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Answering my own question I found some casters made by Kreg on Amazon. Before I order these I'm wondering if anyone has any general advice on the problem?

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David

I'm making a sewing table. I bought some 3" locking casters from McMaster Carr with a 5/16 threaded bolt which goes into a tee nut. The casters are good quality but I've run into an unexpected...

Thanks for the great suggestions everyone. I haven't decided exactly what I'm going to do but I think they'd all work great.

David

I'm building a chest with a curved lid and I seem to have designed myself into a corner. The lid was laminated and bent and is a little over 3/4" thick (pic below) and weighs about 6 lb. The chest is...

Does it have to be one solid piece? Why not make a template with the cross section then route a bunch of 3/4" plywood pieces with the same cross section. Glue them all together and sand it true.

http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=100385

Thanks for the advice everyone. As I said, i've used WeldWood in the past. It's good stuff, but I find that it leaves a discernible glue line. It's tough to get good clamping pressure across a large,...

I'm doing a bent wood project in beech. I've successfully used Dap WeldWood in the past, but it leaves a dark glue line. Any suggestions on an alternative glue that has a lighter color? Something...

Two words: Cross cut sled. Wait that's three words. Anyway, you can build a sled in an hour or two, out of scrap, and never have to think about this problem again. Search on this site for design...

Randy,

I built a toy chest with a box lid. The lid is about 2.5" deep. I used this lid support: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=414&filter=lid. It looks like it's designed for a flat lid,...

Follow-me is definitely the way to go. It took me a long time and several tries to really get the hang of it, but once you've got it, doing stuff like moulding is a breeze.

Here's a video tutorial...

Mike,

That's a pretty cool design. I'm unsure about the acute angle between the side of the drawer case and the leg. Have you considered having the face of the drawer and the side of the drawer...

Bob,

If it were me I'd model the piece in sketchup* and get a feel for how it looks. If I was still unsure, I'd make a full-size model out of cardboard. I find that nothing beats looking at the...

I have an idle question. A lot of those joints look like they're basically end-grain. Assuming someone was unappreciative enough to actually use these as cutting boards, how would they handle the...

Construction photos. These show the cardboard mockup that I used to generate dimensions, gluing up the upright, details of the underside and the final glue-up which is held together with glue and...

I got the idea for this piece while watching the David Marks episode where he builds the koa lamp. That was two and a half years ago, I've been refining the ideas in my head for all that time! With...

The way Zircons work is they frustrate you to the point that you fling them against the wall, and then listen for the "thump" :). I've also tried models by Stanley and others, all junk.

A quality...

I'm in S. Cal, so winter starts sometime in January and by mid February it's done. But my wife has been all over me to build a work table/cabinet for the kitchen. I'll probably have to do that or...

Alan,

If I had that bench I'd have to make another one. I'd be terrified to put a scratch in it. That's not a workbench, that's a work of art!

David

I have the performax 16/32 and I can't say I love it. But I use it an awful lot. It's one of those tools that you don't know you need until you have it. Dust collection is non-negotiable, the tool...

I've never built a "perfect" piece. Even if it's just the finish that has a blemish, there's always something. Once in a very great while I'll mess something up so badly that I'll toss it into the...

Most 2x4s at HD look like the twigs they're cut from. But last year I found a dry, dead straight, quarter sawn 2x4x8 with 22 visible growth rings. It was something like $1. I guess it fell onto the...

I have a grizzly 555x (it's a little more robust than the 555 and has bearings instead of guide blocks) with riser. I find myself resawing quite a lot. Mostly making veneers. I don't love resawing,...

Can you run your router like a vertical jointer? i.e. have the outfeed edge of the fence aligned with a straight bit and run the piece through vertically? That way you should be able to make light...

I just built a spline jig for making boxes, picture frames etc. The blade that I normally use on my table saw is a Forrest WWII. It has an atb grind which doesn't leave a square groove for the...