Interesting project Derek. No wonder walnut is getting expensive here. It has become an export product. I can see many more walnut builds for you in...
More reasons to leave the long. The mortise blow out for sure. When the mortises are haunches the rail ends can be crushed when glueing and clamping....
I made my wannabe Moxon a while back. Every time I use it or think of a new way to use it it pleases me. I used it for grooving today and as usual it...
Technique for me depends on the hinge size. One thing I always do is make sure I get the ends cut down to the mortise bottom. My experience has been...
Don't buy tools or anything for that matter that doesn't fit your work or lifestyle. Don't buy a doweling jig to use once or a crock pot if you don't...
Chase Try to relax put a number to it. A dollar or whatever you are comfortable with. If your boss has done his own homework he knows exactly how far...
It's all my fault. Friday it was 84 here. I've been trying to give the mower a spring tune for a month. The grass needs a mow now. Yesterday I pulled...
I needed to replace a wheel on my grinder and was going to get a Norton blue 46 grit. After reading here about CBN wheels and found LV price to be OK...
Lifetime woodworker. Now retired. Raised in Washington DC. Viet Nam vet. Married with children and Grandchildren. Registered here in 2012 could not participate much because of back issues. I had surgery and have a spinal cord stimulator implant. I have been able to get back in to woodworking and hope to participate more.
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Missouri
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I like to build furniture. I used to hunt and fish a lot but no more. I have a CBR as a service dog.
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