Leo Butler
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PALS = "Precision Alignment and Locking System". Sold by Peachtree Woodworking, among others. Search for "table saw pals" on Google or Amazon and...

Justin, you can see in the pic above that there's a crack in the green area of that lateral piece of wood which is causing the sagging. If you can...

Mike, I just loaded samillcreek.org on my iPhone and I see a banner at the top that says: Sounds like that's your best (and maybe only) option....

How quickly do the ends of the logs need to be sealed? If I'm going to collect these, I may need to get down there during the week if it's...

I mixed a batch of 1/2 lb. dewaxed amber shellac flakes and added the TransTint then tested with a quick wipe on the scrap plywood. The color was...

Phil, I have that very same question in mind - I had read about padding on shellac and my interest is piqued so I will try it sometime, but the super...

Ah, I should have read further before posting my already-entered-but-not-yet-posted follow-up to Jim. Spraying it is. I'm pondering how dark to...

Do you usually try to nail the desired shade in one coat, or spray multiple lighter coats? My recent color adjustments on that maple edging were a...

I'm also in CA and learned about the law change a few months ago. Just about out so I placed an order for a gallon of DNA from Amazon, looks to be...

This is what I did. I used a 2 lb. cut of dewaxed amber shellac flakes, added three Transtint dyes in a ratio of approx. 5:3:1 of Honey Amber,...

Yes, Sealcoat diluted 50% per instructions. At this point I figure applying the gel stain directly to the edging would have been a better idea. I'll...

I think I'd like to experiment with this in any case. Honey Amber looks somewhat close but I'm sure I could go down a rabbit hole trying to perfect...

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give this a go on a maple scrap to see how far it gets me before tackling the sanding of all of the edging.

I sanded everything to 220.