Mel, can you get poplar that is primarily heartwood? I have never seen it come that way in these parts. I worked on a large house trimmed outside in...
Absolutely. If you make closely fitted drawers of lumber acclimated to 50-60% rh and put them in a consistent 40% rh atmosphere you're likely to have...
I would make it a bit deeper or make it up as a torsion box. One thing I ran into with my 4' x 8' frame press was the 2" x 2" birch top frame bowing...
I use a sled for tenoning/coping on my shaper with a stop screwed to the fence. Once the work clears the short stop it has no contact with the fence...
I'm not sure what your first question means. If I needed to shim the front out 3mm at one side I would use a 3mm shim strip at the front corner and a...
I would want to see it in action. If in good shape it should serve well, if not it could be an expensive pain in the neck. Things to look at would be...
It's easy to make a simple thing seem complicated. Bandsaws are about the most basic machines one can find. I've used many through the years from 14"...
Mortises come in two flavors. square and round end. Square holes can be made with hollow chisels or oscillating chisels. Hollow chisel mortisers use...
I'm surprised your widebelt won't do the job. Will the table not rise high enough to get the thickness you want? If so a sled with a stop at the back...
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