tyler. Ironically, I went to college in Kalamazoo. Great town. Now, if I'm reading this correctly, the stamp indicates this predates the 1894 name change? Kind of makes me wonder if there...

Hi all -

I'm apparently sliding down a new slope - found this on FB today. Stamped Page Mfg. Co. I probably overpaid, but I like it.
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Thanks David - exactly what I was looking for!

Scott, marveling at how great The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly really is...

Hi all -

I have a Delta 46-700 lathe that I'm hoping to put back to work. I need a stand for it. Didn't have one when I bought it used. A while (good while) back I built a bench that was to...

Hi, Adrian -

I have the exact setup you have. One of my benches is placed where yours currently resides, and yes, using the face vise is awkward. I have another bench on the same wall, but...

Geoff -

I'm thinking about picking up one of these as a project, too - how'd your restoration turn out?

Scott

Okay, that's a drag.

Hi, all -

I've finished filing and setting my project back saw, and it's drifting:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2906/13966460029_6f00ebf9eb.jpgP1020094 by Scott --, on Flickr

I've...

So a couple months ago (maybe more) I picked up a pretty worn Richardson Bros 10" back saw:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5329/13453328675_38b36d76f1.jpgRichardson Bros. 10" backsaw... by Scott...

Okay, setting aside the remarkable table you've got there, I'm gobsmacked by the fact that you have carpeting in your shop?!

Thanks for all the thoughts, everyone. I have some money to burn at LV (a rarity), so I'm adding the file holder to the cart. It may prove unnecessary with practice and experience, but I'll take...

Hi, all -

I'm gearing up to learn to file my own saws. I'm starting with a 12 PPI rip backsaw. Have the files needed to joint and sharpen. Am considering the Veritas saw file holder...

Chris, next time you find yourself up this way, stop by and I'll hook you up with some.

I'm planning on riving it to manageable pieces and letting it dry. There are a bunch of small projects I've...

Got 'em off the truck, easy peasy. The boy helped me roll them out of the way. Need to get them sealed.

Thanks, David. First order of business is getting them home without them sliding forward into the cab of my truck. Then getting them off-loaded.

The tree was very large, and very old. And the...

Not sure how I'm going to get it out of the truck, though.

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Apple by Scott --, on Flickr

They're about 22-28" diameter, a little...

Pat, if anything the replacement tote I made is thicker than the original, but I think they're pretty close. I need to post a photo of the two totes overlaid - I think the arc in the handle of the...

Tony, I used the original tote, er, handle as a pattern, kinda, then went rogue on it, so there's no gaurantee that anything lines up as it should. There's no kink in the plate, and came back from...

Thanks, George. When I made the alternate handle, I was just basing it on pictures and what I thought looked comfortable and pleasing. No concept for any ergonomics. And, like I said, the edges...