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Yesterday, 10:25 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Gf water based conversion varnish in Project Finishing

Read General Finishes cautions about the catalyst. It contains isocyanates. Look around the web about the hazards of isocyanates.

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Yesterday, 5:26 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread GF 2k Clear Poly vs ARS in Project Finishing

What’s ARS?

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Yesterday, 5:22 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread stretching fabric over a twisted surface in General Woodworking and Power Tools

Fabric seems to me like a pretty fragile material to make part of a staircase. Would Sheetrock do your job? Particularly 1/4” rock, which can be...

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09-19-2023, 5:58 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Mellif tools use dewalt batteries: any good? in Off Topic Forum

Hmm, that’s an interesting approach. I don’t think battery tech is closely guarded at the tool manufacturer level. You can buy no-name...

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09-18-2023, 6:43 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Which beam will work better? in Off Topic Forum

Beam stiffness goes up as the cube of thickness, and linearly with width. Your two beams have the same stiffness within 1%.

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09-17-2023, 12:49 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread curved cabinets / bars / etc in General Woodworking and Power Tools

There's an alternative to those curved frame-and-panel panels. You could just make the whole front with one big curved piece of plywood. Or maybe...

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09-16-2023, 12:56 AM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread curved cabinets / bars / etc in General Woodworking and Power Tools

That vid is doing a curved frame-and-panel door. Does that help you with your curved bar project? Maybe a rough sketch of the bar would help us...

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09-15-2023, 12:38 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread corner computer desk leg size in Design Forum

2” square legs on a table that is 20” wide seems bulky to me. I’d go with something more like 1.5”, and taper it toward the bottom. And +1 on...

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09-15-2023, 11:19 AM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread HVLP gun issues in Project Finishing

Perhaps the pigments and flatteners settled to the bottom of the can, and clotted up a bit. You can get throw-away filters to put on top of your...

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09-12-2023, 6:14 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Steam box for bending wood in General Woodworking and Power Tools

Yeah, my PVC steaming pipe looked neat until the steam hit it. I went back to wood. Wood's nice stuff, y'know? Solid lumber does a good job. ...

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09-08-2023, 3:34 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Barn door panel insert in General Woodworking and Power Tools

You don’t need space balls. At the middle of the rails, drive a nail through rail and the panel. Of course, center the panel first. Doors were built...

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09-06-2023, 12:58 AM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread F Style clamps slipping in General Woodworking and Power Tools

You see those serrations on the bar. On some F clamps, those serrations get trapped along a setscrew driven into the moveable jaw. The threads on...

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09-05-2023, 9:21 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Putting a laminated tabletop on top of a glass table. in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I’ve seen a cover for a dining table. The owners put it on the table when they think guests will be rowdy. The cover is maybe 1/2” thick. It has...

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09-03-2023, 10:14 AM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread All thread for floating shelves? in General Woodworking and Power Tools

Make the shelf from two pieces of half inch plywood, separated by occasional spacers one inch thick. Except where the spacers are, there's a...

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08-29-2023, 9:54 AM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Applied Drawer Fronts: How thin can you go? in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I use applied drawer fronts. I screw them on from behind, with the screws running through larger holes, so I can adjust the position of the front. ...

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08-25-2023, 12:24 AM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Solution for centering domino 700 on 3/4 Baltic birch in General Woodworking and Power Tools

I don't get it. The Domino can center the mortise right out of the box. You measure the board thickness. You divide that by 2. You set that...

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08-24-2023, 8:51 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread trestle table questions in Design Forum

Here's a pic of a dining table I built. The trestle base ends are coopered, so that they're concave outwards. The top is boat-shaped. The wood...

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08-24-2023, 3:31 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread trestle table questions in Design Forum

I’ve done that sort of thing by coopering boards together. The boards run vertically, and the edges are beveled, so that when you glue them together...

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08-23-2023, 6:59 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Dresser Build - Looking For Drawer Input in Design Forum

Yes, edge banding the top edge of the drawer box parts is good. Iron-on veneer tape is much much much faster than solid lumber. Solid lumber is...

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08-23-2023, 6:14 PM

Jamie Buxton replied to a thread Dresser Build - Looking For Drawer Input in Design Forum

The drawer is a complete drawer box with an applied front, right? If the front and back of the drawer box is plywood, through joinery at the...

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