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Timothy-

Waterlox satin, if stirred well, approaches matte moreso than satin. It is flatter than most satins I have used, anyway. It is just about as hard and resistant to chemicals and...

For whatever it's worth, there is a book, sold round and about in the such as Woodcraft on Guitar finishing, in which there are a few pages of color charts, with ratios and combinations of primary...

I think the main advantage to the Zinnser products is that they are dewaxed and simply convenient. They also give you the ratios of alcohol that produce various cuts. The wax issue is relevant when...

Jeff-

Thanks a lot. I deem myself less insecure. I quit using Bartley exactly because of its tendency to set up too fast on large surfaces, leaving lap marks and the such. I found that Zar was a...

I'll throw my vote in favor of Waterlox. It has the long molecule configuration that is slightly flexible and can take another coat long after the likes of polyurethane has become brittle and...

I mistakenly posted this under Power Tools and Woodworking. Sorry. Let me try here, where it is appropriate.

I am refinishing two table leaves and have made three new ones. The originals are about...

I am refinishing two table leaves and have made three new ones. The originals are about a hundred years old, and were nearly black with age and whatever stain was used originally. The tops sanded out...

I studied it all out, as best one can, and concluded that the Woodhaven horizontal mortising rig, which uses a router, is benchtop size and works like the large metal rigs on the european combination...

Paul-

I come down, with Schrieber, on the notion that a guided rail system and a band saw can largely replace the need for a table saw and with a much smaller footprint, and with enhanced safety....

Newcomers to woodworking are blessed these days with perhaps a fundamentally profound choice in terms of how they configure their embryonic shop. Before the later 1800s woodworkers moved hand tools...

Thanks All:

My intense web work and a few telephone calls indicates that (apparently) the peel and stick adhesive is a 3M pressure activated glue which goes down with cauls, a special spatula or a...

Gang-

New project for me: Refacing a kitchen full of cabinets.

Question: Do any of you have experience or know where I can find info on the 'peel and stick' veneer commonly used by the...

I haven't accumulated much I don't use regularly. My favorites are the Starrett 12" (with 45 degree also), a small engineer's square, a framing square and a Veritas corner square to trace a line...

The split shows from the top to bottom of the panel, though it is wider in the thicker part of the panel. as though the panel had been glued along both sides and shrunk during a dry spell, causing a...

All-

Glad to be back on-line after a few weeks in Europe and catch-up on return.

I have a six panel door (exterior) which I've been asked to fix. One of the lower panels is spit top to bottom...

Don-

That's "class" any way you cut it. I'd give anything to be close to your shop, and you'd find me quite the pest. Beautiful work. Are those chairs as old as I take them to be? Someone,...

Jack-

Tell your wife you've been offered a job on the Florida coast and that about the only thing that could convince you to stay where you are would be to use the extra space. Good luck.

Jack...

Todd-

Beautiful work and, more importantly, "creative" work. This kind of post does much more for those of us entering serious woodworking, as it opens up the imagination and sense of...

Looks like you have some space on the way. All for a workshop? If so, I'm green with envy. Keep us posted on the progress.

Jack

Alan-

I'm not far from you over here in VA and have 5 acres of mostly large poplars with a few oaks and hickory scattered around. The responses to your question give me hope that I can do...

Great piece of delicate work. Welcome aboard. This is a really great site.

Jack

All-

Jim Taylor mentioned several programs for the Mac, including Design Intuition, with which he was not familiar.

I have been engaging with DI as a demo and conducting a tutorial with the...

Mac-

What a beauty. Truly an heirloom. The crotch panel is a WOW!!!

Jack

Terry-

Good looking work. Really good looking. I marvel at those of you who keep things that neat and cleaned up, even once.

The wall treatment is interesting. What gives the appearance of...

Scott-

My lamentations, actually, for both of us. For you, they are for what you have experienced (but surely will never have to endure again.) For me, they are for the job I'm commencing which...