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My wife came out to the shop not long ago and saw how the nitrile gloves I wear often tear easily after just a little use.
She was at the hospital last week (she's a midwife) and found some fitted...

Best thing to my mind is the bar clamps.
They work better than the junky Irwin's I bought at Lowe's, and for less than half the money.
If you need a lot of them, and you do, its a great way to go....

Rick,
Really nice job on the restoration. I especially like the white wheel.
I'll definitely be getting in touch. I've already gotten some white paint for the doors from SCM, but am looking for a...

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After looking around for a while, I came across a 1989 SC 600 that looked pretty good.
The only downside is its 3 phase, but given that I paid $850 for it, I figure I can get a...

I need some help interpreting the drawings of the Gamble Bookcase in Bob Lang's book Shop Drawings for G &G Furniture. I don't think its just my inexperience; I've asked some woodworking friends (one...

Brent,

Can you say more about how the center nut is the weak spot? Do the threads tend to wear quickly or does it pull out from where it should be? I've checked quite a few things (the...

So what color should paint it?
Black is the old standby, but a little boring...
Over at the Iron Hand they've got some different color schemes, my favorite is probably the olive green down at the...

Been saving my money for an Emmert for awhile. The guy I share a shop with has a K-1 that I've been using more and more frequently. I didn't see one at the MWTCA meet here in Georgia a few weeks back...

[QUOTE=Jim Rimmer;1877946]Great looking table. And, yea, there's a lot of difference between African and Honduran mahogany. I just finished 2 end tables of Honduran. I'll be posting pics soon.
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A couple months back, I posted my first completed woodworking project in the hopes reviewing my first full year building furniture with a sort-of retrospective of the past year's work. It was the...

Oh, yeah, I've cut my pieces long ago. I decided to forgo the projector or the copier blow-up and just work it out by eye.
I made a full size sketch last week the day after I posted this. I used...

This is the only photo of the original I could find online....

Dave, sorry to take so long getting to your question. Its been a busy week...

The initial impetus to my question is that I don't think that the legs look the same on the tables I linked to.
I...

Thanks for the suggestion, Brian. I just ordered it and will be interested to see if its in there.

I'm looking to build a Shaker round stand like the one found in Christian Becksvoort's article in FWW #110. (You can see it here.) The one he builds there is patterned off the original that was...

1. Bruce Hoadley, Understanding Wood is the go-to guide. It will take me years to really process it all. Make sure you get the revised edition. The pictures are in color and are far more helpful.
2....

I helped a friend build a bench last year, and we were looking for something tough for the top of the tail vise box. The fella at the lumber yard out in Swannanoa, N.C. said that locust was harder...

In the end I didn't mind the sapwood much, but for the most part I'd tend to agree with you, Wally. That sapwood piece that ended up being the back leaf was initially supposed to be cut up for the...

This post is the first in what I hope will be several that chart the course of my work over the past year or so.
A little over a year ago I set up my bench and hand tools over at a friend's shop....

Hah! Silly me. Here this whole time I was thinking it was a chest of drawers. Obviously I didn't pay much attention to the dimensions you had there. In that case it really changes my impression of...

I'll second a lot of the positive comments (wood selection, joinery, feet, etc.).
Really nice work. I have yet to take on a large case like this, so I applaud your attention to detail.
But let me...

First, let me second everything Scott has said about the SW fast-dry varnish. It does not wipe on or cure well.
I recently had trouble with it (again!) on a walnut table. I was thinning with naphtha...

Those legs look so good that wherever this table ends up, they're gonna put a mirror on the floor just so they can look at 'em all the time.

Oh and I should add, the rounding on the edge treatment...

Prashun, I really like it so far. I just found this thread tonight and followed each one of your choices with approval. It looks great. As a novice, I don't have any advice to give, but I did run...

I'm finishing a cherry dining table using the "paper-towel method" Jeff Jewitt suggested in a past FWW article, but am having a terrible time getting the varnish to lay down (i.e. there are...