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Sorry about delays in providing info. I'm not flash hot on computers and mine crashed and was away for a week being fixed. On return it was missing paint.net and sketch up. Just couldn't reload them....

To Ed and Heather,

I tried to load a photo of the vanity I made so you could decide whether it was what you wanted. The system curtly told me I had already loaded that photo under the thread,"This...

I use lanolin for four reasons

One-- As an old shearer here in Oz pointed out, you never see rust on anything in a shearing shed.

Two --Real lanolin grease sets hard. Don't go for the high tech...

I'm in a real quandary. I built a vanity and showed it on this site. Someone wanted dimensions and plans to build something similar. Now comes the problem. The enquirer caught me just as I had come...

Mike ,
I covered the making and use of a pad in the thread "This french polish really works." The photos show, step by step how to make the pad properly. When using it remember that the early...

Mike,
As I have stated several times on this site, I am totally sold on padding shellac. Spraying has problems because of the fast drying time of meth and brushing needs a really fine brush and can...

Alex,
It's a common misconception that shellac has low resistance to water, but it is not so. Shellac comes from the cover that a beetle uses to protect it's eggs in a rain forest. See my point?...

As I have said before, I use shellac quite a lot. With orange flakes I use an air tight jar and just cover the flakes with meth when I finish in the evening and they are ready next morning. De waxed...

You are truly Neanderthal when, like the UK woodworker Ray Kingshot, you build a davenport and the drop down flap has hand cut concealed dovetails on a mitre at it's edges and you don't think it's...

Dewey,


It's www.ExpertVillage.com How to use a table saw.

Sorry I can't put the flash bits like "push here" If someone will help out a computer illiterate like me and put the site up on this...

As I said i would, I put this on the Australian forum about five hours ago. They are commenting but are in shock. THE EXPERT has also made a video on ripping on the table saw. You ain't seen nothin...

Have to admit I scarcely got through the first video. Very first thing I was ever taught was the hand should never be in front of the cutting edge.

But let's be fair to the guy, he has...

Alex,

I covered the use of shellac as a finish on the thread "This french polish really works. The vanity unit shown is the second I have built using shellac as my preferred finish. For vertical...

Cary,
Don't much care for it myself. Could come all over American and settle for Al. Had a real flash politician here a few years back. His name was Albert. Felt he was too upmarket to call himself...

[quote=Peter Stahl;885295] the biggest richest countries get the most medals.

Hope you blokes will excuse me about medals when I say we are hoping to get a few. I'm from Australia. It's that big...

Cary,
Came into this site and used my real name. It's one no one has ever called me. Old family tradition going back several generations. Get christened Alfred and called Jerry. I've never known why...

Jerry,

I use shellac quite a bit. I don't use ready mix because dry flakes keep indefinitely if sealed and stored properly and in storage the most critical factor is heat. Here in Oz we have...

Cary,

Sorry mate. Old age is a right bugger. Dunno who this bloke Carl was I was talking to.

John,
Did you check out how to make a rubber and other things I touched on in the earlier thread....

Carl,

The padding "technique" is fairly easy to master. In an earlier thread I explained that I load my rubber/pad from the back. My rubber, ( I use the term I was brought up with) has a...

Normally I never give advice unless I have successfully used the technique myself but in this instance I'll break my own rule.

I recently read that one can remove nibs on a final finish by...

My favourite smoother is the HNT Gordon plane. Design is based on Chinese traditional plane. At first the cross handle seems awkward but when you work out that it is as close to the blade as is...

I go along with Steve on this one. Why bother with any other finish than shellac?

One thing I notice is this constant reference to premixed shellac on this forum. I use shellac a great deal and...

Mark,

I am a self confessed shellac enthusiast. The standard orange shellac is a beautiful finish, giving a warmth that few other finishes can even hope to compare to.

It is tough. I have used...

I have not used a paper backed veneer but I use veneer regularly and I think the problem might be that you have laid your veneer along the same grain line as the plywood ground. It's a problem I ran...

Sorry had to get rest of rubber making and view of vanity unit on second submission.

I am a simple soul and this pound mix you use is beyond me. When mixing shellac I simply put the amount of...