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When using ArmRSeal, I follow the directions and wipe off the excess. It leaves a very thin coat which feels dry to the touch within an hour. They still recommend the overnight wait for curing. Since...

I've been turning bowls for about a year, and have experimented with several finishes. Coming from making furniture, I'm used to laying down a finish and waiting overnight before adding another....

I cleaned up, re-handled and sharpened an old British small tool box size saw (can't remember maker right now), and used a hybrid sharpening- rip with a bit of fleam- and I've been very pleased with...

Ditto on George's comments for Spyderco. I've been using them for many years. As an aside, in a pinch, you can sharpen kitchen knives on the back of any ceramic dinnerware that doesn't have a fired...

I'm up for renewal with PWW, and about to decide to go digital since I now do lots of reading on my iPad. Having gotten a variety of woodworking magazines for 40 years, I've seen lots of articles...

Most of my work is in walnut. I plane, scrape the gnarly spots, then even things out with a light sanding with some 220-320. Looks good enough to impress friends and relatives.

With all the chatter over the years of reading posts about various stones, I've often wondered why the ceramics were not mentioned more often. I guess I lucked up many years ago when I bought a set...

Many years ago I took a class with a local woodworking hotrod who recommended doing the heavy metal removal on plane flattening with a large single-cut file using the draw-filing technique. It...

Looks like that falls under the rule, "you can't fix stupid!"

Thanks. This is the kind of experience based info I'm looking for.

Thanks. I'll check Freightquote. Didn't know about that site.

Thanks for your suggestions. Looks like for the scale of work I plan to do, crating and common carrier will be the likely method. I'll still need to do some more research on costs to do that, but...

It was recently announced that Poplular Woodworking and Woodworking will merge. Woodworking Magazine was heavy into hand tools, had no advertising and B&W interior photos.

I'm researching the ins and outs of making and selling furniture I've made- mostly small tables, desks, and chests. Although I think there are several local stores that will sell my pieces, the...

Very nice restoration! I've got oldies from #3 to #8, and for the scale of work I do, I often pick up my #6.

As a long time subscriber to several of those magazines, including FWW, I have to say you've really nailed the current situation. I get really frustrated with some of the lame articles I see in...

Was doing some more sharpening this evening and re-read that section in Leonard Lee's sharpening book. He said that adding some fleam to a rip pattern eases cutting through difficult grain. Makes...

Thanks Derek. What I had in mind in asking the question is to see what is the effect of adding just a few degrees of fleam to a zero rake rip pattern dovetail saw with 15 ppi. To me, I would expect...

One of the interesting things about researching this subject is the subjective variations on the instructions and advice I've seen. Tage Frid wrote that he always changed any crosscut saws he...

I've been steadily improving my saw sharpening skills by reading lots of sources and practicing on a bunch of old saws I've accumulated. Dovetail saws are of particular interest, and I do OK when...

I do most of my work in walnut. That's a great idea. I'll be trying that. By the way, I use a white lead pencil for other marking, as in keeping up with the mating pieces of joints I've cut so that...

Now you've got me all hot to visit this place. I live in the Charlotte area so can get to most NC locations fairly quickly. Please let us know where this is ( not that I NEED any more tools:)).

As far as heat buildup goes, I saw a tip in one of the mags (can't remember which one) about using a piece of flexible sheet magnet between your thumbs and the scraper to insulate from the heat. ...

I was wondering when someone would mention wax. For years, I've used common Johnson's floor wax for all my hand tools and cast iron. I won't say it would protect for multiple years, but I've gotten...

I love reading all the posts about dovetails and tools and techniques and such. I've cut quite a few so far with decent results using everying from the very cheap saws (with some tuning), old...