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I had replied to this thread this afternoon, not sure what happened. Anyway more than happy to reply again. I'm a big fan of your work Bill. I'm always delighted to see your new projects. I can...

Absolutely beautiful Bill. If you only had time to building two last year, this one was certainly worthy of being one of them. Great job on the book matching of the veneer on the lid. Like the...

John,
I did finally receive my order. The clamps I ordered were of fine quality. No one ever responded to any of my emails and or phone calls. I was extremely disappointed with the customer...

I'll watch for your new thread George. Thanks!
Mike, you're right in one or my thread replies I have a link to the purfling cutter by Holtey that is no longer made.
Fred, you're also right....

If possible, that would be great George.

George, thanks for posting! I had seen a commerical cutter that is no longer available by Holtley http://www.holteyplanes.com/blog/2009/12/22/purfling-cutter-photo-gallery/ that looks like it would...

Thank you very much Harry!

You're right, George would be the ideal person to answer this. Maybe he'll see this post and offer his response.

Looking for guidance or directions in making a purfling cutter. One similar to the one they use at Colonial Williamsburg. It appeared to be made of brass.

Steve, let me take a couple of photos tomorrow. Pictures will probably be a better description.
What I had planned on doing was using a coat of blo, sealing with a thinned coat of shellac. Use...

Scott, you're right, everyone that uses shellac should be aware that a thick film will not work. However, if one did not want to use pumice. one can build a level finish by simply padding shellac and...

Thanks Scott for your input!
I'm actually deviating some from the normal technique of French polishing and doing some experiments with some things I haven't used previously.
For filling the...

Thanks! Found the FWW article. FWW #135 "Pop the curl in Curly Maple"

Looking for suggestions. Want to end up french polishing the fiddleback maple but not sure if just the shellac polish alone will make the figure pop as much as I would like it to. Is there any...

A year or so ago I had a small order of clamps with Wetzler that took months to receive. Trying to contact them for info was virtually impossible. I tried numerous emails and calls all to no avail. I...

I managed a lumber yard in Campbell until I retired. We were not real competitive on hardwood plywoods or solids. Matthew gave you some pretty good locations and suppliers. You'll find that grades...

The newer forms (safer) are far more corrosive on metals and fasteners than the older arsenic based treatments.
1. Yes you do need special fasteners, the one fastener that is always acceptable is...

Roger, So glad you posted your account of your time with Andrew. I have 2 of his books and have learned quite bit just from those. I admire and like his work very much and his attention to detail is...

Jim, thanks for the response! The only thing I'm sure of is the belt :D.
Jerry, that is clear and something I wouldn't have thought of, I'll give that a try tomorrow.
If they are out of line like...

Jerry, Josiah, and Don, thanks for the suggestions. Not being very mechanically blessed I appreciate any and all suggestions. A little more info, I did replace the upper pulley. After my last use of...

May be possible. I did replace the upper pulley because a belt broke when I last used the planer and in just a short period of time the belt wore a flat spot on the upper pulley but I didn't notice...

I have a 570 Inca jointer/planer that runs like a dream when its running. But because of some health problems it has sit unused for a few years. I'm having difficulty after reinstalling the drive...

Whit, you're right, although I can't speak about the Woodcraft China specials the Bessey's certainly function well for most of my needs. What I wanted and ordered was the special cross clamps that...

Thanks for the input! I'm older and can understand being slow. :) But I've never bought from this place before and just wanted to make sure I hadn't thrown my money away.
I don't mind waiting for...

:confused: Has anybody bought from this company? I placed an order on line with them on July 4, 2009 and have yet to get my order of clamps. They deposited my A.E. payment right away on 7/9/09 so...