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Keep in mind that it's the top coat that determines the sheen of the finish. You can spray 10 coats of gloss and a top coat of flat, and you've got a flat finish. Same thing works in reverse. ...

After reading this thread yesterday, I decided to use part of my day off today to go check out Wall Lumber. I live about 15-20 miles from them, in Belews Creek, NC. Absolutely fantastic people. ...

Thanks for the advice... I'll try the automotive sandpaper. I'm sure the block plane would work fine with a slight depression, but it's kinda a personal preference... I'd like for the sole to be...

Picked up a brand new No. 9-1/2 and No. 5 Bailey the other day, my x-mas present to myself. I'm in the process of tuning up the block plane now, and this is ridiculous! When I jointed the sole of...

any cold-press glue will work

be careful using regular yellow glue for bent lam, as the tension can allow it to cold-creep over the years. Doesn't happen often, but I've seen it before.

I don't know about the panel size, but I can help with any electrical questions. You can use any compact fluorescent lamp you like in a recessed can so long as it fits. Take a bulb to where you're...

Beautiful work Jim, I feel your pain with the wenge. I've unsuccessfully tried to turn a couple bowls from it and thought maybe flat work would be more suited to the medium, but I guess not!
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The plugs are functional in that they cover #12 x 3" wood screws that hold the breadboard ends on. The very center plug is decorative. The two small ones outside that conceal wood screws in round...

Thanks everyone for the very kind comments. This is my second piece of furniture (if you want to call my first project, a stickley tabouret table, furniture), and I honestly did not expect the...

It's african mahogany... I had to pick through about 1500 bd. ft. of some really gnarly stuff to come up with what I did. One of my boards in the top twisted between milling and glue-up, hence the...

For those who read Popular Woodworking, this is my spin on the Greene & Greene style library table from the November '07 issue. I made some changes, such as altering the dimensions of the top (the...

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crook is a bend where the face grain stays flat and the edge grain becomes curved.

It's called a roman ogee foot. Cut the cove by clamping a fence diagonally across your table saw and run the piece diagonally across the blade. Work slowly with light cuts and a good sharp blade. ...

your biggest enemy is solid wood table tops... and the solution is table top mounting clamps. Rip a kerf in the the side skirts and install these guys instead of using pocket screws or other means...

I picked up a fractional dial caliper from HF for around $20. It's plenty accurate for woodworking, reads in 64ths, and is quite well made. A friend of mine ordered a fractional dial caliper from...

I picked up a Swanson Accur8 8" folding square today for $5.60 on clearance @ Lowes. Normally it's around $30. Not sure if all...

Wow, thanks for all the info... So basically, shellac will seal the wet wood better than the varnish? Is there anything I can mix with the shellac to make it more flexible, so it can better...

In our school's shop there are random bottles labeled "Bowl Finish" that all students use... as it turns out, the "secret finish mixture" is just thinned down spar varnish with a little BLO. It...

I'm starting a project for a friend who wants a Greene & Greene style mahogany coffee table and two end tables. The idea is to keep it as original as possible to how the Hall brothers would have...

marking knives! use a white aluminum oxide griding wheel to take what's left of the teeth off, then hollow-grind a profile you can hone.

beats paying $30 apiece for marking knives from Lee...

depending on what kind of radius you're looking for, a slickplane could work very well for less than $20.

neat tool to have anyway.

your local hardware store should have an edge-banding trimmer... the last one I bought was a yellow plastic piece with a razor blade mounted 90 degrees to a square face.

A laminate trimmer...

a good electrical supply house will sell you exactly the length of rubber cord you need, and they should be knowledgeable enough to tell you what size you need based on the hp of the motor (or post...

attaching the top "firmly" to the apron will likely just split the apron when the top moves. Your best bet is to either use quartersawn boards or to glue up the top from 2"-3" strips of hickory and...