Mel Fulks
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There are commercial additives that speed up the process, and old home made recipes for break-down. They need to make one , called “Foggy Mountain...

Could just be “ sand-blasting” from being hit by wood bits. With that type pine the dark hard grain does that. Especially when chip suction is...

The painted canvas ,going back to at least 1890 , keeps the paint on. Stops the frequent maintenance. Selling it to the “I ain’t ever heard of...

I’ve seen old fine quality mortise chisels with slight imperfections and know from old-timers that was the standard. So even though many say “they...

The worst spindles I used were SCMI. We sometimes wrapped them with that white plumber tape for extra non- excentricity . The things I made as a...

I wouldn’t worry about it, and in employments I’ve seen management say , “Don’t worry about it They measured everything when they made it”. Now if...

You can use plywood with a slight slope , covered with canvas glued down and painted . Goes back to 1890s ( with boards). Lasts for years .

Well done ! A great piece for the bunk-house…. with a no-bunk clean design. A never to be forgotten memory,and a treasured kindness.

I’ve tested steel machine knives by using them like “drawknives” . The real M2 and up will leave a shiny surface and cut without a lot of force....

Real M-2 is good . There are ..or were , some supplier’s advertising that their steel was “ Same hardness as M-2” …..and it was , but it did not...

I think this all started when some of the women’s department store manakins….I prefer “girlakins”, refused to wear clothing. And they knew the men...

Ask your “subjects “ to sing “ God Save The King Guy”

Ken , I take this stuff seriously. I would add “ Ken was trying to save all all of his old girl friends pics and and his collection of of old ...

I used “Never Seize” , works for a long time . Messy, wear plastic gloves . Change gloves before any surgery!

Beech was cheap, so it got used for a lot of stuff. All the old books said make your woodworking benches out of beech. But Honduras mahogany,...

You could replace the side-lites with splayed panels . If there is enough room, a splayed piece across ,ties it all together. And some mouldings...

Brian , I’m not sure either ! My impression was you wanted to get all the pieces glued flat as possible. If all the dominoes were cut from “...

I would just put all faces down ,on a flat surface covered with plastic.

Anthony , It looked like a pattern makers vise . Maybe it’s not. That’s all I got. Pretty sure someone on Sawmill will have the answer. You...

Yes. They usually just need some adjustment, often from an unneeded adjustment. Looks like it might be missing a nut that might be hard to find. ...

I thought it was Art Vanderlay….but if I’m wrong, remember, an R …can be rolled….away

Art Newvau or Art Deco thing that probably held pencils , change ,and medicine .

I keep going back to look ! Confushus say : Chineszee ….not easy ! It has EARNED its stripes !

Just read the label and don’t buy anything that says ‘good for scrap books’. For on line search ,ask for “high strength “. Try “double faced high...

I would remove wood from the convex side , that often makes the board straighter on both sides .

Even fine planers are ,or were sold with cheap poor quality steel. Couple shops I worked in used the low grade knives . In one my employments the...

Don’t know what the thing is , but it sounds like your lumber was not kiln dried .

I’m sure the “back bevel “ helps. But probably on the lowest grade knives , as that is what comes with most machines. T-1 or M-2 steel is what’s...

I zinc so many speakers have galvanized their audiences that the amount of good pails now available , pales compared to years ago. And those Wizard...

When a board is wider than a jointer you can put it on the best flat surface ,and glue some wood strips and blocks .to make assembly non rocking . ...