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A charity group I'm part of does a crawfish boil every spring with several raffels, "games", etc. intended to raise money. I've been asked to build a mouse track for races, which I'd never even...

I had a similar thing happen to me. I sent my resaw king in for sharpening and now I can't get it to cut straight. Even dull, that blade was accurate as can be - until I had it sharpened.

I recently finished a 10' x 3' table top. I literally poured the finish straight from the can and then spread it around quickly with half of an old white t-shirt. Then wiped down the length of the...

ARS add a bit of "warmth", doesn't it? Other oil based finishes I've used have.

Do you guys start with Seal-A-Cell before using ARS?

All great thoughts, thanks. I definitely plan to attach the top to the base in the cabin. And the legs/base will definitely need to be quite sturdy. Lots of buffoonery happens at the cabin

I've been researching this forum for 90+ minutes and like everything I've read about subject finish. One question however; I'm finishing a table top that is 10' long and 40" wide. That's a lot of...

The boys at my hunt cabin asked me to build a large table that matches a bar top I made many years ago. It's become as much a "supper club" as hunt club :). Anyway, the requested size is 10 feet...

I really like Owl Hardwood Lumber. They have two locations, but the one in Des Plains has much more selection. I moved away 22 years ago, and still make the 6 hour round trip to shop there

I'm sure this sounds like heresy on a forum like this, but I'm considering wood look tile now. Just shopping around I found sample floors, and it looked pretty darn good.

Helps a lot, thanks Guys.

I'm about to have about 2600 ft of hardwood flooring installed. I've shopped around my smallish town a bit, and Bellawood from lumber liquidators price seems almost too good to be true. Google...

That used to be my table! I'm thrilled you're actually putting it to good use!

That was awesome, thanks for posting. Made my afternoon!

Thanks everyone!

I've read that alkyd and oil based paints will have a reaction with the galvanized surface, forming a lye based soap causing the paint to flake off.

I built a contraption to hold swimming pool "float-ies" out of galvanized pipe. I had no idea it was going to be so hard to paint however. I've sanded it somewhat, used mineral spirits to remove...

My wife's hobby is fused/slumped glass. She made a beautiful round piece of glass art about 12" in diameter. I need to make a display stand that holds it so we can donate it to a charity auction...

I have a project that requires one of these, but I'm a little confused regarding how they work. I want a 1/2" slot, which is easy enough to find a bit for, but isn't that an awful lot to hog out all...

Assuming the underside of the shelf board isn't view-able to anyone who isn't on their knees, you cold locate the stud closest to the center of the shelf and put a pocket hole screw into it from the...

I've used quite a bit of wenge on several projects. I've had outstanding results with both oil based (Behlen's) and water based finishes (General Finishes Enduro-var).

If you wouldn't mind sharing, I'd love to read about your finishing schedule. I'm not far from beginning the finish process on a similarly figured maple entertainment center.

I have a Performax 16-32 and I absolutely hate it. Used properly it will get the job done, but it takes far too long - it's underpowered, trips way too often and is just too touchy. Requires way...

When I need to produce curves, arches, and such I typically build templates out of MDF and use my router. This eliminates most of the errors introduced by my inaccurate sawing. However, it almost...

I see folks claim that precision isn't important in woodworking because the wood's going to move anyway. Well, I get that, but have you ever cut the pieces necessary to assemble something, say a...