I have done this many times. Make a setup jig from a scrap of your side material. Place cut from whatever edge you decide will be against the fence, then adjust groove depth to just a hair from going...
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I have done this many times. Make a setup jig from a scrap of your side material. Place cut from whatever edge you decide will be against the fence, then adjust groove depth to just a hair from going...
9mm veneer seems awfully thick to be gluing onto immovable plywood. The veneer will expand and contract. The substrate will not. IMHO
I never worry about planer knife nicks. The fine ridges sand off easily. I like knots in walnut...they add character. I fill with 5 minute epoxy colored with rotten stone. I've used 100s of bdft of...
Often you can shim ill fitting t-t joints with veneer - negating need for epoxy.
Butternut is sometimes called "poor man's" walnut because of similarity to walnut in grain, not color. It can be stained to look like walnut. I have milled and routed a lot of it and it is softer,...
Probably. They still work!
I wonder how the craftsmen who built the furniture at Winterthur managed?
I made a live edge kiln dried beech conference table out of 5/4. After 7-8 years, still dead flat. I think under support is key issue to staying flat.
Double stick tape to a backer board?
I tepaired a formal "crook" for our local Episcopal Bishop. I used these (search eBay for :
JWL Two (2) Solid Brass Connectors Couplers (1/2" x 13) to split Canes in two ). You just have to make...
I just worked on one. My advice would be not to take it all apart. They are very well built. I simply removed all of the drawers, cleaned case inside and out and cleaned up and refinished. The...
Google Matthew Cremona or search him on YouTube. He is in greater Minneapolis area.Giant horizontal bandmill. He could give you some advice.
HF step bit. Self centers in 1/2 hole, them bore to desired depth.
Would any of you like to post a picture of your last cherry breakfront with glass doors? Assume you bang these commissions out regularly for your paying clients.
Live edge is simply different...
No concerns. Been doing it for 65+ years. May wl be more stable than a solid piece.
Depending on resolution with Grizzly, if you move on Dewalt DW735 , from a big box can't be beat for a hobby shop. It is the greatest labor saving device I own....sanding with 150 grit after planing....
Don't know about Klingspor, but Diablo mesh discs are amazing. Try a few. Sometimes they add a few to the regular disc pkgs.
Jim - interesting. Do you find any woodworking publications worth subscribing to? What publications do you find useful. Might be good advice for the group.
Seems to me that the air on Mt Olympus must be low in oxygen and the view in the valley is obscured by clouds. Otherwise those that have reached the lofty heights of their woodworking experience...
Based on these answers, we should all keep our day jobs. If a corded drill had no cord, I would choose that one!!!
In my experience, most furniture glue joints fail over time due to repeated expansion - contraction. The edge/end joints he shows will certainly fail this way. I have made countless picture frames...
Been subscriber from day one, yes I've been at it a long time, have seen most things...and have built lots of complicated pieces. For every one of me that unsubscribed or passed away, FWW is looking...
Lewis- I suggest that you submit some article ideas to FWW....or better yet an article on one of your classic builds.
I'm retired and my hourly rate is too high to make these for what they charge. Ever been hit in the belly by a kickback?
Been using pipe clamps for 50 years....and I am a real steelmaking and foundry metalurgist by profession. Never cared what the pipes were made of or the clamp jaws or threads were made of. I have...