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  1. My 2 cents

    Lacquer is not expensive. usually 25 bucks at a box store like Lowes. I personally don't hardly ever use a sanding sealer. With maple I would suggest a pre stain wood conditioner. It really does help...
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    Hey William Guess what I'm on Long island and...

    Hey William
    Guess what I'm on Long island and make cabinets. I have a shop thats 1270 sq. ft on the first floor and 500 on the second.
    I do everything in house and when I say in house I mean i...
  3. I have to agree with the lacquer over poly...

    I have to agree with the lacquer over poly comment. The finish with lacqueris just warmer and more professional looking. Poly is very stark. Eventually your going to have to learn lacquers and their...
  4. WOW Lincoln You found me I havent been here for...

    WOW Lincoln
    You found me
    I havent been here for at least a year

    When using the block your using PL Premium adhasive is prefered to mortar especially in your application.
    Its important to set...
  5. Simpson

    It looks like a simpson strong tie.
    You can look in there product catalog for it here
    http://www.strongtie.com/products/alpha_list.html?source=topnav
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    Its not that easy

    Its not as easy to make a door as one would imagine. Its very time consuming. I made 16 oak doors for a customer last year. If they wanted less than 5 I would have bought them but they liked the idea...
  7. exactly

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    I here you David. Mine are perfectly inline. There's also some adjustment on most euro hinges. I use Salice and you can adust them in or out. 3/16ths is an awful lot. I noticed another poster was...
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    Thats odd

    I have had nothing but good service from MM here in the US. Are you n Canada? Here in the US I'm actually able to talk to the guy in the warehouse while he physically walks down my parts. They're...
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    I dont use ant sealer

    I'm a big fan of Gemini coatings there ultra solids is what I spray on just about everything. Its odd that you don't here about them much on these forums as there products are superb. I'm also one...
  10. I would love another router table

    OK so I'm interested in trying this router table.
    Ive been a professional carpenter for over 28 years. I've never done anything else but large scale home improvements and shop work. I use router...
  11. Im in

    Count me in. Come on ay needs new shoes
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    Nice

    SSwwwweeeeeeetttt:)
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    yup

    Your material estimate sounds about right.
    Thats a mighty good price those Cabinet places are quoting you. It won't be the quality of a custom shop or maybe even your own but it will be done in a...
  14. Sorry I'll respectfully wholeheartedly disagree....

    Sorry I'll respectfully wholeheartedly disagree.
    Kickbback is not nearly as life altering as the big bad spinning blade. One second later your mangled for life. Getting cut on the spinning blade IS...
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    hmm

    55$ a man hour. Often I have more than one of us working on a project when it makes sense. Like one guy catching 14' long stock out of the tablesaw. or one guy sanding while the other does...
  16. I like it debarked

    I think live edge looks much nicer debarked. Its also easier to finish and nicer. Note when debarking you have to be painstackingly patient whern removing the bark, I us a very small two cherries...
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    My beloved

    Got some armoires Ive been promising my wife for a year sanded and ready for lacquer. You can only put a wife off for so long before the "when are you going to do my stuff" question wears you out, at...
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    hmmm

    Hi Al
    Thanks for your response.
    Yes I got the letter. "The Trade in Deal" that you reffered to didn't strike me as a "deal" I wanted to make. After paying them $2000 for the machine that didn't...
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    Carvewright Problems

    The carriage that rides back and for the on the rails had a screw break off about 6 months ago and I put the machine on the shelf out of pure frustration with chronic breakdowns and errors.
    I...
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    30" is a good sized sink

    Thirty inches is a good sized sink, I would make it 36"
  21. c

    Thats not it
  22. I did

    I made one like the one in your piccture. However mine is made larger . Mine has been tweaked and rebuilt more than once as it is imperitive that the swing box is perfectly square as the way carving...
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    Long chord

    Do yourself a favor and put a long piece of SJ chord on it.
    Mines about 30' on my MM and Im glad its there quite often
  24. Snappy

    I have a snappy set. Which wasn't the cheapest but have yet to break like so many of the cheap sets Ive bought...
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    Poll: me too

    Me too I like wood magazine more so than the others. It may be to artsy for some but I like it
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